BBC College Concert 16 - Gary Numan interview

Gary Numan
BBC College Concert #16
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week of January 9, 1983

Recorded at:
KZEW-FM in Dallas, Texas.
Interview from October 18, 1982 
conducted by George Gimarc 

01 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 16 Intro
02 Gary Numan & George Gimarc - Interview
03 Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric
04 Gary Numan & George Gimarc - Interview
05 Gary Numan - Cars
06 Gary Numan & George Gimarc - Interview
07 Gary Numan - We Are Glass
08 Gary Numan & George Gimarc - Interview
09 Gary Numan - She's Got Claws
10 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 16 Break
11 Gary Numan - Stories

12 Gary Numan & George Gimarc - Interview
13 Gary Numan & Dramatis - Love Needs No Disguise
14 Gary Numan & George Gimarc - Interview
15 Gary Numan - Music For Chameleons
16 Gary Numan & George Gimarc - Interview
17 Gary Numan - White Boys & Heroes
18 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 16 Outro

Runout grooves: unknown
Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music
through the courtesy of our pal, Sam Eliot's Mustache!

Numan was in town for an October 18th show at the Dallas Agora.

https://mega.nz/file/yVxxFAbK#CLKeMu6tVH4dODPy1E1j0ytb8a034Rfr4f41Z_dpyfo

This is an unusual BBC College Concert, as there's no live music included.  There are short interviews with disk jockey George Gimarc of Dallas's KZEW-FM, interspersed with studio tracks.

BBC College Concert #15 - Blotto / The Chance, Poughkeepsie, NY Nov. 20, 1982

Blotto
BBC College Concert #15
LW's Limited Broadcast Week of December 19, 1982

Recorded at:
The Chance
Poughkeepsie, NY
November 20, 1982

01 Joe Piscopo & Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 15 Intro
02 Blotto - It's Not You
03 Blotto - When The Second Feature Starts
04 Blotto - Occupational Hazard
05 Blotto - (We Are) The Nowtones
06 Blotto - My Baby's The Star Of A Driver's Ed Movie
07 Blotto - Gimme The Girl
08 Blotto - I Quit
09 Joe Piscopo & Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 15 Break
10 Blotto - Scream
11 Blotto - Too Much Fun
12 Blotto - Goodbye, Mr. Bond
13 Blotto - I Wanna Be a Lifeguard
14 Blotto - Metal Head
15 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 15 Outro

Runout grooves (from Discogs):
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): BBC COLLEGE CONCERT - 12/19/82-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): BBC COLLEGE CONCERT - 12/19/82-B

From the Sam Eliot's Mustache Collection
Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music

Blotto has a website at:  https://blotto.net/index.html

The website has everything you'll need to know about the band, including Blotto merchandise.

The short version of their story is: Blotto was a regionally popular band from the Albany area in New York that mixed humor with a party band sound.  The band issued several independent EPs and an album, and received national exposure when their video for "I Wanna Be A Lifeguard" was aired on MTV. They opened for Blue Oyster Cult on a tour.  In spite of the national exposure, they were never signed to a major label contract.

I found print ads for The Chance Club & Restaurant that show Blotto was booked in January, March, July, September, October, and November in 1982, plus some press coverage.

https://mega.nz/file/2RAkmKpQ#b2dGHbe6L2TN0raDXFLWRnKnVqAAm653pYxnAHbLFK0

BBC College Concert #7 - Missing Persons, Six Flags Magic Mountain Sept. 10, 1982

BBC College Concert #7
Missing Persons
London Wavelength limited broadcast week of October 24, 1982

Recorded at:
Six Flags Magic Mountain 
Showcase Amphitheatre
Valencia, CA
September 10, 1982

01 Pete Larkin Sylvie Simmons - BBC College Concert 7 Intro
02 Missing Persons - Mental Hopscotch
03 Missing Persons - Noticeable One
04 Missing Persons - Words
05 Missing Persons - Tears
06 Missing Persons - It Ain't None Of Your Business
07 Missing Persons - Bad Streets
08 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 7 Break
09 Missing Persons - Windows
10 Missing Persons - Here and Now
11 Missing Persons - Walking In L.A.
12 Missing Persons - No Way Out
13 Missing Persons - I Like Boys
14 Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
15 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 7 Outro

From the Sam Eliot's Mustache Collection
Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music

We are missing the disc labels and runout grooves.

https://mega.nz/file/WIhjGJQI#8DZuX2RMSnW39MEws1_6lV7Trd36yhrj46sx6236KiU

NOTE:

This is the SAME MUSIC as BBC Rock Hour #341 Version A, and Version B... both of which are in our archives.  The only difference is the announcements.  Yes, three different versions of the same music is beating a dead horse, but I figure you may be trying to collect all of the BBC College Concerts.

