The following live albums have been recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon which was renamed the Apollo in 1992 (see Wikipedia):
Anthrax Caught in a Mosh BBC Live in Concert 1987
Be Bop Deluxe BBC In Concert 2nd October 1976
Black Sabbath Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1981 & 1982
David Bowie Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture 1973
Kate Bush Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1979
Buzzcocks Entertaining Friends 1979
Camel Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1976
Camel Pressure Points Live In Concert 1984
The Cure Concert The Cure Live1984
Duran Duran BBC In Concert Hammersmith Odeon 17th December 1981
Nils Lofgren Code Of The Road 1985
Marillion Recital of the Script 1983
Nazareth Malice In Wonderland 1980
Ted Nugent Live at Hammersmith ’79
Robert Palmer At The BBC 1983
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Live 1975
Supertramp Is Everybody Listening? 1975
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia Live at Hammersmith Odeon ’75
Bruce Springsteen Hammersmith Odeon London 75
The Stranglers Live at the Hammersmith Odeon ’81
The Tubes What Do You Want From Live 1977
Twisted Sister Live at Hammersmith 1984
UFO On Air At The BBC 1974 – 1985
UFO BBC In Concert 4th February 1980
UFO Regenerator Live 1982
Rick Wakeman Live at the BBC 1976
Whitesnake Live In The Heart Of The City 1978 & 1980
Famous concerts that aren’t live albums (yet):
Code Of The Road: Greatest Hits Live is a live album by Nils Lofgren.
It was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London for BBC Radio 1 in 1985.
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Live at the Hammersmith Odeon ’81 is a live album by The Stranglers.
According to Wikipedia, the actual recording date was 8 February 1982 for a BBC In Concert broadcast.
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BBC In Concert 4th February 1980 is a live recording by UFO.
It was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London and broadcast on Radio 1.
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Rick Wakeman Live at the BBC is a live album by Rick Wakeman.
This has two 1976 live in concert recordings while he was promoting the No Earthly Connection studio album;
There is another BBC album from the same Rick Wakeman tour called Live On the Test.
Caught in a Mosh BBC Live in Concert is a live album by Anthrax.
It brings together two 1987 recordings made by the BBC:
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Recital of the Script is an archive released live album by Marillion.
It was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on April 18th 1983 on the final night of the tour promoting their debut album, Script for a Jester’s Tear. The album was finally released in 2009.
Robert Palmer At The BBC is a recording of the singer and his band performing live in concert at the Hammersmith Palais in London on 31 May 1983.
I remember Frankie Miller, Jess Roden and Robert Palmer being grouped together in the mid 1970s as British soul/blues/rock singers who deserved more success. Palmer is the one who managed to get most attention but even he didn’t get the rewards he deserved.
UFO On Air At The BBC 1974 – 1985 is a collection of audio and visual recordings made by the BBC.
In total, there are five CDs and a DVD in the box set. These are:
The DVD includes performance from the Old Grey Whistle Test and Top Of The Pops.
Malice In Wonderland is a studio album by Nazareth but the 2010 re-release adds in tracks recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on March 16, 1980 and broadcast on BBC Radio 1.
Entertaining Friends: Live At the Hammersmith Odeon March 1979 is a live album by the Buzzcocks. It was finally released in 1992.
By this stage, the Buzzcocks had released two studio albums – Another Music in a Different Kitchen and Love Bites – and most importantly, released their best known singles.
