''Live at The N.E.C.'' was the second live album by rock band

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which was recorded at the

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. It had originally been released as part of the 3-LP box set '' From the Makers of...'' in 1982. In 1984 the recording became available as a separate album.

Track listings

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" (Rossi, Young) #"Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan) #"Backwater" (Parfitt, Lancaster) #"Little Lady" (Parfitt) #"Don't Drive My Car" (Parfitt, Bown) #" Whatever You Want" (Parfitt, Bown) #"Hold You Back" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt) #" Rockin' All Over the World" (

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) #"Over the Edge" (Lancaster, Keith Lamb) #"Don't Waste My Time" (Rossi, Young)

2006 reissue bonus tracks

#"Dirty Water" (Rossi, Young) #"Down Down" (Rossi, Young)

2017 Deluxe Edition

Disc 1 #"Caroline" (Rossi, Young) #"Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt, Lancaster, Coghlan) #"Backwater" (Parfitt, Lancaster) #"Little Lady" (Parfitt) #"Don't Drive My Car" (Parfitt, Bown) #"Whatever You Want" (Parfitt, Bown) #"Hold You Back" (Rossi, Young, Parfitt) #"Rockin' All Over the World" (

) #"Over the Edge" (Lancaster, Keith Lamb) #"Don't Waste My Time" (Rossi, Young) #"Dirty Water" (Rossi, Young) Disc 2 #"Forty-Five Hundred Times" (Rossi, Parfitt) #"Big Fat Mama" (Rossi, Parfitt) # "Roadhouse Blues" ( Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger,

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) #"Rain" (Parfitt) #"Down Down" (Rossi, Young) #"Bye Bye Johnny" ( Chuck Berry) In 2010 the complete concert was released for the first time in a 7CD+1DVD collection called ''Live At The BBC''.

Personnel

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Francis Rossi Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, (born 29 May 1949) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo. Early life Rossi was born o ...

- vocals, lead guitar *

Rick Parfitt Richard John Parfitt, (12 October 1948 24 December 2016) was an English musician, best known as a singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist with rock band Status Quo. Parfitt began his career in the early 1960s, playing in pubs and holiday cam ...

- vocals, guitar * Alan Lancaster - bass, vocals *

Andy Bown Andrew Steven Bown (born 27 March 1946) is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar. He is a member of the rock band Status Quo. Career Bown's first major band was The Herd, along with Peter Frampton. After The H ...

- keyboards, vocals * Pete Kircher - drums One single was released from Live at the N.E.C. in 1982: "Caroline" b/w "Dirty Water" on 7" Vertigo QUO 10 (6059583) and 7"-picture disc Vertigo QUO P10 - furthermore a 12"-single (Vertigo QUO 1012) featured "Down Down" as the b-side's second track.

Charts

References

Status Quo (band) live albums 1984 live albums Vertigo Records live albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub