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Sunday, August 9, 2026

BBC Rock Hour #330 Version "A" - Roxy Music

 Roxy Music
BBC Rock Hour #330 Version "A"
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week of July 25, 1982

Recorded at:
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England
May 18, 1979 (corrected date thanks to the sharp eyes of Gman!)

01 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 330 A Intro
02 Roxy Music - Trash
03 Roxy Music - Out Of The Blue
04 Roxy Music - Still Falls The Rain
05 Commercial - Miller (Gary U.S. Bonds)
06 Commercial - Pro Magazine
07 Roxy Music - Mother Of Pearl
08 Roxy Music - Ain't That So
09 Commercial - Miller (Eddie Rabbit)
10 Roxy Music - Angel Eyes
11 Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home A Heartache
12 Commercial - Miller Beer (Jimmy Buffet)
13 Commercial - Pro Magazine
14 Roxy Music - Casanova
15 Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
16 Roxy Music - Remake Remodel
17 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 330 A Outro

Runout grooves:

Helen despaired after she 
wasn't picked for the Roxy Music
album cover.
BBC-ROCK-HR-330-A-VERSION- S-1
BBC-ROCK-HR-330-A-VERSION- S-2


Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music.

Roxy Music played a three day run at The Hammersmith Odeon in London on May 16, 17, and 18 in 1979.

This particular show is attributed to May 18th.

First broadcast on In Concert, BBC Radio One FM on June 2,1979.

As usual, there is a longer BBC transcription on BBC In Concert 202 with one more song ("Editions of You") added, and various bootlegs.




Monday, July 6, 2026

BBC Rock Hour #332 Version A - Nazareth

Nazareth
BBC Rock Hour #332 Version "A"
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week of August 8, 1982

Recorded at:
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England
March 16, 1980

01 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 332 A Intro
02 Nazareth - Razamanaz
03 Nazareth - I Want To (Do Everything For You)
04 Nazareth - Showdown At The Border
05 Commercial - Miller Beer (Gary U.S. Bonds)
06 Commercial - Pro Magazine
07 Nazareth - Heart's Grown Cold
08 Nazareth - Big Boy
09 Commercial - Miller Beer (Jimmy Buffet)
10 Nazareth - Holiday
11 Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
12 Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog
13 Commercial - Miller Beer (Eddie Rabbit)
14 Commercial - Agree Shampoo
15 Nazareth - Talkin' To One Of The Boys
16 Nazareth - Expect No Mercy
17 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel
18 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 332 A

Outro

Runout Grooves:
BBC ROCK HR. 332 - VERSION "A" SIDE 1
BBC ROCK HR. 332 - VERSION "A" SIDE 2


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

Discogs says, this is "with ex-SAHB Zal Cleminson adding a new dimension on second guitar."
Members of Our Beloved Audience paying attention already know there's a "Version B" with different commercials.  

Hey, you in the back... pay attention, there's a quiz next Friday!

As is usually the case, there's also BBC Transcription Services CN3595/S, with an additional track ("Beggar's Day").






Saturday, June 27, 2026

BBC Rock Hour #513 (Ver. B) The Alarm - Hammersmith Palais, Feb. 14, 1984

The Alarm
BBC Rock Hour #513 Version "B"
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week of March 25, 1984

Recorded at:
Hammersmith Palais
London, England
February 14, 1984

01 Richard Skinner & Phil Harvey - BBC Rock Hour 513 B Intro
02 The Alarm - Declaration
03 The Alarm - Marching On
04 The Alarm - For Freedom
05 The Alarm - Shout To The Devil
06 Commercial - Coors
07 Commercial - Lee Jeans
08 Commercial - Schick
09 The Alarm - The Deceiver
10 The Alarm - Tell Me
11 The Alarm - Third Light
12 Commercial - Coors
13 Commercial - Hubba Bubba
14 The Alarm - Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke
15 The Alarm - Howling Wind
16 The Alarm - Sixty Eight Guns
17 Commercial - Coors
18 Commercial - Schick
19 Commercial - Lee Jeans
20 The Alarm - Blaze of Glory
21 The Alarm - The Stand (Prophecy)
22 Richard Skinner & Phil Harvey - BBC Rock Hour 513 B Outro

Runout grooves:
BBC-ROCK HR-A-VERSION-B
BBC-ROCK HR-B-VERSION-B

Präsentiert von dem Kollektiv für Live-Musik.

There is also a Version "A" of this, with Maxell Tapes instead of Coors.

Released on CD in 2002 as an expanded version by the band on their own label (Twenty First Century Recording Company – ARCC002) with four additional songs.

If you like this, I recommend you track that official release down and buy a copy.  

