Graham Parker Live Sparks 1979

Live Sparks is a live album by Graham Parker and the Rumour.

It is a live recording of the studio album Squeezing Out The Sparks. Originally it was released as a promotional album and it has since been packaged together with Squeezing Out The Sparks.

The complete concert from this tour can be heard on Live In San Francisco.

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Graham Parker Live On The Test 1977 1978

Live On The Test is a live recording of Graham Parker and the Rumour.

It pulls together two performances at the TV Theatre in London recorded for the Old Grey Whistle Test for the BBC:

  • 17 March 1977 tracks 1 to 10
  • 20 March 1978 tracks 11 to 17

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Graham Parker King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents 1983

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Graham Parker is a live album by Graham Parker.

It was recorded at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1983.

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Graham Parker Not If It Pleases Me 1976 1977

Not If It Pleases Me: Live on the BBC is a live recording by Graham Parker & The Rumour.

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Graham Parker The Parkerilla 1978

The Parkerilla is the first live album by Graham Parker & The Rumour released to the general public from the Stick To Me tour in 1978.

It had three LP sides live and an alternative studio version of Don’t Ask Me Question on the fourth side. This made it controversial and following the disappointing Stick To Me album, there was a critical backlash against Graham Parker in favour of Elvis Costello.

In 1991, Rolling Stone ranked The Parkerilla number 64 on its list of 100 greatest album covers.

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Graham Parker Live At Marble Arch 1976

Live At Marble Arch is a rare live album by Graham Parker and The Rumour recorded in London in 1976.

It was recorded as a promotional album and sent to music journalists and DJs to show off the raw pub rock/R&B style of the group. It has been a popular bootleg.

It was included in its entirety on a Graham Parker compilation – Vertigo: The Best of Graham Parker – which I was lucky enough to buy when it came out in 1996. At that stage it was also the only way to get the classic Squeezing Out The Sparks album.

Live At Marble Arch has also appeared on That’s What You Know, a double CD with one disc of acoustic demos and the second has this live album.

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Graham Parker Live In San Francisco 1979

Graham Parker Live In San Francisco 1979 captures Parker live in concert with his great band The Rumour on the Squeezing Out The Sparks tour.

Graham Parker should have been huge with his high energy, caustic R&B inspired songs. Even though it was the time of punk rock, few acts could match the intensity he built up in concert.

Graham Parker & The Rumour really were “the best kept secret in the West” as he sings in Mercury Poisoning as he rants against his previous record company.

I believe this album was only released in 2010. I bought it as soon as I saw it.

Graham Parker Live In San Francisco 1979 – Overall Rating 29/30

Graham Parker Live In San Francisco 1979

My Overall Rating – 28 out of 30 – an excellent live album that should not be overlooked.

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