Sunday, December 7, 2025

La Bamba’s Christmas Show 1984 ~ Count Basie Theater, Red Banks, NJ 12-23-1984 (FM)

La Bamba’s Christmas Show 1984
with Steven Van Zandt, Brian Setzer, & Southside Johnny
Count Basie Theater
Red Banks, NJ
December 23, 1984
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 224kbps
Cover Art Included

Hosted By Joe Piscopo

Featuring:
Darlene Love
La Bamba and The Hub Caps
 Gary US Bonds
 Brian Setzer
 Anthony Anthony
 Southside Johnny
 Steven Van Zandt
Paul Schaeffer
Max Weinberg

CD1
01 Concert Introduction 3:39

Darlene Love
02 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 3:26
03 Da Doo Ron Ron 2:28
04 He’s A Rebel 2:51
05 River Deep Mountain High 6:18

La Bamba and The Hub Caps
06 Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield Cover) 3:55
07 Here Comes Sally 3:21
08 Just Around The Corner 3:59
09 Talk About My Baby 4:01
10 Since You’ve Been Gone 9:26

Gary US Bonds
11 Jole Blon 3:59
12 This Little Girl 5:01
13 Daddy’s Come Home 7:00
14 Quarter To Three 5:28

CD2
Brian Setzer
01 Barbwire Fence 4:42
02 Ready Teddy/Rip It Up 5:17
03 Bobby’s Back 4:26
04 Rock This Town 4:25

Anthony Anthony
05 Untitled 5:36
06 Untitled 3:22

Southside Johnny
07 Let The Good Times Roll 6:20
08 New Romeo 3:43
09 God Bless The Child 5:21
10 I Don’t Want To Go Home 3:32

CD3
Steven Van Zandt
01 Voice Of America 4:49
02 Justice 4:57
03 Until the Good Is Gone 7:40
04 Forever 4:43
05 Los Desaparecidos [tape flip at 3:34] 8:13
06 Out Of The Darkness 5:07

La Bamba and The Soul Sonic Orchestra w/ Entire Cast
07 White Christmas 4:24
08 What Christmas Means To Me My Love 5:05
09 Santa Claus Is Back In Town 7:30
10 Jingle Bells 2:50
11 Silent Night 4:26
12 Run Run Rudolph 6:34
13 Happy Christmas (War is Over) (John Lennon Cover) 6:25

This is an awesome jam session of some famous New Jersey musicians hosted by Joe Piscopo . The concert was an annual event to raise money to return "Lost Children" (runaways etc) to their homes. Great Rock & Roll performances through out the show culminating in an All-Star Christmas Jam.

9 comments:

  1. Damn - Filefactory will not connect. Tried disabling VPN and Firewall and it will not connect. Any suggestions?

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  2. Happy holidays JustDave & Risebud! Great show! I have it scheduled to post on my site on 12/23 just in time for the holidays!

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    1. Had to share this one for Christmas shopping this year, it's a good one! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas Speedy!

      Dave & Rosebud

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  3. Ok - finally got through to FF and started the link. Thanks for this one. And all the good work you do with this site.

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    1. Glad you got it working! And you're quite welcome!

      Dave

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  4. This looks GREAT! Thanks. Happy Holidays!

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    1. You're welcome Stinky. It's an awesome show, I hope you enjoy it.
      Dave

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  5. Wow! I remember these FM shows! Great share! Thank you!

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    1. You're welcome! I think I have more somewhere on one of my hard drives.
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