Racer X Extreme Volume Live 1988

Extreme Volume Live is a live album by heavy metal band Racer X.

It was recorded at The Country Club in Reseda in California in 1988. The band later issued a second live album called Extreme Volume Live II.

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Helloween Live in the UK 1988

Live in the UK is a live album by Helloween.

The album was recorded at the Edinburgh Playhouse and in Manchester in November 1988.

Helloween Live in the UK

In the United States it was released as I Want Out: Live but one track, Rise and Fall, was removed.

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Burning Spear Live In Paris Zenith 88

Live In Paris Zenith 88 is a live album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear.

It was recorded on May 21, 1988 but not released until the following year.

Confusingly this is available as a double CD or as two separate CDs.

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Iron Maiden Maiden England 1988

Maiden England is a live album and DVD by heavy metal group Iron Maiden.

It was recorded at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England in November 1988 during the band’s Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son World Tour.

A video of the concerts was released in 1989 with a CD release in 1994. The DVD and CD have been re-released with extra songs in 2013

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Richard Thompson More Guitar 1988

More Guitar is a live album by Richard Thompson which was recorded at two concerts in Washington DC in November 1988. His Amnesia studio album was released the previous month.

As the name suggests, the emphasis is on Thompson’s prowess with the electric guitar although I should emphasise that it’s always within the structure of the songs and it doesn’t turn into the excess that you might hear on heavy rock albums.

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Gil Scott-Heron Live At The Town And Country 1988

Live At The Town And Country 1988 is a live album by Gil Scott-Heron.

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Deaf School Second Coming 1988

Deaf School are one of my “should have been huge” bands like City Boy from the mid seventies who were swept aside by the punk explosion.

Second Coming is a live album recorded in 1988 of a concert in their home city of Liverpool.

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Second Coming by Deaf School

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