BBC College Concert #3 - Spandau Ballet / A Flock of Seagulls

BBC College Concert #3
Spandau Ballet / A Flock of Seagulls
air date September 26, 1982

Spandau Ballet
Recorded at:
Winter Gardens
Bournemouth
April 10, 1982

A Flock of Seagulls
Recorded at:
Paris Theatre
London
January 13, 1982

Side One:
01 Pete Larkin, Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 3 Intro
02 Spandau Ballet - The Freeze
03 Spandau Ballet - She Loved Like Diamond
04 Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
05 Spandau Ballet - Paint Me Down
06 Spandau Ballet - Instinction, Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
07 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 3 Break
Side Two:
01 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 3 Intro 2
02 A Flock Of Seagulls - Modern Love Is Automatic
03 A Flock Of Seagulls - Standing In The Doorway
04 A Flock Of Seagulls - Telecommunication
05 A Flock Of Seagulls - Man Made
06 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
07 A Flock Of Seagulls - (It's Not Me) Talking
08 Pete Larkin, Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 3 Outro

Runout grooves:
BBC College Concert - 9/26/82 - Δ
BBC College Concert - 9/26/82 - B

I've split the show into two folders so you can file each band separately if you wish.

I don't have the cue sheet, but I've included a terrible, off-center low resolution scan I found on Discogs.  It's truly awful.

The Spandau Ballet tracks are also on BBC Transcription Services CN 04033/S In Concert 282 (with one additional track ("Glow").  The show is split with The Jam).

The A Flock of Seagulls set of six songs were also on BBC Transcription Services CN 4039/S (paired with Classix Nouveaux) with a broadcast date of August 15, 1982.  All six tracks were issued officially as part of the 2023 reissue of A Flock Of Seagulls as a 3-cd set, along with b-sides, single edits, and other BBC sessions (John Peel, Richard Skinner, Kid Jensen, and Janice Long).  Obviously, it's better sound quality than my rip of the vinyl, so go buy it if you like this digitization. This isn't intended to replace the superior official release, but to document as many of the BBC College Concert series as I can find.

https://mega.nz/file/CNpQFAJJ#8PVb_v3tuKC1M_-nSUdnvTBe3aTMC9hI7fgoBRYF2PE

BBC College Concert #13 - The Jam - Newcastle City Hall, Oct. 28. 1980

The Jam   
BBC College Concert #13 
LW's Scheduled Broadcast week of December 5, 1982

Recorded at:
Newcastle City Hall
October 28, 1980

01 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 13 Intro
02 The Jam - Thick As Thieves
03 The Jam - Boy About Town
04 The Jam - Monday
05 The Jam - Going Underground
06 The Jam - Pretty Green
07 The Jam - Man In The Corner Shop
08 The Jam - Set The House Ablaze
09 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 13 Break
10 The Jam - Dreams of Children
11 The Jam - Start!
12 The Jam - Scrape Away
13 The Jam - Strange Town
14 The Jam - When You're Young
15 The Jam - The Eton Rifles
16 The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
17 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 13 Outro

Runout grooves:
BBC College Concert 12/5/82 - A
BBC College Concert 12/5/82 - B

You get: 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and disc labels.
Brought to you by the crazy crew at the Collective For Live Music.

There's a review from the Evening Chronicle (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England · Tuesday, October 28, 1980).  

The newspaper reviews the concert from the prior day (October 27th).

I threw in some contemporaneous reviews of their Sound Effects album.

In 2015, a 6 CD boxed set "Fire and Skill" was issued, featuring six concerts, one from each year of the band's history.  The fourth disc included the entire Newcastle 1980-10-28 concert.  It promptly went out of print, with current prices on Discogs asking $185.00 to $400.00.  There was also a vinyl release in 2015 with the full concert, in a limited edition of 1,500 copies.

Of course you should go buy it!  It will sound much better than this digitization, there's lots more songs, and you won't have to listen to Pete Larkin.  On the other hand, if you're collecting all of the BBC College Concert shows, this will fill in a gap in your collection.

https://mega.nz/file/LZ5y0LiB#seYEqhMJ0J_4zFJKn_RX88mvJEbmZA-cafpr44jMz1U

Here's a handy checklist for you!  Collect 'em all!

LIST OF BBC College Concert shows:

BBC College Concert 01 Duran Duran Sept. 12, 1982
BBC College Concert 02 Sparks Sept. 19, 1982
BBC College Concert 03 Spandau Ballet / A Flock of Seagulls September 26, 1982
BBC College Concert 04 Boomtown Rats Oct. 3, 1982
BBC College Concert 05 Third World Oct. 10, 1982
BBC College Concert 06 Steel Pulse Oct. 17, 1982
BBC College Concert 07 Missing Persons Oct. 24, 1982
BBC College Concert 08 Lords of the New Church Oct 31, 1982
BBC College Concert 09 XTC November 7, 1982
BBC College Concert 10 Translator Nov. 14, 1982
BBC College Concert 11 The Teardrop Explodes Nov. 21, 1982
BBC College Concert 12 UB40 Nov. 28, 1982
BBC College Concert 13 The Jam December 5, 1982
BBC College Concert 14 Psychedelic Furs Dec. 12, 1982
BBC College Concert 15 Blotto Dec. 19, 1982
BBC College Concert 16 Gary Numan Interview Jan. 9, 1983
BBC College Concert 17 Marshall Crenshaw Jan. 16, 1983
BBC College Concert 18 English Beat Jan. 23, 1983
BBC College Concert 19 Joe Jackson Jan. 30, 1983
BBC College Concert 20 Wall of Voodoo February 6, 1983
BBC College Concert 21 Polyrock Feb 13, 1983
BBC College Concert 22 Duran Duran Feb. 20, 1982
BBC College Concert 23 Yaz Feb. 27, 1983
BBC College Concert 24 Roxy Music March 6, 1983
BBC College Concert 25 Patti Smyth & Scandal March 13, 1983
BBC College Concert 26 Robert Fripp/King Crimson March 20, 1983
BBC College Concert 27 U-2 March 27, 1983
BBC College Concert 28 Bob Marley April 3, 1983
BBC College Concert 29 Simple Minds / the Specials April 10, 1983
BBC College Concert 30 Dexy's Midnight Runners / Culture Club April 17, 1983
BBC College Concert 31 Thomas Dolby/David Grisman Radio Special (studio tracks)
BBC College Concert 32 Lene Lovich May 1, 1983
BBC College Concert 33 Undertones May 8, 1983
BBC College Concert 34 Best of Semester #1 Various Artists  May 15, 1983
BBC College Concert 35 Best of Semester #2 Various Artists May 22, 1983
 

BBC College Concert #30 Dexy's Midnight Runners / Culture Club

BBC College Concert #30
Dexy's Midnight Runners / Culture Club
LW's Schedule Broadcast Week of April 17, 1983

Recorded at:

Dexy's Midnight Runners
Newcastle Exhibition Park 
Town Moor, Newcastle on Tyne 
June 6, 1982

Culture Club
The Lyceum
London
November 2, 1982

01 Pete Larkin & Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 30 Intro
02 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Let's Make This Precious
03 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
04 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
05 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Soon
06 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Plan B
07 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
08 Pete Larkin & Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 30 Break
09 Pete Larkin & Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 30 Segment intro
10 Culture Club - Take Control
11 Culture Club - Love Twist
12 Culture Club - I'm Afraid Of Me
13 Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
14 Culture Club - White Boys Can't Control It
15 Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
16 Pete Larkin & Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 30 Outro

Run out grooves:
BBC COLLEGE CONCERT 4/17/83-A
BBC COLLEGE CONCERT 4/17/83-B

From the ever lovin' Collective For Live Music!

Everything here except Pete Larkin and Richard Skinner was first released with additional tracks on the following BBC transcription LPs and then on officially released CDs.

The Dexy's tracks were released on BBC Transcription Services CN 4076/S BBC In Concert 287, and then officially released in 1993 as BBC Radio One Live in Concert.

The Culture Club tracks are on BBC Transcription Services CN 4147/S BBC In Concert 298, and there's a 2009 official release as BBC In Concert (3rd November 1982).

The only reason to download this is if you want to hear Pete Larkin and Richard Skinner, or are collecting a complete set of the BBC College Concerts.  There may also be a slight variation in the mix from the official releases. 

I will note that the official release of the Culture Club tracks puts the show on the 3rd of November  The Evening Standard published a review of the concert on November 3rd, stating the concert was "last night," which puts this show on November 2nd. So research has some value ifyou care about accuracy. Always check facts (and that includes mine, I'm sure that I make a lot of mistakes.  If Đ®åⒻṬëŕṽøï gets all high and mighty about something, yell out,"Hey, Einstein... tell us about your first marriage!"

https://mega.nz/file/SZhgHRwI#Joz8A9B7u4pcNB0Mk-iNKB4f1PKSvhq_dkqa7Y70Phw

BBC College Concert #20 - Wall of Voodoo, El Mocambo, Toronto, Canada

Wall of Voodoo
BBC College Concert #20 
London Wavelength's Broadcast Week of February 6, 1983

Recorded at:
El Mocambo
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
November 15, 1982

01 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 20 Intro
02 Wall Of Voodoo - Call Box (1-2-3)
03 Wall Of Voodoo - Animal Day
04 Wall Of Voodoo - Lost Weekend
05 Wall Of Voodoo - Call of the West
06 Wall Of Voodoo - Factory
07 Wall Of Voodoo - On Interstate 15
08 Wall Of Voodoo - Can't Make Love
09 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 20 Break
10 Wall Of Voodoo - Tomorrow
11 Wall Of Voodoo - The Passenger
12 Wall Of Voodoo - Longarm
13 Wall Of Voodoo - Ring Of Fire
14 Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
15 Wall Of Voodoo - Back In Flesh
16 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 20 Outro

An off-the-air master from the Sam Eliot's Mustache collection, brought to you by the Collective of Live Music.

Eventually, we'll track down the vinyl and do a pre-FM rip for you, but for now, give this one a spin!  As it's sourced from a cassette, I can't give you the usual 300 dpi scans...but I added the cues and a disc scan from Discogs.

https://mega.nz/file/qE4yxb6Y#k8hzXNEhCdwD4hDqtTyrW5zh-6JPj96xUE5fpufhFXw

But because we believe in going the extra mile here at the V-W, I tracked down an ad for the show from the Toronto Star.  

