The Blue Nile - Free Trade Hall, Manchester - 21/09/1990 (As broadcast by The BBC)

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  • I used to really enjoy listening and indeed recording the BBC Radio 1 In Concert series on a Saturday evening during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. I still have the cassette tapes and as the BBC has no immediate plan to make these available to the public I have decided to release close to 250 of these historical recordings on my RUclips channel.
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  • @reubenroman8801
    @reubenroman8801 4 года назад +135

    One of the greatest (and criminally overlooked) bands ever. Life changing music.

    • @brett66
      @brett66 Год назад +5

      Yeah, it's crazy how influential they've ended up being. Talk Talk as well. I think they just tapped into some deeply resonant well.

    • @romanschokutas8729
      @romanschokutas8729 Год назад

      @@brett66 Базара нет, согласен они безумны - это бесконечнось.

    • @Jonni1027
      @Jonni1027 Год назад +2

      @@brett66Yes, and Talk Talk too! Mad respect for both bands❤️

    • @tgtrout
      @tgtrout 5 месяцев назад +2

      And Level 42 as well.

    • @cmcc3721
      @cmcc3721 2 месяца назад +1

      @@tgtrout Yeah. Now you're pushing it in the creativity stakes lol

  • @georgeoldham8899
    @georgeoldham8899 3 года назад +66

    I'm 80 years' old. Please, please, Paul, try and get the guys together, if only for one last gig, before I pop my clogs.

  • @scientifico
    @scientifico 2 года назад +12

    I caught this tour when they came to NYC. I was a young man on a motorcycle who rode in from the outer boros... parked downtown and walked into the venue with the others (a rarified few) who loved Blue Nile. When they began... to hear Walk Across the Rooftops as I'd heard it all those times before... alone, in my room with the emotions washing over me was almost too much to bear.
    For all my affectations, all my leather jackets and motorcycles and pierced ears.. I was a lovelorn and melancholic youth more suited to books and solitary interests. And all I ever wanted was to share my love for such things and The Blue Nile with a woman of a particular beauty; a woman of intelligence and kind eyes. A woman with soft hands for kneading bread or playing a piano or painting a canvas. A woman who would understand why 40 years later... I can still feel tears welling in my eyes at the memory and the realization that I'd had her and lost her.

  • @richardrandomk
    @richardrandomk 29 дней назад +1

    The Blue Nile, for me represent the perfect harmony of man and machine. How can they make such deep soul music using these cold, hard engines? Don't care. But please do it one more time!

  • @sdc8547
    @sdc8547 Год назад +19

    Paul Buchanan's voice is just stunning, heartbreaking, emotive and fabulous. 👍

    • @graemeyetts3465
      @graemeyetts3465 11 месяцев назад +1

      A voice that can reduce me to tears! ❤

  • @robinvanzelst828
    @robinvanzelst828 2 года назад +37

    I was there!!! So bloody good to find it here. The finest gig I've ever attended. The audience so profoundly absorbed in each and every song. It is very difficult to describe such a soul filling experience; communal musical hypnosis. I will never forget this evening over thirty years ago! Thank you Blue Nile.

    • @ianwright4324
      @ianwright4324 Год назад +7

      You're right Robin.. this gig was the closest I've come to a religious experience. You will know what I mean..

    • @mccallkeller578
      @mccallkeller578 3 месяца назад

      @@ianwright4324 wow that's amazing to hear. I was just listening to a podcast of some guys reviewing A Walk Across the Rooftops and they all seemed to agree that The Blue Nile seemed like they would be the worst perfomring band of all time. I had a hard time agreeing and glad to hear this proves them wrong.

    • @ianwright4324
      @ianwright4324 3 месяца назад +1

      ​​@@mccallkeller578 well those guys must be complete idiots then. The Blue Nile are one of the finest live bands ever to set foot on stage. And nobody needs to take my word for it...they just have to read the comments on here and anywhere else on you tube !!

  • @eddiesmith514
    @eddiesmith514 2 года назад +33

    I was at this concert - the fourth ever concert the Blue Nile did. Thirty years on this recording fills me with the emotions I had that night. Beautiful.

    • @brumanlcy
      @brumanlcy Год назад +5

      I was there too. I didn't know it was only their fourth gig ever! I went backstage and met them. And then we bumped into them later in The Hacienda.

  • @DfactorPop
    @DfactorPop 10 месяцев назад +4

    Saw The Blue Nile twice live! Once in London (on this '90 tour) and again in Brussels a few years later! Fantastic shows, wonderful memories. I've been touting Paul B's virtues for years to anyone who will listen!

