DAVE EDMUNDS - Rock 'N' Roll Revue Warfield Theater San Francisco, CA - 04/07/1990

Dave Edmunds
1990-04-07
Rock 'N' Roll Revue
Warfield Theater
San Francisco, CA
FM Broadcast
320 kbps


Dave Edmunds
01. Introduction
02. Last Night
03. Fallin' Through A Hole
04. Feels So Right
05. Closer To The Flame
06. Don't Talk To Me
07. I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N' Roll)

Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
08. Wrap It Up
09. It Comes To Me Naturally
10. Wasted Tears
11. I Believe I'm In Love With You
12. There Is Something On Your Mind
13. Tuff Enuff
14. Nervous Fella

Graham Parker
15. Get Started, Start A Fire
16. Under The Mask Of Happiness
17. Local Girls
18. My Girl
19. Slash & Burn
20. Lady Doctor
21. My Love's Strong
22. Soultime
23. Heat Treatment

Dion
24. King Of The New York Streets
25. And The Night Stood Still
26. Ruby Baby
27. Runaround Sue
28. The Wanderer
29. Abraham, Martin & John

Dave Edmunds
30. From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
31. I Hear You Knockin'
32, Ju-Ju Man
33. King Of Love
34. Crawling From The Wreckage
35. Paralyzed
36. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (with Steve Cropper)
37. I'm Ready
38. You Keep A Knockin



Dave Charles - drums
Phil Chen - bass
Steve Cropper - guitar, vocals
Dave Edmunds - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Cecilia Gardtman - vocals
Terry Williams - drums
Gavin Polby - keyboards
Horn Section: Miami Horns
Guest: Graham Parker - vocals
Guest: Kim Wilson - vocals
Guest: Dion - vocals



Dave Edmunds had seen the hoopla surrounding Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band tour in 1989, when the former Beatle gathered a group of celebrity musician friends to form a touring band playing songs from the Fab Four, his solo hits, and all the best loved hits of the individual group members. The Starr tour had such a positive response that Edmunds decided he would try something similar.

Dave Edmunds All Star Rock ’N’ Roll Revue gathered a quirky but powerful bunch of musical allies, many of whom had worked with Edmunds in the studio or in collaboration. Graham Parker (who had worked often with Edmunds and his cohort Nick Lowe), Fabulous Thunderbird lead vocalist Kim Wilson (who had collaborated with him), and ‘50s/’60s pop icon Dion were all part of the caravan of rock innovators that hit the road in the spring of 1990.

Although it was never released stateside, this show did eventually make it to record as a double disc in Japan only. In America, the show was broadcast in an abbreviated version on the King Biscuit Flower Hour, but this is the entire set and what a show it is. Opening with “Last Night,” a take-off on Little Richard’s “Lucille,” it begins and ends with a sampling of Dave Edmunds’ best work, including “I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock and Roll,” “I Hear You Knockin'“(his 1971 solo hit), “Ju-Ju Man,” “Crawling From The Wreckage,” and “Small Things Mama,” which had been written expressly for Edmunds by his friend Bruce Springsteen.

The rest of the performance is a variety show that never stops delivering. The Edmunds band was truly an all-star outing, with guitarist Steve Cropper (Booker T & The MGs, Blues Brothers), Terry Williams (ex-Rockpile), Phil Chen (ex-Rod Stewart), the Memphis Horns, and others. Some of the material was catered to the band members’ involvement (such as “Dock Of The Bay,” which Cropper had written with Otis Redding).

The special guests, however, contribute the bulk of the big hits. Wilson reprises his cover of Sam & Dave’s “Wrap It Up” (which the Thunderbirds also had a radio hit with). He also sings their biggest hit, “Tuff Enuff.” Dion, whose career began on the doo-wop street corners of Brooklyn, NY in the 1950s with the Belmonts, delivers hits that spanned a dozen years, and included “Ruby Baby,” “Runaround Sue,” “The Wanderer,” and the poignant “Abraham, Martin & Joan,” which he released weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King.

The most memorable of all the performances, hands down, goes to Graham Parker, the gritty British pub-rock icon. From the slow drive of “Local Girls,” to post-punk pop of “Slash & Burn,” to the pure urgency of “Soul Time” and “Heat Treatment,” Parker turns in a performance as strong as the early live shows he recorded with his old band, the Rumour.

The entire cast winds down the performance with a rollicking re-make of the Little Richard classic, “You Keep A Knockin'.” To hear such a classic son performed by this great ensemble of musicians, singers, and performers, is exhilarating, to say the least.

