Show 80: A Flock of Seagulls - Live at The Metro Club Boston - 4 August 1982

Well, long time listeners to Live and Loud! will know I've done a Seagulls gig before (you can find that here) but I was never completely happy with it - the original recording had been badly treated before I got it so I could only do so much. Recently I came across some other gig recordings by the band so have had chance to do a better one!

Even so there were some weird things going on; it was too fast, so it needed slowing down a little; the first 2 songs sounded had very different sound quality to the rest of the gig (!) so I had to treat them differently and make those 2 tracks sound closer to the rest of the set. And finally, I thought I'd finished it, then came back to it a few days later and realised I didn't like what I'd done so had to remedy that and make it sound better! So a fair amount of work - but well worth it, AFOS were a great live band back then and this is a great performance by them.  The set is mainly songs from the debut album but there are 3 new tracks which appeared on their 2nd album, "Listen", the following year.

I think 9 songs from this gig are on another bootleg recording - possibly its a King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show. This however, is a recording of the gig taken from the mixing desk on the night, so includes more of the songs - whether its actually the complete set, I can't say (there's no "(Its Not Me) Talking" in the set for example). Anyway, this recording has never sounded better, I hope. Enjoy!

Update 2018
While preparing this old show as separate files for a donator to the site, I found I could now improve the sound quality further, over what I’d originally done to the recording several years ago. You can now download this new version (as of 2018) HERE as 1 new 320kbps MP3 file.

If you would like to have separate tagged MP3s, or even lossless files in FLAC format of the new version, head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the site costs.

Setlist
Modern Love Is Automatic
Messages
Standing in the Doorway
Committed
The Fall
Space Age Love Song
D.N.A.
Electrics
Man Made
The Traveller
You Can Run
Telecommunication
I Ran

Show 79: Tangerine Dream - Live at The Reichstag, Berlin - 1 August 1987

Another debut on Live and Loud! for a band requested by 1 of my listeners - in this case, 1 who has been good enough to even supply me with a recording to remaster.

As many Tangerine Dream fans will know, for a long time there was a central hub for the trading and swapping of live bootleg recordings called the Tangerine Tree (which you can read about here). I know little about it personally, but I have had 1 particular listener bending my ear a bit to feature Tangerine Dream on Live and Loud! for a while, so I challenged him to send me something suitable and eventually he sent me this show, a free event celebrating the 750th anniversary of Berlin, held outside the Reichstag. This gig was especially notable as the last gig featuring Christoph Franke, who had been with Edgar Froese in the band since 1971. So a bit of a landmark recording in some respects.

The recording, I am informed, was originally remastered for the Tangerine Tree release by Wouter Bessels. It was basically clean, although a bit flat and I did find a small drop in volume at one point, so after fixing that I spent a lot of time EQ'ing - its a long show, lasting over 2 hours so it took a while! But I think its been worth it.

I'm reliably informed as a result, this now has more of a balance between the backing tracks and the live playing. Either way, it sounds pretty spectacular I think. Even if you have this recording from the Tangerine Tree originally, I hope you'll give this a listen and enjoy it.

The show is now available to download exclusively for free here as 1 MP3 file.

Or, if you would like to have separate tagged MP3s, or even lossless files in FLAC format, head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the site costs.

Setlist
Caspian Sea
Dolphin Smile
Civilized Illusions
Betrayal
Diamond Diary
Love On A Real Train
Canyon Voices
Zen Garden (Variation)
Samba Motel/Scuba Scuba
Coloured Rain
Quadriga
Dolphin Dance
Sunnyvale
Smile
Ride On The Ray
Going West
Yellowstone Park
Tyger
Tiergarten
21st Century Common Man (Part 1)
A Time For Heroes


And my special thanks to Graham for the source recording (and the occasional nagging).

Show 78: Gary Numan - Live at The Hammersmith Odeon London - 14 October 1983

A quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.


The Show

This was originally a radio broadcast (hence the edited setlist, sadly!). I had a copy of this on tape from 1983 for a long time which was great quality - but lost that some years back and the only copies I could find were poor recordings and low bit rate mp3s. One copy was even in mono!! So it was good to find a decent copy again (and my thanks to Stephen for letting me have these!).

