Rockpile - 1978-06-07 - San Francisco (FM)

Rockpile
1978-06-07
Winterland
San Francisco, CA
KSAN-FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01.  KSAN I.D. & Concert Intro
02.  So It Goes
03.  Fool Too Long
04.  Band Intros
05.  I Knew The Bride
06.  (I Love The Sound Of) Breaking Glass
07.  Down, Down, Down
08.  They Called It Rock
09.  Juju Man
10.  Heart Of The City

Rockpile - 1978-06-07 - San Francisco (FM)

In England, before there was punk rock and new wave, there was pub rock. Part pop, part r&b, part country, pub rock, like its descendants, had little use for the over blown nature of the progressive rock scene. At the forefront of the pub rock movement was the band Brinsley Schwarz, named after their guitarist, but driven by writer, vocalist and bassist, Nick Lowe. Lowe would go on to found Rockplie in conjunction with Dave Edmunds, a band that took pub rock and combined it with roackabilly power pop and new wave. When Rockpile started touring together in 1976, its co-leaders, Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds, were signed to different record labels. That prevented the band from releasing an album under its own name. Instead, they were forced to release albums either under Lowe’s name, such as Jesus of Cool and Labor of Lust, or Edmund’s banner, such as Trax on Wax and Repeat When Necessary. In fact, Jesus of Cool and Heart of The City both featured the same version of the song Heart of The City, but on the former album, the track featured Lowe’s lead vocals while on the latter, the record company dubbed in Edmund’s voice! This FM broadcast captures Rockpile on tour in San Franccisco on June 7, 1978, 38 years ago today.