10cc - Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Britain, 2-25-1982

The British band 10cc put out a lot of great albums and singles in the 1970s. But the 1980s weren't so kind to them, as they lost two of their four songwriters in 1976 (Kevin Godley and Lol Creme). But at the time of this concert the other two remained, Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart. Stewart would leave just one year later, in 1983.

So this is a good time for a 10cc concert. True, they already were past their peak of popularity and creativity. But the Gouldman and Stewart version of the band had some big hits after Godley and Creme left, such as "Good Morning Judge," "The Things We Do for Love," and "Dreadlock Holiday." This concert contains those songs, plus all the hits from the earlier years.

The band's commercial fortunes fell fast in the early 1980s as music trends were changing. The album they were promoting on this tour, 1981's "Ten Out of 10," failed to chart in either the U.S. or Britain. However, there are only four songs here from that album, and naturally they are the stronger ones.

This concert is completely unreleased. In fact, there's no official live album from this era (between when Godley and Creme left in 1976 and when Stewart left in 1983). But I picked this one because of the excellent sound quality. 

However, there was one flaw. I found a list of all the songs the band played in this concert, and three were missing. I'm guessing it was broadcast on the radio and those three were cut out. I wanted to hear what the full concert would have been, so I found other live versions with similar sound quality. I had to use a 1980 concert in Mainz, Germany for two of them, "From Rochdale to Ocho Rios" and the sole cover, "Roll Over Beethoven." I used a 1983 concert in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for the other one, "Lying Here with You."

This album is one hour and 32 minutes long.

01 The Power of Love (10cc)
02 The Wall Street Shuffle (10cc)
03 talk (10cc)
04 Don't Ask (10cc)
05 I'm Mandy, Fly Me (10cc)
06 talk (10cc)
07 Good Morning Judge (10cc)
08 talk (10cc)
09 Memories (10cc)
10 The Things We Do for Love (10cc)
11 Art for Art's Sake (10cc)
12 talk (10cc)
13 Lying Here with You (10cc)
14 From Rochdale to Ocho Rios (10cc)
15 Les Nouveaux Riches (10cc)
16 Dreadlock Holiday (10cc)
17 Feel the Benefit (10cc)
18 talk (10cc)
19 I'm Not in Love (10cc)
20 Rubber Bullets (10cc)
21 Silly Love (10cc)
22 Life Is a Minestrone (10cc)
23 Roll Over Beethoven (10cc)

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I couldn't find any good photos of the band in concert in 1982, or even 1981 or 1983. So I had to resort to this, from May 1980. It's from an appearance on a German TV show.