Elvis Costello - 1983-10-06 - Glasgow, Scotland (FM)

Elvis Costello 

And The Attractions

1983-10-06

Tiffany's

Glasgow, Scotland

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork included

01. Watching The Detectives

02. Watch Your Step

03. The Greatest Thing

04. Man Out Of Time

05. Head To Toe

06. New Lace Sleeves

07. The World And His Wife

08. Alison

09. Backstabbers - King Horse

10. Clowntime Is Over

11. Pills And Soup

12. Everyday I Write The Book

Note: Broadcast incomplete.  Artwork reflects whole show

Elvis Costello - 1983-10-06 - Glasgow, Scotland (FM)

Elvis Costello entered the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame as part of the Class of 2003, which also featured fellow New Wave/Punk artists The Police & The Clash. Costello performed 3 song at the induction ceremony, Pump It Up, Deep Dark Truthful Mirror, and (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding.

This FM broadcast captures Costello and the Attractions in Glascow on October 6, 1983, 43 years ago today.  Elvis was on tour in support of his most rcent album, Punch The Clock.

Stevie Nicks - 1983-10-04 - Oakland, CA (FM)

Stevie Nicks

1983-10-04

Oakland Coliseum

Oakland, CA

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Westwood One Intro

02. Gold Dust Woman

03. Outside The Rain

04. Dreams

05. I Need To Know

06. Sara

xx. If Anyone Falls (missing)

07. Leather And Lace

08. Stand Back

09. Beauty And The Beast

xx. Gypsy (missing)

xx. How Still Is My Love (missing)

10. Gold And Braid

11. Stop Draggin My Heart Around

12. Edge Of Seventeen

13. Rhiannon

14. Westwood One Credits

Stevie Nicks - 1983-10-04 - Oakland, CA (FM)

When Stevie Nicks was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 as a solo artist, she made history.  She became the first woman to be honored twice by the Hall, having also been inducted in 1998 as a member of Fleetwood Mac.

 

This FM broadcast captures Stevie during her 1983 solo tour, in Oakland on October 4, 1983, 43 years ago today. She had released her first solo album, Bella Donna two years earlier in 1981, and what a debut it was. The disc went to #1 on the Billboard charts, spawned 2 top 10 singles,Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Tom Petty) att #3 and Leather and Lace at #6, and a 3rd that just missed the top 10, Edge Of Seventeen at #11. Two years later, she released her second solo disc, The Wild Heart which reached #5 on the charts. The single from the disc, Stand Back, also went to #5.

Greg Kihn - 1983-09-23 - San Francisco, CA (FM)

Greg Kihn

1983-09-23

Wolfgang's

San Francisco, CA

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Route 66

02. Fascination

03. Tear That City Down

04. Talkin' To Myself

05. Work, Work, Work

06. Happy Man

07. Every Love Song

08. Cheri Baby

09. The Breakup Song

10. Jeopardy

11. Can't Stop Hurtin' Myself

Greg Kihn - 1983-09-23 - San Francisco, CA (FM)

1983: When MTV launched on August 1, 1981, many of the earliest music videos the station aired were from emerging new wave artists such as Blondie, Elvis Costello, and The Pretenders, just to name a few. That said, at some point, it seemed that almost any MTV video from a new band became classified as new wave, whether or not the artist truly fit that genre. Such was the case with Greg Kihn, whose video for the Breakup Song - simply a clip of the tune being played live - was among the first aired by MTV. As a result of that video being played alongside ones by the artists mentioned earlier, Kihn sometimes was referred to as a new wave act, even though he was really a straight ahead rock and roller. Kihn later received even more attention on MTV for his video for the song Jeopardy. It was one of the first “concept” videos aired on MTV, and was later spoofed by Weird Al Yankovic in the video I Lost on Jeopardy. New Wave or not, Kihn’s video singles did well on the charts, with The Breakup Song reaching #15 and Jeopardy climbing all the way to the #2 position. This FM broadcast catches Kihn on September 23, 1983, 43 years ago today, in San Francisco. Download this one, and while you listen, you just might want your MTV!

