Live Albums Recorded At The Hammersmith Odeon In London

Dio Live In London Hammersmith Apollo 1993

Live In London Hammersmith Apollo 1993 is a live album and DVD by hard rock band Dio.

It was recorded on the last night of their European leg of the Strange Highways tour on 12th December 1993 and was finally released in 2014.

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Whitesnake Live In The Heart Of The City 1978 & 1980

Live In The Heart Of The City is a live album by Whitesnake.

It was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on the 23 June 1980 (songs 1 to to 9) at the Hammersmith Odeon on 23 November 1978 (songs 10 to 15). The 1978 songs had previously been issued as Live In Hammersmith but only in Japan. The album was released in November 1980.

Whitesnake Live In The Heart Of The City

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Kate Bush Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1979

Live at Hammersmith Odeon is the only Kate Bush live album and was recorded in 1979. This is a souvenir from the only live tour she gave.

Kate Bush Live at Hammersmith Odeon

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Queen Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1975

Queen Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1975 isn’t a live album but I wish it was.

I remember this being broadcast on the Old Grey Whistle Test on the BBC on Christmas Eve in 1975, having been recorded earlier in the evening.

Bohemian Rhapsody was #1 on the singles chart in the UK. If I remember correctly, A Night At The Opera was #1 on the albums chart.

And Queen did a great concert which I really hope they turn into a top quality official release because I want to buy it and have done for more than 35 years.

Here is the video of the concert I found on YouTube. I don’t know how long it will stay available but I’m assuming that this has “unofficial permission”. After all Queen can afford to have someone policing their copyright and having YouTube take it down. Continue reading Queen Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1975

Black Sabbath Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1981 & 1982

Black Sabbath Live At Hammersmith Odeon is a recording of concerts of the Ronnie James Dio version of the group from gigs on December 31st 1981 to January 2nd 1982.

If you’re a fan of the Ozzy Osbourne version of Black Sabbath, you should check out the Reunion album from 1997.

This album is similar to the easier to find Live Evil album also featuring Dio from the same tour.

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Ted Nugent Live at Hammersmith ’79

Ted Nugent Live at Hammersmith ’79 is a recording made for King Biscuit Flower Hour of a 1979 Ted Nugent concert in London.

While the album wasn’t released until 1997, the recording positions it between Nugent’s first and second live albums, Double Live Gonzo and Intensities In 10 Cities.

This is one of the early gigs with Charlie Huhn as the new lead singer replacing Derek St. Holmes who was with Ted Nugent during his peak years in the late seventies.

Ted Nugent Live at Hammersmith ’79

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David Bowie Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture 1973

Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture is a live recording of David Bowie in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, London on 3 July 1973.

This was the final time that David Bowie performed as Ziggy Stardust and is a legal version of the bootleg recording, His Masters Voice – Bowie and the Spiders From Mars’ Last Stand.

David Bowie Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture

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Be Bop Deluxe BBC In Concert 2nd October 1976

BBC In Concert 2nd October 1976 is a live concert broadcast by Be Bop Deluxe at the Hammersmith Odeon, London from the Modern Music tour.

It is one of a series of BBC in concert recordings that are available on Amazon.

Unfortunately they seem to be tucked away because it doesn’t appear on the Be Bop Deluxe page.

Their popular Live In The Air Age album was recorded on this tour but it didn’t feature any songs from Modern Music. This one does.

Two Be Bop Deluxe In Concert recordings have also appeared on another live album – Tremulous Antenna – but this is a new one or at least it has some different songs. There is also a Be Bop Deluxe In Concert recording from 15th January 1976 which I think is the basis for Tremulous Antenna but it seems to have been cut down.

Be Bop Deluxe BBC In Concert 2nd October 1976

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Bruce Springsteen Hammersmith Odeon London 75

Hammersmith Odeon 75 captures the first visit by Bruce Springsteen to the UK in 1975 after Born To Run was released.

The retrospective Live 1975 – 85 is a very comprehensive collection of Springsteen live but fans were critical because it was a live performance compilation.

Hammersmith Odeon is how long-standing fans really want to hear Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play live – a complete concert that captures the excitement and passion of a Springsteen gig.

Bruce Springsteen Hammersmith Odeon 75 Overall Rating – 29/30

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