  • @kittty2023
    @kittty2023 2 года назад +11

    I'm from Russia. Moreover, I'm only 21 y.o. But I wish I could be there, on that concert in Manchester. So, there's nothing I can do but listening this record in the night... and crying

  • @grahamthomson7087
    @grahamthomson7087 2 года назад +10

    You cannot better The Blue Nile songbook songs that can uplift and bring tears at the same time the perfect vocalist with master musicians who wrote and played so many perfect songs long live The Blue Nile music to last forever

  • @robertfearn5293
    @robertfearn5293 9 месяцев назад +3

    I was there that night. A truly astonishing performance by my favourite band ever. A genuinely life changing experience.

  • @louisrichards3160
    @louisrichards3160 3 года назад +12

    In a concert hall, I’ve never ever felt as much humility from band members EVER! These men have a gift and I’m SO Lucky to have to been born in Their time🙏

  • @aldobenincasa1761
    @aldobenincasa1761 2 года назад +6

    "Yes, I love you
    But it's easy come, and it's easy go"......that's all, magnificent song

  • @grbookworm1984
    @grbookworm1984 3 года назад +17

    I'm years late at nineteen years of age, but this music speaks to me like nothing else. There's something special about Paul Buchanan conveying so much emotion through the lyrics. And the synths! Wow.

    • @Wwhite111
      @Wwhite111 3 года назад +7

      Join the club, your in it for life . Been listening to The Blue Nile since I was your age, I'm 54 now, still get goosebumps! Enjoy.

  • @bluevees6516
    @bluevees6516 4 года назад +19

    I've been to literally hundreds of gigs and although they each had an individuality this gig had it all. Laughter, tears, love,astonishment. With my head phones on I'm 35 again on that very special night. The crowd were so with the band it's the likes I've never seen before. I think I cried more that night than when my sons were born. Truly lifechanging.

  • @glenrichardson6396
    @glenrichardson6396 4 года назад +15

    That amazing list he recites 40 mins in at the end of Downtown Lights. It's even better than on the album. He's one of the great pop singers ever. The gratitude and love that audience show. Just beautiful.

  • @user-ou8zy2xr6k
    @user-ou8zy2xr6k Год назад +12

    Okay, I think this is the concert I attended as a 21 year old. I shouted out EADGBE whilst Mr Buchanan was having a guitar tuning problem (only he chuckled - I was an idiot of course). The next day me and my late father (who introduced me to the Blue Nile) were painting the outside of a soon to be nightclub on Back Tib Street Manchester (the Sound Garden). Out of Sasha's hotel came the Blue Nile. I shouted EADGBE at them. They came over and we had a chat. Lovely people. Perhaps it was not this concert, but there's the anecdote. OH GOD, that's me shouting. don't be nervous. I was such a fool and there's my stupid EADGBE heckle. As a 54 year old, that's my only claim to fame. What a band. What a voice. Tinsel Town was played at my dad's funeral.

    • @chrisward2162
      @chrisward2162 8 месяцев назад

      Lol. Was that you? I remember it well.

    • @paulmca9731
      @paulmca9731 7 месяцев назад +1

      I’m sure I’ve heard that audio too and Paul laughed out loud. Brilliant memory to have mate.

    • @ianwright4324
      @ianwright4324 4 месяца назад +1

      No way..that was you?? I was there too and remember it vividly!

    • @jeffblack5024
      @jeffblack5024 3 месяца назад +2

      God, I remember it like it was yesterday. I saw them again at the Opera House a few years later and Paul said "I'm not tangling with any Manchester wits". You obviously made an impression.

  • @AnselmG1970
    @AnselmG1970 4 месяца назад +2

    The band that night: Paul Buchanan (guitar, vocals), PJ Moore (keyboards), Robert Bell (bass, keyboards), Nigel Thomas (drums), Jon Herington (guitar)

  • @robwilcox302
    @robwilcox302 2 года назад +7

    I only just discovered this band and it feels like a long lost friend

  • @stephenmccann2847
    @stephenmccann2847 Месяц назад +1

    This recording is amazing and a tribute to one of the Greatest bands of all time

  • @davidizod1243
    @davidizod1243 5 лет назад +53

    I saw them a week after this was recorded, in Birmingham on the 20th September. It was the most extraordinary night of my life. Their surprise and humility at being adored was touching. At the end of the show, Paul said he was quite happy to play some more songs but they didn't know any, so they played Tinseltown again and got an even bigger ovation than they did the first time they played it.

    • @JoyDivision88
      @JoyDivision88 3 года назад +6

      If the Birmingham performance you attended was at the Symphony Hall then my wife and I also attended that show. Of all the concerts I have attended since 1968 I think that concert has to be in the top three that I have experienced. The sound quality and musicianship was fantastic.

    • @MD-yl1ji
      @MD-yl1ji 3 года назад +4

      I was there .. what a gig.

    • @DNR5586
      @DNR5586 Год назад

      They did the same thing here in the states. 13th Aug 1990 in Atlanta, GA.

