Southside Johnny - 1980-09-15 - Cleveland, OH (FM)

Southside Johnny 

& the Asbury Jukes

1980-09-15

Agora Ballroom

Cleveland, OH

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. I Played The Fool

02. I'm So Anxious

03. This Time Baby's Gone For Good

04. Talk To Me

05. Long Distance

06. Broke Down Piece Of Man

07. Vertigo

08. Love On The Wrong Side Of Town

09. On The Beach

10. Summertime Blues

11. The Fever

12. Trapped Again

13. I Don't Want To Go Home

14. Sam Cooke Medley: Another Saturday Night > Twisting The Night Away > Working On The Chain Gang > A Change Is Gonna Come

15. We're Having a Party

16. All I Want Is Everything

17. This Time It's For Real

Southside Johnny - 1980-09-15 - Cleveland, OH (FM)

1980: The New Jersey music scene rose to prominence in 1975 thanks to Bruce Springsteen. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes were the 2nd most famous act to emerge from that scene. Their first three albums, I Don't Want To Go Home (1976), This Time It's For Real (1977), and Hearts Of Stone (1978), were filled with Stax R&B influences. All 3 discs were produced and arranged by Steve Van Zandt, the group's co-founder, who also played guitar in Springsteen's E Street band. Van Zandt's tune, I Don't Want To Go Home, became Southside's signature song, an evocative mixture of horn-based melodic riffs and sentimental lyrics. The band's repertoire also included The Fever, Talk to Me, This Time It's For Real, Love on the Wrong Side of Town, a wonderful cover of Sam Cooke's Having A Party, and the definitive version of Springsteen's Hearts of Stone. This FM broadcast captures them taking the Jersey sound to Cleveland on September 15, 1980, 46 years ago today.

Stephen Stills - 1980-07-18 - Turin, Italy (SBD)

Stephen Stills 

and The California Blues Band 

1980-07-18

Stadio Comunale

Turin, Italy

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Precious Love

02. Love The One You're With

03. For What It's Worth

04. Going Down To Dallas

05. Cherokee  

06. Part Time Love

07. Wooden Ships

Stephen Stills - 1980-07-18 - Turin, Italy (SBD)

Stills 1980 - Back To Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd half of our Back to Back set featuring Stephen Stills with the California Blues Band as part iof the 1980 Carovana del Mediterraneo Tour.   This one ia a soundboard recordig of part of Stephen's set from Turin on July 18, 1980, 46 years ago today.

Stephen Stills - 1980-07-17 - Nyon, Switzerland (SBD)

Stephen Stills

& the California Blues Band

1980-07-17

Nyon Folk Festival

Parc Du Lac

Nyon, Switzerland

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps 

Artwork Included

01. Word Game

02. Cherokee

03. Carry On

04. Hoochie Coochie Man

Stephen Stills - 1980-07-17 - Nyon, Switzerland (SBD)

Stills 1980 - Back To Back - #1: In 1978, Italian singer Angelo Branduardi launched the first Carovana del Mediterraneo Tour, playing concerts along with other European musicians in Italy, Belgium, Great Britain, France, West Germany, and Switzerland. Two years later, he embarked on the 2nd Carovana del Mediterraneo Tour, this time including American artists Stephen Stills and Richie Havens. This FM broadcast captures a portion of Stephen Stills' set, backed by the California Blues Band, on the 2nd night of the tour, in Switzerland on July 17, 1980, 46 years ago today. Download this one, then come back tomorrow for the 2nd half of this Back To Back Set.

Squeeze - 1980-06-30 - Chicago, IL (FM)

Squeeze

1980-06-30

Park West

Chicago, IL

FM broadcast

256 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Slap And Tickle

02. Slightly Drunk

03. Pulling Mussels From The Shell

04. Hop Skip & Jump

05. Another Nail In My Heart

06. Cool For Cats

07. Mess Around

08. I Think I'm Go Go

09. Take Me I'm Yours

10. If I Didn't Love You

11. Farfisa Beat

12. Misadventure

13. It's So Dirty

14. There At The Top

15. Seperate Beds

16. Going Crazy

Squeeze - 1980-06-30 - Chicago, IL (FM)

I've seen Squeeze on 2 occasions - in August 1981 at the South Mountain "Music Fest" - in reality, the side of a hill - and in August 1985, at Pier 84 in New York. 

