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Hall&Oates: Paradise Club, Boston, MA, 12/7 or 8/1979
(SBD,
A, 60 min.)
The Woman Comes And Goes (4'32)
Don't Blame It On Love (4'57)
Rich Girl (3'34)
Do What You Want, Be What You Are (7'22)
It's A Laugh (4'49)
Sweet Soul Music
/ Introducing The Band - Medley (12'56)
Serious Music (5'42)
Wait For Me (5'20)
Pleasure Beach (4'57)
Be Bop / Drop (6'05)
Daryl Hall - guitars, keyboards,
vocals
John Oates - guitars, vocals
Charlie DeChant – saxophones,
keyboards
John Siegler - bass
G.E. Smith - guitars
Jerry Marotta - drums
The comment of the trader
Nice early club gig when
"wait for me" was their new single. There would be many
more of those to follow, at this time H & O were
becoming one of the most popular vocal-oriented pop
artists of the early 80's, the band is tight, the vocals
sound superb here, and in the 2 broadcasts to follow.
Just in case anyone still likes these guys, and because
there's alot to like if you like good pop music vocals,
I'm gonna share these recordings, because Hall and Oates
are an original, and at this time already showing their
dynamic wide ranging vocal work. A year later, they were
at the Orpheum, again in 1981. All three are very good
shows, FM broadcasts. Details coming soon for the other
2 if not already available here on the dime. This is my
only club gig of H & O and it's a good one. If you like
their special brand of sweet harmony, you will enjoy
this one. I think this is the same G.E. Smith also heard
in the Saturday Night Live TV show band (probably not
much later either). I thought there was a keyboard
player in here too but either I didn't notice the
introduction, they forgot to introduce him/her, or there
was no keyboard player. I haven't listened to these
shows in years, especially this one because it's on 2
different tapes, but the tape change is during a
commercial break in the broadcast, so no music is cut
out of this unless the broadcast itself was edited. At
this time this could be a full set, there may have been
2 shows this night (not sure), they were already popular
in Boston. They come from Phila. Pa. and got pretty big
in Boston around this time, even bigger the next 2
years. So welcome to part 1 of my Hall and Oates Trilogy
in Boston, Mass. All 3 will come to you in 3 step
torrent form (master > WAV > FLAC > torrent.) and if I
find one of these is released I will scream, because I
am not aware of any of this material being released. I
think these guys are from the Phila. Pa. area, although
they got a very warm reception in Boston. This broadcast
was part of 104.1 FM WBCN's "Basement Tapes" series (not
on any more, I miss that), which was typically of new
bands that were rising fast in popularity at the time
(Elvis Costello, Magazine, U-2 and Joe Jackson are among
the artists included in that), and mostly from the
Paradise, now celebrating 30 years of live rock shows.
If it sounds like I have seen or recorded alot of shows
there, it's because I have, probably more than any other
venue. I didn't see this one, never seen Hall and Oates,
never seen a H & O post here in a year here. They
definitely are not torrent restricted in any site's NAB
that I've seen, seemingly much the contrary in Boston,
letting WBCN record this for later broadcast, along with
their next 2 appearances being broadcast live (not
recorded) Didn't happen to the Police, who released a
double CD of their 2 Boston 79 broadcasts. (it's good,
too) Didn't happen to U-2, who I'm told released part or
all of the 3/6/81 Paradise broadcast. It did happen to
Daryl Hall and John Oates. Partly, because Boston loves
these guys, and partly because they sounded very good.
If you like vocal pop harmonies, these guys do it about
as well as anyone. It's not "rock and roll" and I don't
listen too alot of H & O but I like it. hope you do too.
This music is even suitable for that "romantic mood" I'd
say.This recording was on 2 different kinds of tape/bias
setting (Maxell XLI and TDK SA) so there may be a slight
difference in the sound, but both tapes are still in
good shape and are of good quality. (pretty comparably
so). Congratulations to the Paradise Club. From Nov.
1977 to today and still rockin' Boston after 30 years!
if not for them Boston could be severely concert
deprived right now, and that brings problems far worse
than just bad (or no) concerts for a small compacted
city with over half a million people in it.....
Almost any rock band you can
name that was new sometime after 11/77, has played
there. Do not sell this recording. Trade freely and
losslessly. Deck the halls. eat the oats. (they're good
for you).
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