The Bongos - 1983-08-21 - Columbia University, New York, NY (FM)

The Bongos

1983-08-21

Columbia University

New York, NY

FM Broadcast

256 kbp

Artwork Included

01. Telephoto Lens

02. Tiger Nights

03. Glow In The Dark

04. The Bulrushes

05. Automatic Doors

06. Roman Circus

07. Burning Bush

08. Numbers With Wings

09. Three Wise Men

10. Skydiving

11. Barbarella

12. In The Congo

13. Question Ball

14. My Sin

15. Mambo Sun

The Bongos - 1983-08-21 - Columbia University, New York, NY (FM)

In the early 1980s, punk and new wave music started to move more into the mainstream, as evidenced locally by the fact that classic rock station WNEW-FM began to play those genres.  As a result I found myself listening to and enjoying a host of new artists, which in turn led me to buy tickets to concerts by those bands.  Between 1980 and 1983, I attended shows by The Clash, The Pretenders, Joan Jett, Joe Jackson, The Police, The Go Gos, Pat Benatar, Robin Lane, and The Ramones, just to name a few.  I also got to see a local band, from nearby Hoboken NJ, called the Bongos, on December 31, 1982 at the Mudd Club in New York. The Bongos had released an album entitled Drums Along The Hudson, which featured a host of tunes, such as Bulrushes, Zebra Club and In The Congo, that blended guitar driven pop with dance rhythms. It became anther one of those discs that went on my turntable and never came off.  

While I'm fairly certain no tape exists of the New Year's Eve show I attended (no one could have been sober enough to make a recording!!), I did find this FM broadcast from Columbia University, from about 6 months later, on August 21, 1983, 43 years ago today. Only wish this one had Zebra Club on it!  

The Turtles - 1983-08-19 - Chicago, IL (FM)

The Turtles 

1983-08-19

ChicagoFest

Soldier Field

Chicago, IL

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. You Baby 

02. talk 

03. Like a Rolling Stone 

04. Keep It Warm 

05. talk 

06. Nikki Hoi > Limbo Rock 

07. talk 

08. You Might Need Somebody 

09. Let Me Be 

10. Eve Of Destruction 

11. She's My Girl 

12. The Pied Piper > Jungleland 

13. talk 

15. You Showed Me > Light My Fire 

16. Eleanor 

17. Happy Together Intro 

18. Happy Together 

The Turtles - 1983-08-19 - Chicago, IL (FM)

I saw the Turtles live once, on December 31, 196 at the Bottom Line in New York.  The show might have been billed as Flo & Eddie, or The Turtles, featuring Flo and Eddie.  Flo and Eddie were the alter egos of the band's co-leaders, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, which they used to launch a 2nd career as a musical comedy act.

This FM broadcast captures The Turtles in Chicago on August 19, 1983, 43 years ago today, during their comeback tour.  Thanks to Albums That Should Exist for the original files.

John Sebastian - 1983-07-24 - Houston, TX (Late) (SBD)

John Sebastian

1983-07-24

Late Show 

Rockefeller's

Houston, TX

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. My Gal 

02. talk

03. Welcome Back 

04. Lovin' You 

05. Rainbows All Over Your Blues 

06. My Baby's Walkin' With Someone New

07. Nashville Cats 

08. Woodstock story 

09. Younger Generation 

10. talk about cartoon music 

11. Looking For Something Better 

12. How Have You Been

13. 4 Eyes 

14. Wild About My Lovin' 

15. Red-Eye Express 

16. Stories We Could Tell 

17. Daydream 

18. I Had A Dream 

19. Darlin' Be Home Soon

John Sebastian - 1983-07-24 - Houston, TX (Late) (SBD)

JS 1983 - Back To Back - #2: As promised earlier, here's part 2 of our Back To Back set featuring John Sebastian in 1983. This one is a soundboard recording of the late show from Rockefeller's in Houston on July 24, 1983, 43 years ago today.