What Was Done
It was rather flat but otherwise in good condition, so not much repair work needed. Instead I spent a lot of time EQ'ing it. It was worth it - if you like your tomtoms aggressive and your synths to make your spine quiver, then you've come to the right place with this one. Loudspeakers please, or at least decent headphones - you'll really notice the difference, even if you have this recording already from elsewhere! :-) Enjoy.

The All Important Download Link

You can now download or stream this repaired, restored and remastered version of this show as one 320kbps MP3 file exclusively for FREE by clicking right HERE.

Setlist
Remind Me To Smile
Metal
This Prison Moon
Down In The Park
This Is My House
The Iceman Comes
Films
Cars
We Take Mystery (To Bed)
I Die You Die
Me! I Disconnect From You
Love Needs No Disguise
Are "Friends" Electric?

 

Supporting The Site

If you want to support the work I do on these recordings, and the site, and (if you wish to) obtain separate, fully tagged 320kbps MP3s of this restoration for less than the price of a coffee in return, lossless FLACs or even a lossless copy on CDR, head on over to the Rewards For Donations tab to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the site costs. There is no obligation to do so of course - you can take the file on this page absolutely for free - but every single donation does go towards this site and domain/storage costs, and helps the site stay open, and helps me do more shows. Either way, enjoy the show.

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Live and Loud Archive is 2 years old (part 2)

With this site reaching the grand old age of 2 yesterday, I totted up how many downloads there had been since the shows started in 2012. No big surprise that the bands I've done the most shows of have had the most downloads but if you're curious to know just how many there have been, now you know.

The last post was based on how many times each show page on here has been read - that doesn't always equate to someone downloading a show. On the other hand, some shows were available for download before the archive was set up so the numbers will never match.

Anyway - here we are.

Band/Artist	Shows Done	Downloads
Depeche Mode	6	2578
Ultravox	5	2576
Japan	3	2351
Human League	1	1586
OMD	3	1279
David Bowie	2	1278
Kraftwerk	3	1053
Gary Numan	2	843
Elvis Presley	2	608
Kate Bush	1	583
Yazoo	1	470
Police	2	415
Bauhaus	2	407
Devo	2	395
Siouxsie and The Banshees	1	392
Blondie	2	379
ABBA	1	375
Mesh	1	374
A Flock of Seagulls	1	349
Beatles	1	339
Eurythmics	1	335
Queen	1	314
Simon and Garfunkel	2	301
Duran Duran	1	279
Jean Michel Jarre	1	278
Simple Minds	1	266
Talk Talk	1	243
Blancmange	1	228
Adam and The Ants	1	221
Spandau Ballet	1	219
Squeeze	1	209
The Sweet	1	208
Mike Oldfield	1	203
Marilyn Manson	1	201
ABC	1	191
Nash The Slash	1	185
Comsat Angels	1	185
Pet Shop Boys	1	181
Slade	1	175
Teardrop Explodes	1	145
Beach Boys	1	137
Sex Pistols	1	132
The Specials	1	124
Undertones	1	118
Joy Division	1	112
Boomtown Rats	1	94
Big Country	1	88
The Ramones	1	82
Crowded House	1	75
B-Movie	1	55
The Runaways	1	40

Live and Loud! is 2 years old today! We now have almost 30,000 genuine hits against the show pages. To mark the occasion I thought I'd just list out each of the shows and how often they've been visited (ie how popular they've been since the archive opened). Some surprises in there! And you might find a few you've missed.

Remember, they're all still here on the archive to download for free - just search them out on the right hand side by year or by band/artist name!

The next show will be Gary Numan incidentally, and be up within the next 48 hours. Thanks to all those of you who visit, enjoy the remasters and share the links out!

