These recordings...

All the recordings I post here will be what I think are VG+(B/B+) quality and unless stated otherwise will be audience recordings. They will not be to everyone's taste but the idea is to give fellow music fans a chance to hear rare recordings from a certain era(the 80's).Many of these I have had stored away for 30+ years and will be available for the first time...

If it's soundboard A+ quality you are after these will not be for you...BUT I would never post anything that was unlistenable.. So pop the headphones on and grab your air guitar of choice... lets ROCK

Sunday 23 February 2014

Pretty maids - royal standard '83



THE ROYAL STANDARD,WALTHAMSTOW,LONDON  20th NOVEMBER 1983

AUDIENCE RECORDING   AN ED MASTER

1.bad boys
2.the battlecry
3.shelly the maid
4.victims of power
5.nightdanger
6.nowhere to run
7.queen of the dreams > drum solo
8.fantasy
9.cold killer
10.warchild
11.city lights
12.little darling
13.in the night

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Back up the standard on a freezing November night for one reason only.. FANTASY... I knew nothing about this band until a friend gave me a demo a few months earlier and on that was a song called fantasy that still to this day is one of my favourite songs ever... great band great gig and they were as nervous as hell before going on..not sure if it was their debut uk gig... enjoy ed

FM - hammersmith odeon '86



HAMMERSMITH ODEON,LONDON  17th NOVEMBER 1986

AUDIENCE RECORDING   AN ED MASTER

1.i belong to the night
2.say it like it is

3.american girls
4.frozen heart
5.dangerous (tape flip)
6.let love be the leader
7.other side of midnight
8.heart of the matter

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Another band I went to see a few times,tonight they were supporting bon jovi at the hammy o..great songs with steve overland having an amazing voice... I always liked when a support band would come on to polite applause and leave with crowd shouting for more...job done.  enjoy ed

Partners in crime - marquee club '84



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR STREET,LONDON  13th NOVEMBER 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING  AN ED MASTER

1.what does it take
2.miracles
3.heat of the night
4.no way out of here
5.hold on
6.fools
7.don't let it slip slide away
8.she's got eyes
9.gypsy tricks
10.encore break
11.gypsy tricks (again)

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formed by former quo drummer john Coughlan this great band were only around for one album and a few gigs,another band who had some fantastic catchy tunes and should of been bigger than they were.great gig but not a big turnout... if you get a chance check out their one and only album "organised crime" in a similar vein to mantis,fm & lionheart (don't expect any quo like songs).
enjoy ed

Clive burr's escape - marquee club '84



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR STREET,LONDON  21st MARCH 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING   AN ED MASTER

1.intro > instrumental
2.enough is enough
3.all over again
4.women of the night
5.back street lover
6.raining in Kensington
7.fantasy
8.romancer
9.wasted love
10.top of the mountain > drum solo
11.so tired
12.encore break
13.turn the tables > prisoner

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ok the idea of this blog is not to give a history lesson of bands/gigs I went to back in the day,it is purely to make shows available that until now have not been posted...But let try to make sense of this band..they were praying mantis then became clive burr's escape then finally released an album under the band name of stratus... confused? so am I.... anyway what I will say is they had some of the most melodic tunes I have heard...catchy as hell... one lasting memory from this gig is the fact that burr's drum kit was massive and anyone who ever went to the marquee will know that was never a lot of room on stage (never mind the floor) but they got around it no problem..brilliant gig..enjoy ed

Dokken - hammersmith odeon '86

DOKKEN


HAMMERSMITH ODEON,LONDON  5th APRIL 1986


AUDIENCE RECORDING  AN ED MASTER


1.intro > unchain the night
2.tooth and nail
3.when heaven comes down
4.it's not love
5.in my dreams
6.breaking the chain
7.lightning strikes
8.into the fire


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Great band with George lynch being an amazing guitarist,here they are supporting accept at the hammy o.... enjoy ed

Tranzzam - marquee club '83



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR STREET,LONDON  25th MAY 1983

AUDIENCE RECORDING   AN ED MASTER

1.devil's daughter
2.when my back is turned
3.good times
4.hypnotized
5.seventeen
6.run to the light
7.free from the skies
8.lionheart

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Another one of those bands that I went to see on quite a few occasions,they always seem to playing in London at some point between '81 to '84 and I grew to like them but from memory I don't think they ever achieved anything other than a couple of singles (I might be wrong)... in a similar vein to groups like Chinatown,terraplane & tobruk with catchy rock songs... enjoy ed

Aldo nova - european tour '84



STADTHALLE,OFFENBACH   25th JANUARY 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING     TRADE