  • @hughogilvie8717
    @hughogilvie8717 3 года назад +24

    Paul's voice is a pure, heart worn miracle - it is as important a projection as Mark Hollis, Mark Eitzel and Jeff Buckley ; yup, that transformational in its pull and push and raw vulnerability. It has rarely been matched since...

    • @Joolzratbag
      @Joolzratbag 3 года назад +7

      you sir, have excellent taste in vocalists!

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 2 года назад +3

      And Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters).

  • @Yanto-Bardic
    @Yanto-Bardic 4 года назад +25

    My God WHAT A VOICE!!! Paul Buchanan is the Sinatra of our times.

  • @draxxxx
    @draxxxx 3 года назад +61

    00:00 - A Walk Across the Rooftops
    04:59 - Tinseltown in the Rain
    11:34 - Heatwave
    18:13 - Over the Hillside
    -- (23:39 - speech)
    24:00 - Stay
    29:31 - Easter Parade
    -- (34:10 - "don't be nervous")
    34:42 - The Downtown Lights
    -- (41:41 - tuning)
    42:03 - Saturday Night
    -- (48:28 - thanks)
    48:54 - Headlights on the Parade

    • @Ryanbrio
      @Ryanbrio 3 года назад +2

      What a strangely sequenced set list.

    • @HippoYnYGlaw
      @HippoYnYGlaw Год назад +2

      @@Ryanbrioswap them around.? interesting but ultimately fruitless as they're all things of Great fragile beauty. Heatwave would sound better with a delicate fade out. Tomorrow I will be there. All you wait and see. Can't go on and I can't go back.

  • @343434richie
    @343434richie 3 года назад +7

    The world needs the music of The Blue Nile

    • @scientifico
      @scientifico 2 года назад

      Lord, I wish the world were compassionate a place to appreciate them.

  • @silverfoils
    @silverfoils 8 месяцев назад +4

    At the end of this gig my mate 'borrowed' Paul's bottle of water he'd left at the edge of the stage and he kept it under his bed for years. It grew some weird stuff inside that I imagine we could have cloned him from.

  • @dermotsmyth2166
    @dermotsmyth2166 2 года назад +4

    Everytime I feel emotion and I’m thinking to much I listen to the blue Nile , each word sang hits a feeling in me I honestly listen to this band honestly maybe every third day …never ever tiring of the sentiment in music and voice magnificent I will want one of there songs played at my final day

  • @dermotsmyth2166
    @dermotsmyth2166 3 месяца назад +1

    I’m sitting here in the sun with my favourite person in the world beside me Lydia listening to the blue Nile fair trade gig and Glastonbury over the hillside and I’m remembering my mam and dad and there last years and moments but I’m calm in my soul love is all the blue Nile

  • @ginosatti2172
    @ginosatti2172 3 года назад +6

    Headphones on, Feb 2021, and I am transported right back to the Glasgow Gig, “ you had me at Tinseltown “ ........sobbing again

  • @johnmurphy3729
    @johnmurphy3729 8 месяцев назад +2

    I was privileged to see the homecoming Glasgow gig on this tour. Similar to the astonishing reception at other venues set out in the comments here, but perhaps magnified by it being their home city, they walked out to a standing ovation which seemed to last forever. Paul, humble as ever, spoke into the mic and said something along the lines of, "What if we're rubbish?" An incredible night ensued and this recording brings it all back.
    The only time I've been more emotional at a gig was one of their later tours when they performed the sublime 'Family Life'.

  • @megdog08
    @megdog08 2 года назад +7

    This should be released as a live album…sound is crazy good fantastic❤️

  • @carlomanson3587
    @carlomanson3587 6 лет назад +20

    I had no idea tne BBC were there. A part of my youth I thought I'd lost this forever. Thank you so much. RIP the best venue ever. The fact the band never new how appreciated they were, hundreds of people crying in ecstacy in the audience. The band shed many a tear too. An emotional evening.

    • @Anderzander
      @Anderzander 4 года назад +4

      Carlo Manson I was there too - so much love and so many tears. What an experience it was.

  • @elgreebo
    @elgreebo 21 день назад +1

    What a treat this is, thanks for posting. Being a life long fan I am astounded that I have never heard this before. thanks again.

  • @Wwhite111
    @Wwhite111 Год назад +4

    Huge regret that I never seen these guys live, this is fantastic. Albums are masterpieces.

  • @cmp401
    @cmp401 6 месяцев назад +1

    I saw them in SF and left the place with a big smile 😃
    My car was stolen after the concert, so I got a big punch 🥊 but still I remember more about Blue Nile and their amazing concert! 😊

  • @MrZodiac666
    @MrZodiac666 4 года назад +17

    One of our greatest bands without any doubt 😍

  • @funkp0wer
    @funkp0wer 4 года назад +16

    Shear brilliance! Nothing comes close to these guys live. Please please please come back one more time The Blue Nile! ✌🏾

  • @Dax893
    @Dax893 3 года назад +5

    This live show sounds just as good as their studio material, which is to say it sounds really good. I wish they had more recognition, or any recognition at all in North America.