Show Title	Archive Visits after 2 years
Show 1: Depeche Mode at Hammersmith Odeon 1983	352
Show 2: OMD - at Glasgow Apollo 1983	417
Show 3: Bauhaus In Boston 2005	222
Show 5: Gary Numan In New York Feb 1980	440
Show 6: Ultravox at Crystal Palace Bowl 1981	565
Show 7: David Bowie In LA 1974	1564
Show 8: Boomtown Rats at Middlesex Polytechnic 1978	193
Show 9: Blancmange at Hammersmith Odeon 1985	282
Show 10: Kraftwerk MOMA New York 2012	571
Show 11: Depeche Mode - Glasgow Tiffanys 1982	421
Show 12: Duran Duran November 1982	274
Show 13: The Sweet in Berlin 1976	151
Show 15: Talk Talk In Salamanca, Spain, 1986	127
Show 16: Ultravox at The Marquee, 1978	193
Show 17: The Comsat Angels, In Rotterdam, 1983	86
Show 18: Abba, in 1979	101
Show 19: Blondie, In Boston, May 1978	226
Show 21: Depeche Mode, Live at Crocs 1981/Bridgehouse, London - 1980	226
Show 22: Simple Minds Live at Werchter Festival Belgium - 1983	188
Show 23: Devo Live at The Orpheum Theatre Boston USA - 11 Nov 1982	152
Show 24: Mike Oldfield Live at The Sporthalle Cologne Germany - 2 Nov 1982	81
Show 25: Teardrop Explodes Live in Guildford Civic Hall - 18 June 1981	166
Show 26: Queen Live in Houston, Texas - 11 December 1977	154
Show 27: Japan Live at Hammersmith Odeon - February 1981	2403
Show 28: OMD Live at Kant Kino Berlin - December 1980	426
Show 29: The Undertones Live in Amsterdam - 15 March 1980	105
Show 30: Jean Michel Jarre Live in Cairo - 31 December 1999	299
Show 31: Kraftwerk Live in Paris - 7 June 1981	378
Show 32: Gary Numan Live in Calgary, Canada - 12 November 1980	207
Show 33: Squeeze Live in Montego Bay, Jamaica - 26 November 1982	100
Show 34: Spandau Ballet Live in Rotterdam - 30 September 1983	114
Show 35: Bauhaus - Live in Toronto - 4 December 1982	167
Show 36: Simon and Garfunkel Live at The Hollywood Bowl - 23 August 1968	160
Show 37: Elvis Presley - Live In Little Rock, Arkansas - 16 May 1956	383
Show 38: Adam And The Ants - Live In Tokyo - 8 October 1981	131
Show 39: Yazoo - Live at The Dominion Theatre, London - 22 November 1982	121
Show 40: The Beatles - Live in Sweden 1963 and Japan 1966	86
Show 41: Pet Shop Boys - Live at Wembley - 9 June 1991	80
Show 42: The Police - Live at The Budokan Japan - 2 Feb 1981	131
Show 43: Japan, the final concert - Nagoya, Japan - 16 December 1982	2406
Show 44: Ultravox - Live in Philadelphia USA - 23 February 1979	369
Show 45: Depeche Mode - Live at Hammersmith Odeon - 3 November 1984	262
Show 46: A Flock of Seagulls - Top Rank, Brighton, UK - 1 May 1983	149
Show 47: Eurythmics - Night Moves, Glasgow - 25 Feb 1983	223
Show 48: The Human League - Kant Kino, Berlin - 23 November 1980	451
Show 49: Siouxsie and The Banshees - Janus Landing, St Petersburg, Florida - 22 August 1987	272
Show 50: Marilyn Manson - Docklands Arena, London - 24 January 2001	122
Show 51: Devo - The Walker Centre, Minneapolis - 3 November 1978	211
Show 52: Kate Bush - Manchester Apollo - April 1979	351
Show 53: ABC - Live at The Musikhalle, Hamburg - 2 February 1983	279
Show 54: The Police - Roxy Theatre, San Diego, USA - 16 May 1979	195
Show 55: Depeche Mode - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan - 8 April 1985	278
Show 56: The Beach Boys - Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California - 1 August 1964	208
Show 57: Ultravox - Hammersmith Odeon, London - 7 June 1984	774
Show 58: Japan - Live at Budokan, Tokyo - 6 March 1979	561
Show 59: The Specials - Live at The Lyceum, London - 2 December 1979	122
Show 60: David Bowie - Live at Bridge School Festival - 19 and 20 October 1996	504
Show 61: Sex Pistols - Live at The Great Southeast Music Hall - 5 January 1978	202
Show 62: The Ramones - Live at City Hall Plaza San Francisco - 8 June 1979	179
Show 63: Kraftwerk - Live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon - 21 September 1975	613
Show 64: Big Country - Live at Opry House, Austin Texas - 22 March 1984	108
Show 65: Depeche Mode - Rafters Manchester - 5 August 1981	232
Show 66: Blondie - Live at Hammersmith Odeon London - 12 January 1980	301
Show 67: Nash The Slash - Live at The Edge Toronto - 15 February 1980	870
Show 68: Simon and Garfunkel - Live at John Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland - 21 October 1966	137
Show 69: Slade - Live at The Showplace Dover NJ - 30 July 1976	1421
Show 70: B-Movie - Live at Rock City Nottingham - 21 February 1981	165
Show 71 - Elvis Presley - Live at International Hotel Las Vegas - 3 August 1969	528
Show 72 - Joy Division - Live at Effenaar Eindhoven The Netherlands - 18 January 1980	194
Show 73: Ultravox - Live at The Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles - 30 December 1979	1385
Show 74: Mesh - Live at The Sala Bikini Barcelona - 22 June 2002	2115
Show 75: The Runaways - Live at The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio - 19 July 1976	189
Show 76: Crowded House - Live at The Albani Club Winterthur Switzerland - 28 October 1991	163
Show 77: OMD - Live at The Electric Ballroom London - 7 December 1979	709