John Sebastian - 1983-07-24 - Houston, TX (Early) (SBD)

John Sebastian

1983-07-24

Early Show 

Rockefeller's

Houston, TX, USA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Mobile Line (Gonna Carry Me Away From The Bull Frog Blues) 

02. Welcome Back 

03. Nashville Cats

04. Smokey Don't Go 

05. She's A Lady 

06. Unknown title 

07. talk about cartoon music 

08. The Junk Monster Song 

09. talk about music for an Easter special 

10. The Easter Bunny Song

11. Talk 

12. Tar Beach 

13. talk & tuning 

14. You're A Big Boy Now 

15. Jug Band Music

16. Dixie Chicken 

17. Younger Girl (tape flip; cuts in) 

18. Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? 

19. talk about Lightnin' Hopkins 

20. Milk Cow Blues 

21. Red-Eye Express 

22. Daydream 

23. Woodstock Toot (Harmonica solo) 

24. Darlin' Be Home Soon 

John Sebastian - 1983-07-24 - Houston, TX (Early) (SBD)

JS 1983 - Back To Back - #1: After John Sebastian left the Lovin Spoonful in 1968, he embarked on a solo career that never quite acheived the same level of critical or commercial success. The one major exception was his 1976 number 1 single, Welcome Back, which served as the theme song to the televison comedy Welcome Back, Kotter, starring Gabel Kaplan in the title role.  This soundboard recording captures Sebastian some 7 years later, during the early show at Roickefeller's in Houston, playing tht tune along with plenty of ongs from his Lovin' Spoonful days. Download this one, then come back in a few hours for part 2 of this Back to Back set.

The Turtles - 1983-06-14 - Salt Lake City, UT (SBD)

The Turtles

1983-06-14

Scaggs Telecommunications Studios 

Salt Lake City, UT

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Keep It Warm

02. Let Me Be

03. She's My Girl

04. Nikki Hoi 

05. She'd Rather Be With Me

06. Happy Together

The Turtles - 1983-06-14 - Salt Lake City, UT (SBD)

I saw the Turtles live once, on December 31, 196 at the Bottom Line in New York.  The show might have been billed as Flo & Eddie, or The Turtles, featuring Flo and Eddie.  Flo and Eddie were the alter egos of the band's co-leaders, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, which they used to launch a 2nd career as a musical comedy act.

This soundboard recording captures The Turtles in Salt Lake City on June 14, 1983, 43 years ago today, during their comeback tour.  The band had broken up in 1970, but 13 years later, they and Gary Puckett were invited to tape a live performance for "Friends In Concert," a regional television show based out of Salt Lake City. Before an enthusiastic audience gathered at Scaggs Telecommunications Studios, Kaylan, Volman, and friends deliver a high energy set comprised of four of The Turtles greatest hits of the 1960s in addition to two of the most popular Flo & Eddie songs of the 1970s. By the way, Gary Puckett has been a frequent participant in the Happy Together tour, an oldies tour that Kaylan and Volman launched in 2010 that is till running today.

Jerry Garcia Band - 1983-06-01 - Roseland, New York, NY (Ex Aud)

Jerry Garcia Band

1983-0-01

Roseland Ballroom

New York, NY

Excellent Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Crowd & Tuning 

02. I'll Take a Melody 

03. Harder They Come

04. They Love Each Other >

05. Gomorrah >

06. Run For The Roses 

2nd Set:

01. Crowd & Tuning 

02. Rhapsody In Red 

03. Don't Let Go 

04. Russian Lullaby >

05. Dear Prudence >

06. Deal 

Encore:

07. How Sweet It Is 

Jerry Garcia Band - 1983-06-01 - Roseland, New York, NY (Ex Aud)

Besides the 50 times I saw the Dead live, I attended 4 Jerry Garcia Band concerts - in March 1978 at the Capitol Theater, in March 1980, also at the Capitol (a show that has been officially released), in August 1984 at Caldwell College and finally in November 1991 at Madison Square Garden (another one that has been officially released). Garcia solo shows were like Dead concerts in some ways as some songs overlapped, the set lists were unpredictable and the jamming intense, but unlike them in others. Garcia on his own played an amazing variety of covers not found in the Dead's set lists, broke out some of his rarer solo tunes, and took far more solos than he would when jamming with the Dead. To sum it up, seeing Garcia solo was not seeing the Dead, and vice versa.

