Graham Parker
1988-09-28
Idols
Rochester NY
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. White Honey
02. Lady Doctor
03. Watch The Moon Come Down
04. Black Honey
05. ???
06. Success
07. 3 Martini Lunch
08. Get Started
09. Protection
10. ???
11. ???
12. Soul Coruption > Crazy Balds Heads
13. ???
14. ???
15. School Days
16. Soul Shoes
17. Change Is Gonna Come
18. Back In Time
19. Don't Let Me Break You Down
20. Not If It Pleased Me
1988: After splitting with The Rumour in 1980, Graham Parker’s solo career during the rest of that decade was a series of ups and downs. His 1982 disc Another Grey Area, charted well in both the US and UK. In 1985, he scored his only top 40 hit in the US with the tune Wake Up (Next to You). Yet, despite these commercial successes, Parker could not manage to stay with a record label. He moved from Arista to Electra to Atlantic between 1982 and 1987. He bottomed out during that stint with Atlantic, as the label dropped him without releasing a single album or song! In 1988, he signed with RCA and took control of producing his own records, with help from guitarist Brinsley Schwarz. He released the album The Mona Lisa's Sister in the spring of 1988, which was hailed as a comeback by several critics. The album spent 19 weeks on the Billboard charts and generated a college radio hit with Get Started (Start a Fire). The disc had a sparser, back to basics sound, similar to a trend that would emerge in rock in the 1990s. This FM broadcast captures Parker in Rochester on September 28, 1988, 338 years ago today, on tour in support of The Mona Lisa's Sister. Download this one to hear Parker’s comeback as he provides a glimpse into the “roots rock” movement that would highlight the early parts of the next decade.
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