BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (Sham 69 album)

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BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
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Live album by
Released8 November 1993
Recorded21 February 1979
Venue Paris Theatre, London, England, UK
Genre Punk Rock, Oi!, New Wave
Length32:16
Label Windsong International
Producer Chris Lycett
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BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert is a 1993 live album by Sham 69. It was recorded by the BBC during the band's concert at the Paris Theatre in London on 21 February 1979 and released as a live album in 1993.

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The Paris Theatre was a former cinema located at 12 Lower Regent Street in central London that was converted into a theatre by the BBC for radio broadcasts. It was used for several decades by the BBC as the main venue for comedy programmes requiring an audience broadcast on BBC Radios 2 and 4.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Everybody's Innocent" - 2:33
  2. "Angels with Dirty Faces" - 3:26
  3. "Anyway Who Gives An Damn" - 3:55
  4. "That's Life" - 2:33
  5. "Tell Us The Truth" - 3:14
  6. "Borstal Breakout" - 3:38
  7. "Day Tripper" - 4:01 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  8. "Questions and Answers - 4:35
  9. "If the Kids Are United" - 4:16

Personnel

Jimmy Pursey English singer and record producer

James Timothy Pursey is an English pop musician. He is the founder and frontman of the punk rock band Sham 69, which he has performed with since 1976, along with releasing material as a solo artist.

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References

  1. "BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert - Sham 69 | Allmusic". Allmusic . Retrieved 10 December 2014.