This FM broadcast captures Squeeze on June 30, 1980, 46 years ago today, in Chicago. The band was on tour in support of the album Argy Bargy, which helped them finally breakthrough in the US and had some critics hailing Chris Difford and Glen Tilbrook as the new Lennon & McCartney. While that praise was a bit over the top, there’s no doubt that the duo filled Argy Bargy with a host of soon to be classic new wave tunes, including Pulling Mussels (from the Shell), Another Nail in My Heart and If I Didn't Love You. 

Grateful Dead - 1980-06-12 - Portland, OR (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1980-06-12

Memorial Coliseum

Portland, OR

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

Set 1:

01. Tuning

02. Alabama Getaway >

03. Promised Land

04. Peggy-O >

05. El Paso

06. Brown Eyed Women

07. Cassidy

08. Far From Me

09. Althea >

10. Lost Sailor >

11. Saint Of Circumstance >

12. Deal

Set 2:

01. Drums >

02. Scarlet Begonias >

03. Fire On The Mountain

04. Estimated Prophet >

05. Drums >

06. Space >

07. Not Fade Away >

08. Black Peter >

09. Around And Around >

10. Good Lovin'

Encore:

01. Johnny B. Goode

Grateful Dead - 1980-06-12 - Portland, OR (SBD)

On September 3, 1977, me and my buddies along with 150,000 others, made the pilgrimage to Englishtown NJ, to see the Grateful Dead play the largest concert in the state's history. The day was hot - over 100 degrees - and the band was even hotter., as evidenced by the fact the show was officailly released as Dick's Picks #15.  I would see 49 more after that, at least 1 show every year except 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1992, with the last show being June 18, 1995, just 2 month's before we lost Jerry Garcia. My long strange trip with the Dead was short compared to folks who saw hundreds of concerts, but it was memorable, as over a dozen shows that I attended were good enough to be officially released. It's been 31 years since we lost Jerry, and I still miss the magic. 

This soundboard recording captures the Dead on June 12, 1980, 46 years ago today, in Portland.  That year, the band celebrated their 15th anniversary, and the shows during the 2nd half of the year, in San Francisco, New Orleans and New York that included an acoustic set, get most of the attention. I went to the Halloween show at Radio City Music Hall, which easily makes my list of the top ten Dead shows I've attended.  It was also the first concert ever broadcast over closed circuit TV! That said, some pretty fine playing was going on early in 1980 as well, as evidenced by the fact that portions of the May 6, 7, 15 and 16 shows have all been officially released. The band was showcasing tunes such as Alabama Getaway, Lost Sailor, Saint Of Circumstance, Althea, Feel Like A Stranger, and Far From Me from their latest album, Go To Heaven. That disc was the first to feature new keyboard player Brent Mydland. Incredibly, the Dead would not release another studio album until 1987.

The Clash - 1980-06-10 - Bristol, UK (SBD)

The Clash

1980-06-10

Colston Hall 

Bristol, UK

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Clash City Rockers 

02. Brand New Cadillac 

03. Safe European Home 

04. Jimmy Jazz 

05. Revolution Rock 

06. The Guns Of Brixton 

07. Train In Vain 

08. London Calling 

09. Spanish Bombs 

10. White Man In Hammersmith Palais 

11. Somebody Got Murdered 

12. Koka Kola 

13. I Fought The Law 

14. Jail Guitar Doors 

CD 2:

01. Police & Thieves (minor cut a few seconds in, assume tape flip) 

02. Bankrobber 

03. Clampdown 

04. Stay Free 

05. English Civil War 

06. I'm So Bored With The USA 

07. Complete Control 

08. Armagideon Time 

09. Julies Been Working...d/s (cuts in)

10. Capital Radio 

11. Garageland (fades out)

12. “interview”

The Clash - 1980-06-10 - Bristol, UK (SBD)

I saw The Clash once in August 1982, a concert I've discussed on numeorus occasions on this blog since I almost missed it! The saga of that show - especially the trip there - is one of my favorite tales from my book! 

This soundboard recording goes back 2 years earlier, capturing The Clash on June 10, 1980, 46 years ago today, on tour in Bristol in support of the album London Calling. Recorded in the summer of 1979, and released on December 14 of that year, London Calling is often hailed as the greatest album of the punk/new wave era. Rolling Stone ranked it 8th of its list of the 500 best albums of all time. Robert Christgau described London Calling as "warm, angry, and thoughtful, confident, melodic, and hard-rocking" and called it "the best double-LP since Exile on Main Street." The cover photo, which  features Paul Simonon smashing his bass, a perfect punk rock moment, was shot at The Palladium in New York on September 21, 1979, a concert we posted here.

