Eddie & The Hot Rods released two great EPs at the beginning of their career to capitalise on their success as a great live band.
These are now available as bonus tracks on the reissue of their first album, Teenage Depression
Tag: 1970s Punk
Live Punk And New Wave Albums From The 1970s
Punk and new wave music was a big shock when it started to emerge in 1976 with its raw, basic, powerful sound.
Wikipedia defines punk rock as
“Punk rock (or simply punk) is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. Punk bands typically use short or fast-paced songs, with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produced recordings and distributed them through informal channels.”
Wikipedia defines New Wave as
“New wave music is an umbrella term for several late-1970s to mid-1980s pop/rock musical styles with ties to 1970s punk rock. The wide range of bands categorized under this term has been a source of much confusion and controversy. The new wave sound of the late 1970s moved away from the smooth blues and rock & roll sounds to create music with a twitchy, agitated feel, choppy rhythm guitars and fast tempos. Initially—as with the later post-punk—new wave was broadly analogous to punk rock before branching as a distinctly identified genre, incorporating electronic/experimental music, mod, disco and pop. It subsequently engendered subgenres and fusions, including New Romantic and gothic rock.”
Before punk and new wave came proto-punk and pub rock in the UK which laid some of the ground work for the “revolution” and after the initial burst of energy, the movement developed into what we know as indie rock and alternative rock.
Punk Rock & New wave Live Albums Recorded In The 1970s
Live albums recorded under the general punk and new wave banner include:
The Adverts Live at the Roxy 1978
Bauhaus Live in the Studio 1979
The Beat BBC Sessions 1979 1980
Blondie The Old Waldorf San Francisco 1977
Blondie Live in Philadelphia 1978 & Dallas 1980
Blondie Picture This Live 1978 1980
Blondie At The BBC 1979
Buzzcocks Live at the Roxy Club April 77
Buzzcocks Entertaining Friends 1979
Buzzcocks Lest We Forget 1979 1980
Chelsea The BBC Punk Sessions
Chelsea Live And Loud aka Live At The Music Machine 1978
The Clash Live From Here To Eternity
The Comsat Angels Time Considered As a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones the BBC Sessions 1979 to 1984
Elvis Costello Live At The Nashville Rooms 1977
Elvis Costello Live At The El Mocambo 1978
Elvis Costello Live At The Hollywood High 1978
Ian Dury On The Stiff’s Live Stiffs 1977
Ian Dury Live At Rockpalast 1978
Eddie & The Hot Rods Live EPs
Eddie And The Hot Rods Live In Concert 1978
The Fall Totale’s Turns 1979
The Fall Words Of Expectation The BBC Sessions 1978 to 1996
The Fall The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
Gang Of Four The Peel Sessions Album 1979 1981
Generation X Radio 1 Sessions 1977 to 1979
Generation X BBC Live In Concert – One Hundred Punks 1978 1981
The Jam At The BBC 1977 to 1982
The Jam Dig The New Breed
The Jam Live Jam
The Jam Fire & Skill The Jam Live 1977 to 1982
The Jam Live At The Brighton Centre December 1979 (sold with Setting Sons Super Deluxe)
Joy Division The Peel Sessions 1979
Joy Division Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979
Killing Joke The Peel Sessions 79-81
Magazine BBC In Concert 22nd November 1978
Magazine Play 1980 1978
Gary Numan Tubeway Army Double Peel Sessions
Gary Numan The Complete John Peel Sessions
The Only Ones Darkness And Light The Complete BBC Recordings 1977 to 1980
The Only Ones The Big Sleep 1979
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Peel Sessions 1979-1983
Pere Ubu Live at the Longhorn April 1 1978
The Police Live In Boston 1979
Radio Stars Something for the Weekend 1977 1978
The Ramones It’s Alive 1977
The Ramones Live January 7 1978 At The Palladium NYC
The Ramones You Don’t Come Close 1978
The Rezillos Live At The Glasgow Apollo 1978
The Ruts Get Out Of It Live 1979
The Saints Live At The Hope & Anchor 1977
The Selecter & The Specials BBC Radio 1 in Concert 1979
The Selecter BBC Sessions / Live At The Paris Theatre 79
Sex Pistols Anarchy in the UK Live at the 76 Club 1976
The Sex Pistols Live at Screen on the Green ’76
The Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks Live 1977
Sex Pistols Live at Winterland 1978
Sham 69 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Sham 69 At The BBC
Siouxsie & The Banshees Voices On The Air – The Peel Sessions 1977 to 1981
Siouxsie & The Banshees At The BBC 1977 to 2001
The Slits The Peel Sessions 1977 1978
The Slits The John Peel Sessions
The Slits Live At The Gibus Club 1978
The Specials Live at the Moonlight Club 1979
The Specials BBC In Concert 15th December 1979
The Specials BBC Sessions 1979 to 1983
Squeeze The Complete BBC Sessions 1977 to 1994
Stiff Little Fingers The Peel Sessions
The Stranglers BBC In Concert 23rd April 1977
The Stranglers Live at the Hope and Anchor 1977
Stranglers Live X-Cert 1976 to 1978
Talking Heads The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads 1977 to 1981
Talking Heads Real Live Wires 1978
Talking Heads The Boarding House San Francisco 1978 (TAJ)
Talking Heads Performance 1979
Talking Heads The Boston Tea Party 1979
The Teardrop Explodes Peel Sessions Plus 1979 to 1982
Television The Blow Up 1978
Television Live At The Old Waldorf 1978
The Tubes What Do You Want From Live 1977
UK Subs Peel Sessions 1978 – 79
The Undertones Listening In Radio Sessions 1978-1982
Various Artists Live At The Roxy 1977
The Vibrators BBC Punk Sessions 1977 1978
The Vibrators & The Boys BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Wire The Peel Sessions Album
Wire Live At The Roxy London April 1st & 2nd 1977
Wreckless Eric Almost A Jubilee 25 Years At The BBC 1977 to 2002
X-Ray Spex Live At The Roxy 1977
There are some terrific live albums in this list as the punk and new wave artists are captured live in their prime.
