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Monday, January 20, 2025

Stevie Ray Vaughan - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: Reading Festival, Reading Britain, 8-28-1983 | ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST

Stevie Ray Vaughan - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: Reading Festival, Reading, Britain, 8-28-1983

Paul says : There are still many great musical acts where I haven't even begun to post album from them. Legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan is a case in point. He's only shown up so far by chance at a B.B. King concert I've posted. I have plans to post several stray tracks albums from him. But those take a lot of work to prepare. In the meantime, I've found three BBC concerts he performed. So here's the first of them.

Vaughan first burst into the mainstream in 1983 with his first proper studio album, "Texas Flood." It sold two million copies in the U.S. alone. That led to many opportunities, including a Europe tour, which included this concert at a prominent rock festival. 

I don't think anything from this concert has been officially released. However, it's been frequently bootlegged, due to it being broadcast by the BBC at the time

This album is 44 minutes long. 

01 Testify [Instrumental]
02 talk 
03 So Excited [Instrumental] 
04 Voodoo Chile [Slight Return]
05 Pride and Joy [Edit]
06 Mary Had a Little Lamb 
07 Love Struck Baby 
08 Texas Flood
09 talk
10 Come On [Part III] 

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