Sunday, May 31, 2026

BBC Rock Hour #328 Version "A" - Duran Duran, Hammersmith Odeon July 11, 1982

Duran Duran
BBC Rock Hour #328 Version "A"
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week of July 11, 1982

Recorded at:
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England
December 17, 1981

01 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 328 A Intro
02 Duran Duran - Is There Anyone Out There
03 Duran Duran - Planet Earth
04 Duran Duran - To The Shore
05 Duran Duran - Late Bar
06 Commercial - Miller (Gary U.S. Bonds)
07 Duran Duran - Khanada
08 Duran Duran - (Waiting For The) Night Boat
09 Commercial - Miller (Jimmy Buffet)
10 Commercial - Pro Magazine
11 Duran Duran - Last Chance On The Stairway
12 Duran Duran - Faster Than Light
13 Duran Duran - My Own Way
14 Commercial - Miller (Eddie Rabbit)
15 Commercial - Pro Magazine
16 Duran Duran - Careless Memories
17 Duran Duran - Girls On Film
18 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 328 A Outro

Runout grooves:
BBC ROCK HR. 328 - "A" VERSION - SIDE 1 DURAN DURAN
BBC ROCK HR. 328 - "A" VERSION - SIDE 2

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

This was also distributed as a BBC Transcription disc, as In Concert 272, with the addition of "Sound Of Thunder" to the track list.









London Wavelength also released it as BBC College Concert #1, and, of course, there was a BBC Rock Hour #328 Version B, which had Coors Beer as the sponsor in place of Miller Beer.





In a blind taste test, could you tell the difference between Coors and Miller?


Saturday, May 30, 2026

BBC Rock Hour #340 Version A - Joe Jackson / Hammersmith Odeon Aug. 15, 1982

Joe Jackson
BBC Rock Hour #340, Version "A"
LW'S SCHEDULED BROADCAST WEEK OF OCTOBER 3, 1982

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

01 Richard Skinner & Sylvie Simmons - BBC Rock Hour 340 A Intro
02 Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
03 Joe Jackson - Cancer
04 Joe Jackson - Real Man
05 Commercial - Miller Beer (Gary U.S. Bonds)
06 Commercial - Jensen Car Stereo
07 Joe Jackson - Friday
08 Joe Jackson - Breaking Us In Two
09 Commercial - Miller Beer (Jimmy Buffet)
10 Joe Jackson - Chinatown
11 Joe Jackson - Target
12 Joe Jackson - T.V. Age
13 Commercial - Miller Beer (Eddie Rabbit)
14 Commercial - Agree Shampoo
15 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
16 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
17 Richard Skinner & Sylvie Simmons - BBC Rock Hour 340 A Outro

Runout grooves:
BBC ROCK HR. 340 - VERSION "A"-1
BBC ROCK HR. 340 - VERSION "A"-2

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

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)
(this show...)
BBC College Concert #19 (broadcast week of Jan. 1, 1983)  (in the VW Archives...)
BBC Rock Hour #445 Versions A and B (broadcast week of Nov. 6, 1983).

Sharp-eyed readers will note that lazy ĐR̃äⒻṬëŕṽöï has recycled the notes from the BBC College Concert, and those with good ears will say, "Hey, I've heard this before."  

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" from this show 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. :)
How Americans Speak English.

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 "2/10/82" on the cover of "At The BBC" as "February 10, 1982" when the intent is for it be interpreted as "October 10, 1982." The U.S. date format is month-day-year: the month appears before the day, while the U.K. style is day-month-year.


In the interest of Anglo-American comity I'll ignore how my distant cousins spell "tire."

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.   



Wednesday, May 20, 2026

BBC Rock Hour #201 - Whitesnake - Reading Festival 1980

Whitesnake
BBC Rock Hour #201
London Wavelength's Scheduled Broadcast Date - January 4th, 1981 

Recorded at:
The Reading Festival
August 24, 1980
England

01 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 201 Intro
02 Whitesnake - Sweet Talker
03 Whitesnake - Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues
04 Commercial - Dannon
05 Commercial - U.S. Army
06 Whitesnake - Ain't Gonna Cry No More
07 Whitesnake - Love Hunter
08 Commercial - Scotch Recording Tape
09 Commercial - U.S. Army
10 Whitesnake - Mistreated
11 Commercial - Heath Bar
12 Commercial - U.S. Army
13 Whitesnake - Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
14 Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving
15 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 201 Outro 1
16 Commercial - Dannon
17 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 201 Outro 2

Runout grooves:
BBC Rock Hour #201-A CK
BBC Rock Hour #201-A CK

Another classic concert from the Sam Eliot's Mustache Collection!
Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music

Includes 300 dpi scans of the disc labels, cue sheets, plus Reading Festival coverage from the newspapers!

Whitesnake was the headliner at the three-day Reading Festival.


Tuesday, March 10, 2026

BBC Rock Hour #219 - Krokus - Uptown Theatre, K.C., Mo Apr 13, 1981

Krokus
BBC Rock Hour #219
Broadcast week of May 10, 1981

Recorded at:
The Uptown Theater
Kansas City, MO
April 13, 1981

01 Pete Larkin - BBC Rock Hour 219 Intro
02 Krokus - Come On
03 Krokus - No Way
04 Krokus - Burning Bones
05 Krokus - Rock City
06 Krokus - Winning Man
07 Commercial - Dannon Yogurt
08 Krokus - Bedside Radio
09 Krokus - Easy Rocker
10 Commercial - Scotch Recording Tape
11 Krokus - Heatstrokes
12 Krokus - Bye Bye Baby
13 Commercial - Scotch Recording Tape
14 Commercial - Dannon Yogurt
15 Krokus - Mad Racket
16 Krokus - Mr. 69
17 Pete Larkin - BBC Rock Hour 219 Outro
17 Pete Larkin - BBC Rock Hour 219 Outro

From the Sam Eliot's Mustache Collection
Courtesy of the Collective For Live Music

The date of the show was confirmed in the Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Times.
Disc labels are low resolution and taken from Discogs. Cue sheet is at 300 dpi. 





