This is the third archival release of excerpts from recovered pop music videos produced in the 1970s previously thought to have been lost forever. Most of the videos recovered from The Now Explosion program were single musical numbers which had been used to make up Now Explosion marathon programs exactly as you might have put together a 1970's top forty radio schedule with records. The program distribution videotapes themselves were usually erased to make room for more programs because the videotape was so expensive in 1970. But one complete program was found - featuring Miami disc jockey, Rick Shaw. Part of it is featured here in Explosion #3. A short excerpt featuring New York DeeJay, Dan Ingram is also included.

It was music video ten years before MTV or VH1. Long lost original video recordings of the marathon TV program, The Now Explosion, produced in Atlanta, GA, in 1970 and syndicated nationwide, was recovered by video archivists at the University of Georgia where the videos are stored. Program segments found in South Florida were remastered by the university archive to contemporary technical standards and converted to digital media.

The "stars" of this invention were energetic, talented amateur performers dancing spontaneously in a sea of 1970's special effects invented by young producers working on financial shoestrings in Atlanta and other cities. The program was also seen in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, St. Louis, Charlotte, San Francisco and Sacramento.

EXPLOSION #3 is a "fair use" presentation of short restored excerpts that have been obtained by the original producer of the Now Explosion and are presented here for educational and research use only. The excerpt producer is very much appreciative of the archival work accomplished by UGA. This sequence of excerpts, however, is not a presentation of and is not affiliated with the University of Georgia.
Added: January 28, 2008