Chris Rea - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, London, Britain, 4-12-1983

Chris Rea died last week as I write this at the end of December 2025. I've never been much aware of his music, so I'm fast tracking the posting of a bunch of BBC albums from him to make up for lost time. Here's the second one, which is a 1983 concert. In case you're curious, I have at least six more that I've found so far.

The first song, "Guitar Street," is from a different source. That was performed by him on the "Old Grey Whistle Test" BBC TV show in 1982. I didn't have anywhere else to put it, and it helps flesh out a rather short album. Luckily, it was performed in front of a cheering audience, so it fits in well with the live concert that follows.

The rest of this album is from a 1983 concert, as I mentioned above. I don't know much about it. For instance, I don't know the exact venue. If anyone knows, please let me know so I can fix that.

Rea had a hit with his very first major label single, "Fool (If You Think It's Over)," released in 1978. But after that, he had quite a few years with only middling success. This concert took place during that time. His biggest hit since his first one was probably "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat." But that only made it to Number 60 in the British singles chart. He would start to have more success a couple of years later. We'll see that in the next album in this series.

This album is 36 minutes long. If you don't include the first track, from another source, it's 31 minutes.

01 Guitar Street (Chris Rea)
02 Nothing's Happening by the Sea (Chris Rea)
03 Don't Look Back (Chris Rea)
04 talk (Chris Rea)
05 Midnight Blue (Chris Rea)
06 Let It Loose (Chris Rea)
07 talk (Chris Rea)
08 Love's Strange Ways (Chris Rea)
09 I Can Hear Your Heartbeat (Chris Rea)
10 From Love to Love (Chris Rea)

NOTE: I will post the PixelDrain link when I am allowed to do so in a few days. 

https://bestfile.io/en/i5cL62Y4YVAYmFq/file

The cover image is from a concert in Auftritt, Germany, at some point in 1983.