The Buggles - The Buggles Live (2004-2023) (A MIKE SOLOF GUEST POST)

When guest poster Mike Solof came to me recently with the idea of posting a live album by the Buggles, I have to admit I was pretty surprised. I only knew of the Buggles as a one-hit wonder, "Video Killed the Radio Star," from 1979. But Mike assured me that there's a lot more to this band than that, despite the fact that they only released two albums, one in 1980 and the other in 1981. So I said sure, let's do it, and here we are.

The three original members of the Buggles were only together for a short while because singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes were recruited to join the band Yes mere months after the first Buggles album came out. From there, both of them found even more success as producers, as well as being members of other bands. It turns out the original Buggles did no concerts at all, although they did lip-sync on TV a few times.

However, interest in the music of the Buggles remained strong, considering their short existence. In 2004, the three original members reunited briefly to play two songs at a high profile concert celebrating the career so far of Trevor Horn. Those two songs are here, but not in the album proper. Instead, Mike elected to have the videos of them included as bonus tracks.

Then, in 2010, the band got together again for a single concert. But there was no more activity until 2023, when the band finally went on tour for the first time. Most of this album (the first 13 tracks) are from a 2023 concert. The sound quality of those tracks is excellent. The remaining songs (tracks 14 through 18) are from the 2010 concert. The sound quality of those isn't as good. So only the songs not performed in the 2023 concert are included.

If you want to know more, please read Mike's PDF included in the zip download file. I think this album makes a strong case that the Buggles were much more than just a one-hit wonder. 

This album is 53 minutes long. Everything here is unreleased.

01 Two Tribes [Instrumental] (Buggles)
02 talk (Buggles)
03 Living in the Plastic Age (Buggles)
04 talk (Buggles)
05 Elstree (Buggles)
06 talk (Buggles)
07 I Am a Camera (Buggles)
08 talk (Buggles)
09 Close [To the Edit] (Buggles)
10 talk (Buggles)
11 Owner of a Lonely Heart (Buggles)
12 talk (Buggles)
13 Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
14 Kid Dynamo (Buggles)
15 I Love You Miss Robot (Buggles)
16 talk (Buggles)
17 Astroboy (Buggles)
18 Johnny on the Monorail [A Very Different Version] (Buggles)

Clean, Clean (Bruce Wooley & the Camera Club)
Living in the Plastic Age [2004 Version] (Buggles)
Video Killed the Radio Star [2004 Version] (Buggles)

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https://bestfile.io/en/ZICz7OnKhnZCpz0/file 

The cover photo shows Trevor Horn in concert in 2004.