BBC College Concert #19 - Joe Jackson - Hammersmith Odeon, Aug. 15, 1982

Joe Jackson
BBC College Concert #19
Week of Jan. 1, 1983

Recorded at:
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England
August 15, 1982

01 Pete Larkin & Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 
02 Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
03 Joe Jackson - Cancer
04 Joe Jackson - Real Man
05 Joe Jackson - Friday
06 Joe Jackson - Breaking Us In Two
07 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 19 Intro
08 Joe Jackson - Chinatown
09 Joe Jackson - Target
10 Joe Jackson - TV Age
11 Joe Jackson - Different For Girls
12 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
13 Pete Larkin & Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 

Runout grooves:
BBC college concert A 1-30-83
BBC college concert B 1-30-83
Note DISCOGS says it's "A" on side two, this is an error.

Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music.
This one is from Đ®åⒻṬëŕṽøï's copy of the LP.

You get...300 dpi scans of BOTH disc labels! 300 dpi scans of BOTH sides of the cue sheet!  Yes! Front and back!  We spare NO EXPENSE here at the V-W!  Plus, some press blurbs, and a general interest article about the venue.

The concert took place on August 15, 1982. It was recorded for later broadcast, and first broadcast on BBC Radio 1's "In Concert" on October 2, 1982.

Eleven tracks were released by the BBC Transcription services for the 1982 broadcast on In Concert-286 BBC Transcription Services CN 4072/S, with a set list that ran:

Look Sharp
Cancer
Real Man
Friday
Breaking Us In Two
Fools In Love
Chinatown
Target
T.V. Age
It's Different For Girls
Steppin' Out

American radio got ten tracks (all of the above except Fools In Love) released three times, on:

BBC Rock Hour #340 Versions A and B (broadcast week of Oct. 3, 1983)
BBC College Concert #19 (broadcast week of Jan. 1, 1983) {this show}
BBC Rock Hour #445 Versions A and B (broadcast week of Nov. 6, 1983).

The Hammersmith concert is also included on the official Joe Jackson 2CD "At The BBC". That version omits "Friday" (which was on all four of the British and American syndicated radio show versions) but includes the additional track "Tuxedo Junction".  While you'll need the official release, you'll need to add "Friday" to it to build a complete set list.

Set lists for the 1982 Night and Day Tour at jj-archive.net show Jackson was playing a 15 to 20 song set list, usually featuring a Motown Medley.  The Hammersmith Odeon show is shorter than usual. It's unfortunate that given its brevity; A&M didn't put out the entire concert and chose to skip a single track.  Kudos to them for giving us "Tuxedo Junction," though. :)

The CD notes on "At The BBC" attribute the date to "Hammersmith Odeon 2/10/82."  This is the October broadcast date where the show went out over the radio, not the date the show was recorded.  
Also note that American and British date conventions mean that Americans read the 2/10/82 on the packaging as "February 10, 1982" when the intent is that it be read as "October 10, 1982." The U.S. date format is month-day-year: the month appears before the day, while UK style is day-month-year.
The ISO date format, YYYY-MM-DD...or just spelling it out with the written name of the month provides clarity when sharing information internationally.

I've included newspapers that document the date of the original concert, and the date of the BBC broadcast.

https://mega.nz/file/jURmQKTY#99OOZNi4VDxaCiiQ9-laZroaGXrBCUb17LWCcWBz4Hs

I love Joe Jackson, and I hope you enjoy this concert.  You'll need to buy the official release to get this in better quality...but you'll need this for the missing track.

BBC College Concert #8, Lords of the New Church, My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY Sept. 26, 1982

Lords Of The New Church
BBC College Concert #8
broadcast week of Oct. 31, 1982. 

Recorded at:
My Father's Place
Roslyn, NY
September 26, 1982

01 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 8 Intro
02 Lords Of The New Church - New Church
03 Lords Of The New Church - Question Of Temperature
04 Lords Of The New Church - Girls Girls Girls
05 Lords Of The New Church - Livin' On Livin'
06 Lords Of The New Church - Eat Your Heart Out
07 Lords Of The New Church - Russian Roulette
08 Lords Of The New Church - Fortune Teller
09 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 8 Break
10 Lords Of The New Church - Open Your Eyes
11 Lords Of The New Church - Li'l Boys Play With Dolls
12 Lords Of The New Church - Holy War
13 Lords Of The New Church - Portobello
14 Lords Of The New Church - Apocalypso
15 Lords Of The New Church - New Church
16 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 8 Outro

Run out grooves say:
BBC (scratched out text) College Concert - 10/31/82 - A
BBC College Concert - 10/31/82 - B

Brought to you by The Collective Of Live Music. Transcribed from the original BBC disc March 2025.

Flac files of wavs, with 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and disc labels.  Press coverage that proves the recording date.  I added some press coverage of the band from around the time of the show.

According to Discogs, this show was issued as "Open Your Eyes" back in 1983 in a limited edition of 200 copies with no record label. In 2019, Cleopatra Records issued it on red vinyl in an edition of 300 copies, and in white vinyl (333 copies).

