Invisible Hits is a column in which Tyler Wilcox scours the internet for the best (and strangest) bootlegs, rarities, outtakes, and live clips.
It’s definitely not the best of times for live music fans, but it could be worse. At least we have access to the vast archives of YouTube and beyond, allowing the quarantined concertgoer to time-trip back to their preferred era with just a few keystrokes.
One of the most enjoyable live music wormholes is Beat-Club, a German television program that hosted a dizzying array of talent in the late 1960s and early ’70s.
Beat-Club was among the first TV shows to present an unfiltered concert experience, with no stilted interviews or awkward studio dancers, allowing performers to just relax and play.
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