Roxy Music Heart Still Beating 1982

Heart Still Beating is a live album by Roxy Music.

It was recorded at a concert in Fréjus, France in 1982.

Roxy Music are a band I have a strong bias towards even if I much prefer the 1973 to 1975 band that gave us the four studio albums. I didn’t have a problem with Brian Eno leaving but I wasn’t so keen on the softer side that was developing on Siren.

This live album comes from their classy smooth pop period that they had after their comeback in 1979. Early Roxy had gone but this band still had plenty to offer.

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Dexy’s Midnight Runners BBC Radio One Live in Concert 1982

BBC Radio One Live in Concert is a live recording by Dexy’s Midnight Runners.

It was recorded in Newcastle on June 26, 1982 and broadcast on the radio.

This concert has also been released on the two CD deluxe version of Too-Rye-Ay and on a single CD called Too-Rye-Ay Rarities Edition.

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Hall & Oates Greatest Hits Live 1982

Hall & Oates Greatest Hits Live is a collection of live recordings from their 1982 tour to promote the Private Eyes studio album.

This catches the duo in their peak commercial period although H2O and Big Bam Bam were to increase their stock of hits in thenext few years meaning Greatest Hits Live is a misnomer as a title. It’s also a title that makes me very nervous as it screams “cash-in”.

This is an exception because it serves as an excellent summary of Darryl Hall and John Oates performing live in 1982.

It features the following American #1 singles – Rich Girl, Kiss On My List, Private Eyes, I Can’t Go For That – and more top 10 singles – Sara Smile, She’s Gone, You Make My Dreams and Did It In A Minute – so there’s no shortage of hits.

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Frankie Miller Live At Rockpalast 1976 1979 1982

Live At Rockpalast is a live album on three CDs and a DVD by Frankie Miller.

There is also a vinyl double album with fewer songs.

The CD box set features three performances:

CD 1 at WDR Studio L in Cologne on 3 July 1976
CD 2 at Maifestspiele Wiesbaden on 6 May 1979
CD 3 at Loreley on 28 August 1982

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Joe Jackson Live At The BBC 1979 to 1983

Joe Jackson Live At The BBC collects together live recordings of Joe Jackson made by the BBC between 1979 and 1983.

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Queen on Fire Live at the Bowl 1982

Queen on Fire Live at the Bowl is a live album and DVD by Queen.

It was recorded at the Milton Keynes Bowl in Milton Keynes, England on 5 June 1982 while the band were promoting the disappointing Hot Space studio album.

Perhaps Queen were trying to prove a point because this album rocks hard and the piano based ballads create a great contrast.

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The Doobie Brothers Farewell Tour 1982

Farewell Tour is a live album by The Doobie Brothers that brought the Michael McDonald era to an end.

This was originally only released as a CD in Japan but in 2008 it received a wider release.

Founder member, guitarist and singer Tom Johnston guest starred with the band on the last night at Berkeley in California on September 11, 1982 and two songs feature on the album.

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Peter Gabriel Plays Live 1982

Plays Live is the first live album recorded by Peter Gabriel from his American tour in 1982.

Peter Gabriel left prog rock group Genesis after The Lamb Lies Down In Broadway album. Genesis thrived without their former lead singer and Peter Gabriel recorded some very interesting art rock albums.

A “highlights” single CD was issued of Peter Gabriel Plays Live in America which took four songs away.

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