Be Bop Deluxe BBC In Concert 2nd October 1976

BBC In Concert 2nd October 1976 is a live concert broadcast by Be Bop Deluxe at the Hammersmith Odeon, London from the Modern Music tour.

It is one of a series of BBC in concert recordings that are available on Amazon.

Unfortunately they seem to be tucked away because it doesn’t appear on the Be Bop Deluxe page.

Their popular Live In The Air Age album was recorded on this tour but it didn’t feature any songs from Modern Music. This one does.

Two Be Bop Deluxe In Concert recordings have also appeared on another live album – Tremulous Antenna – but this is a new one or at least it has some different songs. There is also a Be Bop Deluxe In Concert recording from 15th January 1976 which I think is the basis for Tremulous Antenna but it seems to have been cut down.

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Talking Heads The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads 1977 to 1981

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads is a live compilation album from Talking Heads spanning the years from 1977 to 1981.

This represents the time when Talking Heads were at their most innovative, coming out of the punk movement at the CBGBs club but sounding nothing like punk. In my classification system I’m treating talking Heads as both a new wave band and an art rock band.

This album represents Talking Heads at their brilliant, quirky best and in my opinion is even more exciting than Stop Making Sense.

If you’re wondering about the title, the group were often incorrectly called The Talking Heads. David Byrne would often introduce songs with the phrase “The name of this song …”

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads

My Rating – 29 out of 30 – an outstanding live album

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Be Bop Deluxe Tremulous Antenna Radioland 1976 &1978

Tremulous Antenna and Radioland: BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert are basically the same album which brings together two radio broadcasts by Be Bop Deluxe from 1976 and 1978.

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Be Bop Deluxe Live In The Air Age 1977

Live In The Air Age is the first live album by seventies art rock band Be Bop Deluxe led by the great guitarist Bill Nelson. It was released in 1977.

Some say that Be Bop Deluxe are progressive rock. I don’t agree and include them in my art rock category along with David Bowie, Roxy Music and King Crimson.

Be Bop Deluxe are one of my favourite groups that captured my imagination as a 15 year old that no one else at school knew about. That changed a little bit when Ships In The Night was a minor hit.

Although this was recorded on the Modern Music tour, there aren’t any songs played from that album. It’s a shame. I saw them and it was a very good gig.

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Talking Heads Stop Making Sense 1983

Stop Making Sense is a live album recorded by Talking Heads on the tour to promote the studio album Speaking In Tongues in 1983.

It is also the soundtrack for the concert film of the same name.

This live album is very highly regarded by critics but I have to admit to being puzzled because I don’t believe it is a match for The Name Of The Band Is Talking Heads, a live album from earlier in their career.

Stop Making Sense

Talking Heads Stop Making Sense

My Rating – 26 out of 30 – highly recommended but the DVD is even better

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David Bowie Stage 1978

David Bowie Stage is a live album of the 1978 tour promoting Low and Heroes from his Berlin phase with Brian Eno.

It was his second live album after the disappointing reception to David Live from 1974’s Diamond Dogs tour.

I’ve bought Stage twice – first as a double LP when it first came out and then much later as a CD when I really wanted at least one David Bowie live album in my collection. It seemed to an obvious album to buy because I struggle to like his Berlin studio albums.

David Bowie Stage Overall Rating – 22/30

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Roxy Music Live 2001

Roxy Music Live is a record of how this great group sounded on the 2001 world tour after being apart from 1983.

Until this album, Roxy Music have been relatively poorly served by the quality of their live albums – Viva, Concerto / Ladytron and Heart Still Beating. I think plenty of people have been burnt by the confusing releases from the 1979/80 tours.

Roxy Music Live

Roxy Music Live Album 2001

My Rating – 24 out of 30 (that feels stingy but it’s what the three individual ratings add up to).

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