Sunday, March 1, 2026

BBC Rock Hour 503 Version "A" - Heaven, Country Club, L.A., Dec. 17, 1983

Heaven
BBC Rock Hour 503 Version "A"
LW's Scheduled Broadcast week of January 15, 1984

Recorded at:
Chuck Landis' Country Club
Los Angeles, CA
December 17, 1983

01 Phil Harvey - BBC Rock Hour 503 A Intro
02 Heaven - High Road
03 Heaven - Suck City
04 Heaven - Scream
05 Commercial - Maxell
06 Commercial - Bubblicious
07 Commercial - Taylor California Cellars
08 Heaven - Don't Mean Nothin'
09 Heaven - Sleeping Dogs
10 Heaven - Hard Life
11 Heaven - Where Angels Fear To Tread
12 Heaven - Love Child
13 Commercial - Maxell
14 Commercial - Taylor California Cellars
15 Commercial - Bubblicious
16 Heaven - In The Beginning
17 Heaven - Madness
18 Heaven - Rock School
19 Phil Harvey - BBC Rock Hour 503 A Outro

Run out grooves:
BBC Rock Hr #503 - "A" - Side 1
BBC Rock Hr #503 - "A" - Side 2

Flac files of wavs, digitized November 2025, 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and disc labels.
This is Version A; there's a Version B with a different set of commercials.

Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music.

The date of the show is confirmed by two print ads from the Los Angeles Times.

From Adelaide by way of Sydney, this Australian band moved to Los Angeles in the early 80s.


The Chuck Landis' Country Club was located in the Reseda neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles, and had previously been known as Rissmiller's, and Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club. 

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

BBC Rock Hour 545 - Difford & Tilbrook

Difford & Tilbrook
BBC Rock Hour #545 Version B
Week of Nov. 4, 1984

Recorded at:
Friar's Club
Aylesbury, England
September 22, 1984
01 Richard Skinner, Gayle Miller - BBC Rock Hour 545 B Intro
02 Difford & Tilbrook - Man For All Seasons
03 Difford & Tilbrook - Picking Up The Pieces
04 Difford & Tilbrook - Love's Crashing Waves
05 Commercial - Coors Light
06 Commercial - Certs
07 Commercial - U.S. Navy
08 Difford & Tilbrook - Woman's World
09 Difford & Tilbrook - Hope Fell Down
10 Difford & Tilbrook - Band of Gold
11 Commercial - Coors Light
12 Commercial - Maxell
13 Difford & Tilbrook - Tears For Attention
14 Difford & Tilbrook - Action Speaks Faster
15 Commercial - Coors Light
16 Commercial - Certs
17 Difford & Tilbrook - Annie Get Your Gun
18 Difford & Tilbrook - Black Coffee In Bed
19 Difford & Tilbrook - Labelled With Love
20 Richard Skinner, Gayle Miller - BBC Rock Hour 545 B Outro
from Welcome to the Friars Aylesbury website


Runout Grooves:
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 etched): BBC ROCK HOUR #545 - "B" SIDE 1
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 etched): BBC ROCK HOUR #545 - "B" SIDE 2

Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music!

Flac files of .wavs, 300 dpi scans of the disc labels and cue sheets.  Plus two posters!




Version "A" is up at Discogs, so we can confidently tell you that "A" is missing the Coors ads!
As is often the case, there was a BBC Transcription Services version of this with additional tracks. BBC In Concert 341 CN 4477/S adds "Tempted" and "Is That Love."



Okay...it just occurred to me to ask a British member of Our Beloved Audience about the "CLUB" aspect mentioned on the ticket above.  Remember when we were discussing the "Two Drink Minimum" required at many American night clubs?  Is this something similar?  I.e., as I read it...you must pay a little bit extra to join the club before you can buy a ticket?

I don't know the conversion rates in 1984 but today this looks like....about 33 cents in US dollars...and that seems ridiculously low as an amount you'd want to bother collecting at the door.  Was this done for some other purpose besides a little extra cash for the venue?