  • @Gekko0325
    @Gekko0325 2 года назад +9

    “Stay……and I will UNDERSTAND YOU” is one of the greatest lyrics ever written !!!! Stay starts at 24:00

  • @solclarke8405
    @solclarke8405 3 года назад +4

    I was there. saw them a few times. One of the best groups. I wish they would get back together like The The for at the least a TV gig.

  • @paulmca9731
    @paulmca9731 7 месяцев назад +1

    Saw them the one and only time when they did this tour at Cambridge Corn Exchange 19/09/1990. Couldn’t believe how emotional I was. Fantastic.

  • @MultiMcginty
    @MultiMcginty 3 года назад +7

    Was fortunate enough to see them live 3 times and they were always received rapturously. You'd have this intense soulful melancholic music then Paul Buchanan being self deprecating and frequently very funny in-between the songs. It just made me love them even more.

  • @peterredmond6291
    @peterredmond6291 2 года назад +4

    Listening to this masterpiece yet again!

  • @Jonni1027
    @Jonni1027 4 года назад +30

    Not ever hearing of the Blue Nile before I remember that my late husband and I read a review of their (sold out of course) concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco in 1990 and the reviewer was so blissed out from attending that we went out and bought that first album and subsequently everything Blue Nile.
    Wondrous!❤

    • @ericlindsey3069
      @ericlindsey3069 3 года назад +4

      Sorry for the loss of your smart, tasteful music loving partner.

    • @Jonni1027
      @Jonni1027 3 года назад +6

      @@ericlindsey3069 Thank you for saying that Eric. It’s not easy finding musically adventurous people😁. We’ve tried to raise our daughter with the same appetites. She was 12 when he passed and she’s now 25 and is a very smart cookie... she’s a high school English teacher...but alas, she loves pop-country😣 hahaha. Where did we go wrong. I must add though that I NEVER attack her music preferences.. that would be unkind

    • @ericlindsey3069
      @ericlindsey3069 3 года назад +3

      @@Jonni1027 Aw, it sounds like you've done a lovely job of raising her. I don't like country much, but even I can find a catchy pop-country song having some pop charm on occasion. Likeminded music soul surfers are hard to find, feel free to write -forcl03 at yhoo! Late happy holidays from the west coast!

    • @Jonni1027
      @Jonni1027 3 года назад +1

      @@ericlindsey3069 ☺️... Thanks Eric... and where are you on the west coast

    • @ericlindsey3069
      @ericlindsey3069 3 года назад +2

      @@Jonni1027 Cali, Bay Area!

  • @davidedge6512
    @davidedge6512 Год назад +1

    I was championing this band in the 1980s to all that would listen, and unknown to me a friend of mine secretly wrote to them and told them this. I then unexpectedly received two postcards from them, which I still treasure. Thank you, The Blue Nile, for being there through the hardest times I was going through back then. Thank you.
    (And the songs still make me cry tears of sadness and happiness at the same time.)😅

  • @WallyBrando
    @WallyBrando 3 года назад +6

    How the fuck do they sound so good live, this is ridiculous, every sound is exactly as perfect as the records

  • @tomsiebert1941
    @tomsiebert1941 Год назад +5

    Just found this. Thank you so much. The band is impeccable, Buchanan's vocals are at their peak. Amazing set, a gold mine across time.

  • @peterwaters8338
    @peterwaters8338 Год назад +2

    " close ur eyes, can't u see" is great line

  • @nickhilesable
    @nickhilesable Год назад +2

    I was there. I remember not liking the mix but the performance was incredible. This recording is sublime.

  • @Blow_My_Bagpipe
    @Blow_My_Bagpipe 3 года назад +3

    Cant believe this is live, what a voice

  • @onealspence8548
    @onealspence8548 3 года назад +6

    Absolutely blown away I'm honestly am chuffed to hear this godbless everyone. Xxx

  • @margaretbrennan9534
    @margaretbrennan9534 2 года назад +3

    So enjoyed this trip down memory lane to my 20 something self! Superb quality recording!❤
    Wonderful comments mostly echoing my own thoughts ... back to life now ...
    or just hit replay...x

  • @GIXXERUKX
    @GIXXERUKX 3 года назад +5

    I was there, seen them live twice... superb 😎
    Paul’s vocals are perfect live, genuine and humble

  • @rigneycomposer
    @rigneycomposer 4 года назад +14

    Music this good can only happen when heart and mind work together

  • @andynpoet
    @andynpoet Год назад +1

    I was at
    that concert. I know they played Tinseltown again and also let's go out tonight after these nine songs. What a shame neither of those recordings have surfaced, Love to relive them alongside this frankly amazing concert

  • @modifiedcontent
    @modifiedcontent Месяц назад +1

    34:00 'Don't be nervous...' Etc. and then going into the brilliant Downtown Lights - 'shall we play another song?' Classic moment

  • @jeffblack5024
    @jeffblack5024 3 месяца назад +1

    I was there that night. There's a bit that was edited out. They're tuning their guitars. Some wag shouts out 'EADGBE'. Another says "take your time", followed by "You did over your last album" (the five year gap between albums was considered excessive at the time).
    It wasn't in any way critical. The audience was enraptured by what they were hearing. It was a magical gig and Manchester took the band from the other rainy city to their hearts.

