Difford & Tilbrook (Squeeze) - BBC In Concert, Friars Club, Aylesbury, Britain, 9-22-1984

First off, understand this is a BBC concert by the British band Squeeze in all but name. The songwriting duo Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook write all the songs in their band Squeeze. Also, Tilbrook is the main lead vocalist and lead guitarist, and Difford occasionally sings lead vocals and plays guitar. Here is the only BBC concert they during a time when Squeeze had officially broken up.

Squeeze put out their first album in 1977, and were increasingly popular until they broke up in late 1982. Difford and Tilbrook stayed together as a duo, and released an album, cleverly titled "Difford and Tilbrook," in 1984. In 1985, Squeeze reformed. But by 1993, Difford and Tilbrook were the only original members remaining. After that, it was basically just those two with other band members coming and going. At times, they've simply played as a duo with the Squeeze name. So, by later standards, this is definitely Squeeze.

The sole Difford and Tibrook solo album was a good one, but it didn't do very well commercially, probably because it didn't have a killer single on it, and it wasn't released under the Squeeze name. This concert was meant to support that album, and most of the songs are from it, plus one cover version, Band of Gold," and three Squeeze songs to end the concert. I understand there were two more Squeeze songs on some versions of the BBC recording, "Tempted" and "Is This Love." But I haven't been able to find them. Let me know if you have them.

I only found this concert in recent weeks (writing this in January 2025). I wasn't going to post it at first, because the sound quality was poor. Since it was broadcast by the BBC, I'm sure it sounded great at one point, but then it was probably taped off the radio and then copies were made of copies. In tough situations like this, I like to turn to my musical friend MZ. He mixed it nicely, cutting a lot of the bass and boosting the treble. Thanks, MZ. It sounds a lot better now, but it's still a bit rough by usual BBC standards. Everything here is officially unreleased.

This album is 48 minutes long.

01 Man for All Seasons (Difford & Tilbrook)
02 Picking Up the Pieces (Difford & Tilbrook)
03 talk (Difford & Tilbrook)
04 Love's Crashing Waves (Difford & Tilbrook)
05 Woman's World (Difford & Tilbrook)
06 talk (Difford & Tilbrook)
07 Hope Fell Down (Difford & Tilbrook)
08 Band of Gold (Difford & Tilbrook)
09 Tears for Attention (Difford & Tilbrook)
10 Action Speaks Faster (Difford & Tilbrook)
11 Annie Get Your Gun (Difford & Tilbrook)
12 Black Coffee in Bed (Difford & Tilbrook)
13 talk (Difford & Tilbrook)
14 Labelled with Love (Difford & Tilbrook)

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

I couldn't find many good photos of Difford and Tilbrook while they were a duo in 1984. However, I got lucky and found a concert poster for this exact concert. Even better, it nicely fit into a square shape if I cut out some unimportant text at the bottom, so that's what I did. I cleaned it up a bit in Photoshop.