Marshall Crenshaw - 1983-05-02 - Chicago, IL (TV SBD)
A SPEEDYMAN SPECIAL
Marshall Crenshaw
1983-05-02
Soundstage
PBS Studios
Chicago, IL
TV SBD Recording
01. Soundstage Intro (they incorrectly call him MICHAEL)
02. Mary Anne
03. Rockin' Around In N.Y.C.
04. Girls...
05. Soldier Of Love
06. Got A Lot o' Lovin' To Do
07. She Can't Dance
08. Move It!
09. Something's Gonna Happen > Someday, Someway
10. There She Goes Again
11. Brand New Lover
12. Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)
13. Look At What I Almost Missed
14. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
15. The Usual Thing
16. Cynical Girl
17. White Lightning
18. (I Wanna) Love My Life Away
In April 1982, Marshall Crenshaw released his self-titled debut album. I bought it on the advice of a buddy, who had heard about Mr. Crenshaw on WBCN-FM while attending college at UMass. The disc went on my turntable and rarely came off! Why Crenshaw never took rock by storm is beyond me. The album has everything – catchy tunes, great hooks, excellent vocals, Beatle and Buddy Holly influences (FYI - Crenshaw played John Lennon in an off-Broadway production of Beatlemania and portrayed Buddy Holly in the movie, La Bamba). Songs such as Cynical Girl, Someday Someway, and Rocking Around in NYC get in your head, grab you and never let go. Yet, while he received critical acclaim, super stardom never followed. By the way, Crenshaw’s 2nd album, Field Day, released in June 1983, is just as good and includes the near perfect (at least I think so) Whenever You're On My Mind. This soundboard recording captures him between the release of those 2 discs, on Soundstage, on May 2, 1983, 43 years ago today. One note - while everything on line indicates that May 2 is the performance date of this show, I suspect it may be the broadcast date. Seems hard to believe that Crensahw would perfrom a show in May 1983, a month before a new album came out, and not include a single track from it in his set. Either way, its a great recording!
2 comments:
Thanks for the cross post!
No worries - late comer to Crenshaw so . . . .
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