40 Year Itch : Rocking His Gypsy Soul

    On July 10, 1974, a week after the Montreaux performance in which he played mostly songs unfamiliar to the audience, Van Morrison appeared on the German version of Rock Concert, Musikladen. He played "Warm Love" ( from Hard Nose the Highway) and "Into the Mystic" ( from Moondance) as well as a few of the tunes he played in Switzerland. When the upcoming Veedon Fleece met with a collective shrug from fans, Van would take a three year hiatus from recording.

40 Year Itch : A Rhapsody Divine

  On January 23, 1974 Roxy Music performed on the West German music program Musikladen.  Brian Eno was gone, replaced by multi-instrumentalist Eddie Jobson. An American named Sal Maida played bass on the touring version of Roxy Music. With Ferry dressed for a cocktail party and Phil Manzanera seated on a bar stool, they band played four songs from their latest album, Stranded, and the 1973 Top 10 single "Pyjamarama".

40 Year Itch : Musikladen Uber Alles

Originally called "Beat Club", the West German TV series Musikladen was one of the best music programs of its day because it kept things simple. There was no overbearing host. Bands were filmed in club settings. And Lip Syncing was not welcome. Here are just some of the performances I believe were televised in May of 1973.As the 70's fell victim to the disco craze, Musikladen hired go go dancers. Supringingly , not all of the boys complained about the girls