Grateful Dead - 1980-05-08 - Glen Falls, NY (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1980-05-08

Glens Falls Civic Center

Glens Falls, NY.

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Alabama Getaway >

02. Promised Land

03. Friend Of The Devil

04. Mama Tried >

05. Mexacali Blues

06. High Times

07. Lazy Lightning > Supplication

08. Ramble On Rose

09. Lost Sailor >

10. Saint Of Circumstance

2nd Set:

01. Uncle John's Band >

02. Estimated Prophet >

03. Eyes Of The World >

04. Drums/Space >

05. Truckin' >

06. Stella Blue >

07. Around & Around >

08. Johnny B. Goode

Encore:

01. U. S. Blues

Grateful Dead - 1980-05-08 - Glen Falls, NY (SBD)

The band celebrated their 15th anniversary in 1980, and the shows during the 2nd half of the year, in San Francisco, New Orleans and New York that included an acoustic set, get most of the attention. But some pretty fine playing was going on during May of that year as evidenced by the fact that portions of the May 6, 7, 15 and 16 shows have all been officially released. This soundboard recording captures the band durng that fine month, in Glen Falls on May 7, 1980, 46 years ago today.  The show features several tunes - Alabama Getaway, Lost Sailor, and Saint Of Circumstance - from the band's recently released labum Go To Heaven, the first with new keyboardist Brent Myland. That disc woul dbe the Dead's last studio album for 7 years, until the release of  In The Dark in 1987.

Robin Lane - 1980-03-31 - Boston, MA (TV SBD)

Robin Lane

& The Chartbusters

1980-03-31

WQTV-68

Boston, MA

TV Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Video Link Below

01. It'll Only Hurt A Little While

02. When Things Go Wrong

03. Waiting In Line

04. Don't Wait Till Tomorrow

05. I Don't Want To Know

Robin Lane - 1980-03-31 - Boston, MA (TV SBD)

1980s - #7: When I was in collge, I had a good friend who went to UMass, where thanks to WBCN, he was clued in to the energing punk and new wave scene. One of the band's he introduced all of us to was Boston's own Robin Lane & The Chartbusters.  Their debut disc, with songs like When Things Go Wrong, Without You, and It Will Only Hurt A Little While, just to name 3, were the perfect blend of punk and new wave, all powered by Robin's slightly gravelly, definitely powerful, vocals. On August 10, 1980, I got to see Robyn at the Royal Manor North, one of the countless NJ rock clubs that thrived in the early 1980s.  If you lived in the area at the time, you'll recognize that name, along with other like Creations, the Cuss From Hoe, the Meadowbrook, the Fast Lane, the Stone Pony, etc (go here for a whole blog dedicated to those clubs). In any event, my buddies and I manged to find a spot on the floor directly in front on where Robin was standing.  As the night wore on, and the beer consumption increased, my friends swore that after each song, Robin was looking directly at me, smiling and trying to flirt.  Sure she was! Despite the beer, I was smart enough to know my friends were trying to get me to do or say something embarrassing.  In any event, the show was great and its a shame Robin and The Chartbusters never found mainstream success. This TV soundboard recording captures Robin back in Boston a few months prior to when I saw her, on March 3, 1980, 46 years ago today. Note - we originally posted this a few years ago but only had a single file of the whole performance.  This version has the tracks split out!

Joe Jackson - 1980-02-16 - Boston MA (SBD)

Joe Jackson
1980-02-16
Orpheum Theater
Boston, MA
FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Carter Alan Introduction and Tuning
02. On The Radio
03. friday
04. Geraldine And John 
05. Kinda Kute
06. Out Of Style
07. Pretty Boys
08. Sunday Papers > One More Time
09. Amateur Hour 4:11
10. Is She Really Going Out With Him?
11. Don't Wanna Be Like That
12. Joe Introduces The band
13. I'm The Man
14. Encore Break 
15. The Harder They Come
16. (Got The) time 
17. Carter Alan Wrap Up

Joe Jackson - 1980-02-16 - Boston MA (SBD)

Joe Jackson 1980 - #2: As promised, here's the 2nd half of our Same Tour, Different Show entering featuring Joe Jackson in 1980. This one is an FM Broadcast from Boston from February 15, 1980, 46 years ago today. By the way, some confusion exists about this date. The download actually includes a 2nd copy of the show dated February 23.  Some sources say that February 23 was the broadcast date, with February 16 being the actual concert date. Others sources, however, indicate that the show was postponed from February 16 to February 23 because Joe was suffering from a sore throat. Whether February 16 or February 23 is correct, this concert features Angry Joe at his best.

