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Nick Lowe & Rockpile
June 7, 1978 - KSAN-FM

In the spring of '78, Rockpile barnstormed across America as the opening act of a tour with Elvis Costello and Mink DeVille. They roared into San Francisco's Winterland ballroom for the last night of the tour, primed and ready to blast out a tight, smokin' hot half-hour of rock and roll. The band cranks the energy up to the infamous "eleven" right from the get-go, barely breaking the flow to introduce the band.

Collector's Note: A special orange vinyl 12" promotional single was pressed to promote the tour. It was an unusual "dual label" release, with a red Columbia label for the Elvis Costello andNick Lowe sides, and a purple Capitol label on the Mink DeVille side.

This is recorded from a master copy of a KSAN-FM broadcast recorded by my friend GWH. The sound quality is excellent. On a personal note, I was at this show, right down in front about ten feet in front of the stage (and I think GWH was with me..). At the end of the show, the deejay identifies it as being from "Nick Lowe, recorded live at Winterland, June 1978," so I believe this is from a later re-broadcast of the show.

I've listed this as "Nick Lowe & Rockpile" as that was the billing that night. Rockpile was a bit of a contractual mess, with Nick Lowe signed to Columbia and Dave Edmunds signed to Swan Song. As such, they toured with either Nick or Dave's name featured. Lowe takes the lead vocal on five songs, Dave Edmunds on the remaining three.

Nick Lowe & Rockpile
Winterland
San Francisco, CA
June 7, 1978
KSAN-FM
Master TDK SA-C90 > Audacity > mp3
(Digitized July 16, 2011 from GWH's tape)

NO art work.

01. KSAN I.D. & Concert Intro
02. So It Goes
03. Fool Too Long
04. Band Intros
05. I Knew The Bride
06. (I Love The Sound Of) Breaking Glass
07. Down, Down, Down
08. They Called It Rock
09. Juju Man
10. Heart Of The City