Roxy Music The High Road 1982

The High Road is a live EP and a different DVD by Roxy Music

The EP was recorded at the Apollo in Glasgow, Scotland on 30 August 1982 while the DVd came from the concert at Frejus, France on 27 August 1982 which was later released on CD as Heart Still Beating.

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Dexys Midnight Runners ‎The Radio 1 Sessions 1980 – 1982

The Radio 1 Sessions 1980 – 1982 is a compilations of “live in the studio” recordings made by the BBC of Dexys Midnight Runners ‎in the early 1980s.

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Dexy’s Midnight Runners Too-Rye-Ay Deluxe Rarities 1982

Too-Rye-Ay Deluxe Rarities is an album of mainly live recording bonuses included in the Deluxe Version of Too-Rye-Ay by Dexy’s Midnight Runners.

It’s quite common these days for classic albums to be re-issued with live bonus tracks but rarely do bands take this extra step of issuing the new tracks as an album on their own.

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The Jam Fire & Skill The Jam Live 1977 to 1982

Fire & Skill: The Jam Live is a box-set of live recordings by The Jam.

It is a collection of six full concert recordings, one for each year they were together:

  • 100 Club in London on September 11 1977,
  • Music Machine on March 2, 1978,
  • Reading University in February 16, 1979,
  • Newcastle City Hall in October 28, 1980,
  • Hammersmith Palais in December 1981,
  • Wembley Arena in December 1982.

This exciting live box-set is due to be released October 30,  2015.

Previously we’ve been limited to the two live multi-year live compilation albums from the band – Dig The New Breed and Live Jam – together with the live in session and in concert Live At The BBC. Some tracks from the 1982 Wembley concerts have appeared as bonuses on re-releases of the Snap and The Gift.

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Rod Stewart ‎Absolutely Live 1982

Absolutely Live is a live album by Rod Stewart .

It was released in 1982 and compiled from concerts at various venues:

The Forum, Los Angeles
Long Beach Arena
San Diego Sports Arena, California
Wembley Stadium, London
The NEC, Birmingham, England.

Unfortunately I haven’t found out when it was recorded.

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Duran Duran Live at Hammersmith ’82

Live at Hammersmith ’82 is a live album bad DVD by Duran Duran.

It was recorded in London on November 16th, 1982.

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The Stranglers BBC In Concert 8th February 1982

The Stranglers BBC In Concert 8th February 1982 is a live recording of The Stranglers.

It was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.

By this stage, the band had moved along way from their punk rock roots with Golden Brown peaking at #2 in the UK singles chart.

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Steve Miller Band Live! 1982

Steve Miller Band Live! is a live album by the Steve Miller Band.

It was recorded at the Pine Knob Amphitheater in Detroit on September 25, 1982.

The Steve Miller Band were very popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s with best selling albums including Fly Like An Eagle (1976), Book Of Dreams (1977) and Abracadabra (1982).

Whilst I wasn’t a big fan at the time, hearing these songs takes me back to my days as a teenager and as a university student. It has a strong emotional appeal.

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J Geils Band Showtime 1982

Showtime is the third live album to be released by the J Geils Band.

It was recorded at The Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan in September 1982 and quickly released in November 1982.

By this stage, the band were moving away from their home base of blues and R&B to incorporate a classic rock feel to the material. The single Centrefold was a #1 in the USA and a #3 in the UK.

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