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. The album was recorded on the "Somewhere in Europe" tour in 1983 in support of the "

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" album, and despite its title, also featured recordings from the Dominion Theatre in London. It was the final Earth Band album to appear on the

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label and also the last album recorded with Steve Waller and Matt Irving. The album has long since been criticized by fans for being radically edited down from the actual gig length, thereby losing a lot of live staples ("Martha's Madman", "You Angel You") and many songs now having instrumental passages shortened or completely removed ("Davy's on the Road Again", "Mighty Quinn" and "Demolition Man", the latter being around ten minutes in concert). The cassette release added two more recordings from the concert - parts 1 and 2 of the "Africa Suite" and "Don't Kill It Carol". The album was not released in the United States, but broadcast on the

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program. Since the band had changed line-ups in the meantime and scored a hit with the single " Runner", a "live" version (recorded in the studio, with fake crowd noise) was added to this version of the concert. The b-side of the "Runner" single had contained the track "No Transkei", which was yet another re-titled version of "To Bantustan?" (the second part of the "Africa Suite", called "Where Do They Send Them" on the ''Budapest Live'' cassette), again taken from the Budapest concerts. These three tracks were all included on the 1999 CD release as bonus tracks. The 1999 CD also altered the running order, making "Lies" (introduced by Chris Thompson saying ''"Hello Budapest!"'') the opener (although this is not reflected on the packaging) and crossfading most of the audience noise. The remaster from the 40th Anniversary Box Set reverted to the original LP order and omitted the bonus tracks. In 2007, a DVD was released of the TV broadcast, which includes all originally played tracks in original length except "Eyes of Nostradamus" and "Davy's on the Road Again".

Track listing (original LP)

Side one

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) – 5:54 #" Demolition Man" ( Gordon Sumner) – 4:14 #" For You" (Springsteen) – 6:36 #"Davy's on the Road Again" ( John Simon,

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) – 4:37

Side two

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(No Kwazulu)" (

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) – 3:22 #" Mighty Quinn" (

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) – 4:00

Cassette bonus tracks

"Brothers and Sisters of Africa/Where Do They Send Them" (

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) – 5:24 #"Don't Kill It Carol" (

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) – 4:55

Track listing (1999 CD re-issue)

#"Lies (Through The 80's)" (Denny Newman) – 4:30 #"

" (

) – 5:54 #" Demolition Man" ( Gordon Sumner) – 4:14 #" For You" (Springsteen) – 6:36 #"Davy's on the Road Again" ( John Simon,

) – 4:37 #"

" (Springsteen) – 7:38 #"

(No Kwazulu)" (

) – 3:22 #" Mighty Quinn" (

) – 4:00

Bonus tracks

" Runner" ( Ian Thomas) – 5:02 #"No Transkei" (Manfred Mann) – 5:11 he title for part 2 from the "Runner" single now used for both parts 1 and 2#"Don't Kill It Carol" (

) – 5:21

Track listing (2007 DVD)

#"Angels at My Gate" (Mann,

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, Hirth Martinez) #"Lies (Through The 80's)" (Denny Newman) #"Africa Suite" (Mann) #"Tribal Statistics" (

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) #"Martha's Madman" (

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) #"You Angel You" (Dylan) #" For You" (Springsteen) #" Demolition Man" ( Gordon Sumner) #" Mighty Quinn" (

) #"Don't Kill It Carol" (

) #"

" (Springsteen) #"

(No Kwazulu)" (

)

Personnel

The Earth Band

– keyboards,

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–

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–

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, vocals (except "Runner") * Chris Thompson – vocals, guitar *

Matt Irving Matt Irving (born Glasgow, Scotland; 16 March 1950 – 3 April 2015) was a Scottish singer and musician who played keyboards, accordion, and bass guitar. Irving was the bass guitar player for Manfred Mann's Earth Band between 1981 and 1986. H ...

–

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, vocals * Mick Rogers − guitar, vocals on "Runner"

Technical

* John Lingwood, Chris Thompson –

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* Pete 'Manuel' Carlson –

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* Alan Bradshaw – engineer * Terry "Luigi" Medhurst –

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* Simon Porter –

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* Re-mastered by: Robert M Corich and Mike Brown

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control Manfred Mann's Earth Band albums 1984 live albums Bronze Records live albums