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by darrenf 1768 days ago
> Wasn't Top of The Pops all film of the bands in a studio live/miming-over-a-recording, though?

Not at all. There were videos being shown at least as far back as 1979 (around when I can vaguely remember first seeing the show). From a cursory search, here's a Thin Lizzy video from June that year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnkHDtqpETE&t=905s