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The All Time Best Punk Rock & New Wave Live Albums
I don’t have a readers poll to find the best live albums for this decade but there is a poll for the all time best new wave and punk rock live albums.
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Punk Rock and New Wave By Decades – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s
Eddie And The Hot Rods Live In Concert 1978
BBC Radio One Live in Concert is a live album by Eddie And The Hot Rods that was recorded for the a radio broadcast.
Eddie and the Hot Rods were a group that emerged from the pub rock scene in Britain playing louder, faster and more aggressively than normal. They helped open up the market for punk rock and the Sex Pistols and The Clash.
Their earliest success was with the Live at the Marquee EP featuring a blisteringly fast version of Bob Seger’s Get Out Of Denver.
Unfortunately it didn’t do them any good. They weren’t punks but they didn’t fall into the classic rock or the emerging AOR categories either.
I think this album comes from concerts in 1977 and 1978.
Eddie And The Hot Rods Live In Concert
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The Saints Live At The Hope & Anchor 1977
Live At The Hope & Anchor 1977 is a live CD by Australian punk group The Saints which is included in the box set All Times Through Paradise.
This is available as an mp3 download so you can just grab disc 4, The Saints performing live in concert.
The Saints are often neglected when there is any review of punk rock. Instead the main focus is on The Ramones, the Sex Pistols and The Clash.
That’s a shame because I remember very clearly the excitement caused by the first single issued by The Saints, (I’m) Stranded in September 1976.
What was this noisy, fast music. We didn’t know where it was going to lead.
The Saints Live At The Hope & Anchor
The Ramones It’s Alive 1977
It’s Alive is the first live album by American punk band recorded in London on 31 December 1977 The Ramones. It is not the extended DVD called It’s Alive 1974-1996.
The album draws 28 tracks from the first three studio albums – The Ramones, Leave Home and Rocket To Russia – an in 54 minutes, you’re pressing the play button again.
Did someone say “fast”?
The Ramones It’s Alive
The Jam Live Jam 1979 to 1982
Live Jam is a live compilation album by new wave group The Jam. It was recorded between 1979 and 1982.
Shortly after The Jam’s first live album, Dig The New Breed came their second with a much wider collection of songs.
Unfortunately it is again compiled from different gigs in different times of the band’s evolution. This is frustrating as I feel I am still deprived of the proper experience of The Jam live.
The Jam Live Jam
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The Jam Dig The New Breed 1977 to 1982
Dig The New Breed is a live compilation album from The Jam featuring songs recorded at concerts between 1977 and 1982.
I remember the heady days back in 1977 and The Jam were caught up in the punk/new wave scene. It was a bit strange because their image and music was a long way from the Sex Pistols.
The developed into a very successful singles band with a series of number ones in the UK and created excellent albums including All Mod Cons and Setting Sons.
The Jam Dig The New Breed
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The Clash Live From Here To Eternity 1978 to 1982
Live From Here To Eternity is a compilation live album from The Clash recorded between 1978 and 1982 in the UK and USA.
The Clash were one of the first punk rock groups in the UK, with Joe Strummer formerly with the pub rock group The 101ers. With their album London Calling in particular they went on to be so much more than punk.
The Clash Live From Here To Eternity
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Elvis Costello Live At The El Mocambo 1978
Live At The El Mocambo is a live album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions recorded on March 6th, 1978 at The El Mocambo in Toronto, Canada.
The recording was originally released as part of the 2 1/2 Years box set but came out on its own in 2009.
Elvis Costello Live At The El Mocambo
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Elvis Costello Live At The Nashville Rooms 1977 (With My Aim Is True Deluxe)
Live at The Nashville Rooms is a recording of a live concert by Elvis Costello from August 7, 1977.
This is sold as a bonus on the Deluxe Edition of Elvis Costello’s first album My Aim Is True.
Elvis Costello Live At The Nashville Rooms
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Television Live At The Old Waldorf 1978
Live At The Old Waldorf is a live album by Television recorded at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco on 29th June 1978.
It has been difficult to get because it’s twice been issued as a limited edition release but I bought the mp3 version from Amazon.
Television Live At The Old Waldorf 1978