1.armageddon > monkey on your back
2.always be mine
3.hey operator
4.cry baby cry
5.paradise
6.hold back the night (cuts at end)
7.under the gun
8.war suite
9.fantasy
10.heart to heart

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HAMMERSMITH ODEON,LONDON  14th FEBRUARY 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING   AN ED MASTER

1.Armageddon
2.monkey on your back
3.always be mine
4.hey operator
5.cry baby cry
6.paradise
7.hold back the night
8.under the gun
9.war suite
10.fantasy

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What can I say about this guy.... a genius who should of been 'kin huge... his first 3 albums were some of my most played vinyl back then and I still pull out twitch these days for a blast...here are a couple of shows from the boc tour in '84.thankfully I got to see him at the hammy o for the two night stint and recorded the 14th.... the Offenbach show I got in a trade...enjoy ed

Sunday 16 February 2014

Y & T - london '83

Y & T


THE DOMINION THEATRE,LONDON   22nd NOVEMBER 1983


AUDIENCE RECORDING    AN ED MASTER


1.hang em high
2.barroom boogie
3.take me to the limit
4.midnight in Tokyo
5.black tiger
6.hungry for rock
7.i believe in you
8.down and dirty
9.mean streak
10.straight thru the heart
11.rescue me
12.guitar > drum solo's
13.hell on high water
14.forever
15.dirty girl
16.hurricane


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now I have seen this show available on an fm recording before but not the full show...this is my original audience master of the night (the full show).another one of my favourite bands at the time,having seen them the previous year at the marquee,supprt to ac-dc & reading festival I was desperate to see them again..and they did not let me down...great musicians and songs...I believe in you is still one of my all time favourite songs....enjoy ed

Bon jovi - edinburgh '85



THE PLAYHOUSE,EDINBURGH    25th MAY 1985

AUDIENCE RECORDING      AN ED MASTER

1.tokyo road
2.roulette
3.breakout
4.only lonely
5.shot through the heart
6.silent night
7.the hardest part is the night
8.guitar > drum solo's
9.in and out of love
10.king of the mountain
11.runaway
12.get ready
13.burning for love

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another good bon jovi show from the 7800 tour,this time I made my up to Edinburgh for a great double bill of bj & lee aaron... the crowd as always in Scotland were well up for it especially tonight as Scotland had just beaten England in the football earlier in the day which being welsh I had found quite amusing.... enjoy ed

Bernie torme - reading festival '82



READING FESTIVAL   28th AUGUST 1982

AUDIENCE RECORDING     AN ED MASTER

1.last laugh
2.star
3.no easy way
4.turn out the lights
5.suicide rock (tape flip)
6.under my wheels
7.guitar solo > possession
8.America

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I always preferred torme as a three piece,a fantastic guitarist who played in that loose fashion that I always liked...this was my favourite reading festival with many of the bands over the 3 days being rock/metal.... happy days...enjoy ed

Mamas boys - reading festival '83



READING FESTIVAL   27th AUGUST 1983

AUDIENCE RECORDING     AN ED MASTER

1.gentleman rogues
2.shake my bones
3.in the heat of the night
4.record machine
5.runaway dreams
6.too little of you to love
7.without you > guitar solo
8.crazy daisies house of dreams
9.demon
10.straight forward
11.hitch hike

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I always enjoyed reading festival during the early 80's with a lot of the bands being of a rock nature,this year was no exception and for me mamas boys were one the bands of the weekend..having seen them a few times already I was familiar with the set and they always put on a great show...enjoy ed

Tokyo blade - royal standard '84



THE ROYAL STANDARD,WALTHAMSTOW,LONDON

16th NOVEMBER 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING      AN ED MASTER

1.sunrise in Tokyo
2.running for cover
3.fever
4.lightning strikes
5.lovestruck
6.dead of the night
7.someone to love
8.heaven is hell
9.rock you to the limit
10.breakout
11.night of the blade
12.killer city
13.midnight rendezvous

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brilliant band who whenever I saw them always put on an excellent show with so much energy..for a short period I was the dj at the royal standard and tonight was one of those occasions,so I passed on my recording gear to a very good friend who made a very good job of it...embarrassingly it is my voice you hear during and after the encore thanking the band etc..I say embarrassingly because if you have ever listened to your own voice from 30 years ago you will understand ha ha... enjoy ed

Reo speedwagon - hammersmith '85



HAMMERSMITH ODEON,LONDON  29th MAY 1985

AUDIENCE RECORDING    AN ED MASTER

1.don't let him go
2.tough guys
3.thru the window
4.i don't wanna
5.one lonely night
6.gotta feel more
7.back on the road again
8.take it on the run
9.can't fight this feeling
10.live every moment
11.flying turkey trot > guitar solo
12.shakin' it loose
13.keep on loving you
14.keep pushin'
15.roll with the changes
16.157 riverside avenue
17.time for me to fly
18.johnny b goode **

