UPC: 826663132892
Format: CD & DVD (2 disc)
Release Date: Sep 18, 2012
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Audio Mixer: Bob Fisher .
Recording information: Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino, CA.
Steve Wozniak's two US Festivals turned out to be a curiously '80s phenomenon: a self-styled revival of the Woodstock spirit designed to showcase new technology along with new music, ultimately undone by a cluster of confusion and greed. The US Festivals occurred during the height of the MTV-fueled second British Invasion, of which the (English) Beat was a beneficiary. Riding high on their third album Special Beat Service and its hit "Save It for Later," the group was at a peak, yet just on the verge of falling apart, splitting not a year after their 1983 appearance at the US Festival. This 2012 Shout! Factory set contains the entirety of the English Beat's two performances at the US Festival -- they were the only band to play both years -- on the DVD, and the CD rounds up 16 highlights from the two years, slightly favoring the 1982 concert. There are two sets here, both terrific: live, the English Beat hit the backbeat a little heavier and speed up the tempo, playing with an invigorating enthusiasm. This is especially true of the 1983 set, which sounds like nothing less than a frenzied breakneck sprint to the finish line, but the 1982 concert was no slouch, either, and when the two are combined on this CD, it results in a tremendously entertaining live album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Recording information: Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino, CA.
Steve Wozniak's two US Festivals turned out to be a curiously '80s phenomenon: a self-styled revival of the Woodstock spirit designed to showcase new technology along with new music, ultimately undone by a cluster of confusion and greed. The US Festivals occurred during the height of the MTV-fueled second British Invasion, of which the (English) Beat was a beneficiary. Riding high on their third album Special Beat Service and its hit "Save It for Later," the group was at a peak, yet just on the verge of falling apart, splitting not a year after their 1983 appearance at the US Festival. This 2012 Shout! Factory set contains the entirety of the English Beat's two performances at the US Festival -- they were the only band to play both years -- on the DVD, and the CD rounds up 16 highlights from the two years, slightly favoring the 1982 concert. There are two sets here, both terrific: live, the English Beat hit the backbeat a little heavier and speed up the tempo, playing with an invigorating enthusiasm. This is especially true of the 1983 set, which sounds like nothing less than a frenzied breakneck sprint to the finish line, but the 1982 concert was no slouch, either, and when the two are combined on this CD, it results in a tremendously entertaining live album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - September 3, 1982: Twist & Crawl
2 - September 3, 1982: I Confess
3 - September 3, 1982: Doors of Your Heart
4 - September 3, 1982: Sugar & Stress
5 - September 3, 1982: Two Swords
6 - September 3, 1982: Hands Off...She's Mine
7 - September 3, 1982: Save It for Later
8 - September 3, 1982: Too Nice to Talk To
9 - September 3, 1982: Mirror in the Bathroom
10 - May 28, 1983: Jeanette
11 - May 28, 1983: Spar Wid Me
12 - May 28, 1983: Get-a-Job/Stand Down Margaret
13 - May 28, 1983: Tears of a Clown
14 - May 28, 1983: Ackee 1 2 3
15 - May 28, 1983: Ranking Full Stop
16 - May 28, 1983: Jackpot
Disc 2:
1 - September 3, 1982: Twist & Crawl
2 - September 3, 1982: Doors of Your Heart
3 - September 3, 1982: I Confess
4 - September 3, 1982: Get-a-Job/Stand Down Margaret
5 - September 3, 1982: Sugar & Stress
6 - September 3, 1982: Spar Wid Me
7 - September 3, 1982: Two Swords
8 - September 3, 1982: Hands Off...She's Mine
9 - September 3, 1982: Save It for Later
10 - September 3, 1982: Too Nice to Talk To
11 - May 28, 1983: Mirror in the Bathroom
12 - May 28, 1983: Jackpot
13 - May 28, 1983: Mirror in the Bathroom
14 - May 28, 1983: Doors of Your Heart
15 - May 28, 1983: Two Swords
16 - May 28, 1983: Jeanette
17 - May 28, 1983: I Confess
18 - May 28, 1983: Too Nice to Talk To
19 - May 28, 1983: Spar Wid Me
20 - May 28, 1983: Get-a-Job/Stand Down Margaret
21 - May 28, 1983: Tears of a Clown
22 - May 28, 1983: Ackee 1 2 3
23 - May 28, 1983: Twist & Crawl
24 - May 28, 1983: Ranking Full Stop
25 - May 28, 1983: Save It for Later
26 - May 28, 1983: Jackpot
1 - September 3, 1982: Twist & Crawl
2 - September 3, 1982: I Confess
3 - September 3, 1982: Doors of Your Heart
4 - September 3, 1982: Sugar & Stress
5 - September 3, 1982: Two Swords
6 - September 3, 1982: Hands Off...She's Mine
7 - September 3, 1982: Save It for Later
8 - September 3, 1982: Too Nice to Talk To
9 - September 3, 1982: Mirror in the Bathroom
10 - May 28, 1983: Jeanette
11 - May 28, 1983: Spar Wid Me
12 - May 28, 1983: Get-a-Job/Stand Down Margaret
13 - May 28, 1983: Tears of a Clown
14 - May 28, 1983: Ackee 1 2 3
15 - May 28, 1983: Ranking Full Stop
16 - May 28, 1983: Jackpot
Disc 2:
1 - September 3, 1982: Twist & Crawl
2 - September 3, 1982: Doors of Your Heart
3 - September 3, 1982: I Confess
4 - September 3, 1982: Get-a-Job/Stand Down Margaret
5 - September 3, 1982: Sugar & Stress
6 - September 3, 1982: Spar Wid Me
7 - September 3, 1982: Two Swords
8 - September 3, 1982: Hands Off...She's Mine
9 - September 3, 1982: Save It for Later
10 - September 3, 1982: Too Nice to Talk To
11 - May 28, 1983: Mirror in the Bathroom
12 - May 28, 1983: Jackpot
13 - May 28, 1983: Mirror in the Bathroom
14 - May 28, 1983: Doors of Your Heart
15 - May 28, 1983: Two Swords
16 - May 28, 1983: Jeanette
17 - May 28, 1983: I Confess
18 - May 28, 1983: Too Nice to Talk To
19 - May 28, 1983: Spar Wid Me
20 - May 28, 1983: Get-a-Job/Stand Down Margaret
21 - May 28, 1983: Tears of a Clown
22 - May 28, 1983: Ackee 1 2 3
23 - May 28, 1983: Twist & Crawl
24 - May 28, 1983: Ranking Full Stop
25 - May 28, 1983: Save It for Later
26 - May 28, 1983: Jackpot