Nick Lowe - 1983-03-30 - New Haven, CT (FM)

Nick Lowe
with Paul Carrack
1983-03-30
Toad's Place
New Haven, CT
WNEW-FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01.  A Little Unkind
02.  Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine
03.  Tempted
04.  Cruel To Be Kind
05.  Saint Beneath The Paint
06.  Give My Heart A Break
07.  I'm Not In Love
08.  Raging Eyes
09.  Cool Reaction
10.  From Now On 
11.  I Found Love
12.  I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass
13.  How Long
14.  Lesson In Love
15.  Burning
16.  I Need You
17.  Shake And Pop
18.  I Knew The Bride (cuts in)
19.  So Right, So Wrong
20.  Peace, Love & Understanding
21.  Heart Of The City

Nick Lowe - 1983-03-30 - New Haven, CT (FM)

Having brought you some post Rockpile, solo Dave Edmunds earlier this one, it seems only fitting we do the same treatment for Nick Lowe! In 1981 after the breakup of Rockpile, Lowe recorded a solo album entitled Nick The Knife. The disc, however, has several ties to his former band. First, it includes a slowed down cover of the Rockpile tune, Heart. Second, both drummer Terry Williams and guitarist Billy Bremner from the band back Lowe on the album. So too do guitarist Martin Belmont, from The Rumour and Paul Carrack, formerly of Squeeze. Then in March 1983, Lowe released an album entitled The Abominable Showman, which included the now well know tunes  Ragin' Eyes and Time Wounds All Heels.  Carrack and Belmont also played on that album along with James Eller and Bobby Irwin. Those 4 also served as his backing band when he went on tour in support of both albums in Spring 1983, as captured in this FM broadcast from Macrh 30, 1983, 28 years ago today.

The Police - 1979-03-25 - Buffalo, NY (FM)

The Police

1979-03-25

Stage One

Buffalo, NY

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Can't Stand Losing You

02. Truth Hits Everybody

03. So Lonely

04. Fallout

05. Born In The 50s

06. Hole In My Life

07. Be My Girl - Sally

08. Peanuts

09. Roxanne

10. Landlord

11. Next To You

12. Can't Stand Losing You 

The Police - 1979-03-25 - Buffalo, NY (FM)

This FM broadcast captures The Police in Buffalo, on March 25, 1979, 32 years ago today. The band was on tour in support of their debut album, Outlandos d’Amour. The tour kicked off on March 1 at the legendary Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles and ran until May 25, with the band criss-crossing the US and Canada. They often played 2 shows a night, and rarely took a day off. Given that the album had flopped when initially released, the band felt compelled to tour relentlessly in hopes of gaining exposure for themselves and airplay for their songs. The strategy worked, as the album eventually climbed to the #23 position on the Billboard charts in the US, and rose all the way to the #2 position in the UK. In addition, 3 singles from the disc – Roxanne, Can’t Stand Losing You and So Lonely - charted in the top 20 in the UK in 1979. Roxanne also climbed to the #32 spot on the US Billboard charts.

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• The Artwork links page provides a list of websites where you can find CD covers for your bootlegs.
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