Musikladen

The music store was a music show, which was produced by Radio Bremen and until 29 November 1984 in a total of 90 episodes ran from December 13, 1972 in television ARD. There were 59 episodes Musikladen extra on May 1, 1974 to 29 November 1979., The music store where he succeeded the beat clubs and he in turn was followed by the extra tour in the ARD and music store Eurotops to N3, the third program of Radio Bremen and NDR. All these programs were produced by Radio Bremen, directed by Michael Leckebusch.

Shows

The program consisted mainly of live performances of the invited performers, typically every artist recited a song. In general, the show was 45 minutes, but some shows were longer, only a few were shorter.

Until about 1975 there was humor deposits as cartoons by H. Hoier and performances of Insterburgs (later Schobert Black).

From the Musikladen 33 (21 May 1977), the famous music store intro to the tune of A Touch of Velvet, a Sting of Brass ( 1965) by Mood Mosaic was shown at the beginning of the broadcast. To tune gogo dancers were seen and the names of the artists appearing were displayed. Also the end of the music store the melody was played again. The go-go girls were amplified from 1979 appears even in the most -produced video clips both in live performance by the artist as.

In every episode after the first appearance excerpts were shown four oldies from Beat - Club or older music store shipments, of which you could choose a means of phone call. The title that could unite the most votes by the end of the program, was shown before the last race.

In addition to the music store logo music shop go-go girls, the best known element of the program that contributed to the high recognition value. The go-go girls were mostly in support of artists in action and contributed to the cult status of the consignment. Also in the video clip succession broadcast music store Eurotops there was to see records of Musikladen - go-go girls.

Stars and guests of the show

In the music store many stars of the 1970s and early 1980s occurred, such as Boney M., The Police, Rod Stewart, Roxy Music, Shakin 'Stevens or ABBA, which, inter alia, in a music store many of their early hits of Special Waterloo to Dancing Queen presented.

But artists from so-called alternative music scenes, like the New York Dolls as one of the mother of punk rock bands, appeared in the music store. It was also the first music broadcast on German television, in the extreme for that time metal band Motörhead could occur in the fall of 1980 with the song Ace of Spades.

Videos

From the music store 53 in May 1980 individual music videos have been shown on occasion that were still a little out of the ordinary at the time. The video clip for the title Fade to Grey by Visage, which was shown in February 1981, resulted in the in Germany previously unknown group Visage ( inter alia with Steve Strange, Midge Ure ) with this single and the LP Visage # 1 the Charts.

The program in detail

• List of Musikladen program