Note the cue sheet attributes "Fortune Teller" to Jagger/Richards.  While the Rolling Stones covered the song, they did not write it, nor were they the first to record it.  The song was written by Allen Toussaint under the pseudonym Naomi Neville, and was first recorded by Benny Spellman.

This is the same version as over at TheNewJDP, I did the digitaztion but tossed the ball over to JustDave as we're juggling a lot of authors here.  Which is a good thing.  As I always say, "if a thing is worth doing, it's worth over-doing."

https://mega.nz/file/7YJxAbhD#pRFDCMlCkxDwpDGIQ_Fg9xSrFWVDtfVA9_bILa3qp-U

BBC College Concert 11 - The Teardrop Explodes, Guildford, England June 18, 1981

The Teardrop Explodes
BBC College Concert 11
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week Of November 21, 1982

Recorded at:
Guildford Civic Hall
Guildford, England
June 18, 1981

01 Pete Larkin + Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 11 Intro
02 The Teardrop Explodes - Thief of Baghdad
03 The Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas
04 The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend
05 The Teardrop Explodes - Like Leila Khaled Said
06 The Teardrop Explodes - Suffocate
07 The Teardrop Explodes - The Culture Bunker
08 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 11 Break
09 The Teardrop Explodes - Poppies In The Field
10 The Teardrop Explodes - Went Crazy
11 The Teardrop Explodes - Screaming Secrets
12 The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream
13 The Teardrop Explodes - The Great Dominions
14 The Teardrop Explodes - Treason
15 Pete Larkin + Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 11 Outro

Runout grooves:
BBC College Concert - 11/21/82-A
BBC College Concert - 11/21/82-B
300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and disc labels.

This was originally pressed up as BBC Transcription Services BBC In Concert CN 3831/S with the additional tracks "Read It In Books" and "Reward."

Once again, I present evidence to you that goes against the "facts."  The enclosed article in the Northern Echo says "The Teardrop Explodes" was from an American DC comic."  This gets repeated; indeed, the band members themselves seem to have referenced DC on more than one occasion.  Here's the actual panel (from the Artwork folder)....and that's Spiderman, Daredevil, and Namor, the Submariner...all of which are from Marvel, not DC.

https://mega.nz/file/ncIk0YoR#A6EbDMYbP6vTTX8ECZd2d7IVe1Zb0cQylM_OHUX2UmI

Psychedelic Furs / BBC College Concert #14 Hammersmith Odeon Oct. 10, 1982

Westminster and Pimlico News
October 1, 1982. 

Psychedelic Furs
BBC College Concert #14
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week Of December 12, 1982

Recorded at:
Hammersmith Odeon, 
London, England
October 10, 1982

01 Pete Larkin, Joe Piscopo - BBC College Concert 14 Intro
02 Psychedelic Furs - Merry-Go-Round
03 Psychedelic Furs - Run and Run
04 Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
05 Psychedelic Furs - No Easy Street
06 Psychedelic Furs - Only You And I
07 Psychedelic Furs - Danger
08 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 14 Break
09 Joe Piscopo - BBC College Concert 14 Segment Intro
10 Psychedelic Furs - Goodbye
11 Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
12 Psychedelic Furs - She Is Mine
13 Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe
14 Psychedelic Furs - Into You Like A Train
15 Richard Skinner, Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 14 Outro

Runnygroovyrunoutgrooves:
BBC COLLEGE CONCERT 12/12/12 - A
BBC COLLEGE CONCERT 12/12/12 - B

Flac files of wavs, includes 300 dpi scans of the cue sheets and disc labels.  Includes press listing to prove the date of the show.

And yeah, they don't mention the date this show was recorded. Here at the Voodoo Wagon Secret Headquarters, we dispatched a team of special investigators to get to the bottom of this mystery.

The first release of this concert was on BBC Transcription Service BBC In Concert 291, which has two additional songs (President Gas, Sleep Comes Down).  The Discogs listing for that bit of rare vinyl gives the date as October 10, 1982. Sounds good, but you know that just reading something on the Internet doesn't make it true.

So, it was over to newpapers.com to find actual proof that confirms that date, and we found it in the Westminster and Pimlico News of October 1, 1982. 

There's also a review of the concert. Critic Mary Harron did not enjoy the show.  The Internet tells me Ms. Harron dated Tony Blair and directed American Psycho.

On Track 06, the song is introduced as "Angels" and it's listed with that title on the cue sheet, but the lyrics match the song "Only You and I."  I'm no Psych-Furs expert, but if you've got a Ph.D in post-punk please drop a comment below.  What's the correct title?

https://mega.nz/file/PRJhhQ4D#wq71IXohnV00F76cBIgs85RQn5ftv8fZMo4oY0oNJ_4

And for no apparent reason, Joe Piscopo shows up to handle the introduction AND do his impersonation of Frank Sinatra. 

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Warwickshire, England 1981

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Warwick Arts Theatre
University of Warwick
Warwickshire, England
March 9, 1981
BBC Goes To College - BBC TV
DVD rip @256

1 Unchaptered file @39:43

Setlist:
1-Intro (Clockface)
02-Isreal
03-Spellbound
04-Arabian knights
05-Halloween
06-Christine
07-Night Shift
08-Red Light
09-But Not Them
10-Voodoo Dolly
11-Eve White/Eve Black

 

The BBC did not broadcast the entire concert

720 X 576 DVD Video available on request

pass-fbsvw
 

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Translator / Paradise Theater, Boston Oct. 4, 1982 - BBC College Concert #10

Translator

BBC College Concert #10

London Wavelength's Broadcast Week of November 14, 1982

Recorded at:

Paradise Theater

Boston, MA

October 4, 1982

01 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert #10 Intro

02 When I Am With You

03 Necessary Spinning

04 Everywhere

05 Circumstance Laughing

06 Nothing Is Saving Me

07 Break Down Barriers

08 My Heart Your Heart

09 Favorite Drug

10 Different Time

11 Everywhere That I'm Not

12 Sleeping Snakes

13 Dizzy Miss Lizzy

14 Remember

15 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert #10 Outro

Translating "The run-out grooves say" through Google "Translator"

give us:

I solchi esauriti dicono:

Los surcos agotados dicen:

Die Auslaufrillen sagen:

Les rainures épuisées disent:

BBC College Concert 11-14-82 -A  KPG

BBC College Concert 11-14-82 -B  KPG

When I Google-Translate the Italian back to English, it comes out as "Exhausted ruts say..."' so I suspect I'm ruining international relations by letting a computer do my "translator" work.

You get:  flac files of wavs, a 300 dpi scan of both disc labels and the cue sheet, and the concert listing from the Boston Globe that confirms the date of the concert as October 4, 1982.  Just because the announcer says it, doesn't mean it's true, as we shall learn on m
y next post.  In the on-deck circle, we have....well, you'll have to tune in to this channel next week to find out! :)

Translator were a San Francisco-based band that put out four albums between 1982 and 1986. They fall in the New Wave / alternative/ college rock camp, but they're not part of the skinny-tie power pop brigade.  Many of the lyrics on their first album tended towards a dark, dire tone, as if disaster was waiting just over the horizon.  They also had a bit of a brighter Beatles influence on songs like “Everywhere.”

Of note are covers of Little Richard’s “Dizzy Miss Lizzy,” and John Lennon’s “Remember,” both of which show the Beatles influence.

The song "Different Time" was not issued until 2008, as a studio outtake on Different Time (2008).

https://mega.nz/file/PVBUnZxD#xvjhwpTKT8AbxLyx1LWCG5lYFn3YBsRKw5ddwDTPqlw

U2 - Hammersmith Palais, Dec. 6, 1982 - BBC College Concert #27

U2 – BBC College Concert #27
for broadcast March 27, 1983
recorded:
Hammersmith Palais, December 6, 1982
Label: London Wavelength – 27
Series: BBC College Concert

01 Pete Larkin, Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert #27 Intro
02 U2 - Surrender
03 U2 - I Threw A Brick
04 U2 - A Day Without Me
05 U2 - An Cat Dubh
06 U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
07 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert #27 Break
08 U2 - The Electric Co.
09 U2 - October
10 U2 - New Year's Day
11 U2 - Gloria
12 U2 - I Will Follow
13 U2 - Fire
14 Richard Skinner, Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert #27 Outro

Run out grooves:
BBC COLLEGE CONCERT 3/27/83-A"U2"
BBC COLLEGE CONCERT 3/27/83-B U2

This version digitized February 2023 from the syndicated radio disc as part of the ongoing series of Đ®åⒻṬëŕṽøï needledrops.  

Yeah, I did this a month ago but I've been busy with those tapes I mentioned, plus I'm happy to report that the grandson passed his eighth weekly spelling test with a perfect score.  

Comes with 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and disc labels.  Flac files of wavs.

This show also appears on BBC In Concert #295, which has one additional song (A Celebration). London Wavelength also repeated these tracks on the BBC Rock Hour #410, with commercials added.

The show has been bootlegged many times, too.

https://mega.nz/file/iVYEzLpJ#EQaen75VwEWLZeRJgStvmNY-BVM_YiGEZPrML0XGB2o

Undertones / University of Reading 1983 BBC College Concert

Undertones
BBC College Concert #33
LW's Limited Broadcast Week of May 8, 1983
University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, England, U.K.
recording date is March 15, 1983

Matrix / Runout groove: BBC COLLEGE CONCERT 5/8/83-A
Matrix / Runout groove: BBC COLLEGE CONCERT 5/8/83-B

01. BBC College Concert 33 Intro -  Pete Larkin, Richard Skinner
02. When Saturday Comes
03. I Don't Know
04. The Love Parade
05. Untouchable
06. Teenage Kicks
07. Chain Of Love
08. Let's Talk About Girls
09. Conscious
10. BBC College Concert 33 Break - Pete Larkin
11. Got To Have You Back
12. Bittersweet
13. Tearproof
14. Julie Ocean
15. Wednesday Week
16. Get Over You
17. Luxury
18. You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It)
19. BBC College Concert 33 Outro -  Pete Larkin, Richard Skinner

This BBC College Concert show was edited from the longer BBC In Concert #302 version,
which had the additional tracks "Jump Boys," "I Know A Girl," and "I Gotta Getta."  While this leans heavily on their last album, they do include their classic first album hits, "Get Over You" and "Teenage Kicks."