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GRAHAM PARKER & the Rumour - Rotterdam, Netherlands - 12/19/1977

Graham Parker
& the Rumour
1977-12-19
Rotterdam, Netherlands
FM Broadcast
320 kbps


01. Back to Schooldays
02. Hotel Chambermaid
03. The Heat in Harlem
04. Fool's Gold
05. Watch the Moon Come Down
06. KRO Station Break
07. I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
08. Don't Ask Me Questions
09. Not If It Pleases Me
10. New York Shuffle
11. Soul Shoes
12. Pourin' It All Out
13. Hold Back the Night

KRO radio, broadcast date in January 1978

This show was recorded by Hans Devente digitized as a single flac file in July 2014.  I normalized the channels, fixed some minor clipping of the right channel in Audacity, and chaptered the songs.               http://fp.io/2a45b317/

GRAHAM PARKER - Der Hirsch, Nuremberg, - 10/01/2013

Graham Parker - Der Hirsch, Nuremberg, 1 October 2013 -SBD-




01. Watch the Moon Come Down
02. Over The Border (To America)
03. Silly Thing
04. Between You & Me
05. Old Soul
06. Black Honey
07. Stop Cryin About The Rain
08. Fool's Gold
09. Pride And Joy
10. Problem Child
11. Waiting For The UFOs
12. Stick To The Plan
13. Lady Doctor
14. Snake Oil Capital of the World
15. Love Gets You Twisted
16. Black Lincoln Continental
17. Stick To Me
18. Long Emotional Ride
19. Howlin' Wind
20. -audience-
21. Heat Treatment
22. Hold Back The Night
23. White Honey
24. Don't Ask Me Questions

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GRAHAM PARKER - The Ritz New York, NY - 06/27/1988

Graham parker
1988-06-27
The Ritz
New York, NY
WNEW FM Broadcast

CD 1:
01. Intro
02. Don’t Let It Break You Down
03. Glass Jaw
04. Thunder And Rain
05. Passion Is No Ordinary Word
06. Break Them Down
07. Durban Poison
08. Howlin’ Wind
09. DJ > Sinkin’ Low
10. Blue Highways
11. The Girl Isn’t Ready
12. I Don’t Know

CD 2:
01. White Honey
02. Under The Mask Of Happiness
03. OK Hieronymous
04. Get Started, Start a Fire

Encores
05. DJ > Between You and Me
06. She’s A Runaway
07. Love Without Greed
08. DJ > Cupid > Chain Gang
09. Mercury Poisoning
10. Band Intro > Local Girls

Lineup:
Graham Parker - vcals, guitar
Brinsley Schwarz - guitar
Andrew Bodnar - bass
James Hallawell - keyboards
Andy Maxwell - drums

Graham Parker already had hit albums such as Squeezing Out Sparks (1979); The Up Escalator (1980), and The Real Macaw (1983) before he got another shot at the charts with The Mona Lisa’s Sister in 1988.

The second half of the ’80s also saw stripped down, credible releases from John Hiatt (Bring The Family, Slow Turning); John Mellencamp (The Lonesome Jubilee) and even Bruce Springsteen had a “minimalist” Tunnel Of Love. Perhaps leaning on the roots rock sound that was prevalent during the time - R.E.M. had Document and Green; The Replacements had Pleased To Meet Me; there were the self-titled Lone Justice album and follow-up Shelter; and Green On Red with No Free Lunch. That Graham Parker even covered The BoDeans’ She’s A Runaway showed what he was listening to.

This is what Philip Cheah wrote of The Mona Lisa’s Sister in BigO #34 (August 1988):

It’s an album that Graham Parker the songwriter and not the rocker is being pushed forward. You can tell by Parker’s raspy croon, as gentle and earnest as his cigarette-wrecked throat can oblige. It’s also his best set of lyrics since Squeezing Out Sparks.

Most of it is a reflection on the vicissitudes of fame. Back In Time is his version of Springsteen’s Glory Days, more pessimistic than the Boss could possibly be. In Parker’s view, his glory days will be remembering that “all old news is like print stains across the mind”, a direct reference to what it feels like to look at all his old news clippings…

But it’s in Success that offers Parker’s most chilling perspective of what it’s like being made to feel mediocre, the BIG theme of Mona Lisa’s Sister, the painting that was never used because the model didn’t smle. Parker’s struggle to get recorded provided him the insight that ‘You can’t be happy while/Someone else has a fistful/They glow from TV screens/Healthy strong and fiscal/And everybody slaps their/Back while you’re alone’.

Sound-wise, Parker has stepped back from his bar-room rockers. Instead his old pal, Brinsley Schwarz, and himself play tasteful guitar licks, understating rather than grandstanding. And when Parker covers Sam Cooke’s Cupid at the end of the record, he acknowledges what has kept him going all these years, since he left the pub-rock movement to join Elvis Costello in the New Wave back in ‘75, his love for great soulful music. There’s no lack of it here.