Sunday, January 4, 2026

BBC Rock Hour #246 - Red Rider - Cincinnati 1981

BBC Rock Hour 246 
Red Rider
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week Of November 15, 1981

Recorded at:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Unknown venue & date

possibly Riverfront Stadium
Cincinnati, OH
October 16, 1981
or
Millett Hall
Oxford, Ohio
September 19, 1981

01 Mark Parenteau - BBC Rock Hour 246 Intro
02 Red Rider - Cowboys In Hong Kong (As Far As Siam)
03 Red Rider - Laughing Man
04 Mark Parenteau - BBC Rock Hour 246 Break
05 Commercial - Dannon Yogurt
06 Commercial - Budweiser (Quarterflash)
07 Red Rider - Don't Fight It
08 Red Rider - Thru The Curtain
09 Red Rider - How's My Little Girl Tonight
10 Red Rider - White Hot
11 Mark Parenteau - BBC Rock Hour 246 Break
12 Red Rider - Only Game In Town
13 Red Rider - Iron In The Soul
14 Mark Parenteau - BBC Rock Hour 246 Break
15 Commercial - Budweiser (Quarterflash)
16 Commercial - Dannon
17 Red Rider - What Have You Got To Do (To Get Off Tonight)
18 Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe 
19 Mark Parenteau - BBC Rock Hour 246 Outro

Runout grooves:
BBC Rock Hr. 246 - A Red Rider
BBC Rock Hr. 246 - B

Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music.

Note:  the cue sheet has errors in the song order.  No venue or date is mentioned.

Red Rider opened for the Beach Boys at the Riverfront Coliseum on October 16, 1981.  That's close to the broadcast date of November 15, 1981, so it's a possible date and venue for this show. I've included the print ad in the Artwork folder.

UPDATE:
Our pal Sam Eliot's Mustache just pointed out that Red Rider opened for the Kinks at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio on September 19, 1981. That's 35 miles outside of Cincinnati, so it's also a possible source of this show.  

This is another of those "much bigger back east than out here on the west coast bands."  I was aware of Red Rider and heard a few songs, but they didn't get much airplay in San Francisco. 

I couldn't track down any concerts in the Bay Area during 1981, either, but that may be because a search for "Red Rider" also pulls up "the full line of Gabriel Shocks Hi-jackers Adjustable "E" Red Riders," a popular line of aftermarket car parts.  I found some record reviews for their LP but nothing to indicate they played any gigs out here in 1981.

But in Cincinnati, they opened for the Beach Boys at a 52,000 seat sports arena, which is a high-profile gig. I see that autumn they also opened for the Kinks in Philadelphia and the Jefferson Starship in Florida.

So, this is one band I don't know...but anyone east of the Mississippi is likely to remember them.

https://mega.nz/file/yAhXQbYY#lrhblmEYwPb12Jedp7TVjAVTKZ-cb39umFF8gE5u3TQ


Oh...and before I forget... in our quest to track down who the heck is that on the Budweiser commercials... I think this one is Quarterflash.  A long sax solo and a female singer, and 1981 release date... all of that says "Quarterflash" to me.  But I need to hear from Our Beloved Audience here at the V-Wagon!  What do you think?

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

BBC Rock Hour 419 Version A - Paul Barrere, Robert Hazard

Paul Barrere / Robert Hazard
BBC Rock Hour 419 Version A
London Wavelength's Broadcast Week of May 8, 1983


Paul Barrere recorded at:
Toad's Place
New Haven, CT
March 18, 1983

Robert Hazard recorded at:
The Silo
Reading, PA
unknown date

01 Jess Ellis - BBC RH 419 A Intro
02 Paul Barrere - She Lays Down The Beat
03 Paul Barrere - High Roller
04 Paul Barrere - Romance Dance
05 Commercial - Miller Time (Southside Johnny)
06 Commercial - Jensen
07 Commercial - U.S. Army Reserve
08 Paul Barrere - Keepin' Up With The Joneses
09 Paul Barrere - Fool For You
10 Jess Ellis - BBC RH 419 A Break
11 Commercial - Miller Time (Southside Johnny)
12 Commercial - Certs
=====
01 Jess Ellis - BBC RH 419 A Intro
02 Robert Hazard - Dream Man 
03 Robert Hazard - Be My Girl
04 Robert Hazard - Hard Hearted 
05 Commercial - Miller
06 Commercial - U.S. Army Reserve
07 Commercial - Certs
08 Robert Hazard - Help Yourself
09 Robert Hazard - Escalator of Life
10 Robert Hazard - Change Reaction
11 Jess Ellis - BBC RH 419 A Outro

Runout grooves say:
BBC Rock Hour #419 Version A 5-8-83 Side 1
BBC Rock Hour #419 Version A 5-8-83 Side 2

Brought to you by the groovy guys at the Collective For Live Music.

You get flac files of wavs, recorded right off the vintage vinyl.  But wait, there's more!  You get 300 dpi scans of the disc labels!  Yes! Side 1, and Side 2!  And 300 dpi scans of both sides of the cue sheet!

This is the "Version A" edition of the show.  That means there's a "Version B" out there with a different set of commercials.

I've split each side into its own folder in case you want to file them by artist rather than by the show.  

"Out of the Blue" is listed on the cue sheet, but I don't hear it.

I wasn't able to find a print ad for the Robert Hazard show.  The following year in 1984, the Silo was running ads in the Pottsville Republican, but reading the entertainment sections in that newspaper didn't reveal any ads.

When I heard the first Miller commercial, I thought it sounded like Southside Johnny...but figured it must be an imitation.  Further investigation found a television commercial Southside did for Miller.  He's on the first two commercials for sure...the second one is the same arrangement as the television ad.  I don't think the last Miller ad is Southside, however...but if you think so, leave a comment.


