[kj] BBC in Concert sets

[Alexander Smith]

Hi all...

So, who here ponied up the cash for the BBC album downloads? I did.  
The `85 one is quite nice, albeit very NIGHTTIME-heavy (that's fine  
for me, but not for all of you, I know). The `86 one is indeed mostly  
the same as that BBC IN CONCERT release of several years back (the one  
with the burning thing on the cover .... what is that, anyway?),  
although unlike that disc, you get "Eighties" and  
"Rubicon" (meanwhile, on THAT disc, you got a few old tracks from the  
Reading festival). The version of "Eighties" on the `86 is somewhat  
notable as they attempt to replicate the "Serious Dance Mix" of same  
by giving Raven his own time in the spotlight. Curious, but far from  
essential.

The biggest head-scratcher, meanwhile, remains the inclusion of that  
horrible train wreck live version of "Chessboards" wherein Jaz and  
whomever was on keyboards at the time *COMPLETELY* fall out of synch  
with Geordie, Raven & Big Paul. The end results are embarrassingly  
catastrophic.

Anyway, there ya have it.

Cheers,
Alex in NYC