Joe Jackson - 1980-02-15 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ (SBD)

Joe Jackson
1980-02-15
Capitol Theatre
Passaic, NJ
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. On Your Radio
02. Friday
03. Geraldine And John
04. Kinda Kute
05. Out Of Style
06. Pretty Boys
07. The Harder They Come
08. Sunday Papers
09. One More Time
10. Amateur Hour
11. Is She Really Going Out With Him?
12. Don't Want To Be Like That
13. I'm The Man
14. I Can't Give You Anything

Joe Jackson - 1980-02-15 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ (SBD)

Joe Jackson 1980 - #1: When Joe Jackson hit the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ on February 15, 1980, 46 years ago today, he was in full Angry Joe mode. He was touring in support of his first 2 albums, both released in 1979, Look Sharp and I'm The Man. And as I entered the theater for the show, I was hardly in a Valentine's Day mood. I was in the process of being dumped by a girlfriend, so I was ready for a defiant, edgy, punk, new wave performance.  And I got it.  Joe delivered a fiery set, propelled by Graham Maby's base, that included an unexpected cover of the Harder They Come!  Songs like Is She Really Going Out With Him and One More Time, delivered with reckless abandon, resonated perfectly with me. Download this soundboard recording of the show, then come back tomorrow for the 2nd half of this Same Tour, Different show entry. `By the way, you can actually see the show here.

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.

Rockpile - 1980-12-19 - Los Angeles, CA (TV SBD)

Rockpile

1980-12-19

Fridays (TV program)

Studio 55

ABC Television Center 

Los Angeles, CA

TV Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Big Blon' Baby

02. Knife And Fork

03. Teacher Teacher

Rockpile - 1980-12-19 - Los Angeles, CA (TV SBD)

I saw Rockpile just once, on July 8, 1979 at Belmont Race Track. I was 20 years old in the summer of 1979, and basically my life consisted of what girl could I date, what beer could I drink, and what concert could I get tickets to. I think I may have been most successful at the 3rd of those 3 things. In July, for example, I saw concerts on 3 straight Saturday nights, Stephen Stills on July 7, Jorma Kaukonen on July 14 and the Allman Brothers on July 21. Having dedicated Saturdays in July to classic rock, I used a Sunday to take in 2 of the "new wave" bands that were then all the rage. On Sunday, July 8, my buddies and I drove to Belmont Race Track in Long Island to catch a double bill of Blondie and Rockpile! I'll be honest, I don't remember much about the day for a variety of reasons. First, having seen Stephen Stills the night before, there were some after effects that lingered into Sunday, if you know what I mean. Second, the car ride took over 2.5 hours due to summer beach traffic, which didn't help my condition. Finally, it was hot as hell that day, which also didn't help me in overcoming the the residual effects from Saturday night. I do remember, however, the contrast in styles between the folks at Belmont for the concert and those who were there for the horse racing. On one hand, you had the 20 year old new wavers with big hair, funky glasses, neon colored, leggings, skinny ties, etc. On the other hand, you had old men, with cigars, in button down short sleeve shirts, looking like Oscar Madison from the Odd Couple. In any event, I don't really recall how well either band played that July afternoon, a real shame since I was (and still am) a huge fan of Rockpile, thanks in large part to Nick Lowe's Pure Pop For Now People disc (Jesus of Cool in the UK) and Dave Edmund's Repeat When Necessary album. I also remember, that Rockpile opened with the highly appropriate The Race is On! By the way, if you like what you just read, then you'll definitely enjoy my book! 

This TV soundboard recording captures Rockpile about 18 months after I saw them, on the television program Fridays, on December 19, 1980, 45 years ago today. The show was the embodiment of the  television business being a copycat industry. ABC's show Friday's was theie unsuccsssful attempt to duplicate what NBC has done with Saturday Night Live. Launched in 1980, Friday's lasted just 2 years (SNL is still runninga half century after its launch in 1975!) but it did feature some excellent new wave and punk artists as musical guests. 