Best wishes during this Holiday Seasons from the Đ®åⒻṬëŕṽøï family to you, and your family.  Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and Eid Mubarak.

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

BBC Rock Hour - Psychedelic Furs - Hammersmith Odeon, London May 28, 1984

From the Marylebone and Paddington Mercury
Psychedelic Furs
BBC Rock Hour 532 A
Broadcast week of Aug. 5, 1984

Recorded at:
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England
May 28, 1984

01 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 532 A Intro
02 Psychedelic Furs - Here Come Cowboys
03 Psychedelic Furs - My Time
04 Commercial - RockBill Magazine
05 Commercial - Certs
06 Commercial - Lee Jeans
07 Psychedelic Furs - President Gas
08 Psychedelic Furs - Sleep Comes Down
09 Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You
10 Commercial - U.S. Navy
11 Commercial - Hubba Bubba
12 Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
13 Psychedelic Furs - Like A Stranger
14 Commercial - RockBill Magazine
15 Commercial - Lee Jeans
16 Commercial - Certs
17 Psychedelic Furs - Alice's House
18 Psychedelic Furs - Heartbeat
19 Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now
20 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 532 A Outro

The wonderful and exciting runout grooves say:
Matrix / Runout (Side A etched): BBC ROCK HOUR #532 VERSION “A” S-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B etched): BBC ROCK HOUR #532 VERSION “A” S-2

Flac files of wavs, 300 dpi scans of discs and cue sheets.

Brought to you by the Collective For Live Music (Présenté par le Collectif pour la Musique Live)

This one is a Version "A" concert, which means that somewhere out there exists a Version "B" with a different set of commercials.

Speaking of commercials, besides the usual suspects (Lee Jeans, Certs, U.S. Navy...) we have RockBill magazine. 

The July 7, 1982 New York Times said, "... RockBill magazine, a Playbill-size publication, that was given out free in 70 ''showcase'' nightclubs that have live rock music entertainment. In addition to giving away 500,000 copies of RockBill at the clubs, subscriptions will be sold for it on commercials that will appear on MTV, the music television cable network, as part of a trade-off deal that will get the network not only pages of advertising but also program listings in the magazine in exchange. The magazine will only carry full, four-color bleed ads at $19,500 each."

I've included the cover of the magazine from August 1984, the month this show was broadcast.  Did any of you ever read RockBill?

Also in the Artwork folder are ads for the show, confirming the recording date of May 28, 1984.  I've got a review from the wrong Odeon, this one is in Birmingham. I couldn't find one for London, so this is better than nothing. England appears to be full of Odeons.  Here in the U.S. of A. we've got slathers of Fox, Greek, and Paramount Theaters.  Or "theatres," we can't figure out which spelling we prefer.

As usual, there is a BBC Transcription Services version of this (In Concert 335, CN 4429/S) that has two additional songs ("Sister Europe," "Into You Like A Train") These transcription discs sell for ridiculously high prices; there's someone asking £1,000.00 +£27.00 shipping for an XTC show over on Discogs at the time of this writing.

Monday, May 5, 2025

BBC Rock Hour 341 B - Missing Persons, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Sept. 10, 1982

Missing Persons
BBC Rock Hour #341
Version B
London Wavelength Limited Broadcast Week of October 10, 1982

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

(Note:  the same concert was syndicated by London Wavelength later the same month as the BBC College Concert #7, with a broadcast date of Oct 24, 1982.  That show was hosted by Pete Larkin). 

01 Sylvie Simmons - BBC Rock Hour 341 B Intro
02 Missing Persons - Mental Hopscotch
03 Missing Persons - Noticeable One
04 Missing Persons - Words
05 Commercial - Coors Light
06 Commercial - Jensen
07 Missing Persons - Tears
08 Missing Persons - It Ain't None Of Your Business
09 Missing Persons - Bad Streets
10 Sylvie Simmons - BBC Rock  Hour 341 B Break
11 Commercial - Coors Light
12 Missing Persons - Windows
13 Missing Persons - Here and Now
14 Missing Persons - Walking In L.A.
15 Commercial - Coors Light
16 Commercial - Agree Shampoo
17 Missing Persons - No Way Out
18 Missing Persons - I Like Boys
19 Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
20 Sylvie Simmons - BBC Rock Hour 341 B Outro

Runout Grooves!
BBC Rock Hour #341  Side 1 Version B KFG
BBC Rock Hour #341  Side 2 Version B

Anyway... if you slogged through all of the text files on BBC Rock Hour 341 Version A, I'll go easy on you here with Version B.  Same show, different commercials.

Version A was sponsored by Miller Beer, Jensen, and Agree Shampoo.
Version B was sponsored by Coors Light Beer, Jensen, and Agree Shampoo.







BBC Rock Hour 341 A - Missing Persons / Six Flags Magic Mountina, Sept. 10, 1982

Missing Persons
BBC Rock Hour #341
Version A
London Wavelength Limited Broadcast Week of October 10, 1982

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

(Note:  the same concert was syndicated by London Wavelength later the same month as the BBC College Concert #7, with a broadcast date of Oct 24, 1982.  That show was hosted by Pete Larkin). 

