In February 1983 Greg became the first British DJ to mix live on national television, appearing on Channel 4’s ‘The Tube’. At this point in time mixing had yet to make a major impact on the UK club scene, with only a small minority of British DJ’s embracing what was still very much regarded as an American approach. Black Echoes writer Lindsay Wesker listed the main homegrown exponents in his column a couple of months later; “Record Mirror columnist James Hamilton and his Gullivers compatriot Graham Gold, the electronic Greg Wilson, heavyweight show-stopper Froggy, high-speed Ian Levine, simultaneous Steve Aldridge of the Embassy, mega-mixing Alan Coulthard, Paul Armstrong from Monkberry’s, and the deft Peter Römer at Xenon”. It was very much an exclusive club back then and it wasn’t until the emergence of the House scene, later in the decade, that the majority of DJ’s in this country finally made the switch from a microphone based style of presentation to mixing records. Strange as it may sound, for many viewers my appearance on ‘The Tube’ was the first time they’d come across mixing – it was a totally new concept to them.

‘The Tube’ is now fondly remembered as one of the classic British music shows. At the time, like Channel 4 itself, it was new, edgy and often controversial. Its main presenters, Jools Holland and Paula Yates, were destined to become household names and the programme was responsible for breaking a number of acts in the UK, most notably Frankie Goes To Hollywood the following year, with their early support for the single ‘Relax’.

Taken from Greg Wilson's Electrofunkroots.co.uk Check out the full story HERE

---

michael_black @ 3 Mar 2008 20:21

Proper gent aiiii!

nordine @ 5 Mar 2008 9:54

Ha ha, for a minute I thought Greg Wilson was that guy from coming to america.

I love the way he fingers that record, like he's afraid it might bite him.

Respect due all the same.