Rockpile - 1980-02-06 - Liverpool, UK (SBD)

Rockpile
1980-02-06
Mountford Hall
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, UK
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Sweet Little Lisa
02. So It Goes
03. I Knew The Bride
04. Switchboard Susan
05. Three Time Loser
06. Trouble Boys
07. Girls Talk
08. Crawling From The Wreckage
09. Singing The Blues
10. Cracking Up
11. Promised Land
12. I Hear You Knockin
13. They Called It Rock
14. Ju Ju Man
15. Down Down Down
16. Lets Talk About Us

Rockpile - 1980-02-06 - Liverpool, UK (SBD)

1980 - As promised earlier today, here's a soundboard recording of Rockpile in Liverpool on February 6, 1989, 37 years ago today. Unfortunately, the first year of the new decade spelt the end of the line for Rockpile after just 4 years together. Ironically, the end came at the very moment that the contractual obligations that once kept the band from recording together ceased being an obstacle. 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! When Edmunds finally fulfilled his contractual commitments in 1980, Rockpile was finally able to release an album. Unfortunately, the resulting disc, Seconds of Pleasure, while a solid effort, didn’t quite live up to the standard set by the earlier “solo” albums. It was the beginning of the end.  By 1981, tensions between Lowe and Edmunds led to Rockpile calling it quits.