01 Sylvie Simmons - BBC Rock Hour 341 Intro
02 Missing Persons - Mental Hopscotch
03 Missing Persons - Noticeable One
04 Missing Persons - Words
05 Commercial - Miller Beer (Gary U.S. Bonds)
06 Commercial - Jensen
07 Missing Persons - Tears
08 Missing Persons - It Ain't None Of Your Business
09 Missing Persons - Bad Streets
10 Sylvie Simmons - BBC Rock Hour 341 Break
12 Missing Persons - Windows
13 Missing Persons - Here and Now
14 Missing Persons - Walking In L.A.
15 Commercial - Miller Beer (Jimmy Buffett)
16 Commercial - Agree Shampoo
17 Missing Persons - No Way Out
18 Missing Persons - I Like Boys
19 Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
20 Sylvie Simmons - BBC Rock Hour 341 Outro

Runout grooves say:
BBC ROCK HR. 341-"A" VERSION-1 MISSING PERSONS
BBC ROCK HR. 341-"A" VERSION-2 MISSING PERSONS

I originally posted a digitization of BBC Rock Hour (version B) in 2016. This is a fresh rip of version A, with confirmed information about the date of the concert.  In 2016, I was not sure of the recording date of the show.  Newspapers.com has once again shined a revealing light into the murky misinformation of the past.

As you know, I do drone on and on, so the TL:DR version of this is:

The confirmed recording date is September 10, 1982.
The venue is Showcase Amphitheatre at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
The nearby community at the time was Valencia, CA, an unincorporated community.
The city of Santa Clarita didn't exist at the time.

Now you can go listen to the show!

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

The Tubes / BBC Rock Hour #416 Version "A"

The Tubes BBC Rock Hour 416 Version "A"
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week of April 17, 1983

recorded at:
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England
June 22, 1981

01 Richard Skinner, Tony Rockliff - BBC Rock Hour 416 Intro
02 The Tubes - A Matter of Pride
03 The Tubes - Amnesia
04 The Tubes - Mr. Hate
05 Commercial - Jensen
06 Commercial - Certs
07 Commercial - U.S. Army Reserve
08 The Tubes - Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman
09 The Tubes - Smoke (La Vie En Fumer)
10 The Tubes - Don't Want To Wait
11 Commercial - Maxwell House
12 Commercial - Certs
13 The Tubes - Sushi Girl
14 The Tubes - Power Tools
15 Commercial - Maxwell House
16 Commercial - Jensen
17 Commercial - U.S. Army Reserve
18 The Tubes - Let's Make Some Noise
19 The Tubes - White Punks On Dope
20 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 416 Outro

Run Out Grooves:
BBC-ROCK-HR-#416-VERSION-A-S-1
BBC-ROCK-HR-#416-VERSION-A-S-2


Flac files of wavs, digitized March 2025, 300 dpi scans of two disc labels and cue sheets...plus...PRESS COVERAGE!
 
First of all, let's address a dating error for this recording that's out there on the Internet.
As is usually the case, the BBC Rock Hour version of the concert is sourced from a BBC release.  The Tubes In Concert 259 was issued by BBC Transcription Services on August 31, 1981 and has a longer version of the concert, with three additional songs (Think About Me, Mondo Bondage, Tubes World Tour)

The Discogs information says, "Recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK July 16, 1981
The recordings were first transmitted on BBC Radio 1, 1981-September-19"

This is contradicted by a comment left on the Discogs listing:

"WRONG !
The show was recorded at Hammersmith on Monday, June 22nd, 1981
FIRST transmitted on BBC Radio 1 on July 16th, 1981..
SECOND transmission on BBC Radio 1 on September 19th, 1981
How do I know ? I was one of the band's crew."

Yeah, that sounds definitive, but we go the EXTRA MILE here at the Voodoo Wagon, or at least the extra kilometer when we're writing about shows in England.  I went and found English newspaper coverage that proves the show was in June, not July, so the comment is thereby demonstrated as a true statement.  Q.E.D.

In looking at the press coverage, I found Tubes singer Fee Waybill arrested during a promotional stunt outside the Virgin Record Shop, and later convicted and fined £50.00 for having been "an arrogant nuisance."

There was an earlier BBC Rock Hour 235 that aired August 30, 1981 with an identical setlist, and that's probably the same show...but it's not confirmed.



A member of Our Beloved Audience (hi, G-man!) pointed out that there are additional Tubes tracks from this show available at:  http://livebootlegconcert.blogspot.com


And another member of Our Beloved Audience pointed out that there was a 14 track release of this in 2003 on HUX RECORDS as "Infomercial: How To Become Tubular."  It looks like this was only released in the United Kingdom, however.  From looking at their releases on Discogs, it looks like they specialize in releasing BBC live shows. 

