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BBC Worldwide Video Footage:
Alice In Chains performing "Them Bones" for Later With Jools Holland. 
B-52's performing "Roam" for Top of the Pops.
Clint Black performing "Live & Learn" for New West.
Bon Jovi performing "In and Out of Love" for Old Grey Whistle Test.
Dave Brubeck Quartet performing "Take Five."
Buckwheat Zydeco performing "On A Night Like This."
Don Cherry performing live.
Joe Cocker and Greaseband performing "With A Little Help From My Friends" for the BBC show Sounds of the Sixties: 8: 1967-8: Hip to the Trip.
Elvis Costello performing "13 Steps Lead Down" for Later With Jools Holland.
Cracker performing "Low" for Later With Jools Holland.
En Vogue performing "Hold On" for Top of the Pops.
Eurythmics performing "Sweet Dreams" for Top of the Pops.
Ella Fitzgerald performing "Here's That Rainy Day" for the BBC's Show of the Week: Ella Fitzgerald Swings.
George Clinton and Funkadelic performing "Free Your Mind" on The Late Show.
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet performing "And Then She Stopped."
Al Green performing "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" for Later With Jools Holland. 
Jimi Hendrix performing "Voodoo Chile" for the BBC show Sounds of the Sixties: 8: 1967-8: Hip to the Trip. 
John Lee Hooker performing "Crawlin' Kingsnake" for The Late Show.
Alan Jackson performing "Here in the Real World" for New West.
Jane’s Addiction performing "Been Caught Stealing" for The Late Show.
Lenny Kravitz performing "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" for Later With Jools Holland.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo performing for the Glastonbury Festival.
Gordon Lightfoot performing "Early Morning Rain" for The Rolf Harris Show.
Little Richard interview for Ebony.
LL Cool J performing for the BBC show Def II: Behind the Beat.
Bob Marley performing "Concrete Jungle" for Old Grey Whistle Test. 
Branford and Wynton Marsalis performing with Julian Joseph for Birdland.
Bill Monroe performing "Blue Moon of Kentucky" for Sing Country.
Sinead O’Connor performing "Black Boys on Mopeds" for Top of the Pops.
The Police performing "Spirits in the Material World" for Top of the Pops.
Chuck D and Flavor Flav of Public Enemy interview for the BBC show Def II: Behind the Beat. 
Rage Against the Machine performing "Bullet in the Head" for The Late Show.
Run DMC performing live for the BBC show Open Space: Bad Meaning Good.
Ravi Shankar performing live for the BBC show How It Is And Why: Compilation.
Smashing Pumpkins performing "Rhinoceros" for The Late Show. 
Sarah Vaughan performing "Happy Talk" for Saturday Review. 
Muddy Waters interview for Old Grey Whistle Test.
Doc Watson performing "Cuckoo" live in his home.
The Who performing "You Better, You Bet" for Top of the Pops. 

Promotional Video Footage:
David Bowie, "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" from Virgin Records.
Boyz II Men, "Water Runs Dry" from Motown Records.
Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire" from American Recordings.
Grateful Dead, "Touch of Grey" from Arista Records.
Emmylou Harris, "Crescent City" from Asylum Records.
Queen Latifah, "Just Another Day" from Motown Records.
Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Down South Jukin" from Capricorn Records.
Sarah McLachlan, "I Will Remember You" from Nettwerk.
Neville Brothers, "Yellow Moon" from A&M Records.
Queenryche, "I Am I" from EMI Records.
Bonnie Raitt, "Burning Down the House" from Capitol Records.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Higher Ground" from EMI Records.
Diana Ross, "I Will Survive" from Motown Records.
Arturo Sandoval from GRP Records.
Widespread Panic, "Can't Get High" from Capricorn Records.
Stevie Wonder, "Treat Myself" from Motown Records.

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