Wayback Machine

I found it's straight forward. Queries take a long time though, so you need to be patient.

I don't think it's about patience - there are just no results showing as it was the same
for a couple of old films I searched for.

I know the video I was looking for used to be on YT years ago so I thought this'd be the
place to find it.

Briefly, my mate was in a band and the only real 'evidence' of that was an appearance on
TOTP in 1983 - unbelievably, it was totally expunged from the internet as the episode was
introduced by that **** Savile.

Talk about a sledgehammer to crack a nut

As far as I know it can be used to view different versions of a published website. I'd be surprised if it could be used to surface a deleted you tube video.

There are still Jimmy Savile presented TOTP recordings on Youtube. Have you searched through them all? Here's part of one from 21/07 for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR-ucxPEaxs&ab_channel=marfun2
.

I always thought that was the point of it...to retrieve deleted webpages.
Thanks anyhow bud

what were the band?

It is Herbie but you tube video urls are a string. Unless you know the string, you've go no chance.

And do you know the date? Savile only presented on 4 shows in 1983:
02/06/83
21/07/83
15/09/83
17/11/83

If anyone knows how to track it down it'd be greatly appreciated.

The song was a hit in 1983 called 'So What' by Liverpool Express
and that was my mate John's 15 minutes of fame...only for it to
be obliterated and so now unable to show his grandkids

joboxers?

ignore

https://totparchive.co.uk/artist.php?name=liverpool-express

says lp exp were a 70s band

https://youtu.be/wz0D45MnVDM That is a link to Liverpool Express singing ''You Are My Love'' on TOTP. Perhaps your mate wasn't in the band at that time but I hope he was and this helps Herbie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtU3tm8F0yQ

you can listen to it

Thanks anyhow fellas but that's not him on drums as he joined
the band in 1976 after You Are My Love charted.

Thanks anyhow fellas but that's not him on drums as he joined
the band in 1976 after You Are My Love charted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqKPjtYwfGQ

836,067 views  Feb 11, 2013
Artist: Liverpool Express
Title: You Are My Love
Broadcast date: 21-8-1976
TV program: TopPop
Video rights: AVRO

http://www.avro.tv gives you easy access to unique footage. .

TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.

Decent band although I don't remember them at all.

Thanks again guys...but it was 'So What' in 1983 that I'm looking for.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=liverpool+express+1983&mid=58DED9FE72C08B72343458DED9FE72C08B723434&FORM=VIRE

is he on drums here?

Thanks Elise - I know this sounds unlikely but I watched that and thought he looked very similar
but when I showed it to him, he said that was recorded in Belgium and for some reason he missed
that particular gig - would you believe the guy who stood in for him and made ONE appearance for
the band was his brother!

Thanks again...as he was very happy to see that 'lost' recording again after many years