  • @charlesbull6188
    @charlesbull6188 2 года назад +2

    Saw them at the Colston Hall they were amazing best concert ever

  • @joelcoat6020
    @joelcoat6020 2 года назад +3

    Was a babe of 18 when I went to see this concert and the emotional hit stands as one of the highlights of my life. Still have a cassette recording of the BBC's show but not played in many, many years - thank you for the upload.

  • @brianreid8951
    @brianreid8951 3 года назад +2

    what a gift

  • @terrydear4038
    @terrydear4038 Год назад +3

    Thanks for the download. The music played live combined with the anecdotes of the concert and the crowd reaction make this very special.

  • @zeto1636
    @zeto1636 4 года назад +33

    Reading the song titles in this setlist is like reading my favorites plats in a restaurant menu. My brain starts screaming happiness a second before i press play. 🙂
    To the guy who did this upload: i raise my glass to you, sir! 🍷
    Love from north Portugal

  • @ms8742
    @ms8742 3 года назад +7

    Wow, really good quality. You can tell how awesome this concert was.

  • @AnthonyPoetica
    @AnthonyPoetica Год назад +1

    For Me Paul Buchanan is the modern Frank Sinatra... What a Voice! Followed Blue Nile since the release of their debut album "A Walk Across The Rooftops" (0n Vinyl) 1984. LINN The Audio Specialists used to use the Album as a Reference when listening to their Top Of The Range Hi-Fidelity Equipment. Blue Nile Light Years ahead of their time!. Love Their Music.❤

  • @brendanmelvin9438
    @brendanmelvin9438 5 лет назад +15

    Just listened to this for the first time in years.. thank you for sharing
    That beautiful Paul Buchanan voice, mesmerising music and words..
    Magical ♥️

  • @AnselmG1970
    @AnselmG1970 3 года назад +9

    I was at the Dublin show and although it’s 30 years ago and I’ve been to many gigs since, it’s the best one I’ve been to, hope you don’t me sharing my (long) gig review here.
    Wasn’t that familiar with them beforehand, my only real knowledge was from a review of A Walk Across The Rooftops in an archive copy of Hi-Fi News And Record Review magazine at the local library in the mid 80s. The reviewer raved about it and although his words stuck in my mind, I never bought the album.
    Fast forward to September 1990 and posters went up around Eden Quay advertising their gig at The Gaiety Theatre. I’d no idea they were on tour or that it was a rare event, or even that they had recorded a second album. Up-and-coming Irish singer Brian Kennedy was billed the support act and so I got a ticket just to see him, such a late decision that I only managed to get a seat high in the Dress Circle.
    Arriving at the gig, a poster in the reception said that both Brian Kennedy and Shawn Colvin were scheduled to appear as support. However, Colvin cancelled on the night and was replaced by Breton singer Katell Keineg.
    The Blue Nile’s entrance was something I will always remember. Various bandmembers shuffled out into the dim light to a three-minute standing ovation from the audience, something I’ve not seen before or since at a gig. So I thought there was something special here. The band looked at each other, as if to say “All this, just for us?” They seemed a bit embarrassed. What I came to realise is they’d gathered an underground following that waited for years to hear them actually play live. Without seeing their videos on TV or much coverage in magazines etc I think it might have been the first time many of the audience had seen the band members at all.
    Setlist ran Rooftops/Tinseltown/Over The Hillside/Downtown Lights, I think. The atmosphere was amazing - the audience was deafening between songs, but sat in absolute silence during them, as if they were mesmerised. Surreal.
    A woman in the stalls shouted “Are you gonna play Easter Parade?” to which Paul smiled and said “Yes!”. Another voice shouted “You’re the best thing to come out of Scotland since The Bay City Rollers”. Paul lifted up his trouser leg and replied “We WERE The Bay City Rollers!” Someone else noticed the similarity between Paul and guest guitarist Jon Herington (later of Steely Dan) and asked “Is that your brother?”, to which Paul replied with a surprised “No!”.
    The show ended, Paul announced to the audience “We’ve run out of songs we know” so I think they played Tinseltown again for an encore.
    What a night.

