The Call
Salle de Penfeld
Brest, France
October 28, 1983
Soundboard Recording - 1st Generation Cassette
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art
Lineage: Soundboard > Unknown Deck Cassette Master > 1st Generation Cassette > Aiwa XK-009 EXCELIA > iMac (line in) > Audacity (24bit/96khz) > izotope RX3 (EQed, normalised, 16/44, downsampled, tracks split) > xACT (Flac Level 8/SBE fix)
01 - Peter Gabriel intro
02 - Delivered
03 - Tremble
04 - War Weary World
05 - All About You
06 - Turn A Blind Eye
07 - Violent Times
08 - Scene Beyond Dreams
09 - Back From The Front
10 - The Walls Came Down
Encore:
11 - Notified (cut)
Michael Been – guitar, vocals
Scott Musick – drums, percussion, vocals
Tom Ferrier – guitar, vocals
Greg Freeman – bass
Jim Goodwin – keyboards
I first heard The Call's "The Walls Came Down" on MTV. The video actually featured The Band's Garth Hudson who played keyboards on the studio track. Hudson was also seen on MTV stating that The Call's music had a modern sound with the political awareness of the 1960s and 1970s. For me it was the passion in the vocal delivery. Peter Gabriel was a fan of the band and personally asked them to open his 1982-1983 Tour. That's where this recording comes from. There is a back story as to how the owner of this tape came into it's possession and is included in the show's info text.
I have not seen any other shows from this awesome band from the 1980s so grab this one. Their music is also some what lost since their albums did not receive CD re-release. In 2024 a compilation called The Lost Tapes was released featuring unreleased tracks. After that the albums Reconciled, and Into The Woods have been released in remastered form. Unfortunately the Modern Romans album, which got them noticed, still needs a proper re-release. This after lead singer/guitarist Michael Been died while working a tour for his son's band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. It was Pukkelpop 2010, Michael Been suffered a fatal heart attack, he was 60.
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