''Live in Concept'' is the first live album by
Downes Downes may refer to:
* Downes Sports F.C., the former name of Hinckley Downes F.C.
* Downes v. Bidwell, a US Supreme Court case
* Downes (surname), people with the surname ''Downes''
* USS Downes, USS ''Downes'', several United States Navy ships
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and
Beer
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, released in 1980. The album sees the band live collaborate with various musicians, including
Mike Oldfield
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...
(due to Phil Beer's touring with him for ''
Exposed
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News sources
* Exposé (journalism), a form of investigative journalism
* '' The Exposé'', a British conspiracist website
Film and TV Film
* ''Exposé'' (film), a 1976 thriller film
* ''Exposed'' (1932 ...
''), and also established both The Phil Beer Band who would record in the 2000s, and the first ever
Show of Hands
Show of Hands is an English acoustic roots/ folk duo formed in 1986 by singer-songwriter Steve Knightley (guitars, mandolin, mandocello, cuatro) and composer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer (vocals, guitars, violin, viola, mandolin, mando ...
released recording, "Half Asleep", although this is a Downes and Beer recording with
Steve Knightley guest appearing. This was the last album by the duo until another live album, recorded on one of their rare reunion performances in 2007, was released as ''
Live at Nettlebed'' the year after. Paul Downes did work with Beer, however, for some Show of Hands performances in the early 1990s, one such performance being
released as an album in 1994.
Track listing
The album is a double album.
[''Live in Concept'' liner notes]
Sides one and two
#"Intro" by Bob Plews - 1:00
#"Passed You By" (Phil Beer) - 3:24
#"List for a Sailor"/"Teetoaler Reel" (Traditional) - 3:15
#"Pavanas" (Gaspan Sans)/"Andalusian Gypsies" (Benny Hill) - 5:24
#"Cursed Anna" (Johnathon Kelly) - 5:00
#"
Things We Said Today
"Things We Said Today" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released in July 1964 as the B-side to the single " A Hard Day's Night" and on their album of the sam ...
" (
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
,
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
) - 5:13
#"Across the Hills" (Leon Rosselson) - 4:44
#"Rough with the Smooth" (
Steve Ashley
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) (featuring Warwick Downes) - 5:22
#"Do You Like the Battle" (Richard, Pegg) - 5:00
Sides three and four
#"Intro" by Stuart Reed - 0:50
#"Let Me Play" (Downes, Beer) - 3:14
#"Both Sexes" (Traditional) - 4:15
#"Them Toad Suckers" (
Mason Williams
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) - 2:00
#"
Ode to Billy Joe
"Ode to Billie Joe" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry released by Capitol Records in July 1967, and later used as the title-track of her debut album. Five weeks after its release, the song topped ''Billboard's'' Pop singl ...
" (
Bobbie Gentry
Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter; July 27, 1942) is a retired American singer-songwriter, who was one of the first female artists in America to compose and produce her own material.
Gentry rose to international fame in 1967 with her Sou ...
) - 5:29
#"Life Goes on" (Paul Downes) - 2:54
#"Old Fiddler" (Benny Hill) - 3:40
#"My Canary's Got Circles Under His Eyes" (unknown) - 3:10
#"Nuages/Sweet Georgia Brown" (unknown) - 4:00
#"Half Alseep" (featuring
Steve Knightley) - 4:10
#"Fox on the Ruin" (Tony Hazzard) - 4:00
References
{{Show of Hands
1980 live albums
Phil Beer albums