This excellent audience recording captures Garcia at Roseland in New York on June 1, 1983, 43 years ago today, about 6 month's after the release his last solo studio album, entitled Run For The Roses. With the exception of the title track, and a cover of Dylan’s Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, it was hardly Garcia’s most inspired work. In part, that reflected his ongoing battles with drug addiction. It also reflected a growing disinterest on his part in making studio albums in general. For example, the Grateful Dead would go 7 years, from 1980 to 1987 without releasing a studio album. Even that 1987 album, In The Dark, was recorded on stage in a theater, though without an audience, in hopes of giving the tunes more of a live concert feel. Playing live was, ironically, both Garcia’s comfort zone and where he could experiment musically. In 1983, he played 75 solo shows, in addition to touring with the Dead, but unlike most bands, the concerts weren’t designed to promote the album.  Only one tune from Run For The Roses, for example  namely the title track, was included in his set list at Roseland. 

The Clash - 1983-05-28 - US Festival, Devore, CA (TV SBD)

The Clash

1983-05-28

US Festival '83

Glen Helen Regional Park

San Bernardino, CA

TV SBD Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. talk 

02. London Calling* 

03. This Is Radio Clash*

04. Somebody Got Murdered 

05. talk 

06. Rock the Casbah* 

07. Guns of Brixton

08. Know Your Rights 

09. Koka Kola 

10. Hate or War 

11. talk 

12. Armagideon Time 

13. talk 

14. Sound of the Sinners 

15. talk 

16. Safe European Home 

17. Police on My Back 

18. Brand New Cadillac

19. I Fought the Law 

20. I'm So Bored with the USA 

21. Train in Vain 

22. The Magnificent Seven 

23. talk 

24. Straight to Hell 

25. Should I Stay or Should I Go 

26. Clampdown 

27. talk 

*audience patches

The Clash - 1983-05-28 - US Festival, Devore, CA (TV SBD) 

 Over Memorial Day Weekend 1983, Steve Wozniak of Apple hosted the 2nd US Festival (the first has been discussed here) at Glen Helen Regional Park near Devore, California. Over 650,000 people attended the 3 day event, and Wozniak lost over $12 million! Each day featured a different musical genre. Opening Day, May 28 was New Wave Day, with such acts as The Clash, English Beat, INXS, Flock of Seagulls, Stray Cats and Men At Work. I'm not quite sure how the last 2 qualified as New Wave! Day 2, was Heavy Metal Day and included Van Halen, Ozzy, and Judas Priest. Finally, day 3 was Rock Day (as if the other 2 days weren't rock??) and featured U2, David Bowie, Stevie Nicks, Joe Walsh and, this post's featured band, the Pretenders. This TV SBD recording captures The Clash from the US Festival on opoening day, May 28, 1983, 43 years ago today.  By the way, this set almost didn't happen as The Clash got into a dispute with the local promoters about their fee for the show.  Moreover, it turned out to be the last gig Mick Jones ever played with the band. You can read more about all that here.

Marshall Crenshaw - 1983-05-02 - Chicago, IL (TV SBD)

Marshall Crenshaw

1983-05-02

Soundstage

PBS Studios

Chicago, IL

TV SBD Recording 

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Soundstage Intro (they incorrectly call him MICHAEL)

02. Mary Anne

03. Rockin' Around In N.Y.C.

04. Girls...

05. Soldier Of Love

06. Got A Lot o' Lovin' To Do

07. She Can't Dance

08. Move It!

09. Something's Gonna Happen > Someday, Someway

10. There She Goes Again

11. Brand New Lover

12. Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)

13. Look At What I Almost Missed

14. Brown Eyed Handsome Man

15. The Usual Thing

16. Cynical Girl

17. White Lightning

18. (I Wanna) Love My Life Away

Marshall Crenshaw - 1983-05-02 - Chicago, IL (TV SBD)

In April 1982, Marshall Crenshaw released his self-titled debut album. I bought it on the advice of a buddy, who had heard about Mr. Crenshaw on WBCN-FM while attending college at UMass. The disc went on my turntable and rarely came off! Why Crenshaw never took rock by storm is beyond me. The album has everything – catchy tunes, great hooks, excellent vocals, Beatle and Buddy Holly influences (FYI - Crenshaw played John Lennon in an off-Broadway production of Beatlemania and portrayed Buddy Holly in the movie, La Bamba). Songs such as Cynical Girl, Someday Someway, and Rocking Around in NYC get in your head, grab you and never let go. Yet, while he received critical acclaim, super stardom never followed. By the way, Crenshaw’s 2nd album, Field Day, released in June 1983, is just as good and includes the near perfect (at least I think so) Whenever You're On My Mind.  This soundboard recording captures him between the release of those 2 discs, on Soundstage, on May 2, 1983, 43 years ago today.  One note - while everything on line indicates that May 2 is the performance date of this show, I suspect it may be the broadcast date. Seems hard to believe that Crensahw would perfrom a show in May 1983, a month before a new album came out, and not include a single track from it in his set.  Either way, its a great recording!

David Bowie - 1983-04-27 - Dallas, TX (SBD)

David Bowie
with Stevie Ray Vaughan
1983-04-27
Tour Rehearsals
Las Colinas
Dallas Texas
Soundboard Recording
192 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1
01. Star
02. Heroes
03. What In The World
04. Look Back In Anger
05. Joe The Lion
06. Wild Is The Wind
07. Golden Years
08. Fashion
09. Lets Dance
10. Red Sails
11. Breaking Glass
12. Life On Mars
13. Sorrow
14. Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
15. China Girl
16. Scary Monsters (Super Creeps)
17. Rebel Rebel
18. I Can't Explain
19. White Light White Heat

CD 2:
01. Station to Station
02. Cracked Actor
03. Ashes to Ashes
04. Space Oddity
05. Youn Americans
06. Soul Love
07. Hang onto Yourself
08. Fame
09. TVC15
10. Stay
11. Jean Genie
12. Modern Love

David Bowie - 1983-04-27 - Dallas, TX (SBD)

David Bowie was part of the 1996 Rock Hall Of Fame class, which also included Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, Pete Seeger, The Shirelles and The Velvet Underground. David Byrne of the Talking Heads presented Bowie for induction. Bowie, wasn’t in the building, however, as he was in Helsinki, Finland, touring in support of his album, Outside. Madonna accepted on his behalf, and Marianne Faithful performed Rebel Rebel.  Stevie Ray Vaughn was elected in 2015, along with his band Double Trouble. Other inductees that year included Lou Reed, Bill Withers, Joan Jett and Ringo Starr.

This post goes back 13 years earlier to Bowie's tour in support of the Let's Dance album, when he teamed up with Vaughn. While attending the 1982 Montreux Jazz Festival, Bowie was impressed by a then unknown blues guitarist by the name of Stevie Ray Vaughan. So much so, that Bowie invited Vaughan to play on his next album. That disc, entitled, Let’s Dance, would blend a dance format with blues guitar rock to create a distinctive and unique sound. The public loved it, as the album went to #4 on the US Billboard charts and climbed all the way to the top spot in the UK. The album yielded 3 top 15 singles in the US, Modern Love at #14, China Girl at #10 and the title track which reached #1. When Bowie went on tour in support of the album, however, SRV could not accompany him due to contractual issues. This soundboard recording captures the tour rehearsals in Dallas on April 27, 1983, 3 decades ago today. Download this one to hear the unique partnership of David Bowie and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Three Dog Night - 1983-03-19 - Portland, OR (SBD)

Three Dog Night

1983-03-19

The Starry Night

Portland, OR

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

Early Show:

01. One Man Band

02. The Family Of Man

03. Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)

04. Liar

05. Old Fashioned Love Song

06. Out In The Country

07. Black & White

08. One

09. Never Been To Spain

10. The Show Must Go On

11. Shambala

12. Easy To Be Hard

13. Mama Told Me Not To Come

14. Joy To The World

Encore:

15. Eli's Coming

16. Celebrate

Late Show (partial)

01. One Man Band

02. The Family Of Man

03. Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)

04. Liar

05. Old Fashioned Love Song

06. Black & White

07. One//

Three Dog Night - 1983-03-19 - Portland, OR (SBD)

1980s - #3:  From 1968 to 1975. Three Dog Night dominated the Billboard singles chart. The band scored 21 Top 40 hits, including 3 that reached the top spot, each featuring a different lead singer - Mama Told Me Not to Come (Cory Wells on lead), Joy to the World (Chuck Negron on lead); and Black and White (Danny Hutton on lead). Dunhill Records claimed that the band sold over 40 million record albums during that stretch. Soon after their run of hits ended, the band disbanded in July 1976. They reformed in 1981, and went on tour in 1983. This soundboard recording captures the band in Portland on March 19, 1983, 43 years ago today. The reunion would last for another 2 years, afterwhich the band parted ways with Chuck Negron due to his drug use.

Lou Reed - 1983-02-25 - Bottom Line, NY, NY (late) (SBD)

Lou Reed

1983-02-25

Late Show

Bottom Line 

New York, NY

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Sweet Jane

02. I'm Waiting For My Man

03. Martial Law

04. Vicious Circle

05. Sally Can't Dance

06. Don't Talk To Me About Work

07. Women

08. Waves Of Fear

09. Walk On The Wild Side

10. Pow Wow

11. Turn Out the Light

12. Underneath The Bottle

13. Betrayed

14. Average Guy

15. Legendary Hearts

16. Kill Your Sons

17. Satellite Of Love

18. White Light / White Heat

19. The Last Shot

20. A Gift

21. Some Kinda Love

Lou Reed - 1983-02-25 - Bottom Line, NY, NY (late) (SBD)

Lou Reed 1983 - Back To Back - #2: As promised earlier today, here's part 2 of our Back to Back set featuring Lou Reed at the Bottom Line in 1983.  This one is a sounboard recording of the late show on February 25, 1983, 43 years ago today.

Lou Reed - 1983-02-25 - Bottom Line, NY, NY (sndchk + early) (SBD)

Lou Reed

1983-02-25

Soundcheck & Early Show

Bottom Line 

New York, NY

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

Soundcheck

01. I'm Waiting For The Man

02. Women

03. Underneath The Bottle

04. Waves Of Fear

05. The Day John Kennedy Died

06. Sweet Jane

07. Satellite Of Love

08. Rock & Roll

09. Walk On The Wild Side

10. Charley's Girl

11. Sunday Morning

12. A Gift

13. Kill Your Sons

14. Vicious Circle

15. Sally Can't Dance

16. New Age

17. Some Kinda Love

18. There She Goes Again

19. White Light White Heat

20. I'll Be Your Mirror

Early Show

01. Sweet Jane

02. I'm Waiting For My Man

03. Martial Law

04. Vicious Circle

05. Sally Can't Dance

06. Don't Talk To Me About Work

07. Women

08. Waves Of Fear

09. Walk On The Wild Side

10. Pow Wow

11. Turn Out the Light

12. Underneath The Bottle

13. New Age

14. Betrayed

15. Average Guy

16. Legendary Hearts

17. Kill Your Sons

18. Satellite Of Love

19. Instrumental

20. White Light / White Heat

21. The Last Shot

22. A Gift

23. Rock 'N' Roll

Lou Reed - 1983-02-25 - Bottom Line, NY, NY (sndchk + early) (SBD)

Lou Reed 1983 - Back To Back - #1: In 1980, Lou reed stopped touring for almost 3 years, spending time instead in the studio working on 2 albums, The Blue Mask and Legendary Hearts.  While neither cracked the top 150 on the Billboard charts, both received rave critical reviews, with the Robert Christgau, for example, giving each an A rating. Reed finally returned to the stage in early 1983, touring in support of both discs.  As part of that tour, he played 4 dates at the legendary Bottom Line nightclub in New York in late February/early March 1983, performing 2 shows each night.  Tickets were just $12.50. This soundboard recording capturs the soundcheck and early show from the opening night of the run, on February 25, 1983, 43 years ago today.  Download this one, then comeback later today for part 2 of this Back To Back set.

