''Live Performance'' is a live album by
Jake Thackray. Recorded at the
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London, England, that hosts classical, jazz, and avant-garde music, talks and dance performances. It was opened in 1967, with a concert conducted by Benjamin Britten.
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in London in 1970, it was released on
LP by
EMI in 1971 and reissued in 1976. An expanded version was released on CD in 2006.
Thackray was uncomfortable performing in large venues, and his
socialist left-wing politics meant he could not understand why people would pay money to see him perform. He almost backed out of this concert, feeling he had no right to entertain such a large crowd, but producer
Norman Newell managed to persuade him to go on. This wasn’t the last time this would happen; before a concert in 1977, Thackray’s agent Alex Armitage allegedly intercepted Thackray already in his car leaving the venue.
[Spencer Leigh]
Jake Thackray obituary
'' The Independent'', 28 December 2002, accessed 17 March 2009
LP track listing
CD track listing
References
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External links
LP Track listing and sleeve notes at jakethackray.com
Jake Thackray albums
1971 live albums
EMI Records live albums
Albums produced by Norman Newell