The Undertones just put out a set of 13 singles for Record Store Day 2018, "cut from original analogue tape masters."

https://mega.nz/#!XIw2jChb!42-VyF6t3qyHylXM-xHgwg0zkhO250EVGfEnWyOf0B4

Flac files of wavs.  Includes a 300 dpi scan of the cue sheet and a disc label.

Third World / BBC College Concert #5 - Hammersmith Odeon, London UK 1982

BBC College Concert #5 – Third World 
Broadcast week of October 10, 1982
Recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in 1982, on May 11 or May 12

01.  BBC College Concert Intro - Pete Larkin & Richard Skinner
02.  Ride On
03.  I Wake Up Cryin'
04.  Inna Time Like This
05.  Dance On The Floor (Hooked On Love)
06.  BBC College Concert Break - Pete Larkin
07.  Jah, Jah Children Moving Up
08.  Now That We've Found Love
09.  Try Jah Love
10.  BBC College Concert Outro - Pete Larkin & Richard Skinner

This show was also released as BBC In Concert #280, with the same set list in the same track order in July 1982. Often, the BBC "In Concert" shows include one or two extra songs.  The U.S. "London Wavelength" shows were often abridged, with one or two songs left out to fit it into the U.S. one hour format.  In this case, it looks like the BBC transcription disc and the B.B.C. College Concert have the exact same show.

This version was digitized from the syndicated radio LP. Unfortunately, the cue sheet was not included.  I did include a 300 dpi scan of the disc label.
Flac files of .wavs.

As usual, I went through this show and declicked it, one click at a time.  I hope you enjoy it....Third World is a great band!

https://mega.nz/#!yJwGwQYb!nxhOrWDO30fFF6rNKIi8K0F63H-3xw3V9nROsGIjdtk

Marshall Crenshaw / BBC College Concert #17 - My Father's Place, Rosyln, NY 1982

Marshall Crenshaw was riding high on a hit single, "Someday, Someway," that had gone Top 40 at the time he recorded this live show.
Recorded at My Father's Place in Rosyln, New York, the original broadcast was by WLIR-FM.

This show has recently been released as a copyright gap "grey market" European CD. This version is not copied from that release but is digitized directly from the original syndicated radio show LP.

You can buy a My Father's Place t-shirt at:
http://www.myfathersplace.com/paypal-m.htm

https://mega.nz/#!vcIBAQCD!IRmweGvlSNT1IS5_plApzE7mbNGhAmvIZO3S7Q74qrA

Marshall Crenshaw
BBC College Concert #17
broadcast week of January 16, 1983
My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY
attributed to June 29, 1982 as the recording date,
this was also broadcast on WLIR-Fm
This version is sourced from the syndicated
radio broadcast LP produced by London Wavelength for the BBC College Concert Hour.

01 BBC Rock Hour #17 Intro - Pete Larkin
02 Soldier of Love
03 Not For Me
04 There She Goes Again
05 Brand New Lover
06 I’ll Do Anything
07 Mary Anne
08 Rockin’ Around In N.Y.C.
09 Somethin’s Gonna Happen
10 Move It
11 Someday, Someway
12 Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do
     Note: the track list and live CD call this "No One Here" (CD) or "No One Here I’d Rather Do It
     With Than You" The song is definitely a cover of Elvis Presley's "Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do"         from his 1957 LP "Loving You."
13 She Can't Dance
14 Cynical Girl
15 Girls
16 The Usual Thing
17 BBC Rock Hour #17 Outro - Pete Larkin

Flac files of wavs.  The cue is sheet is (unfortunately) not included.  I've scanned
the disc label, though!

Lene Lovich / The Malibu, Lido Beach, NY 1983 BBC College Concert #32

Lene Lovich

BBC College Concert #32

London Wavelength's Broadcast Week of May 1, 1983

Recorded at:

The Malibu

Lido Beach, NY

March 23, 1983

01 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 32 Intro

02 Lene Lovich - Sister Video

03 Lene Lovich - Joan

04 Lene Lovich - It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)

05 Lene Lovich - Maria

06 Lene Lovich - Bird Song

07 Lene Lovich - Too Tender To Touch

08 Lene Lovich - Say When

09 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert #32 Break

10 Lene Lovich - New Toy

11 Lene Lovich - Blue Hotel

12 Lene Lovich -  Special Star

13 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number

14 Lene Lovich - Angels

15 Lene Lovich - Rocky Road

16 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert #32 Outro

Matrix / Runout (Side 1): BBC COLLEGE CONCERT - 5/1/83-A

Matrix / Runout (Side 2): BBC COLLEGE CONCERT - 5/1/83-B

Updated May 2025.

Flac files of wavs, plus 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and both disc labels.

There's another Lovich/Malibu 1983 show circulating with a slightly different set list.