Elton John - 1980-11-02 - Anaheim, CA (Ex Aud)

Elton John

1980-11-02

Convention Center

Anaheim, CA

Excellent Audience recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Funeral For A Friend > Love Lies Bleeding

02. Tiny Dancer

03. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

04. All The Young Girls Love Alice

05. Rocket Man

06. Philadelphia Freedom

07. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

08. Saturday Night (Nigel Olsson doing his own song)

09. All I Want Is You (Nigel Olsson)

10. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

11. Harmony

12. Little Jeannie

13. Bennie And The Jets

14. Imagine

15. Ego

16 Have Mercy On The Criminal

17. Someone Saved My Life Tonight

18. Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance)

19. Great Balls Of Fire >

20. Good Golly Miss Molly >

21. I Saw Her Standing There

Elton John - 1980-11-02 - Anaheim, CA (Ex Aud)

1980s - #1: In August 1976, Elton John ended his Louder As A Concorde Tour with the record 7 shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden in August 1976 (the August 15 show was the catalyst for my book, Ten Rules Of The Road I Learned At My First Concert). He would play only 9 concerts in 1977 and would even announce his retirement at a November 3 show that year. The stress of writing, recording and touring had clearly caught up with Elton. The next time Elton toured, in 1979, he played smaller venues, such as the Palladium in New York, accompanied only by percussionist Ray Cooper. The shows were a return to an earlier, simpler time in his career. Elton finally returned to full band shows at 20,000 seat arenas in 1980, launching a world tour on September 4 that would take him to the US, New Zealand, and Australia.  This excellent audience recording, from legendary taper Mike Millard, captures Elton during the US leg, in Anaheim, on November 2, 1980, 45 years ago today.

Grateful Dead - 1980-10-07 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1980-10-07

Warfield Theater

San Francisco, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

Acoustic Set:

01. Iko Iko

02. Dark Hollow

03. Rosalie McFall

04. Monkey & The Engineer

05. To Lay Me Down

06. Heaven Help The Fool

07. Deep Elem Blues

08. El Paso >

09. Ripple

1st Electric Set:

01. Tuning

02. Cold Rain And Snow

03. New Minglewood Blues

04. Loser

05. Me And My Uncle >

06. Big River

07. Althea

08. Little Red Rooster

09. Don’t Ease Me In >

10. Let It Grow >

11. Deal

2nd Electric Set:

01. Tuning

02. Shakedown Street

03. Estimated Prophet >

04. He’s Gone >

05. Drums >

06. Space >

07. The Wheel >

08. Stella Blue >

09. I Need A Miracle >

10. Good Lovin’

Encore:

01. Encore Break

02. Alabama Getaway

Grateful Dead - 1980-10-07 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

GD 1980 -Back To Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's part 2 of our Back To Back set featuring the Grateful Dead's 15th anniversary tour.  This one is a soundboard recoring from the Warfield in San Francosco on October 7, 1980. 45 years ago today.

Grateful Dead - 1980-10-06 - San Francisco, CA (SBD + Ex Aud)

Grateful Dead

1980-10-06

Warfield Theater

San Francisco, CA

Soundboard + Ex Aud Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

Acoustic Set (SBD):

01. Dire Wolf

02. Cassidy 

03. Jack-A-Roe

04. Monkey & The Engineer

05. I've Been All Around This World

06. Heaven Help The Fool

07. China Doll

08. On The Road Again

09. Bird Song >

10. Ripple

1st Electric Set (Ex Aud):

01. China Cat Sunflower* >

02. I Know You Rider* >

03. New Minglewood Blues*

04. They Love Each Other 

05. Beat It On Down The Line

06. Peggy-O

07. Lazy Lightning > Supplication

08. Brown Eyed Women

09. Looks Like Rain 

10. Deal

2nd Electric Set (Ex Aud):

01. Samson & Delilah 

02. It Must Have Been The Roses >

03. Lost Sailor >

04. Saint Of Circumstance >

05. Terrapin Station >

06. Drums >

07. Space >

08. Truckin' >

09. The Other One >

10. Black Peter >

11. Sugar Magnolia >

12. Johnny B. Goode

Encore (Ex Aud):