    • @peterredmond6291
      @peterredmond6291 2 года назад +3

      Brilliant review!

    • @JimChimney
      @JimChimney 2 месяца назад

      I was at that gig in the Gaiety, At 18. I may of been one of the youngest there, Got a couple of nice photos from the night. The Nile we're on top form. I'll always remember the woman beside me in floods of tears as Paul sang. Many years later Paul played the Electric Picnic and we got chatting, a friend of mine told him that I was soon to be married and that we had chosen their song Saturday Night as the song for the first song. He offered to play it ad the wedding. I was floored, never before have I encountered such warmth and kindness. I explained we were getting married far from Ireland. He chuckled and said "You're on your own so!". When they played Vicar Street a while later, they dedicated the Saturday Night to us. A lovely man Mr Buchanan.

  • @user-wx9ky9lr1y
    @user-wx9ky9lr1y 4 года назад +15

    This is the only official live recording on YT and its glorious! One my all time favourite groups -such a special group!! Great show and priceless recording now!

  • @grotonbridgefilms7428
    @grotonbridgefilms7428 3 года назад +4

    I saw them on this tour in the US. Also have a tape, same set list! What a show.

  • @Atom-56
    @Atom-56 3 года назад +4

    Fantastic upload, Thanks for this, sounds amazing.

  • @saintannes1
    @saintannes1 5 лет назад +30

    Youre a man after my own heart...I too had a cassette recording of this gig, which I was actually at...and lost it. I will forever remember two things from the gig ...first the shock when they played the opening song, because of just how incredible they sounded..beyond anyones wildest dreams.. there was an audible gasp around me. And secondly...the end of the gig, when grow men were openly weeping with joy at what we had all just experienced ... the best live perormance ive ever witnessed in 40 years of going to gigs. Listen to the ovation at the end of Tinseltown...it just went on..and on... and on.The only way the band could get the audience to stop applauding and cheering was to start the next song in the set.

    • @Anderzander
      @Anderzander 4 года назад +9

      I was there too !!
      Do you remember how nervous they were at the start? And someone shouted ‘it’s alright we love you’ and then they played the best set I’ve ever heard. I’ve never been anywhere where there was that much love. What a magical experience it was.

    • @Jonni1027
      @Jonni1027 4 года назад +3

      WOW! What an experience!

    • @davidfielding7746
      @davidfielding7746 4 года назад +5

      One of the best gigs I've ever witnessed. Truley magical. I think their shock reaction added to the whole night. Great venue too. The home of the Halle Orchestra. I believe the sex pistols first gig was the lesser free trade hall which was a small venue in the basement. Playing there was one of the highlights of my musical career. Lovd to all. Dave Fielding and Ooshka. Xx

    • @davidfielding7746
      @davidfielding7746 4 года назад +2

      One of the best gigs I've ever witnessed. Truley magical. I think their shock reaction added to the whole night. Great venue too. The home of the Halle Orchestra. I believe the sex pistols first gig was the lesser free trade hall which was a small venue in the basement. Playing there was one of the highlights of my musical career. Lovd to all. Dave Fielding and Ooshka. Xx

    • @saintannes1
      @saintannes1 4 года назад +5

      @@Anderzander I remember that yes !! Someone shouted ' dont be nervous' !! And buchanan looked up and said ' dont be nervous ??? Youre joking arent you ?? Weve got state registered nurses waiting in the wings !!' Cue laughter and cheering and from then on it was like kids playing to proud parents at a school concert...the will for them to succeed and play well was so tangible you could touch it. Not that w needed to worry....we witnessed actual genius that night

  • @nenoeno1991
    @nenoeno1991 3 года назад +3

    incredible....

  • @cb7963
    @cb7963 3 года назад +4

    Phil,
    Thank you. I saw The Blue Nile twice in the nineties, once in Boston and once in Amsterdam. Listening to this is like being there again. Fantastic.

  • @54CFL
    @54CFL 3 года назад +5

    What a live sound! Thanks for the upload

  • @peterredmond6291
    @peterredmond6291 4 года назад +6

    The best group ever. This is a superb recording. Supposed to be a box set being released next year. Will be amazing. Also a new Paul Buchanan album. Something to look forward to

  • @davemilnes1147
    @davemilnes1147 4 года назад +4

    I was at this concert....the sound was like no other gig I have ever known, like being sat in front of a very good hi-fi. And yes, they ran out of things to play so they played 'Tinseltown' again. A hugely special experience.

    • @GIXXERUKX
      @GIXXERUKX 3 года назад +2

      I remember pb being so nervous between songs, the atmosphere was church like .. superb 😎

    • @davemilnes1147
      @davemilnes1147 3 года назад +3

      @@GIXXERUKX Yes! I also remember the women in our party (3 of them) totally swooning at his voice...