** with Alvin lee & john entwhistle

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another great night at the hammy o,recorded from my favourite seat... balcony front row... I have always liked reo with gary richrath being a great guitarist and with so many top tunes in their set,and it was a nice treat to see Alvin lee & john entwhistle on stage.   enjoy ed

Gary moore - bristol '84



COLSTON HALL,BRISTOL      5th FEBRUARY 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING     TRADE

1.intro > rocking every night
2.murder in the skies
3.wishing well
4.cold hearted
5.shape of things
6.don't take me for a loser
7.victim of the future
8.empty rooms
9.blinder
10.end of the world
11.back on the streets
12.nuclear attack
13.rockin and rollin

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I got this in a trade many years ago mr moore from Bristol promoting the brilliant victim of the future album,definatley my favourite line up of the band...I never got down to Bristol although I did catch him when he came upto London.... a nice recording with the crowd well up for it...enjoy ed

Motley crue - newcastle '86



CITY HALL,NEWCASTLE  7th FEBRUARY 1986

AUDIENCE RECORDING    TRADE

1.intro > looks that kill
2.use it or lose it
3.shout ta the devil
4.ten seconds to love
5.fight for your rights
6.home sweet home
7.red hot > guitar solo
8.keep your eyes on the money
9.louder than hell > drum solo
10.too young to fall in love
11.knock 'em dead
12.livewire
13.smokin' in the boys room
14.helter skelter
15.jailhouse rock

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This was a great tour with cheap trick as support,i went to a few of these dates and I always enjoyed going to Newcastle because the crowd were always up for it big time!on this night I only recorded trick (which I will post soon) but I managed to get the crue show in a trade a few weeks later and now 28 years later here it is..... enjoy ed

Diamond head - marquee club '84



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR STREET,LONDON

3rd JULY 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING     AN ED MASTER

1.i need your love
2.Canterbury
3.Ishmael
4.today
5.one more night
6.don't you ever leave me
7.knight of the swords
8.makin' music
9.call me
10.to the devil his due
11.in the heat of the night
12.to heaven from hell
13.play it loud
14.am I evil

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another great show from d/h,it was only a couple of years before I had seen them play hammersmith and like many people thought they would go onto arena's and stadiums but unfortunately not..here they are back at the marquee in front of a few hundred fans on a very hot night... I thought my Walkman was going to melt.... fantastic night....

These recordings......

All the recordings I post here will be what I think are VG+ quality (B/B+) quality and unless stated otherwise they will be audience recordings.they will not be to everyone's taste but the idea is to give fellow music fans a chance to hear rare recordings from a certain era (the 80's).many of these recordings I have had stored away for 30+ years and will be made available for the first time....
If it's soundboard A+ quality you are after these will not be for you...BUT I would never post anything that is what I call unlistenable...so enjoy and keep music live.... ed

Thursday 6 February 2014

Thin Lizzy - Kaiserslautern '83



MONSTERS OF ROCK

VFR FUSEBALL STADION

KAISERSLAUTERN

3rd SEPTEMBER 1983

AUDIENCE RECORDINGS   AN ED MASTER

1.jailbreak
2.thunder & lightning
3.are you ready
4.still in love with you
5.emerald
6.cold sweat
7.boys are back in town
8.baby drives me crazy

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By '83 I had started to cross the channel with some friends to go see some festivals and this was one of them... at the time we did not know this would be their 2nd to last gig (we also went to Nuremburg ,the next day..THE last ever gig with phil) and it nearly didn't happen because scott got caught up in traffic and didn't arrive till the last seconds before showtime..
I never really enjoyed recording festivals because of the wind,rain etc and the fact that the toilets were normally a mile away...also I never really knew what the security would be like ... it would take me ages to sticky tape all the cassettes to the inside of my jacket.. and you do not want to know where I hid my Walkman!!!! anyway I'm glad I did record this and from memory I do not think I ever traded this show back then so quite possibly this could be the first time it's been up.....


