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Elvis Costello
& The Attractions
1985-03-09
Miner's Strike Benefit Concert
Logan Hall
University Of London
London, UK
FM broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. intro
02. Betrayal
03. No Action
04. Waiting For The End Of The World
05. Watching The Detectives (missing)
06. You Belong To Me
07. Less Than Zero
08. (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea
09. Brilliant Mistake
10. Why Don’t We Try Anymore
11. Alison
12. You Win Again
13. High Fidelity
14. Sleep Of The Just
15. Beyond Belief
16. Clubland
Encore 1:
17. Blue Chair
18. Must You Throw Dirt In My Face
19. No Reason To Quit
20. Big Sister’s Clothes
21. Stand Down Margaret
22. Oliver’s Army
23. Pump It Up
Encore 2:
24. Shipbuilding (Missing)
1985 - On March 2, 1984, British coal miners went on strike in response to a decsion by the government to cut national production of coal and close numerous mining operations, which would eliminate 20,000 jobs. The year long strike, which soimetimes turned violent, created immense financial hardshiops for the miners, their fanilies and their communities. The miners finally returned to work exactly a year after they strick, unable to change the government's position. To help the miner;s recover some of their financial losses, Elvis Costello perfromed a benefit concert on March 9, 1985, 31 years ago today, as captured in this FM broadcast. It would be the only show he would play with the Attractions that year, but not the only benefit concert he would partcipate in. On July 13, 1985, Elvis did a solo rendition of The Beatles' All You Need Is Love as part of the London portion of Live Aid.
3 comments:
Thanks for this one Speedy! There’s no miners left now . . . .so the rest of Britain (Doctors, Nurses, Postal Workers, Teachers, University Professors etc etc) is on strike instead! (Still at least we will be able to listen to this on the picket line and barricades!)
This may have been broadcasted on FM but it is a audience recording.
Now that I'm done being a complainer let me say your blog is one of the best music blogs on the internet. So many great shows/performances are posted here. Thank you!
Captain Al
This folder is missing tracks #5 & #24. Thank you for the post, though!
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