Live '88 (Supertramp album)

Occupation

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Live '88 is the second live album by British Pop-/Rockband Supertramp. It was during several concerts of the 1988 tour included, the last tour with long-time Supertramp member and bassist Dougie Thomson. The record was released a year after the last Supertramp album " Free as a Bird" in October 1988 and sold sluggishly.

Description

The album " Live '88 " results from the 1988 tour, appeared at the Super Tramp, for example, in these countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Netherlands and Spain.

From the classic lineup, which acted as recently at the album " Free as a Bird" as a quartet (piano, vocals), the long-time band members John Helliwell ( saxophone, background vocals), Bob Siebenberg were with the tour next to the tape head Rick Davies (drums ) and Dougie Thomson (bass guitar) here. In addition joined as with the album " Free as a Bird" as a second vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player Mark Hart (since 1993 member of the band Crowded House ), which is not the written and sung by the band start-up and also long-time band member Roger Hodgson songs and the located on the live album " Where I Stand " (1987) sang. This has met - although Hart is a good singer - still in many Supertramp fans to discomfort, because they miss Hodgson's falsetto vocals. The band by Brad Cole (keyboards, saxophone) Steve Reid (percussion) and Marty Walsh ( guitar) It was also supplemented.

During the tour Supertramp presented many of their classics that were written by Davies and Hodgson, and newer songs from the studio albums between 1985 and 1987. These included " Bloody Well Right", "Crime Of The Century ", " You Started Laughing ", "From Now On "," the Logical Song "," Breakfast In America "and" Just Another Nervous Wreck " and the newer songs It's Alright, Not the Moment and" Free As A Bird ", from the album " Brother Where You Bound " ( 1985), which are all located in the CD version of the live album. To hear were at the shows their classic " School ", " Asylum ", " Rudy ", " Is not Nobody but Me" and " Goodbye Stranger", but as the 1985 song " Better Days " and " Cannonball" and " Where I Stand ", " I'm Beggin ' You" and " An Awful Thing to Waste", were not integrated from the album " Free as a Bird" (1987 ), the live album.

However, the band presented for the first time in her career with "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man " (originally: " Hoochie Coochie Man", Willie Dixon, 1957) and "Do not You Lie To Me" (Hudson Whittaker, 1944) also two songs that do not come from her pen and immortalized it on the live album (the first on LP and CD, the latter only on CD).

The only significant chart position for "Live '88 " is the one from Germany, where it peaked at number 50 of the album charts.

After the 1988 tour, the band paused to until 1997 to release their next studio album, Some Things Never Change.

Song list

The album " Live '88 " was released as a LP with 10 and on CD with 13 songs. All songs, except for those with the appropriate note has been sung by vocals by Rick Davies. Their authors are mentioned in "()".

LP (LP):

The songs and song lengths of the LP version ("A & M 396982-1 ") of the album, which is 46:40 minutes long, are as follows: Page 1: ( Running Time 22:44 )

Page 2: ( Running Time 23:56 )

Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD):

The songs and song lengths of the CD version ("A & M 396982-2 ") of the album, which is 60:12 minutes long, are as follows:

Occupation

The Band:

  • Rick Davies - piano, vocals
  • John Helliwell - saxophones, backing vocals
  • Bob Siebenberg - drums
  • Dougie Thomson - Bass Guitar

Additional personnel:

  • Brad Cole - Keyboards, Saxophone
  • Mark Hart - keyboards, guitars, vocals ( sings Roger Hodgson songs)
  • Steve Reid - percussion
  • Marty Walsh - Guitar

Production

"Live '88 " in 1988, mastered in the U.S. this studio: Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood (Los Angeles, California).

  • Producers: Rick Davies, Norman Hall
  • Sound engineer: Norman Hall
  • Assistant engineer: Adrian Fitzpatrick
  • Mastering: Bernie Grundman, Chris Bellman
  • Artistic direction and cover design: Richard Frankel, Chuck Beeson
  • Cover Texts: Rick Davies ( August 1988)
  • Cover illustrations: Ayse Ullay
  • Cover photographs: Raul Vega, Richard Frankel
  • Management: Sue Davies

Studio albums: Supertramp (1970 ) | Indelibly Stamped (1971 ) | Crime of the Century (1974 ) | Crisis? What Crisis? (1975 ) | Even in the Quietest Moments ... (1977 ) | Breakfast in America (1979 ) | ... Famous Last Words ... (1982 ) | Brother Where You Bound ( 1985) | Free as a Bird ( 1987) | Some Things Never Change (1997 ) | Slow Motion ( 2002)

Live albums: Paris ( 1980) | Live '88 (1988 ) | It Was the Best of Times (1999) Is Everybody Listening? ( Live Special Edition, 2001)

See also: Paragraph of Article Discography Supertramp

  • Album ( rock )
  • Album 1988
  • Supertramp album
  • Live album
Record label Genre Free as a Bird (Album) Live-Album Tampa Red Singing Electronic keyboard Audio mastering Supertramp (Album) Crime of the Century (Album) Slow Motion (Supertramp album) Paris (Supertramp-Album)
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