Katrina & The Waves - 1983-12-29 - Shepperton, UK (TV SBD)

Katrina & The Waves

1983-12-29 

Shepperton Film Studios

Shepperton, UK 

TV SBD recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. talk 

02. Que Te Quiero 

03. Game Of Love 

04. Do You Want Crying 

05. Walking on Sunshine 

06. Don't Take Her Out of My World 

07. Mexico 

08. Brown Eyed Son 

09. Maniac House 

10. talk 

11. I Really Taught Me To Watusi 

12. talk 

13. Monkey Town 

Katrina & The Waves - 1983-12-29 - Shepperton, UK (TV SBD) 

I saw Katrina & The Waves live once, leading on for Don Henley at Pier 43 in August 1985. The band was riding a huge wave of popularity thanks to the top 10 single, Walking on Sunshine! 

This TV soundboard recording captures Katrina & The Waves just about a year before their big chart success, in Shepperton on December 29, 1983, 42 years ago today.  NOTE - thanks to Albums That Should Exist for the original files.

John Hiatt with Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack - 1983-12-11 - Hamburg, Germany (TV SBD)

John Hiatt

with Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack

1983-12-11

Rockpalast

Markthalle

Hamburg, Germany

TV SBD Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Soul Cruising

02. I Don't Even Try

03. A Saint Beneath The Paint

04. The Love That Harms

05. Tempted

06. Cruel To Be Kind 

07. Switchboard Susan

08. Love Like Blood 

09. Girl On A String 

10. Half A Boy, Half A Man

11. Raging Eyes

12. I Need You

13. Little By Little

14. Falling Up 

15. How Long 

16. Burning

17. Riding With The King

Encore:

18. I Can't Win

19. I Knew The Bride

20. Heart Of The City 

21. 6345789 

22. (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love And Understanding 

John Hiatt with Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack - 1983-12-11 - Hamburg, Germany (TV SBD)

Today's post features 3 artists, all of whom I've seen live.  John Hiatt was the first show I attended after a 2 year hiatus due to the pandemic, on September 25, 2021 in Morristown. That was 34 years after the first tine I saw Hiatt, in August 1987 at the Pier in New York City. That gap is the 3rd longest time for me betwen seeing an artist, behind America (38 years between 1978 and 2016) and Pat Benatar (40 years between 1981 and 2021).  I saw Nick Lowe for the first time in July 1979 as part of Rockpile, at the same bill as Blondie at Belmont Race Track.  Then I saw Lowe for the 2nd time on April 1, 1983, backed by Paul Carrack. They led-in for Tom Petty.

This TV soundboard recording captures Hiatt, Lowe and Carrack in Hamburg on the German televison program Rockpalast on December 11, 1983, 42 years ago today.  Four years later, Lowe would help Hiatt record his breakthrough album, Bring The Family.

Warren Zevon - 1983-07-03 - Werchter Festival, Belgium (FM)

Warren Zevon

1983-07-03

Werchter Festival

Werchter, Belgium

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Play It All Night Long

02. Frank and Jesse James

03. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

04. Charlie's Medicine

05. Hasten Down The Wind >

06. Accidentally Like A Martyr

07. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me

08. Excitable Boy

09. Werewolves of London

Warren Zevon - 1983-07-03 - Werchter Festival, Belgium (FM) 

Rock Werchter is an annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, Belgium taht has been running annually since 1976. and is a large sized rock music festival. .Originally it was a double-festival, called "Torhout-Werchter", with two festival areas at different sites in Belgium: one in Werchter and one in Torhout. In 1999, the festival dropped the Torhout site and since then has taken place only in Werchter. The 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2014 festivals received the Arthur award for best festival in the world at the International Live Music Conference (ILMC).  Since 2003 Werchter has been a 4-day festival with a daily capacity of 88,000. This FM Boradcast csaptures Warren Zevon at the 1983 festival, on July 3, 1983, 42 years ago today.

