Dexys Midnight Runners - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: In Concert, Exhibition Park, Newcastle, Britain, 6-26-1982

Here's the first album I've posted on the road while on vacation. So far, so good.

I've posted two albums of BBC studio sessions by the Dexys Midnight Runners, all focused on the early 1980s. It turns out they also did three full-length concerts that were broadcast on BBC radio, one in 1981, another in 1982, and the last in 1983. I think posting all three is a bit much, since the songs played were fairly similar, especially between the last two. I picked the 1982 as the best, so here it is.

This concert took place right as the band's biggest song, "Come On Eileen," was released as a single. It's interesting that there's no roar from the crowd as the song starts, since it hadn't become a worldwide number one single yet.

I believe all the songs here are also on the previous two BBC sessions albums. But if you want the ultimate concert recording from the band's peak years, this is probably it. As usual with BBC recordings, the sound quality is excellent.

This concert is 57 minutes long. I'm guessing it may have been edited down a bit by the BBC to fit into an hour time slot, since most concerts from this time period were well over an hour long. But that means you probably get the most popular songs. 

01 TSOP [The Sound of Philadelphia] [Instrumental] (Dexys Midnight Runners)
02 Dance Stance [Burn It Down] (Dexys Midnight Runners)
03 Let's Make This Precious (Dexys Midnight Runners)
04 Jackie Wilson Said [I'm in Heaven When You Smile] (Dexys Midnight Runners)
05 Come On Eileen (Dexys Midnight Runners)
06 Soon (Dexys Midnight Runners)
07 Plan B (Dexys Midnight Runners)
08 Geno (Dexys Midnight Runners)
09 Respect (Dexys Midnight Runners)
10 Old (Dexys Midnight Runners)
11 The Celtic Soul Brothers [More, Please, Thank You] (Dexys Midnight Runners)
12 There, There My Dear (Dexys Midnight Runners)
13 Show Me (Dexys Midnight Runners)
14 I'll Show You (Dexys Midnight Runners)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15288292/DexysMR_1982_BBSessionsVolum3InConcrtExhibitionPrkNewcastle__6-26-1982_atse.zip.html

The cover photo is from a 1982 concert, but I don't know the details.