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Be Bop Deluxe BBC Rock Hour #18 (1978, Golders Green Hippodrome Jan. 19, 1978)

Be Bop Deluxe
BBC Rock Hour #18 (for 1978)
syndicated U.S. broadcast 1978, most likely in April
Golders Green Hippodrome
London
January 19, 1978

01 Brian Matthew - BBC Rock Hour 18 Intro
02 Be Bop Deluxe - New Precision
03 Be Bop Deluxe - Superenigmatix
04 Be Bop Deluxe - Possession
05 Commercial - Toyota
06 Commercial - U.S. Army
07 Be Bop Deluxe - Dangerous Stranger
08 Be Bop Deluxe - Islands of the Dead
09 Be Bop Deluxe - Panic In The World
10 Commercial - Toyota
11 Commercial - U.S. Army
12 Be Bop Deluxe - Lovers Are Mortal
13 Be Bop Deluxe - Love In Flames
14 Be Bop Deluxe - Blazing Apostles
15 Brian Matthew - BBC Rock Hour 18 Outro

Another from the fantastic, fabulous, and fun Sam Elliot's Mustache collection comes a batch of Be Bop Deluxe.  My understanding is that this is a pre-FM recorded off the radio reel to reel. 

This show was first broadcast on BBC Radio 1's Sight And Sound In Concert on February 4, 1978.  The Drastic Plastic tour commenced on February 5, 1978, at Coventry Theatre and included 19 UK dates, so the original British broadcast of this was the day before they launched the tour.
In the United rock n' roll States of America, this show turned up on a BBC Rock Hour in the spring of 1978.

We're missing the tape box for this show, and there is no broadcast date on the cue sheet.  
From 1976 through 1979, shows were sequentially numbered for each year, and then started over for the new year.  For example...BBC Rock Hour #8 can be Barclay James Harvest...or Melanie/Don MClean...or Robin Trower.  

While we're missing the U.S.broadcast date, we can work backwards from the following year's show.  BBC Rock Hour #18 for 1979 was broadcast on April 20, 1979 (Friday).  Using the 1979 information as a guide, it's likely this was broadcast on April 21, 1978 (Friday) in the USA.


This was officially released on At The BBC 1974-1978, a 3cd set issued in 2013.  It appears to be out of print, but copies are available from the usual online vendors. So if you like this, go track down the out-of-print set.

Sunday, April 7, 2024

The Motels / BBC Rock Hour #318 (University of Bradford, U.K. Dec. 10, 1980)

The Motels
BBC Rock Hour #318 Version A
LW's Scheduled Broadcast Week of May 2, 1982

Recorded at:
University of Bradford
Bradford, U.K.
December 10, 1980

01 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 318 Intro
02 The Motels - Kix
03 The Motels - Anticipating
04 The Motels - Days Are O.K. (But the Nights Were Made for Love)
05 Commercial - Miller Beer (Gary US Bonds)
06 The Motels - Closets and Bullets
07 The Motels - Whose Problem
09 Commercial - Miller (Jimmy Buffett)
10 Commercial - Honda
11 The Motels - Party Professionals
12 The Motels - Cry Baby
13 Commercial - Miller (Eddie Rabbit)
14 The Motels - Envy
15 The Motels - Danger
16 The Motels - Porn Reggae
17 Richard Skinner - BBC Rock Hour 318 Outro

NOW IN STEREO!!   Yeah, it's another one where I screwed up and did it in mono.  Well, if you liked it in mono you're going to like this a LOT more.  

Once again, thanks to Sam Elliot's Mustache for the loan of the LP.  






Saturday, December 10, 2022

Robert Palmer / Hammersmith Palais, May 31, 1983 - BBC Rock Hour #439 Ver. A

Robert Palmer
BBC Rock Hour #439 Version A
week of September 25, 1983

Recorded at:
Hammersmith Palais
London, England
May 31, 1983

01 BBC Rock Hour 439 Intro - Richard Skinner
02 Every Kind Of People 
03 What Can You Bring Me 
04 Dance For Me 
05 You Can Have It (Take My Heart)
06 Commercial - Maxell Tape
07 Commercial - U.S. Army
08 Commercial - Dentyne
09 Woke Up Laughing 
10 Say You Will
11 Commercial - Jensen Car Stereo
12 Commercial - U.S. Army
13 Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley 
14 Pride
15 Commercial - Maxell Tapes
16 Commercial - Dentyne
17 Commercial - U.S Army
18 Sulky Girl 
19 You Are In My System
20 BBC Rock Hour 439 Outro - Richard Skinner

BBC ROCK HR.439-"A" SIDE 1
BBC ROCK HR.439-"A" SIDE 1 ROBERT PALMER

Flac files of wavs, digitized December 2022 by you know who.  I had a version of this I'd downloaded as mp3, and it was good.. but had some surface snap, crackle, n' pops, and no disc labels, so I figured I'd do an "archival" version of the syndicated release, and share it with you.

Comes with 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and both disc labels.  As an added bonus I tracked down a newspaper interview from the Guardian done in advance of the London show, and a review of a previous show in Birmingham.

Okay, gang, first of all, the stupid stuff.  If you look at the disc label scans, someone took a pencil and crossed out the large "A" on Side 2, and wrote in "B" next to it, as if the record has been misprinted with two "side a's."

The "A" is not an indication of which side of the record you're looking at, that's what "Side 1" and "Side 2" are trying to tell you and is clearly printed over there on the left.