    • @louisrichards3160
      @louisrichards3160 3 года назад +1

      Saw them in western Massachusetts USA and they did the same thing, played Tinseltown twice! Unbelievable 🙏❤️

  • @markhay6680
    @markhay6680 4 года назад +5

    I was an ardent fan.. I have two gigs I regret profoundly at missing - This one and Talking Heads at Ingilston

  • @aidangriffin8183
    @aidangriffin8183 4 года назад +9

    This is absolutely breathtaking - thank you

  • @ceefaxballard4961
    @ceefaxballard4961 6 лет назад +12

    Thanks Phil. I love this band. I was born in 1979 so missed The Blue Nile when they first came out. My eldest brother was a big fan and had their first record 'A Walk Across the Rooftops'. I remember him playing 'Heatwave' back in the 1980's. I was just a little boy but its feel, sound and passion made a deep impression on me. As I got older I searched out records by The Blue Nile having that memory of 'Heatwave'. By that point I was a big fan of Peter Gabriel, it must be the mid 1990s' by then. After hearing The Blue Nile my first thought was that they must be fans themselves as there is a distinct similarity in the sound production, musical style and vocals. To my ignorance, I heard Gabriel in an interview saying how much he loved this band and that he bought hundreds of copiers that he would give out to friends, family and fellow musicians. He stated that The Blue Niles 'Walk Across The Rooftops' would go on to influence his next album 'So' which was the biggest selling album of the 1980's in Europe and the US. Thank you so much for this upload :-)

    • @philhonley
      @philhonley  6 лет назад +9

      I really appreciate the positive comment. I now know that I am satisfying many by going public with all of those cassette recordings I have hidden away....thanks

    • @ceefaxballard4961
      @ceefaxballard4961 6 лет назад +5

      Thank you Phil. The sound quality is brilliant as is the graphics. I happened to be a massive John Martyn fan so I am going to get straight to it. Again, thanks so much.

  • @WonderrDogg
    @WonderrDogg 3 года назад +3

    Spectacular!

  • @angeljack7743
    @angeljack7743 5 лет назад +5

    Had this on cassette tape, light years ago. Thank you so much for remembering me!!!

  • @robertomassoni7359
    @robertomassoni7359 3 года назад +9

    What can i say? Its too emotional, i dont understand good the lenguaje but with this kind to use the voice mixing with chords that the pop dont use never more i dont need to know english. With this music i cant find where is the soul in the body. Thanks for this upload, make me so happy-sad today

  • @douglasgray6783
    @douglasgray6783 4 года назад +4

    This is just magnificent.

  • @FrenchKettleStation
    @FrenchKettleStation 3 года назад +5

    Absolutely psycho that this is live. Sounds so close to the records. Astonishing music and performance.

    • @gerardodoherty9178
      @gerardodoherty9178 2 года назад +2

      Close, but somehow better IMHO.

    • @jeffblack5024
      @jeffblack5024 3 месяца назад

      It sounded fucking amazing through a PA.

    • @FrenchKettleStation
      @FrenchKettleStation 3 месяца назад

      @@jeffblack5024 You were there?!?!

    • @jeffblack5024
      @jeffblack5024 3 месяца назад

      @@FrenchKettleStation yes, I was.

    • @FrenchKettleStation
      @FrenchKettleStation 3 месяца назад

      @@jeffblack5024 Lucky!! I wasn’t even alive when this happened, would give just about anything to see them play, unbelievable that a group can sound this good!!

  • @zoraz4867
    @zoraz4867 3 года назад +4

    Ive just read your little bit above - thank you for sharing this!!! I used to love recording onto cassette too back then but nothing as great as you had :) :) Thank you!!

  • @nickyb1027
    @nickyb1027 4 года назад +17

    Pity this can't be sent to the band and hopefully they would think of reforming and touring. There still yrs ahead of present day music

    • @ericlindsey3069
      @ericlindsey3069 3 года назад +3

      True genius those individuals and how they collaborated and melded. Almost like you cannot plan that.

    • @dmgsoultogetherness6667
      @dmgsoultogetherness6667 3 года назад +2

      Ive passed it on

    • @alxwlsh
      @alxwlsh 3 года назад +1

      @@dmgsoultogetherness6667 I've got the email of Nigel Thomas, their drummer from his sister Heather if you want to send him an email

  • @acousticshadow4032
    @acousticshadow4032 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for this great post, Phil H

  • @berniemckenna3487
    @berniemckenna3487 5 лет назад +7

    pure class Phil! So many memories. Cheers.