** a big thanks to julian our driver and sober one...Julian buddy if ever you come across this please get in touch as it would be great to hear from you and relive some classic rock n roll moments **

Hellanbach - Royal standard '83



THE ROYAL STANDARD,WALTHAMSTOW,LONDON

30th OCTOBER 1983

AUDIENCE RECORDING   AN ED MASTER

1.dancin'
2.times are getting harder
3.urban paranoia
4.beaten to the bone
5.taken by suprsie
6.all systems go
7.private dream
8.kick it out
9.here's a new thing coming
10.when all is said and done
11.bandits run
12.the street life
13.look at me
14.guitar solo > let's get this show on the road
15.motivated by desire
16.all the way

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what can I say about this lot but... brilliant! back then this was our version of the mighty van halen but from Geordie land,the guitarist dave patton had every lick evh did down to a t... and it did not matter... their 2 albums were great and live they always put on a fantastic show even though they were slated by every music mag/paper around... if you ever wanted to hear what van halen would be like without the production check out hellanbach's now hear this album...enjoy ed

Statetrooper - Marquee club '86



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR ST,LONDON

16th JANUARY 1986

AUDIENCE RECORDING  AN ED MASTER

1.faster than light
2.set fire to the night
3.cry for the nations
4.too late
5.crime to love
6.she's got the looks
7.stand me up cause I'm falling
8.gladiators
9.armed and ready
10.encore break
11.set fire to the night (again)
12.into the night
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always loved his voice especially on the first msg album,not many of us down the marquee on this night as the weather was really bad but the gig was fantastic if a little short.... enjoy ed

Grand slam (phil lynott) - Marquee club '84



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR ST,LONDON

18th JUNE 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING   AN ED MASTER

1.yellow pearl
2.nineteen
3.sisters of mercy
4.military man
5.harlem
6.parisiene walkways
7.cold sweat
8.crazy
9.dedication
10.dear miss lonely heart
11.whiter shade of rolling stone
12.i don't need this

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this was the first of a two night stint from the great man himself... from memory the 2nd night was a better show and I was up the front for that so I only recorded this night... what else can I say but AWESOME!

Tuesday 4 February 2014

baby tuckoo - marquee club '84



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR STREET,LONDON

9th MAY 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING     AN ED MASTER

1.hot wheels
2.baby's rockin tonight
3.a.w.o.l.
4.things ain't always what they seem
5.mony mony
6.i'm your man
7.broken heart
8.holdin' on
9.sweet rock n roller

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another band from the nwobhm era that should of been bigger than they were,i loved his voice and along with some catchy tunes they really hit a spot for me.quite a short set and if memory serves me right the marquee was only half full which always made it a pain to record but it still came out ok...enjoy ed




shy - royal standard '83



THE ROYAL STANDARD,WALTHAMSTOW,LONDON

23rd DECEMBER 1983

AUDIENCE RECORDING   AN ED MASTER

1.take it all away
2.hot lipped reputation
3.deep water
4.separate ways
5.chained by desire
6.reflections
7.tonight
8.nightlife
9.give me a chance
10.xmas jam
11.too hot

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shy always seemed to get a hard time from the press way back at the start for which I never really understood why... to me they always released great quality music and never let you down live...here is a gig I caught back in dec '83 not long after once bitten was released.. the standard was another great venue but a pain in the arse to get to.... enjoy ed

Savage - Royal standard '84



THE ROYAL STANDARD,WALTHAMSTOW,LONDON

23rd FEBRUARY 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING    AN ED MASTER

1.drum solo intro > let it loose
2.ain't no fit place
3.we got the edge
4.white hot
5.berlin
6.stevie's vengeance
7.china run
8.keep it on ice
9.cry wolf
10.encore break
11.on the rocks > drum solo
12.dirty money
13.cry wolf (again)

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it's only now 30 years later I appreciate how many good bands came out of the nwobhm era,here are one of those who I can still jump around the room to albeit slower than I did back then.fantastic band and everyone should grab a copy of loose & lethal and blast away.... enjoy ed

Waysted - Marquee club '85



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR STREET,LONDON

22nd OCTOBER 1985

AUDIENCE RECORDING    AN ED MASTER

1.toy with passion
2.hang 'em high
3.won't get out alive
4.heaven tonight
5.rolling out the dice
6.ball and chain
7.rock steady
8.dead on your legs
9.only you can rock me
10.encore break
11.too hot to handle **

** with bruce Dickinson & steve harris

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another packed marquee crowd here to enjoy a great set from waysted,although by now fin had left and we had danny Vaughn making his uk debut,although I thought fin was a great frontman Vaughn did bring a wider vocal range... and a couple of maidens popped up for the encore which made it all a bit special...enjoy ed

Lionheart - Marquee club '82



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR STREET,LONDON

16th AUGUST 1982

AUDIENCE RECORDING  AN ED MASTER

1.lionheart
2.car on the hill
3.dangerous game
4.don't you know what love is
5.towers of silver
6.prisoner
7.don't hide that feeling
8.the dealer
9.another crazy dream
10.we never have time for love
11.running from the law
12.encore break
13.you couldn't get much higher

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great band led by dennis Stratton (ex maiden) and reuben archer(stampede) on vocals although they were only to release one album "hot tonight" 2 years later which was a masterpiece of melodic rock,live I always thought they had a harder edge with great harmonies.