01. US Blues

*soundboard source

Grateful Dead - 1980-10-06 - San Francisco, CA (SBD + Ex Aud)

GD 1980 -Back To Back - #1: In 1980, the Grateful Dead celebrated their 15th anniversary. To commemorate that occasion, the band embarked on a very special fall tour, playing runs at the Warfield Theater (15 shows) in San Francisco, The Saenger Theatre (2 shows), in New Orleans and Radio City Music Hall (8 shows) in New York where each night opened with an acoustic set, followed by 2 electric sets. This soundboard (accoutic set) and excellent audience (electric sets) recording captures the Dead during the Warfield run, on October 6, 1980, 45 years ago today.  Download this one, then come back tomorrow for part 2 of this Back To Back set.

The Pretenders - 1980-09-08 - Chicago IL (FM)

The Pretenders

1980-09-08

Riviera Theater

Chicago, IL

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Precious

02. The Adultress

03. Kid

04. Talk Of The Town

05. Space Invader

06. Cuban Slide

07. I Go To Sleep

08. Private Life

09. Brass In Pocket

10. The Wait

11. Stop Your Sobbing

12. Louie Louie

13. Porcelain

14. Tattooed Love Boys

15. Band Introduction

16. Up The Neck

17. Mystery Achievement

18. What You Gonna Do About It

The Pretenders - 1980-09-08 - Chicago IL (FM)

The Pretenders made their lone Farm Aid appearance in 2008, a set we'll have for you later this month.

This FM broadcast captures The Pretenders 5 years before Farm Aid even existed, in Chicago on September 8, 1980, 45 years ago today. The band was on tour in support of their debut album, which was already an overwhelming commercial and critical success. The disc reached #1 on the charts in the UK and climbed to #9 on The Billboard charts in the US. Famed rock critic Robert Christgau gave the disc an A- rating while Rolling Stone wrote that the album “stands as some of the freshest, most provocative music around right now. 

Grateful Dead - 1980-08-31 - Landover MD (Ex Aud + SBD)

Grateful Dead

1980-08-31 

Capital Centre

Landover, MD

Ex Aud + SBD Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set (Ex Aud):

01. Alabama Getaway >

02. The Promised Land

03. They Love Each Other

04. Mama Tried >

05. Mexicali Blues

06. Althea

07. Little Red Rooster

08. Tennessee Jed

09. Far From Me

10. Lazy Lightning > 

11. Supplication

12. Deal

2nd Set (SBD):

01. Tuning

02. Greatest Story Ever Told >

03. Uncle John's Band >

04. Lost Sailor >

05. Saint Of Circumstance >

06. Comes A Time >

07. Truckin' >

08. Drums >

09. Space >

10. The Other One >

11. Stella Blue >

12. I Need A Miracle >

13. Good Lovin'

Encore (SBD):

01. Brokedown Palace 

Grateful Dead - 1980-08-31 - Landover MD (Ex Aud + SBD)

We end our month ong tribute to Jerry Garcia with one more from the Grateful Dead, a first set excellent audience, a second set soundboard, tape from August 31, 1980, 45 years ago today, and about halfway through Jerry's 30 year long strange trip with the Dead. That year, the Dead celebrated their 15th anniversary and the shows during the 2nd half of the year, in San Francisco, New Orleans and New York that included an acoustic set, get most of the attention. But some pretty fine playing was going throughout 1980, as evidenced by the fact that portions of the May 6, 7, 15 and 16 shows, the entire September 3 show, and 2nd set of the September 4 show, and the entire November 28 and 30 shows, have all been officially released. This show captures then right before those September official releases so you know the band was in fine form.

Elvis Costello - 1980-07-12 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland (SBD)

Elvis Costello

& the Attractions

1980-07-12

Montreux Jazz Festival

Casino De Montreux

Montreux, Switzerland

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Accidents Will Happen

02. The Beat

03. Temptation

04. Green Shirt

05. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea

06. You'll Never Be A Man

07. Big Tears

08. Secondary Modern

09. Lovers Walk

10. Wlk And Don't Look Back

11. Lipstick Vogue

12. Clubland

13. From A Whisper To A Scream

14. Watching The Detectives

15. You Belong To Me

16. Mystery Dance

18. Help Me

19. I Can't Stand Up (For Falling Down)

20. Pump It Up

Elvis Costello - 1980-07-12 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland (SBD)

