Show 233 - Eurythmics - Live At Platz der Republik Berlin - 7 Jun 1987

 

A quick request. If you plan on downloading this and putting it on your YouTube channel or your own bootleg page - I don't mind. But a credit to this website where you found it and a link back to this page would be really appreciated. It helps me gauge which artists are popular - ie more chance of other restorations coming. Don't just steal it, cut out the intro and outro and take the credit. Thanks.

The Show
A cassette recording of an FM stereo broadcast from the time. Generally sounding flat and rather muffled and with a couple of cuts where the tape was apparently flipped over or stopped. 

What Was Done
The volume was rather ...varied, to say the least - like whoever recorded it realised their levels were a bit high and reduced them here and there to keep them from peaking - Sex Crime was substantially louder than the end of the gig, put it that way. Fixed all that. A couple of cuts from tape flipping or stopping. 1 I left as someone had edited it already to stay "on the beat" and doing my usual fade out/fade in crossover would have lost too much of the music; the other I did fade out and back in. I got to work on improving the sound quality with EQ and the usual studio toys after that. That made things much clearer and more powerful. Finally I mastered it, left it a few days, came back to it and...redid the mastering as I no longer liked what I'd done. 

The result now is a great sounding gig in full stereo of course, very powerful and a great record of the band at the time. It really is an excellent performance. And I say that as someone who only really enjoyed some of their singles.

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Setlist
Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Let's Go
I Love You Like A Ball And Chain
The Last Time
Here Comes The Rain Again
It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
When Tomorrow Comes
There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Who's That Girl?
Conditioned Soul
Right By Your Side
Thorn In My Side
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Would I Lie to You?

Encore:
Missionary Man
Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves

Encore 2:
The Miracle Of Love

Don't forget to check out the other shows from Eurythmics on the site, all listed HERE.

 

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Show 157 - Billy Idol - Live At The Cow Palace, Daly City - 11 May 1987

 

A debut on Live and Loud! for Billy Idol in a restored FM radio recording from his Whiplash Smile tour of 1987.

The basic recording was sound enough but had some noise, odd bass rumbles, FM noise and tape dropouts to fix before I could get to the 30 band EQ part... the fairly thin radio recording now sounds far better with improved separation between the instruments and a much fuller live sound.

As of 2026, you now have the choice to not only download this repaired, restored and remastered show as one 320kbps MP3 file but also to stream it - exclusively for FREE by clicking below.

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All the shows on the site including this one are also available as separate, properly tagged MP3s or lossless files in FLAC format; head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can support the site and donate towards storage and web costs for less than the price of a coffee - and get something back in return.

Absolutely no obligation to do so though; the free files will always remain free. Enjoy the show!

Setlist
Dancing With Myself
Blue Highway
Flesh For Fantasy
World's Forgotten Boy
Sweet Sixteen
Eyes Without A Face
Don't Need A Gun
Baby Talk
Mony Mony
Kiss Me Deadly
Rebel Yell
White Wedding

Encore
To Be A Lover
Shakin' All Over

Show 124 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Live At Wembley Arena - 13 January 1987

A debut on Live and Loud!  for Frankie Goes To Hollywood from their last tour in the UK, when they were literally imploding back stage, with relations between Holly Johnson and the rest of the band at breaking point.

This was an FM broadcast recorded off air I think as this isn't the full set. It's also another recording someone had tried to improve before I came across it - everything whacked up to 11 and every song faded out - the intro to Rage Hard was even chopped off altogether and the song gone (guessing this was where the original C90 tape needed turning over). 1 or 2 tracks also sounded like they're from a different recording altogether. 30 band EQ has once again paid dividends and undone much of what was done - tightened up the bass, made the mix clearer and not so tiring on the ears and addressed some faults where the recording went very dull at times. All while still retaining the power in the sound on stage.
 

As of 2026, you now have the choice to not only download this repaired, restored and remastered show as one 320kbps MP3 file but also to stream it - exclusively for FREE by clicking below.

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Or, if you would like to support the site with a small donation towards storage subscription and internet costs, in return you can have the show as separate, properly tagged MP3s or lossless files in FLAC format; head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can do this.

Either way - enjoy the show!

Setlist
Warriors Of The Wasteland
The Only Star In Heaven
Kill The Pain
For Heaven's Sake
Watching The Wildlife
The Power of Love
Maximum Joy
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Lunar Bay
War
Krisco Kisses
Relax
Two Tribes

Show 91: Crowded House - Bottom Line New York - 22 March 1987

A second gig from Crowded House for Live and Loud! - and this one is from much earlier in their careers. After forming in 1985 when Split Enz came to an end, they eventually moved to the USA to record their first album - Crowded House - which was released in June 1986. Don’t Dream Its Over became a huge hit later that year and broke the band around the world.