As Pete Larkin's introduction mentions that this show was "recorded in concert by WLIR-FM" it's possible a WLIR broadcast is the source, and had additional songs.  The other show starts with "Savages," doesn't have "Bird Song", "Too Tender To Touch" or "Special Star," and adds "Home" as the last song.  However...this other show is dated as from March 21, 1983.  The newspaper documentation only shows the show as March 23.

And...of course since there's a community name "Malibu" in California, this has been attributed to a show in Malibu, California.

https://mega.nz/file/zMJ2EYhS#vkniDRm5A6SDCTZT1eTKNWDHBJYk5E2n-iQC11wfzC4

UB40 / Keele University, U.K. late 1980, BBC College Concert #12

UB40

BBC College Concert #12

London Wavelength's Scheduled Broadcast Week of November 28, 1982 

Recorded at:

Keele University, England

November 25, 1980

01 Pete Larkin, Richard Skinner - BBC College Concert 12 Intro

02 UB40 - My Way Of Thinking

03 UB40 - Strange Fruit

04 UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming

05 UB40 - Burden Of Shame

06 UB40 - I Think It's Going To Rain Today

07 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 12 Break

08 Pete Larkin - Segment Into

09 UB40 - Tyler

10 UB40 - Food For Thought

11 UB40 - Madam Medusa

12 UB40 - Wildcat

13 UB40 - Signing Off

14 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert 12 Outro

The groovy runout grooves say:

BBC College Concert - UB-40 - Δ

BBC College Concert - UB-40 - B

When I originally posted this digitization in 2015 I was unable to determine the date of the show. By using Newspapers.com, I confirmed the show took place on November 25, 1980.

I've updated the post with better file tagging, added the groovy runout grooves information, added both discs labels, and newspaper clippings.

In 1981 UB40 played at Keele University several times, and one of the concerts was recorded for later broadcast.

Tracks from the Keele concert first turned up on the BBC program "Rock Goes To College."  Eight songs from the show were broadcast on January 19, 1981 (not the date of the concert).  The eight songs on the RGTC concert are:
King
Strange Fruit
The Earth Dies Screaming
Little By Little
I Think It's Going To Rain Today
Food For Thought
Tyler
Signing Off

The "Rock Goes To College" show is up in streaming audio on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbrs3ulnW_I

Almost two years later, ten songs from the Keele show were assembled for distribution in the U.S.A. on London Wavelength’s "BBC College Concert" show #12, which had a broadcast date of November 28, 1982.  "King" and "Little By Little" were dropped, and "My Way Of Thinking," "Burden Of Shame," "Madam Medusa," and "Wildcat" were added.

In the 1990s, the Keele concert turned up on the bootleg albums "H20" by Beech Marten/Phonocomp (BM 086 (CD, 1992)), and then again as "Paris" by On Stage Records (CD-ON 2307 (CD, 1994)).  Both of these were Italian bootleg labels, and both attributed the show to "Paris Theatre, London UK in 1982."  Both bootlegs had the same 10 songs in the same order as the BBC College Concert show. As both bootlegs have the same incorrect information about the venue and date, it’s likely that the 1994 release just bootlegged the earlier bootleg.

Adding to the confusion on this show is that Keele University sometimes turns up spelled as "Keyl University" (which doesn’t exist) or "Kiel University" (which does exist, but is in Germany).

 (note:  London Wavelength also released a UB40 concert on the "The Penthouse/Omni College Concert"  show number #1019.  That show is not the Keele concert, it’s from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1984.)





https://mega.nz/#!CVRh2IYK!LsvQTL-5c0SlrO4v04cnhmGK85m7I9tJ8YuXK4JDD2A

Steel Pulse / Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA July 10, 1982 - BBC College Concert #6

Steel Pulse

BBC College Concert #6

London Wavelength Broadcast Week of Oct. 17, 1982

Recorded at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA

July 10, 1982

There's a longer circulating broadcast, too.

01 BBC College Concert #6 Intro - Pete Larkin, Roger Steffens

02 Steel Pulse - Uncle George

03 Steel Pulse - Blues Dance Raid

04 Steel Pulse - Soldiers

05 Steel Pulse - Rally Round

06 Steel Pulse - Riot

07 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert #6 Break

08 Steel Pulse - Chant A Psalm

09 Steel Pulse - A Who Responsible

10 Steel Pulse - Sound System

11 Steel Pulse - Ravers

12 Pete Larkin - BBC College Concert #6 Outro

The groovy runout grooves say:

BBC College Concert 10/17/82 - Δ

BBC College Concert 10/17/82 - B

This version digitized Sept. 2015 from the syndicated radio disc.  300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and a disc label included. Updated Feb. 2025 with both disc labels and confirmation of the concert date from the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

https://mega.nz/file/LdgUyLoR#QIaNMDnrm4uWek2FEWLKzVqDHuvVaKLgPxZae4rbjiU

After three albums on Island Records subsidiary label Mango Records, Steel Pulse had signed with Elektra Records and was touring America in support of their album "True Democracy."  While often known for politically themed lyrics, one of the highlights of this set is the sweet, loping groove of the religiously themed "Chant A Psalm."

There's a great online resource packed with information on the band at: http://andybrouwer.co.uk/steelpulse.html