Joe Jackson Band - Live at The Beeb 1980

Live at The Beeb

Dec. 1979 & Oct. 1980

• first set:     Portsmouth, UK, Dec. 14, 1979

• second set: Hammersmith Palais, London, Oct. 27, 1980

BBC broadcasts (sound quality Ex--) The first set kinda spoils you for the second. Tracks 1-8 have the better sound, but both performances are great.

The Joe  Jackson Band formed in the late 1970s, recorded 3 albums, toured a lot, and broke up. In 2002, they reunited and recorded a new album, released in 2003. Not bad!

ROB SEZ: If you poke around the blog a bit, you'll see I have a fondness for alt-pop from the UK (classic & classy stuff only, of course!). So here's another one I like a lot, at least Joe's early days.

01 Look Sharp

02 Friday

03 Geraldine and John

04 Kinda Kute

05 The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff cover)

06 Pretty Boys

Joe Jackson: reading it in the Sunday Papers...

07 Don't Wanna Be Like That

08 I'm the Man

   
09 Intro

10 I'm the Man

11 Biology

12 Beat Crazy

13 Look Sharp

14 Crime Don't Pay

15 Pretty Boys

16 On Your Radio

17 Friday

18 Is She Really Going Out With Him?

19 Don't Wanna Be Like That

20 Got the Time

#1-8 = Guildhall, Portsmouth, UK Dec. 14, 1979
#9-20 = Hammersmith Palais, London, Oct. 27, 1980
TT: 1 hour, 21 mins.

MP3@320

Joe  Jackson Band:

Joe  Jackson – vocals, keyboard

Graham Maby – bass, vocals

Gary Sanford – guitar, vocals

Dave Houghton – drums, vocals

Want more shows like this? Have a look here, here, here and here.

Learn more about the music of Joe  Jackson at his official site or this great fan site