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Rockpile
1979-08-20
The Palladium
New York City, NY
WLIR-FM broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. DJ Intro
02. Down, Down, Down
03. And So It Goes
04. I Knew The Bride
05. Switchboard Susan
06. Crawlin From The Wreckage
07. Trouble Boys
08. Girls Talk
09. Band Intros
10. Crackin Up
11. Born Fighter
12. Let It Rock
13. Cruel To Be Kind
14. I Hear You Knocking
15. Elvis Rap
16. Jailhouse Rock
17. Sweet Little Lisa
18. Love So Fine
19. Love So Fine (cont.)
20. They Call It Rock
21. Ju Ju Man
22. Encore Break
23. Promised Land
24. Lets Talk About Us
25. DJ Outro
I
saw Rockpile just once, on July 8, 1979 at Belmont Race Track. I was 20 years old in the summer of 1979, and basically my life
consisted of what girl could I date, what beer could I drink, and what
concert could I get tickets to. I think I may have been most
successful at the 3rd of those 3 things. In July, for example, I saw
concerts on 3 straight Saturday nights, Stephen Stills on July 7, Jorma
Kaukonen on July 14 and the Allman Brothers on July 21. Having
dedicated Saturdays in July to classic rock, I used a Sunday to take in 2
of the "new wave" bands that were then all the rage. On Sunday, July
8, my buddies and I drove to Belmont Race Track in Long Island to catch a
double bill of Blondie and Rockpile! I'll be honest, I don't
remember much about the day for a variety of reasons. First, having
seen Stephen Stills the night before, there were some after effects that
lingered into Sunday, if you know what I mean. Second, the car ride
took over 2.5 hours due to summer beach traffic, which didn't help my
condition. Finally, it was hot as hell that day, which also didn't help
me in overcoming the the residual effects from Saturday night. I do
remember, however, the contrast in styles between the folks at Belmont
for the concert and those who were there for the horse racing. On one
hand, you had the 20 year old new wavers with big hair, funky glasses,
neon colored, leggings, skinny ties, etc. On the other hand, you had
old men, with cigars, in button down short sleeve shirts, looking like
Oscar Madison from the Odd Couple. In any event, I don't really recall
how well either band played that July afternoon, a real shame since I
was (and still am) a huge fan of Rockpile, thanks in large part to Nick
Lowe's Pure Pop For Now People disc (Jesus of Cool in the UK) and Dave
Edmund's Repeat When Necessary album. I also remember, that Rockpile opened with the highly appropriate The Race is On! By the way, if you like what you just read, then you'll definitely enjoy my book!
This FM broadcast captures Rockpile a little over a month after I saw them, at the Palladium in New York, on August 20, 1979, 42 years ago today.
10 comments:
On my second or third try, I was finally able to see Rockpile on what would prove to be their final go-round in 1980.
As a plain-spoken friend of mine put it, they were tighter than a fourteen year-old snatch.
And no, I never asked him how he knew.
Thanks. This is a great show! I was lucky to see these guys a few times, including the tour w/ Elvis Costello. My favorite show was probably when they played the small FastLane in Asbury Park,NJ. No opening act and you could see and FEEl the steam in there. You didn't want the show to end!
it's sweet little lisa-not linda lu
Any chance this blistering show can be re-upped? All the links in Mirror Creator have vanished.
(Apologies if you've already seen this request, but my comments to SMRTEMS aren't always accepted by Blogger.)
new link is up - enjoy!
Thank you!
excellent show--thanks
Hi Speeedy,
Can you please put up new links for this one when you have time?
Thanks,
Andy
new link is up - enjoy!
Hi. Could you please re-up this album when convenient? Thanks very much.
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