The big "A" or "B" on a BBC Rock Hour LP has to do with the commercials.  On the "B" version of this, there's some difference in the commercials.

Other versions of this show are the BBC In Concert #312 transcription disc (LP), and the Classic In Concert #518 (CD, 1994)  Both of these were only issued to radio stations.  "Want You More," and "Looking For Clues" are missing from BBC Rock Hour #439 as compared to the two other BBC transcriptions.

The Hammersmith show was officially issued on At The BBC in 2010 by Spectrum Music in UK & Europe (but not here in the US of A, Canada, Australia...) with the two missing songs restored...plus two additional songs (Some Guys Have All The Luck, and Best of Both Worlds)...PLUS a 15th song (Johnny And Mary) which isn't from the Hammersmith show but from British television show Friday Night...Saturday Morning.  At The BBC is out of print but you can find copies on EBAY and Discogs.  That CD will have better sound than this vinyl extraction, but you'll miss out on the vintage commercials.

The one brand new copy of At The BBC available on Amazon as of this writing is set at $197.00, while a used copy can be had for $9.99 on EBAY.   So if you like this, track down a used copy at a reasonable price.  $197.00?  Jeepers, man, that's ridiculous.  

Saturday, April 30, 2022

Gary U.S. Bonds / Hammersmith 1981 - BBC Rock Hour #305 Version A

Gary U.S. Bonds
BBC Rock Hour #305 Version "A"
LW's scheduled broadcast week of January 31, 1982

recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England on November 24, 1981

01 BBC Rock Hour Intro - Richard Skinner
02 Jolé Blon
03 From A Buick 6
04 Commercial - Dannon Yogurt
05 Commercial - Budweiser
06 Gary talks
07 Daddy's Come Home
08 The Pretender
09 Dear Lady Twist
10 It's Only Love
11 Dedication
12 Commercial - Budweiser (Bus Boys)
13 Commercial - Dannon Yogurt
14 Way Back When
15 Your Love
16 This Little Girl
17 BBC Rock Hour #305 Outro - Richard Skinner

The groovy run out grooves say:  
BBC Rock HR 305 version "A" - A
BBC Rock HR 305 version "A" - B

This version digitized April 2022...more than forty years after the record was originally pressed. As usual, I've done my best to remove clicks and pops in Audacity. Updated Feb. 2025 to include print ads.

Included are 300 dpi scans of both disc labels and the cue sheets.

1981 was a good year for Gary U.S. Bonds.  He had his first Top 40 chart record since 1962, with "This Little Girl" hitting #11 in April.  Jolé Blon came in at #65 later that summer, and there was a follow up hit in 1982, with "Out of Work" hitting #21.

He had help from Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band on 1981's Dedication and 1982's On The Line.  Springsteen's "Sherry Darling" (first performed live in 1978) was a clear homage to Bond's raucous and noisy early hits like "Quarter To Three" (also a Springsteen encore favorite).  


Sunday, October 24, 2021

Robin Lane & the Chartbusters / BBC Rock Hour #140 (1980) Paradise Theater, Apr. 15, 1980

Robin Lane & The Chartbusters
B.B.C. Rock Hour London Wavelength #140
London Wavelength's Scheduled Broadcast Date: October 5, 1980

Recorded at:
Paradise Theater
Boston, MA
April 15, 1980

01 BBC Rock Hour #140 - Lesley Palmiter
02 Many Years Ago
03 Rather Be Blind
04 The Last One To Know
05 BBC Rock Hour #140 Break - Lesley Palmiter
06 Commercial - Scotch Recording Tape
07 Commercial - Heath Candy Bar
08 Why Do You Tell Lies
09 Be Mine Tonight
10 Don't Cry
11 Without You
12 BBC Rock Hour #140 Break - Lesley Palmiter
13 Waitin' In Line
14 8.3
15 When You Compromise
16 When Things Go Wrong
17 BBC Rock Hour #140 Break - Lesley Palmiter
18 Commercial - Heath Candy Bar
19 Commercial - Scotch Recording Tape
20 Kathy Lee
21 Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)
22 Don’t Wait Till Tomorrow
23 I Don’t Want To Know
24 BBC Rock Hour #140 Break - Lesley Palmiter

Runout Groove Text:
BBC Rock Hour 140 10-5-80-A CK
BBC Rock Hour 140 10-5-80-B CK

This version digitized October 2021 from the original syndicated radio LP.  
Flac files of wavs, 300 dpi scans of cue sheet and disc label.  

Okay, gang, here's the latest project:  Robin Lane & the Chartbusters BBC Rock Hour #140,
declicked. 

Flac files of wavs, 300 dpi scans of cue sheet and disc label. 
 
Okay, gang, here's the latest project:  Robin Lane & the Chartbusters BBC Rock Hour #140,
declicked.  The tracks match the versions in the April 15, 1980 late show at the Paradise Theater, Boston, MA that are posted at Concert Vault, however they do not have "When You Compromise" and "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)".  Those tracks are unique to the BBC version.


https://mega.nz/file/TBZHUT7K#tOCEtsN45osNbtEssERj7DBKRPQTYLhVmWM24ci9wRA