The Pretenders - 1984-04-18 - Upper Darby, PA (SBD)

The Pretenders
1984-04-18
Tower Theater
Upper Darby, PA
Soundboard recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. The Wait
02. Message Of Love
03. The Adultress
04. Time The Avenger
05. My City Was Gone
06. Show Me
07. Talk Of The Town
08. Private Life
09. Thin Line Between Love And Hate
10. Thumbelina
11. Back On The Chain Gang
12. Pack It Up
13. Bad Boys Get Spanked, Huh!
14. Mystery Achievement
15. Middle Of The Road
16. Up The Neck
17. Precious
18. Room Full Of Mirrors
19. Brass In Pocket
20. Tattooed Love Boys

The Pretenders - 1984-04-18 - Upper Darby, PA (SBD)

Tower Theater - #3: During 1982 and 1983, The Pretenders were a band in crisis. Original members James Honeyman-Scott and Peter Fardon both died of drug over doses during that time.. Undeterred by these twin tragedies, Chrissie Hynde, along with the only other original band member Martin Chambers, soldiered on. Hynde first recruited Billy Bremmer, Tony Butler, and Paul Carrack to temporarily fill in, then later replaced them with new full time band members Rob McIntosh, Malcolm Foster and Rupert Black (Black did not work with the band in the recording studio but did accompany them on tour). Despite the turmoil, The Pretenders produced some of their finest work during that period. The album, Learning To Crawl, released in January 1984, went to number 5 on the Billboard charts. The disc spawned 5 singles, Back on The Chain Gang, My City Was Gone, Middle of The Road, Show Me and Thin Line Between Love And Hate, and also included tunes which became staples on FM Rock radio, such as Time The Avenger and 2000 Miles. This soundboard recording from April 18. 1984, 34 years ago today, captures The Pretenders at the legendary Tower Theater on tour in support of Learning To Crawl.  Download this one, then come back on April 22 for the last post in this Tower Theater Four Of A Kind.