Guess old habits die hard and this gig at The Ritz (Parker was promoting the Mona Lisa album) - with its mix of bar-room rockers and crunchy roots rock tunes - is highly entertaining with Parker in jubilant form. And it’s no surprise many fans include this as one of the best Graham Parker shows being shared.
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GRAHAM PARKER and the Rumour - Paramount N.W. Theatre, Seattle WA - 06/24/1979

Graham Parker and the Rumour
1979-06-24
Paramount N.W. Theatre,
Seattle WA
FM broadcast (KISW)



01. KISW Intro
02. Discovering Japan
03. Local Girls
04. Soul On Ice
05. Don't Get Excited
06. Back To School Days
07. Howling Wind
08. Heat Treatment
09. Stick To Me
10. Mercury Poisoning
11. You Can't Be Too Strong
12. Passion Is No Ordinary Word
13. Clear Head
14. (Hey Lord) Don't Ask Me Questions
15. Protection
16. Saturday Night Is Dead
17. Nobody Hurts You
18. Soul Shoes
19. Encore Applause
20. E: I Want You Back
21. E: Pouring It All Out

Band:
Graham Parker: Lead Vocal, Rhythm Guitar
Brinsley Shwarz: Guitar and Backing Vocals
Martin Belmont: Rhythm Guitar and Backing Vocals
Bob Andrews: Keyboards and Backing Vocals
Steve Goulding: Drums and Backing Vocals
Andrew Bodnar: Bass


Graham Parker emerged from the British Pub-rock scene in the mid-70's and was the real originator of the developing 'angry young rocker' new wave music style. His non-stop, high-energy, incendiary live performances with The Rumour are legendary, and his later, more refined, compelling, and evocative songwriting continued to set high standards for all singer-songwriters. This is a fine radio broadcast from 1979, the height of The Rumour days (and in support of arguably their best album, Squeezing Out Sparks), features many of their most well-known songs and their trademark unrelenting pace for the whole show. So, here's to Graham Parker, another of the all-time great, but sadly under-appreciated rock artists.           http://fp.io/8e3de32d/

GRAHAM PARKER & The Rumour – Live at Rockpalast 1978 + 1980

Graham Parker & The Rumour – Live at Rockpalast 1978 + 1980 (2012)

Stereotyped early in his career as the quintessential angry young man, Graham Parker was one of the most successful singer/songwriters to emerge from England’s pub rock scene of the early ’70s. Drawing heavily from Van Morrison and the Rolling Stones, Parker developed a sinewy fusion of driving rock & roll and confessional folk-rock, highlighted by his indignant passion, biting sarcasm, and bristling anger. Two of his albums are listed in the Rolling Stone-magazine’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” (Squeezing Out Sparks and Howlin’ Wind).
Together with the Rumour – a fusion of young musicians from the English “roots-bands” of the time like Brinsley Schwartz – Graham Parker gave two shows at the Rockpalast. This 2CD-Set presents both concerts: The first from 1978 at the WDR-Studio, where The Rumour was backed up by a horn section, using the same type of band as on “Heat Treatment” (released in 1976, following on the heels of their debut album “Howlin’ Wind”, produced by Nick Lowe).
Graham Parker’s second appearance was at the Grugahalle Essen in 1980, where he opened the 7th Rockpalast Night. The compete concert (broadcast on ARD-TV in Germany and over the Eurovision Network throughout Europe) , not only presented th talents of Graham Parker And The Rumour, but also included The Police and Jack Bruce & Friends.
For the first time the BBC was there to record the concert. A sensation for the Rockpalast, but frustration for Graham Parker: The “Beeb” aired only part of the concert, but they were only interested in the superstars like The Police.
The Grugahalle concert also had a celebrity: Instead of keyboardist Bob Andrews, who played in the WDR-Studio concert, Nicky Hopkins sat at the Piano (formerly a member of The Jeff Beck Group, Quicksilver Messenger and The Steve Miller Band, as well as a sideman in numerous recordings for other famous groups such as The Beatles or The Rolling Stones).
The concert revolved around the songs on the just-released album “The Up Escalator” (1980), which was to be the final album that Graham Parker and The Rumour would release together.
CD 1: Grugahalle Essen Germany, October 16th 1980
01. Stupefaction
02. No Holding Back
03. Julie, Julie
04. Love Without Greed
05. Discovering Japan
06. Passion Is No Ordinary Word
07. Howlin’ Wind
08.Thunder And Rain
09. Maneuvers
10. Don’t Get Exited
11. The Beating Of Another Heart)
12. Empty Lives
13. Devil’s Sidewalk
14: Endless Night
15, (Can’t Get No) Protection
16. Nobody Hurts You
17,. Hey Lord, Don’t Ask Me Questions
18. Tripe Face Boogie
19. Soul Shoes
CD 2: WDR Studio, Cologne , January 23rd 1978
01. Heat Treatment
02. White Honey
03. Soul On Ice
04. Back To Schooldays
05. Fool’s Gold
06. Heat In Harlem
07. Watch The Moon Come Down
08. Thunder And Rain
09. Stick To Me
10. I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
11. Don’t Ask Me Questions
12. Not If It Pleases Me
13. The New York Shuffle
14. Soul Shoes
15. Hold Back The Night
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