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| Live at the Target | ||||
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| Released | February 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 15–16 January 1981 | |||
| Venue | The Target, Reading, Berkshire | |||
| Genre | Neo-progressive | |||
| Length | 45:38 | |||
| Label | Twelfth Night Records | |||
| Producer | Twelfth Night | |||
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Live at the Target is a live album released by the British neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1981.
Shortly after the release of Early Material , singer Electra McLeod left Twelfth Night (or was asked to leave), leaving the band with a new release featuring a vocalist, but without a vocalist for concerts. Live at the Target was recorded to re-establish the band as an instrumental unit. For the first time, a Twelfth Night recording was released on vinyl.
As the title suggests, it is a live recording, made at The Target, a now closed pub built under the Butts Centre in their home town of Reading.
The Cyclops re-issue of Live at the Target contains "Encore Une Fois" and "Freddie Hepburn" from The First Tape Album and "Afghan Red" from Early Material .
The "Definitive Edition" is a 2 x CD expanded version consisting of the original album and live material, including two rare studio tracks.
All songs written by Twelfth Night.
2004 reissue includes the above plus
Live at the Target is the third of the Twelfth Night "definitive edition" releases and was released 6 January 2012
Disc One
Recorded 15–16 January 1981, The Target, Reading
Disc Two
Previously unreleased tracks
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