While Elvis Costello was one of the 3 Angry Young Men of the new wave era (along with Joe Jackson and Graham Parker). Over time though, all he (and his 2 compatriots) moved away from that persona, diversifying his musical style. Costello’s 4th studio album, Get Happy, released in February 1980, was one of his ventures in a new direction. The songs on the album were influenced by both R&B and Soul music. In addition, the title may be a reference to gospel music, where the phrase "getting happy" is synonymous with receiving the Holy Spirit. Some sources claim that the R&B and Soul flavor of the disc was Costello’s way of making amends for racist comments he had made about James Brown and Ray Charles in a Febuary 1979 argument with Stephen Stills and Bonnie Bramlet, comments that Bramlet had reported to the US news media. Costello denied that was his motivation, though it does seem like more than simply a coincidence. In any event, despite the change in style, the album went to #11 on the Billboard charts, just one slot lower than Costello’s previous disc, Armed Forces. This FM soundboard recording captures Costello on tour in support of Get Happy, at the Montreux Jazz Festival on Juky 12, 1980, 45 years ago today.

Robin Lane - 1980-05-27 - Roslyn, NY (WLIR-FM)

Robin Lane 

& The Chartbusters

1980-05-27

My Father's Place

Roslyn, New York

WLIR-FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. WLIR Intro > It Will Only Hurt A Little While

02. Many Years Ago

03. Rather Be Blind

04. Last One To Know

05. Without You

06. Why Do You Tell Lies

07. Kathy Lee

08. Don't Cry

09. When Things Go Wrong

10. I Want To Talk To You

11. Keep Searchin' (Follow The Sun)

12. Don't Wait Till Tomorrow

13. I Don't Want To Know

14. Shakin' All Over

15. A Hero Now > WLIR Outro

Robin Lane - 1980-05-27 - Roslyn, NY (WLIR-FM)

1980s - #5: When I was in college, I had a good friend who went to UMass, where thanks to WBCN, he was clued in to the energing punk and new wave scence. One of the band's he introduced all of us to was Boston's own Robin Lane & The Chartbusters. Their debut disc, with songs like When Things Go Wrong, Without You, and It Will Only Hurt A Little While, just to name 3, were the perfect blend of punk and new wave, all powered by Robin's slightly gravelly, definitely powerful, vocals. On August 10, 1980, I got to see Robyn at the Royal Manor North, one of the countless NJ rock clubs that thrived in the early 1980s. If you lived in the area at the time, you'll recognize that name, along with other like Creations, the Cuss From Hoe, the Meadowbrook, the Fast Lane, the Stone Pony, etc (go here for a whole blog dedicated to those clubs). In any event, my buddies and I manged to find a spot on the floor directly in front on where Robin was standing. As the nught wore on, and the beer consumption increased, my friends swore that after each song, Robin was looking directly at me, smiling and trying to flirt. Sure she was! Despite the beer, I was smart enough to know my friends were trying to get me to do or say something embarrassing. In any event, the show was great and its a shame theat Robin and The Chartbusters never found mainstream success. This FM broadcast captures Robin a few months before I saw her live, at My Fathers Place, on May 27, 1980, 45 years ago today.

Eddie Money - 1980-05-24 - Berekely, CA (SBD)

Eddie Money

1980-05-24

Berkeley Community Theatre 

Berkeley, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Call On Me

02. Can't Keep A Good Man Down

03. So Good To Be In Love Again

04. Wanna Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star

05. Maybe I'm A Fool

06. You've Really Got A Hold On Me

07. Two Tickets To Paradise

08. Wish Every Night Was Friday Night

09. Baby Hold On

10. Get A Move On

11. Everybody Rock 'N' Roll The Place

12. Life For The Taking

13. Gamblin' Man

14. You're Still A Young Man

15. Back To New York

Eddie Money - 1980-05-24 - Berekely, CA (SBD)

1980s - #4:  In July 1980, Eddie Money released his 3rd studio album, entitled Playing For Keeps.  The disc went to #35 on the Billboard Charts, though none of the 3 singles from the disc - Get a Move On, Let's Be Lovers Again, and Running Back - had much commercial or critcal success.  This soundboard captures Eddie about 2 months prior to the release of Playing For Keeps, in Berkely, on May 24, 1980, 45 years ago today.