Live and Loud! is 2 years old today! We now have almost 30,000 genuine hits against the show pages. To mark the occasion I thought I'd just list out each of the shows and how often they've been visited (ie how popular they've been since the archive opened). Some surprises in there! And you might find a few you've missed.

Remember, they're all still here on the archive to download for free - just search them out on the right hand side by year or by band/artist name!

The next show will be Gary Numan incidentally, and be up within the next 48 hours. Thanks to all those of you who visit, enjoy the remasters and share the links out!

Show Title	Archive Visits after 2 years
Show 1: Depeche Mode at Hammersmith Odeon 1983	352
Show 2: OMD - at Glasgow Apollo 1983	417
Show 3: Bauhaus In Boston 2005	222
Show 5: Gary Numan In New York Feb 1980	440
Show 6: Ultravox at Crystal Palace Bowl 1981	565
Show 7: David Bowie In LA 1974	1564
Show 8: Boomtown Rats at Middlesex Polytechnic 1978	193
Show 9: Blancmange at Hammersmith Odeon 1985	282
Show 10: Kraftwerk MOMA New York 2012	571
Show 11: Depeche Mode - Glasgow Tiffanys 1982	421
Show 12: Duran Duran November 1982	274
Show 13: The Sweet in Berlin 1976	151
Show 15: Talk Talk In Salamanca, Spain, 1986	127
Show 16: Ultravox at The Marquee, 1978	193
Show 17: The Comsat Angels, In Rotterdam, 1983	86
Show 18: Abba, in 1979	101
Show 19: Blondie, In Boston, May 1978	226
Show 21: Depeche Mode, Live at Crocs 1981/Bridgehouse, London - 1980	226
Show 22: Simple Minds Live at Werchter Festival Belgium - 1983	188
Show 23: Devo Live at The Orpheum Theatre Boston USA - 11 Nov 1982	152
Show 24: Mike Oldfield Live at The Sporthalle Cologne Germany - 2 Nov 1982	81
Show 25: Teardrop Explodes Live in Guildford Civic Hall - 18 June 1981	166
Show 26: Queen Live in Houston, Texas - 11 December 1977	154
Show 27: Japan Live at Hammersmith Odeon - February 1981	2403
Show 28: OMD Live at Kant Kino Berlin - December 1980	426
Show 29: The Undertones Live in Amsterdam - 15 March 1980	105
Show 30: Jean Michel Jarre Live in Cairo - 31 December 1999	299
Show 31: Kraftwerk Live in Paris - 7 June 1981	378
Show 32: Gary Numan Live in Calgary, Canada - 12 November 1980	207
Show 33: Squeeze Live in Montego Bay, Jamaica - 26 November 1982	100
Show 34: Spandau Ballet Live in Rotterdam - 30 September 1983	114
Show 35: Bauhaus - Live in Toronto - 4 December 1982	167
Show 36: Simon and Garfunkel Live at The Hollywood Bowl - 23 August 1968	160
Show 37: Elvis Presley - Live In Little Rock, Arkansas - 16 May 1956	383
Show 38: Adam And The Ants - Live In Tokyo - 8 October 1981	131
Show 39: Yazoo - Live at The Dominion Theatre, London - 22 November 1982	121
Show 40: The Beatles - Live in Sweden 1963 and Japan 1966	86
Show 41: Pet Shop Boys - Live at Wembley - 9 June 1991	80
