Live at Rockpalast

I'm so glad I bought this. I was looking to replace the tape I'd made from a radio broadcast of a live GP & the R concert in Chicago. I couldn't find that one but the songs (and a review) on this double cd convinced me that it was worth a shot. There are 2 discs - Disc One is of a 1980 concert and Disc Two is one performed in 1978. The 1978 concert is the best (in my opinion) but the audience is very low key (I guess they didn't really know the band). The second concert is also well-worth having too. I thought they were both brilliant!!! Very pleased with the purchase.

This set contains two shows from GP one is from 1980 and the second from 1982 (the Rumours last tour with GP). The show of interest for me was the 1980 show where they were 3rd on the bill behind the Police! The band is putting out a rocking show and no one appears to be paying any attention until the end. By time the 1982 show comes around, they are the headliners and a different story. Both shows are excellent! The DVD is worthy as well!!!

Two classic shows but the first one on disc one from 1980 refuses to play the last three songs or rip it to my hard drive. Be aware, that the disc looks just fine which suggests a manufacturing problem with the disc itself.I'm surprised no one else has reported this as the problem isn't with the brand new disc drive that I used nor my stand alone CD player. It also isn't copy protected so not sure what the problem IS. The other show plays and rips flawlessly as does the rest of the 1980 show.

At their height, GP & the Rumor were amazing, as was this 2 CD set.The only negative was the German audience sitting on their hands, or politely applauding.Must have seen Adolph & the Fraulines as the opening act.

Two great recordings; the older show has a horn section, the newer one is a bit longer with great song selection. Hope the boys listen to this befor ethe next leg of the tour.

Fantastic live recording by a fantastic band.

great live set

If you are a fan of early Graham Parker and the Rumour this is for you! Two complete shows one from 1980 and the other from 1978. It's the 1978 show that is great, they are playing 3rd on the bill and they haven't quite taken off in Germany let, and the band just lets it rip to only moderate applause. A great set with an expanded Rumour. The 1980 show is just the basic Rumour and again the band shows just how great they were. A surprise guest of Nikki Hopkins on piano fills out the band. Both shows are well recorded and worth having in your collection!

Diese Rezension bezieht sich auf mehrere von mir gekauften Rockpalast CDs. Diese lieblosen Zusammenstellungen nerven. Kein "German Televison proudly presents" am Anfang. Teilweise sind die Konzerte unvollständig, bei ZZ Top fehlen z.B. 6 Songs. Ansagen werden rausgeschnitten, der Zugabenblock ist nicht zu erkennen. Katastrophale Schnitte zwischen den Songs, die man deutlich hört, so das ein Song unmittelbar nach dem anderen folgt und und und. Der Sound wurde natürlich auch nicht nachbearbeitet, so das oft alles sehr undifferenziert ist. Das Booklet 08/15. Alles in allem gibt sich der Herausgeber 0 Mühe, was bei solchen historischen Musikaufnahmen (der LEGENDÄRE Rockpalast) wirklich schade ist. Setzen 6. Graham Parker ist natürlich cool und die CD für Fans geeignet. Aber es wäre schön wenn sich mal jemand endlich Mühe geben würde.

Grandissime performance rovinate da una registrazione pessima,peccato possiedo altri cd registrati al rockpalast ma questo,come registrazione,è di gran lunga il peggiore. I concerti al solito sono straordinari e Graham è in forma strepitosa un periodo d'oro per lui quello tra 1978 ed il 1980, ma anche oggi comunque si difende alla grandissima. Per me rimane uno dei grandissimi che non ha ottenuto il successo che avrebbe meritato.

Pensez donc!! Deux concerts de la plus belle époque (1978 et 1980) de Graham Parker et de son fabuleux groupe The Rumour réunis sur 2 CD dans un même boitier nous est proposés plus de 30 ans plus tard. Pour le concert le plus ancien le groupe est au grand complet avec pas moins de 9 musiciens dont 4 cuivres même si ces derniers sont absents pour celui de 1980. Ce double CD retranscrit la meilleur période de Graham Parker à savoir qu'il couvre les fabuleux "Heat Treament", "Howlin wind", "Stick to me", "Squeezing out Sparks" entrecoupé du fantastique live "Parkerilla".Alors il est où le problème ? LE SON, catastrophique, indigne d'un groupe de la classe de la Rumeur. Les claviers sont à peine audible, la rythmique comme la voix de G.P. sont étouffées sous des tonnes d'écho. Seule la guitare de Brinsley Schwartz arrive à surnager de la mélasse. Enregistrés à l'époque en Allemagne et remixé direct je suppose de la table de mixage, le résultat est tout juste du niveau de mes vielles cassettes BASF de concerts pirates. Vous m'en reparlerez de la qualité Made in Germany!!Donc pour ceux qui connaissent Graham Parker, ce live aura à peine sa place pour l'aspect collectionneur. Pour les autres, et ils sont nombreux, procurez-vous d'urgence les CD cités plus haut et si vous vous demandez pourquoi Graham Parker and The Rumour n'ont jamais eu accès à la notoriété :"Don't asked me questions"

Graham Parker ist so ein Fall für sich - das Grundkonzept stimmt, er sammelt gute Musiker um sich, und er hat vereinzelt sehr gute Lieder. Aber irgendwie bewegt sich das Ganze immer im Mid-Tempo-Bereich, es fehlt mitunter die Dynamik und seine Stimme kann mit der Zeit nerven. Rod Stewart mit einer ähnlichen Stimme hat viel mehr Stilarten versucht und war deshalb immer erfolgreich. Aus heutiger Sicht - Graham Parker hat am Anfang seiner Karriere mehr versprochen als er bis heute gehalten hat.

I've got a massive problem here. First, I must stress that, as a GP fan, I found THE MUSIC on both discs here beyond reproach; especially the 1980 set, which draws almost exclusively from his two best albums, Squeezing Out Sparks and The Up Escalator, with all the songs re-worked as flat-out rockers, sped up to maximum velocity but still marvellously taught. Brilliant stuff. So my problem doesn't stem from the music. No, for some reason I keep having problems ripping Disc 1 (the aforesaid 1980 gig) onto my PC - both CDs play just fine on my stand-alone(Denon) Hi-Fi CD player, but a handful of tracks towards the end of Disc 1 flatly refuse to import properly when I rip them onto the PC; when played back they skip/jump likle a scratched CD does (even though this CD is immaculate) and contain sections of 'popping' distortion-type noise that pretty much ruins the affected songs. The other tracks import fine. I initially assumed the disc was a dud so arranged for a replacement copy but the EXACT same thing happens with this one too; I've tried iTunes (with error correction on/off) and Windows Media Player (at various bit-rates). I even tried a totally different PC with a slower CD drive working off a different version of Windows (becuase Windows 7 sometimes conflicts with the copy protection on some CDs). But the problems remains! Weirdly, each time I re-import the CD, different (adjoining) tracks mess up in slightly different places, so by keeping everything to date I'll hopefully be able to piece it all together eventully... but it's something of a labour of love. I'd have been better off buying it as an mp3. If you mainly listen to music on an ipod/computer then that's what I'd advise. Trust me, I'm not new to this and haven't had problems importing 5,000 odd other CDs in the past. In fact I'm wondering whether this CD was manufactured on the cheap becuase a few of the song titles contain mis-spelling on the rear sleeve ('Holin Wind', 'Manouvers' [sic]). Perhaps the manufacturing of the discs suffered from the same lack of care. Which would be a shame because the music really deserves to be heard!