  • @snacklofter
    @snacklofter 4 года назад +17

    A Walk Across the Rooftops
    Tinseltown in the Rain
    Heatwave
    Over the Hillside
    Stay
    Easter Parade
    The Downtown Lights
    Saturday Night
    Headlights on the Parade
    Seven A.M.
    Let's Go Out Tonight

  • @davidfielding7746
    @davidfielding7746 4 года назад +7

    I saw David Bowie in 1973 with Reg. 25 shillings ( 1 pound 25 )... we played ther in 1984 with the Chameleons. I was at this gig. What a great band. Underground but fabulous and unique! David Fielding and Ooshka.xx

    • @rozkwan2557
      @rozkwan2557 4 года назад +2

      Just had to like the comment because I love the Chameleons! Didn't know you guys liked the Blue Nile's music as well. Both bands music have been on my repeat playlist for a while. I'm digging this BBC broadcast though.

    • @davidfielding7746
      @davidfielding7746 4 года назад +3

      Thank you. Yeah we made some great music. We all have different musical tastes though. I have just played lead guitar on the 8th Black Swan Lane album. They are based in Atlanta. An album of genius. The man being Jack Sobel. All the tracks are on youtube. The album is called Vita Eterna. Italian for eternal life. Best wishes. Dave Fielding and Ooshka.xx

    • @davidfielding7746
      @davidfielding7746 4 года назад +3

      What a great recording of the blue Nile gig as well. Yeah. I remembered it like it was yesterday. Check out Black Swan Lane. Best thing I've done in ages. Love to all. Dave Fielding and Ooshka.xx

    • @rozkwan2557
      @rozkwan2557 4 года назад +3

      @@davidfielding7746 before I forget, I want to thank you guys for making great music that I could relate to. Although I found out about The Chameleons in 2000, it was music that saved me from suicide so many times. I'm glad to have ran into you on this thread. Thanks again!

    • @danielgillibrand6679
      @danielgillibrand6679 4 года назад

      Fab this dave play it loads

  • @FabioTharwat
    @FabioTharwat 5 лет назад +5

    i love you, thanks for the upload

  • @angelouh_
    @angelouh_ 3 года назад +2

    Good, very good!

  • @fsr5046
    @fsr5046 11 месяцев назад

    Love this

  • @Dr.Cunt-.
    @Dr.Cunt-. 3 года назад +1

    How the hell have I only just discovered this band?

    • @scientifico
      @scientifico 2 года назад +2

      Good for you! Imagine if you hadn't!

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 2 года назад +1

      You're only 12 years old?

  • @fgarciarizo
    @fgarciarizo 3 года назад +1

    the coldplay of the 80s and 90s

  • @paulmca9731
    @paulmca9731 7 месяцев назад

  • @nzyt1
    @nzyt1 5 лет назад +4

    Beautiful. Please can someone comment the set list? I have just started listening to them.

    • @ScottishMTV
      @ScottishMTV 4 года назад +2

      A Walk Across The Rooftops
      Tinseltown in the Rain
      Heatwave
      Over the Hillside
      Stay
      Easter Parade
      Downtown Lights
      Saturday Night
      Headlights on the Parade

  • @jeffblack5024
    @jeffblack5024 3 месяца назад +1

    I actually sampled a BBC 6 Music repeat of this legendary gig into my music computer and put it on CD for myself. Let me know and I'll do you a copy. No profit motive.

    • @philhonley
      @philhonley  3 месяца назад

      I appreciate the offer Jeff but I longer have a CD player as I only purchase vinyl these days.

    • @ianwright4324
      @ianwright4324 3 месяца назад

      Last Night From Glasgow - the not for profit music label - would put this out in a heartbeat if they got the right permissions . It deserves a much wider audience

  • @BookimCrocker
    @BookimCrocker 3 года назад +4

    What a band
    Imagine for a second, Blue Nile on Britain's Got Talent....Simon Cowell & Amanda Holden !!??????

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 2 года назад +2

      These guys are too good for Simon Cowell.

    • @BookimCrocker
      @BookimCrocker 2 года назад +1

      @@davidcopson5800 Jedward are too good for Simon Cowell.

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 2 года назад +1

      @@BookimCrocker True. In fact The Legendary Stardust Cowboy is too good for Simon Cowell.

    • @BookimCrocker
      @BookimCrocker 2 года назад +1

      @@davidcopson5800 Had to google. Too young ;O)

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 2 года назад +1

      @@BookimCrocker Can you imagine Simon Cowell listening to the 'Ledge' singing 'Paralysed'? I envy you being so young.

  • @ruudvandiermen8747
    @ruudvandiermen8747 Год назад +1

    But sti i thank you for this ,no hard feelings Ruud from the Netherlands 😅

    • @philhonley
      @philhonley  Год назад

      You made a fair comment Ruud, take care and enjoy.

  • @ruudvandiermen8747
    @ruudvandiermen8747 Год назад

    Why all there adds in such beautifull music,it ruins this session,for some money ,its a shame ,with all respect sir,Ruud from the Netherlands 😢

    • @philhonley
      @philhonley  Год назад +1

      That, unfortunately, is the downside of RUclips.