Show 42: The Police - Live at The Budokan Japan - 2 Feb 1981	131
Show 43: Japan, the final concert - Nagoya, Japan - 16 December 1982	2406
Show 44: Ultravox - Live in Philadelphia USA - 23 February 1979	369
Show 45: Depeche Mode - Live at Hammersmith Odeon - 3 November 1984	262
Show 46: A Flock of Seagulls - Top Rank, Brighton, UK - 1 May 1983	149
Show 47: Eurythmics - Night Moves, Glasgow - 25 Feb 1983	223
Show 48: The Human League - Kant Kino, Berlin - 23 November 1980	451
Show 49: Siouxsie and The Banshees - Janus Landing, St Petersburg, Florida - 22 August 1987	272
Show 50: Marilyn Manson - Docklands Arena, London - 24 January 2001	122
Show 51: Devo - The Walker Centre, Minneapolis - 3 November 1978	211
Show 52: Kate Bush - Manchester Apollo - April 1979	351
Show 53: ABC - Live at The Musikhalle, Hamburg - 2 February 1983	279
Show 54: The Police - Roxy Theatre, San Diego, USA - 16 May 1979	195
Show 55: Depeche Mode - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan - 8 April 1985	278
Show 56: The Beach Boys - Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California - 1 August 1964	208
Show 57: Ultravox - Hammersmith Odeon, London - 7 June 1984	774
Show 58: Japan - Live at Budokan, Tokyo - 6 March 1979	561
Show 59: The Specials - Live at The Lyceum, London - 2 December 1979	122
Show 60: David Bowie - Live at Bridge School Festival - 19 and 20 October 1996	504
Show 61: Sex Pistols - Live at The Great Southeast Music Hall - 5 January 1978	202
Show 62: The Ramones - Live at City Hall Plaza San Francisco - 8 June 1979	179
Show 63: Kraftwerk - Live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon - 21 September 1975	613
Show 64: Big Country - Live at Opry House, Austin Texas - 22 March 1984	108
Show 65: Depeche Mode - Rafters Manchester - 5 August 1981	232
Show 66: Blondie - Live at Hammersmith Odeon London - 12 January 1980	301
Show 67: Nash The Slash - Live at The Edge Toronto - 15 February 1980	870
Show 68: Simon and Garfunkel - Live at John Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland - 21 October 1966	137
Show 69: Slade - Live at The Showplace Dover NJ - 30 July 1976	1421
Show 70: B-Movie - Live at Rock City Nottingham - 21 February 1981	165
Show 71 - Elvis Presley - Live at International Hotel Las Vegas - 3 August 1969	528
Show 72 - Joy Division - Live at Effenaar Eindhoven The Netherlands - 18 January 1980	194
Show 73: Ultravox - Live at The Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles - 30 December 1979	1385
Show 74: Mesh - Live at The Sala Bikini Barcelona - 22 June 2002	2115
Show 75: The Runaways - Live at The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio - 19 July 1976	189
Show 76: Crowded House - Live at The Albani Club Winterthur Switzerland - 28 October 1991	163
Show 77: OMD - Live at The Electric Ballroom London - 7 December 1979	709