The Police - 1983-12-11 - Glasgow, Scotland (SBD)

The Police

1983-12-11

The Apollo Theatre

Glasgow, Scotland 

Sound board recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Synchronicity 1

02. Synchronicity 2

03. Walking In Your Footsteps

04. Message In A Bottle

05. Walking On The Moon

06. Oh My God

07. De Do Do Do

08. Wrapped Around Your Finger

09. Tea In The Sahara

10. Hole In My Life

11. Spirit In The Material World

CD 2:

12. Invisible Sun

13. One World

14. King Of Pain

15. Don't Stand So Close To Me

16. Every Breath You Take

17. Murder By Numbers

18. Roxanne

19. Can't Stand Losing You Reggatta De Blanc

20. So Lonely

The Police - 1983-12-11 - Glasgow, Scotland (SBD)

The Police’s 1981 Ghost in the Machine album tour put them on the map as rock super stars. Their tour in support of that disc made them the first new wave/punk band to graduate from playing clubs to headlining at 20,000 seat arenas such as Madison Square Garden on New York, where I saw them January 22, 1982. The follow up album, Synchronicity, released in June 1983, was another blockbuster, going to number 1 on the US and UK charts, and winning the band a Grammy Award for best rock performance by a duo or group. The album spawned 4 top 20 singles: Synchronicity II at #16, Wrapped Around Your Finger at #8, King of Pain at #3 and Every Breathe You Take, which went to the #1 spot and stayed there for 8 weeks. Despite all that success (or maybe because of it?), the band was beginning to come apart. The album was recorded with each member of the band in a separate room, ostensibly for engineering reasons, but in hindsight it is apparent that the arrangement symbolized that the band was no longer a cohesive unit. Moreover, during the recording of Every Breath You Take, Sting and Andy Summers came to blows in the studio. When the band went on the road in July 1983 in support of the album, no one knew that it would be the final world tour for the band (with the exception of 3 shows in 1986) until 2007! This soundboard recording captures the band during that final 20th century tour, in Scotland on December 11, 1983, 41 years ago today.

Rick Derringer - 1983-11-29 - Cincinnati, OH (SBD)

Rick Derringer

1983-11-29

Fifth Floor Studio

Cincinnati, OH

FM broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Play Guitar

02. Shake Me

03. Just Wanna Dance

04. Hang On Sloopy

05. Easy Action

06. Lesson Learned

07. Teenage Love Affair

08. Hard Ball

09. Beyond The Universe

10. Rock 'n' Roll Hoochie Coo

11. Party At The  Hotel

12. Sure Was Fun

Rick Derringer - 1983-11-29 - Cincinnati, OH (SBD) 

1983: In 1983, Rick Derringer released his 5th studio album, entitled Good Dirty Fun. He toured in support of he disc, including this show from November 29, 1983, 41 years ago today, in Cincinnati, as captured in this FM broadcast. But Derringer's album isn't the reason for this post. No, we selected this show because first, we needed something from 1983 to keep with this month's theme and second, it features Hang On Sloopy. The tune, recorded by Derringer when he was just 17 in 1965 while with the McCoys, is one of my guilty pleasures. The song actually went to #1 on the Billboard charts, but was knocked out of the top spot after just once week by a little known tune from a relatively obscure band - Yesterday by The Beatles! I actually heard the late, great Tom Petty play Hang On Sloopy live just a few months prior to this Derringer show, on April 1 1983 during at a concert at the Byrne Arena. By the way, Rick also breaks out a mean version of Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo!