Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: BBC Rock Hour, Hammersmith Palais, London, Britain, 3-15-1982

I've got many Nick Lowe-related many albums to post, but for some reason I've been slow to post them. I should try to post here. Here's something at least.

From 1977 to 1981, Lowe was a co-leader of the band Rockpile, along with Dave Edmunds. For a few years after that, he basically replicated that formula, but with Paul Carrack taking the place of Edmunds as the other lead singer and sometimes songwriter. I've already posted one album from this duo, an imagined studio album that smashed their two 1982 solo albums into one. You can find that here:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2019/12/nick-lowe-paul-carrack-voodoo-knife.html

I also found not one but two BBC concerts of them playing together, so here's the first one. Many of Lowe's songs are from his Rockpile years. Meanwhile, Carrack had briefly been in the band Squeeze, but he'd only sung one song, which is possibly their best known song, "Tempted." Naturally, he sang that one. And they also sang lots of songs from their respective 1982 albums, "Nick the Knife" for Lowe and "Suburban Voodoo" for Carrack.

The sound quality is pretty good, though not as excellent as most BBC shows. There were no problems needing fixing.

This album is 55 minutes long. Based on that length, I suspect the concert was longer, but the BBC cut it down to fit it into an hour-long time slot.

01 I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
02 Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
03 talk (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
04 Tempted (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
05 talk (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
06 Always Better with You (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
07 Burning (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
08 Marie Provost (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
09 Cruel to Be Kind (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
10 talk (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
11 Lesson in Love (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
12 A Little Unkind (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
13 Wish You Were Here (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
14 Switchboard Susan (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
15 Cracking Up (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
16 I Knew the Bride [When She Used to Rock and Roll] (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
17 Nutted by Reality (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
18 Heart of the City (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
19 One's Too Many (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
20 [What's So Funny 'Bout] Peace, Love and Understanding (Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)

https://www.upload.ee/files/17201063/NICKLWENPULCRRCK1982BBSssonsVolum1RckHourHmmrsmthPlaisLndnBitin__3-15-1982_atse.zip.html

alternate:

https://pixeldrain.com/u/BDdNnzVb

Given that Lowe and Carrack toured together for about three years, I'm surprised that I've found almost no photos of them together. I did find this one, from 1982. But it was in black and white, so I colorized it.

UPDATE: On October e, 2024, I upgraded the photo with the use of the Krea AI program.