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Sade - Hammersmith Odeon 1984 - BBC FM Radio 2 | FLOPPY BOOT STOMP



Sade - Hammersmith Odeon 1984 - Floppy Boot Stomp

A SILENT WAY SPECIAL



Sade - Hammersmith Odeon, UK
December 29, 1984
Broadcast on BBC FM Radio 2
FLAC file

Silent Way says : A super smooth performance from the one and only Sade and band at the end of her 1st British Tour.

Nice touch for the last track where she dedicates it to the Crew Operators! 


 

Setlist:
1. Why Can't We Live together    4:21
2. Your Love is King        4:47
3. Hang on To Your Love        5:37
4. Frankie            4:41
5. Sally            5:45
6. Instrumental            3:11
7. I Will Be Your Friend    4:52
8. Sweet as Cherry Pie        5:54
9. Am I Still Wrong?        3:06
10. Is It A Crime?        6:41
11. Smooth Operator.        5:03


 




and of course this is lovely at once classy and seamless soul

very high quality and as Silent Way suggests this early outing in 1984 features almost a song by song from her debut album Diamond Life

LINE UP : 
Bass – Paul S. Denman
Keyboards – Andrew Hale
Percussion – Martin Ditcham
Saxophone, Guitar – Stuart Matthewman
Trombone – Gordon Matthewman
Trumpet – Terry Bailey
Vocals – Sade Adu


Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK 9th November 1984.
First broadcast BBC Radio 1, 29th December 1984.

Sade - Sally (The Tube Feb 1984) 

Sade - Your Love Is King (The Tube Feb 1984) 


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