The Pretenders
King Biscuit Flower Hour
Dr. Pepper Festival
Central Park
New York City, NY
August 30, 1980
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Label Scan Included
Lineage: Pre-FM LP's > Masters Network Turntable > CD-r > Plextools Pro > Wav 16/44.1 > Audio Cleaning Lab for track marks & edits > Wav 16/44.1 > Traders Little Helper > Flac Level 8
01 KBFH Intro
02 Precious
03 Kid
04 Talk Of The Town
05 Brass In Pocket
06 Stop Your Sobbing
07 The Wait / Tattooed Love Boys
08 Up The Neck
Chrissie Hynde - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
James Honeyman-Scott (R.I.P) - lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
Pete Farndon (R.I.P) - bass guitar, backing vocals
Martin Chambers - drums, backing vocals, percussion
When Chrissy Hynde went into the studio to make a demo tape of her original songs in 1978, her 3 piece band consisted of Hynde, Steve Strange of The Moors Murderers, and Philthy "Animal" Taylor of Motörhead. After hearing the demos Dave Hill of Anchor Records convinced Hynde to form a permanent band. The Pretenders took form shortly after.
This Pre-FM recording catches the band on tour for their first album. The self titled debut album was a critical and commercial success in the US and the UK, hitting #9 on the Billboard chart and #1 on the UK Album chart. The single "Brass In Pocket" hit the Billboard Top 20 peaking at #14. This was a great time for the band, and the performance here gives no hint that this line up would fall apart due to drug abuse.
Pete Farndon was fired from the band on June 14, 1982 due to his drug addiction causing increasing tension in the band. Hynde has said that he became someone you just couldn't work with. Fardon was found dead in his bathtub, April 14, 1983, after taking heroin he passed out and drowned. James Honeyman-Scott was found dead 2 days later due to heart failure from a cocaine overdose. Chrissie Hynde says that Honeyman-Scott's death is what made her keep the band together, that she just couldn't let the music die.
King Biscuit Flower Hour
Dr. Pepper Festival
Central Park
New York City, NY
August 30, 1980
Pre-FM Recording
Vinyl Rip
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Label Scan Included
Lineage: Pre-FM LP's > Masters Network Turntable > CD-r > Plextools Pro > Wav 16/44.1 > Audio Cleaning Lab for track marks & edits > Wav 16/44.1 > Traders Little Helper > Flac Level 8
01 KBFH Intro
02 Precious
03 Kid
04 Talk Of The Town
05 Brass In Pocket
06 Stop Your Sobbing
07 The Wait / Tattooed Love Boys
08 Up The Neck
Chrissie Hynde - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
James Honeyman-Scott (R.I.P) - lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
Pete Farndon (R.I.P) - bass guitar, backing vocals
Martin Chambers - drums, backing vocals, percussion
When Chrissy Hynde went into the studio to make a demo tape of her original songs in 1978, her 3 piece band consisted of Hynde, Steve Strange of The Moors Murderers, and Philthy "Animal" Taylor of Motörhead. After hearing the demos Dave Hill of Anchor Records convinced Hynde to form a permanent band. The Pretenders took form shortly after.
This Pre-FM recording catches the band on tour for their first album. The self titled debut album was a critical and commercial success in the US and the UK, hitting #9 on the Billboard chart and #1 on the UK Album chart. The single "Brass In Pocket" hit the Billboard Top 20 peaking at #14. This was a great time for the band, and the performance here gives no hint that this line up would fall apart due to drug abuse.
Pete Farndon was fired from the band on June 14, 1982 due to his drug addiction causing increasing tension in the band. Hynde has said that he became someone you just couldn't work with. Fardon was found dead in his bathtub, April 14, 1983, after taking heroin he passed out and drowned. James Honeyman-Scott was found dead 2 days later due to heart failure from a cocaine overdose. Chrissie Hynde says that Honeyman-Scott's death is what made her keep the band together, that she just couldn't let the music die.
My KBFH notes indicate that the Pretenders were paired with the Jim Carroll Band for the Feb. 15 1981 broadcast...and that they rebroadcast the same pairing for a Best of the Biscuit on May 3, 1981. I've got the set list for that...and intriguingly it includes an additional song (Tattoed Love Boys) just before "Up The Neck." Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of that...but I'll keep my eyes open for it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info Draftervoi... I just listened to this again and realized that Tatooed Love Boys is in between The Wait and Up The Neck. The song just wasn't chaptered so it's tacked onto the end of The Wait. I updated the post with that info.
ReplyDeleteDave
Love these scorching early-eighties Pretenders' shows!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
You are welcome La Piazza Gancio! Hope you enjoy this one!
ReplyDeleteDave
Ah, that makes sense...it could also have been typed up that way on the original KBFH broadcast (this show) and then when they did the Best of the Biscuit repeat they figured it out. And now I don't need to buy that second show as it's identical to this one....
ReplyDeleteHey saved some money there. I only listened to this one once before I posted it. I had just downloaded it from The Traders Den. I had another Pretenders boot I was going to post from 1980 but ran with this one instead. After a second listen I figured it out.
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