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Joe Jackson
1979-06-17
The Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. Look Sharp
02. Geraldine And John
03. Get That Girl
04. Sunday Papers
05. Baby Stick Around
06. Don't Wanna Be Like That
07. Fools In Love
08. Is She Really Going Out With Him?
09. Happy Loving Couples
10. I'm The Man
11. Throw It Away
12. Got The time
13. Ain't That A Shame
I've seen Joe Jackson on 3 occasions - in February 1981, in August 1980 and then in October 1982. When I saw him that final time he was in the midst of making the transition from angry punk rocker to an artist playing tunes influenced by Cole Porter, jazz and big band music.
I've always preferred Angry Joe, and this FM Broadcast captures him during those early punk days, in Amsterdam on June 17, 1979, 47 years ago today. Having finished his first US tour on June 1, 1979, Jackson returned to Europe, playing dates in Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland and the UK in support of his debut album, Look Sharp. That disc had been released in the UK in January 1979, and then in the US, in April of that same year. Propelled by the single Is She Really Going Out With Him, which climbed to #21 on the Billboard Charts, the album did one better, reaching the #20 position.
3 comments:
Couldn’t agree more Speedy! Had shared a cross link heading folk over to this one!
@swappers - thanks as always my friend!
I dated Girl who loved JJ Thank you speedy!
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