Deacon Blue - London Dec. 1991 (sbd)

Hammersmith Odeon 

London, UK
Dec. 23, 1991

   

soundboard recording (quality: Ex-; from band's own archives; remastered for official, non-commercial, release)
   
01 A Brighter Star

Larry Mullen, Jr. & his girlfriend
(actually, Deacon Blue in the late 1980s)

02 Peace & Jobs & Freedom
03 Twist and Shout

04 Fellow Hoodlums

05 Real Gone Kid

06 The Day That Jackie Jumped the Jail

07 Long Window to Love

08 Love's Great Fears

09 James Joyce Soles

10 Cover from the Sky

11 She / When Will You Make My Telephone Ring?

12 Your Swaying Arms

13 Ragman

14 Loaded

15 Raintown

16 The Wildness

17 One Day I'll Go Walking

18 Gentle Teardrops

19 Queen of the New Year
20 It's a Marshmallow World (Darlene Love cover)
21 I Don't Wanna Go Home (Little Steven cover)

22 Fergus Sings the Blues

ROB SEZ: OK, here's one last share for the Deacon Blue fans out there. This is what the band said when they released it a short while ago: "A rare and complete, never-heard-before recording of Deacon Blue's performance at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on the 23rd December 1991. Recorded as part of the 'Live Hoodlums' tour, we proudly present the band’s own official recording of the final concert from their 3-night residency. The audio was restored and remastered in 2017 specially for this release." (If you can't get enough, be sure to look for this week's rather impressive mystery bonus share.)

MP3@320
(lossy source; no FLAC this time)
         

Learn more about Deacon Blue's music at AllMusic 

and the band's official site
  

Deacon Blue - Tokyo, Japan 1993 (sbd)

Club Quatro
Tokyo, Japan
April 30, 1993  
  
  
soundboard recording (quality: Ex-) 

01 Your Town
02 Hang Your Head
03 Cut Lip
04 Your Swaying Arms
05 Real Gone Kid
06 Wages Day
07 The Day That Jackie
     Jumped the Jail
08 Cover from the Sky
09 Love and Regret
10 The Wildness 
     (with Angeliou) 
11 Born In a Storm
12 Ragman
13 Circus Lights
14 Only Tender Love
15 Fall So Freely Down
16 Raintown
17 Bethlehem's Gate
18 pre-encore break
19 Twist and Shout
20 All Over the World
21 Chocolate Girl (with My Girl)
22 Dignity
  
ROB SEZ: My hunch is Ricky Ross & Co. did some trawling through the archives a few years ago when they were putting together the deluxe reissues of their earlier albums, and found some gems. Here's one: a soundboard recording from the band's live tour after releasing Whatever You Say, Say Nothing — an under-appreciated album if I've ever heard one. By then, the band were being accused of artlessly apeing INXS & U2 — a shallow criticism that overlooked some fantastic songs & amazing live work. Enjoy.

MP3@320

(lossy source, so no FLAC this time)
  

Learn more about Deacon Blue's music at AllMusic 

and the band's official site