Final date of the 1986 Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope Tour. Peter Gabriel played arguably the best set of his career. Joni Mitchell's husband, Larry Klein, on bass.
Final date of the 1986 Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope Tour. Peter Gabriels 1st performances of material from So, which had come out a few weeks before.
The Sons of Negus play Burning Spears Zion Higher (aka Nyah Keith) by the water on a rocky Jamaican beach, and then explain drums & roots consciousness in contrast to modern society.
King Scratch updates his '60s rock steady hit "I am the Upsetter" at Joe Gibbs recording studio in 1982. Footage includes shots in the control room with the late great Errol Thompson at the controls, assisting Scratch as he annoints the studio with ganja during playback,
King Scratch Perry, filmed in 1982, chanting & ranting on the beach & running around in mud, declarations in the decrepit Black Ark Studio with his children (pre fire). The early stages of his "action-reaction" stream of consciousness mind-set. Crucial.
Using a riff donated by Jimmy Page, Bowie & Reeves Gabrels deliver a great acoustic version of Dead Man Walking, the drum&bass version of which appears on Earthling
Andy Warhol shot the Ramones talking to Chris Stein about the pathetic state of music in the mid-80s, then they hit the streets & go to a rehearsal studio where the Ramones play Bonzo Goes to Bitburg live with some rock chicks dancing. R A R E.
The classic lineup of the Gun Club with Patricia & Kid Congo from 1984 on the German show Music Konvoy. My Dreams is from the Las Vegas Story which should be in every record collection on the planet.
Black Tie, White Noise was the album that started Bowies creative comeback. This track was written by former Walker Brother, Scott Walker. The band really cooks & the bkup singers are surreal.
Joey Ramone & Rick Richards (from Georgia Satellites) with backing band Raging Slab, performing Alice Coopers "Eighteen". Recorded at Kevin Patricks birthday party in NYC, around 1989. Dark & grainy, but as rare as it gets.
If you let the clip play fully, you can drag the cursor thru the Play bar & it will show all the camera flash stills.