They went back to the USA at the start of February 1987 and started 4 solid months of touring the country. This show is from that tour and was the first of 2 nights at The Bottom Line; this show originally broadcast on FM radio there.

The recording was in fairly good condition, just a bit flat sounding. Someone had faded out the end of every track on this recording before I got it, so there's not QUITE so much banter from the band in between songs as on the other show I did last year (you can find the other 2 Crowded House shows here) but its still a great show. I repaired some of those fades where they were quite severe and with some EQ to separate out and enhance the instruments and remove some of the sibilance from Neil's vocals, the show has polished up pretty well and sounds very clear.

As of 2026, you now have the choice to not only download this repaired, restored and remastered show as one 320kbps MP3 file but also to stream it - exclusively for FREE by clicking below.

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Setlist
This Is Massive
When You Come
Mean To Me
World Where You Live
That's What I Call Love
One Step Ahead
Recurring Dream
Something So Strong
Love You 'til The Day I Die
Hole In The River
Don't Dream It's Over
Now We're Getting Somewhere
Throw Your Arms Around Me
Tombstone (with Love in the Fowl House ( Pretty Little Hen) / Anarchy In The UK)
Better Be Home Soon
Sister Madly
Not Fade Away

Show 79: Tangerine Dream - Live at The Reichstag, Berlin - 1 August 1987

Another debut on Live and Loud! for a band requested by 1 of my listeners - in this case, 1 who has been good enough to even supply me with a recording to remaster.

As many Tangerine Dream fans will know, for a long time there was a central hub for the trading and swapping of live bootleg recordings called the Tangerine Tree (which you can read about here). I know little about it personally, but I have had 1 particular listener bending my ear a bit to feature Tangerine Dream on Live and Loud! for a while, so I challenged him to send me something suitable and eventually he sent me this show, a free event celebrating the 750th anniversary of Berlin, held outside the Reichstag. This gig was especially notable as the last gig featuring Christoph Franke, who had been with Edgar Froese in the band since 1971. So a bit of a landmark recording in some respects.

The recording, I am informed, was originally remastered for the Tangerine Tree release by Wouter Bessels. It was basically clean, although a bit flat and I did find a small drop in volume at one point, so after fixing that I spent a lot of time EQ'ing - its a long show, lasting over 2 hours so it took a while! But I think its been worth it.

I'm reliably informed as a result, this now has more of a balance between the backing tracks and the live playing. Either way, it sounds pretty spectacular I think. Even if you have this recording from the Tangerine Tree originally, I hope you'll give this a listen and enjoy it.

The show is now available to download exclusively for free here as 1 MP3 file.

Or, if you would like to have separate tagged MP3s, or even lossless files in FLAC format, head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the site costs.

Setlist
Caspian Sea
Dolphin Smile
Civilized Illusions
Betrayal
Diamond Diary
Love On A Real Train
Canyon Voices
Zen Garden (Variation)
Samba Motel/Scuba Scuba
Coloured Rain
Quadriga
Dolphin Dance
Sunnyvale
Smile
Ride On The Ray
Going West
Yellowstone Park
Tyger
Tiergarten
21st Century Common Man (Part 1)
A Time For Heroes


And my special thanks to Graham for the source recording (and the occasional nagging).

Show 49: Siouxsie and The Banshees - Janus Landing, St Petersburg, Florida - 22 August 1987

After the release of their 8th album, Through The Looking Glass, the Banshees went on tour to the USA and Canada. This gig is the penultimate gig from that tour. It's a soundboard recording of the full gig and includes tracks from right through their career to that point. It's responded well to a bit of tweaking.

UPDATE 2018
While preparing this old show as separate files for a donator to the site, I found I could now improve the sound quality further, over what I’d originally done to the recording several years ago. You can now download this new version (as of 2018) HERE as 1 new 320kbps MP3 file.

If you would like to have separate tagged MP3s, or even lossless files in FLAC format of the new version, head on over to the Donations tab to see how you can obtain these for a very small donation towards the site costs.

Setlist
1. Overground
2. The Hall Of Mirrors
3. Christine
4. Melt!
5. 92 Degrees
6. Slowdive
7. Swimming Horses
8. Take Me Back
9. This Wheel's On Fire
10. Suburban Relapse
11. I Promise
12. Red Light
13. Cities in Dust
14. Spellbound
15. Hong Kong Garden
16. Israel
17. Monitor