Lita ford - Marquee club '84



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR STREET,LONDON

14th JUNE 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING  AN ED MASTER

1.dancing on the edge
2.lady killer
3.out for blood
4.dressed to kill
5.just a feeling
6.die for me only
7.gotta let go
8.fire in my heart
9.run with the money
10.????
11.on the run
12.still waitin'
13.draw the line
14.hit and run

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Another great night down the marquee,.little lita over here to promote her dancin' on the edge album to a packed out marquee.. not a lot of people realised how good a guitarist she really is and to be a few feet away from someone who was and still is quite stunning especially for a 20yo lad like myself.
enjoy ed....

Praying mantis - Marquee club '82



MARQUEE CLUB,WARDOUR STREET,LONDON

24th AUGUST 1982

AUDIENCE RECORDING  AN ED MATER

1.a question of time
2.panic in the streets
3.running for tomorrow
4.nightmares
5.raining in Kensington
6.give me a reason
7.heartache
8.tell me the nightmares gone
9.time is slipping away
10.enough is enough
11.turn the tables
12.encore break
13.flirtin' with suicide

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Another favourite of mine at the best rock venue ever!!! the harmonies in this band are amazing.this version of the band have Bernie shaw on vocals... great band! great venue! = great night.


Terraplane - norwich '86



UEA,NORWICH,UK

5th MARCH 1986

AUDIENCE RECORDING  AN ED MASTER

1.intro > don't walk away
2.born in the 60's
3.black and white
4.tough kind of life
5.talkin' to myself
6.the girls and the money
7.get your face out of my dream
8.walk the other way
9.i'm the one
10.i will come out fighting
11.i can't live without your love
12.i survive
13.i couldn't handle the tears
14.river deep mountain high

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I think I might be in the minority here but I always preferred terraplane to thunder! possibly because I went to see them many times around the country.here is a show we travelled across to in sunny Norwich... great venue with fantastic acoustics ...enjoy ed

Ted nugent - Hammersmith odeon '84



HAMMERSMITH ODEON,LONDON

29th FEBRUARY 1984

AUDIENCE RECORDING  AN ED MASTER

1.we're gonna rock tonight
2.flesh and blood
3.tied up in love
4.no man's land
5.don't you want my love
6.knocking at your door
7.stranglehold > drum solo
8.lean mean rock n roll machine
9.bound and gagged
10.great white buffalo
11.(where do you) draw the line > guitar solo
12.go down fighting
13.cat scratch fever
14.wang dang sweet poontang
15.dog eat dog
16.thunder thighs > free for all

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here is a man who often divides opinion,personally I've always loved his music, some of his rants can be offensive to some people but as the saying goes.. opinions are like a***holes .. everyone has one.This was a one off show he did at the hammy o touring the penetrator album,he has brian howe sharing the vocals in this great show... Nugent's lady di rap during bound & gagged is so funny if your not easily offended...it's only rock n roll .. enjoy ed

Bon jovi - Dominion theatre '85



DOMINION THEATRE,LONDON

23rd MAY 1985

AUDIENCE RECORDING  AN ED MASTER

1.tokyo road
2.roulette (pa break down)
3.breakout
4.only lonely
5.shot through the heart (tape flip)
6.silent night
7.the hardest part is the night
8.in and out of love
9.king of the mountain
10.runaway
11.get ready
12.burning for love

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great band! here I caught them a year before they went global touring the 7800 album,they had some p a problems during roulette but jbj managed to blag his way through the problems.they had lee aaron supporting so it was a good night out although I hated the venue... enjoy ed...

Mama's boys - st albans '85



CITY HALL,ST ALBANS

17th APRIL 1985

AUDIENCE RECORDING  AN ED MASTER

1.gentleman rogues
2.don't tell mama
3.in the heat of the night
4.crazy daisy's house of dreams
5.hard and loud
6.lonely soul
7.without you > guitar solo
8.needle in the groove
9.runaway dreams
10.power and passion
11.lettin' go
12.straight forward
13.mama weer all crazze now
14.one last chance

mp3


Without doubt one of my favourite bands from back then...I was fortunate enough to see them many times and I always went away with a smile on my face...you will hear this many times on this blog.. mamas boys should of been massive!.
city hall was an ok venue quite easy to record from although it was not really designed for rock shows....good recording.