Rockpile - 1980-01-12 - Hamburg, Germany (TV SBD)

Rockpile

1980-01-12

Rockpalast

Markthalle 

Hamburg, Germany

TV SBD Recording

320 Kbps

Artwork Included

01. Sweet Little Lisa                       

02. So It Goes                             

03. I Knew The Bridge                      

04. Switchboard Susan                     

05. Crawlin' From The Wreckage            

06. Trouble Boys                           

07. Girls Talk                             

08. Three Time Looser                     

09. Born Fighter                           

10. You'll Never Get Me Up In One Of Those 

11. Promised Land                          

12. Queen Of Hearts                        

13. They Called It Rock                    

14. Ju Ju Man                              

15. Singin' The Blues                      

16. Let It Rock > Let's Talk About Us      

17. Feel Like I'm Goin' Down        

Rockpile - 1980-01-12 - Hamburg, Germany (TV SBD)

1980s - #1: Unfortunately, the first year of the 1980s spelled 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. This TV Sounboard rcording captures Rockpikle during that final year together, in Hamburg, on January 12, 1980, 46 years ago today.  NOTE: the original upload was missing a song.  That's been corrected!  New link up as of 2:30 pm, Monday, Jan 12.