"Solid Gold" 1982

This clip contains snippets of the 1980s syndicated music countdown program, "Solid Gold." The compilation provides a flavor of the show's well-produced style and its creative use of lighting cues and transitions.
At the time this off-air recording was made on February 14, 1982, the series was videotaped at the facilities of KTLA-TV (Golden West Broadcasters) in Los Angeles.
All rights are acknowledged.

[@cigarcatfromwayback...lets380]

Damn man ..... watching these "back in the day" shows make me want to shed a tear! Great times!!!

[@cindypruitt9534]

me too, bittersweet memories. Those days you can never get back.

[@smithrs]

You have mad skills to pull that level of quality off 30 year old tapes. Respect. :)

[@wendileona]

How friggin' great was popular music in '81?! When they go into the "great albums of 1981" ... I mean, wow. Its mind blowing how good the music was then. People usually clump the whole 80's as being a great decade in music but I think that music was great in the EARLY 80's and then something started going astray around '84, '85 and the rest of the decade wasn't that great to me. And I was there! Thanks for sharing these, I'd LOVE a few of these on DVDR!

[@bigwillietheb]

if I could travel back in time to the late 70's & early 80's & live for a while

[@royjurich1993]

Omg I love this! Totally talking me back to my childhood and watching solid gold every weekend back then

[@yaywhewclips242]

RING IN THE 1982 with SOLID GOLD!!! We used to watch the 2 hour end of the year SG specials. Whatta blast from the past!! Thanx Vintage!!

[@horsenbuggy]

Fantastic quality - both the music and the video. As others have said, I would KILL to have this whole episode (and more) on DVDR. Makes me wish Netflix or Hulu would get the rights to stream the old shows.

[@thebakerman111]

Man what memories! This was good music from a period of time I remember to be one of THE best times of my life. The 80's were a lot of different things to people but for me it was the greatest and the music was just phenomenal. If there was a period of time I could ever go back to live over again this would be it :)

[@ChainBreakerTC]

agree so much with you..couldn't wait for this show to come on when I was a kid

[@trumetalheadonmauiey9715]

I must confess, I liked Solid Gold,s countdowns way more than America,s top 10

[@okrajoe]

So much classic 80s packed into 10 minutes.

[@yogibearfan424]

loved this show, watched it in Dominican Republic in the 79, and came back all 80s

[@backto82]

I wish I can go back to 1982,best music and Solid Gold

[@ratulamorie5255]

I miss the 80s!

[@danewson]

Damn you must have been rich back in the day. The picture quality of this is like super clear compared to the TV we had back then.

[@nixonlightbulb]

every Saturday... loved Solid Gold!

[@dablkfabio]

I wish Solid Gold would come back, it was way better than most of the Crap we have on TV today. At least put it back into DVD.

[@marclhommedieu3940]

Oh, this is amazing. Thank you for this.

[@davidtahd]

Love it :) Thank you for the memories !

[@rubendario34]

top of the line music that was made for 500 years!!

[@VintageTelevision]

Not rich, but I processed the VHS video through a time base corrector to stabilize the signal and adjust the signal levels.

[@neurogence]

Nostalgic. Lots of memories

[@cindypruitt9534]

Andy Gibb was so gorgeous! It is a shame he died so young.

[@chitinmartine2318]

I love the 80's !

[@VIV292]

Damn feeling old I just turned 21 and served in the Army at the time

[@cigarcatfromwayback...lets380]

I was 13, but this was a very HAPPY time period for music. I get chills every time I hear music from this time period. That's why I primarily listen to music from the 70's, 80's and 90's. No matter what type of mood I'm in, every time I hear this music it cheers me up!

[@VIV292]

+WHO DARES yes it was interesting times late 70s growing up as teenager it seems so long ago now!!

[@cigarcatfromwayback...lets380]

Vivian Richards. Not really man .... it seems like just yesterday to me. Time just flies so quickly ....

[@canaristony]

What Are We living in Today. I wish I =was back in 1981! Help Us Lord! Music Ended long Ago!

[@karenk9096]

The 80s - when music was fun and exciting unlike today's boring monotone crap.

[@LawoftheLandPA]

70s and 80s: Best Music, Best Movies, Best Videos, Best TV shows....worst Video Games.

[@cbcool30]

I agree with you. I think the early 80's were the best times for music, then it seemed to change after the mid 80's. I love the early stuff, then the music that came later was different. Solid Gold changed a lot during this time too. I loved the first 3 seasons, then in season 4 it started to change and by season 5 I lost all interest and stopped watching. The new dancers and new stage didn't cut it for me anymore. The early stuff is classic, like the music. I'd love this on dvd too!

[@kanaan00]

There were more styles of music developed in the 80's than in all other decades combined.

[@boowonder888]

+Bradford Wilson except for the 70's..... From The Eagles to HARpo to BoneyM.From California rock to Philly Soul and Disco and everything in between.

[@Nuron666]

Those where the days

[@VintageTelevision]

@painsmetosay Most of them were recorded off-air onto VHS cassette or (less often) 3/4-inch U-matic.

[@zachhoran]

Andy died in 1988, but got fired after this season for missing a few tapings.

[@decristo1021]

I think it became an issue of saturation. My aunt, who graduated hs in 1973 told me that when she was in high school, if the Stones or the Doors were on Ed Sullivan it was a huge deal. That was the talk of school. Of course, with video, it was new for a while, but by the late 80s I think it was just old hat.....

[@wmbrown6]

The irony in that is that in New York, "Solid Gold" aired on WPIX Channel 11 - which, since the mid-1980's, has been a sister station to KTLA.

[@electrogeek77]

Totally here for Andy Gibb's sequin tux.

[@hungwilliam44]

music was alive before MTV

[@icm1970]

@wendileona My sentiments exactly. I wonder if MTV had something to do with the music tanking a bit because in the latter half of the 80s, too much of it was being produced and it was becoming a caricature of itself in many instances.

[@deeprose4]

Awww Andy Gibb was so good looking.

[@VintageTelevision]

@painsmetosay I haven't yet come across cartoons on any of the old recordings.

[@VintageTelevision]

@robkb1fjr Much of it was recorded off-air on tape.

[@OldCBnGuns]

Where do you get all of these wonderful videos from TV and radio eras gone by?

[@jacquelineiona1996]

oh and it's so sad that Andy died.... in 88 I think

[@jacquelineiona1996]

wow... I loved this show.... cheesy yes.... lip synced to death yes.... hahahaha... I loved it though

[@daverhodes362]

That Blondie/Journey transition is impressively managed at 3.02

[@decristo1021]

That's a really good point. A lot of bands and acts who were huge in both the seventies and eighties---their 70s and early 80s hits are more well remembered today, than their mid 80s stuff. Look at Heart....people like Barracuda, not really These Dreams. Journey, same thing...peple remember Open Arms and Don't Stop...not so much The Girl Can't Help It. Or REO....people remember Keep on Loving You, etc, and not so much I Can't Fight This Feeling...just my observations...

[@mcradloff]

I don't think andy lived much longer after this show.

[@gallery7596]

I didn't even remember that there were male dancers on this show.

[@11dsw]

Pop music had already begun its decline from its high in the 1970s.