''Live '88'' is the second

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by the English

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released in October 1988 on

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. It was their last album to feature bassist

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in any capacity.

Overview

Originally recorded on two track cassette direct from the sound board for Rick Davies' use, ''Live '88'' features the 4 piece lineup of the group augmented by additional players including

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(later a permanent member of the group and a future member of

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) playing guitar and singing songs originally sung by

Roger Hodgson Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson (born 21 March 1950) is an English singer, musician and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman and founding member of the progressive rock band Supertramp. Hodgson composed and sang the majority of the ba ...

. ''Live '88'' was initially not intended for a commercial release, but Davies was so pleased with the vibe of the performances he authorized A&M to put it out. ''Live '88'' was only available in print very briefly. The album features two

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, "

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" by

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and " Don't You Lie To Me (I Get Evil)". The rest of the album consists of performances from the band's last set list to promote ''

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'' (1987), along with a handful of numbers from throughout their career. The band went on hiatus shortly after this album's release. ''Live '88'' has not returned to print, unlike most of the Supertramp discography, and there are no songs from this release represented on the '' Retrospectacle: The Supertramp Anthology'' release.

Track listing

* All songs by

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, except where noted.
Lead vocals by Rick Davies, except tracks 5 and 10 lead vocals by

. # "You Started Laughing" – 1:47 # "It's Alright" (

) – 5:31 # "Not the Moment" (Davies) – 4:40 # "

Bloody Well Right "Bloody Well Right" is a song by English rock band Supertramp from their 1974 album ''Crime of the Century''. It appeared as the B-side of the single "Dreamer" in December 1974. Listeners in the United States preferred it to the A-side, and "Blood ...

" – 6:20 # "

Breakfast in America ''Breakfast in America'' is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released on 16 March 1979, by A&M Records. It was recorded from May to December 1978 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. It spawned three US ''Billbo ...

" 2:52 # "From Now On" – 7:56 # "Free as a Bird" (Davies) – 4:43 # "Oh Darling" – 3:45 # "Just Another Nervous Wreck" – 4:36 # "

The Logical Song "The Logical Song" is a song by English rock group Supertramp that was released as the lead single from their album '' Breakfast in America'' in March 1979. It was written primarily by the band's frontman Roger Hodgson, who based the lyrics ...

" – 4:07 # "

I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man "Hoochie Coochie Man" (originally titled "I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man") is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1954. The song makes reference to hoodoo folk magic elements and makes novel use of a stop ...

" (

) – 4:32 # " Don't You Lie to Me (I Get Evil)" ( Hudson Whittaker) – 2:48 # "Crime of the Century" – 6:42 '' Tracks 8, 9 and 10 recorded at

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24 March 1988''

Personnel

Supertramp

– keyboards, vocals, harmonica *

– keyboards, guitar, vocals *

John Helliwell John Anthony Helliwell (born 15 February 1945) is an English musician, best known as the saxophonist, secondary keyboardist, and backing vocalist for the rock band Supertramp. He also served as an MC during the band's concerts, talking and ma ...

– saxophone, keyboards, backing vocals *

– bass, backing vocals *

Bob Siebenberg Robert Layne Siebenberg (born October 31, 1949) also known as Bob C. Benberg, is an American musician, best known as a member of British progressive rock band Supertramp, playing drums and percussion. He was the sole American in Supertramp's ...

– drums Touring Live concert backup. musicians. *

Marty Walsh Martin Joseph Walsh (born April 10, 1967) is an American politician and trade union official who served as the 58th mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021 and as the 29th United States Secretary of Labor from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democr ...

– guitar, backing vocals * – keyboards, saxophones *

Steve Reid Steve Reid (January 29, 1944 – April 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer who played with Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, James Brown, Fela Kuti, Kieran Hebden, and Sun Ra. He worked as a session drummer for Motown. Biography Born in ...

– percussion

Charts

References

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