Live from London (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel video)
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| Video by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Concert Performance Video | |||
| Length | 60 minutes | |||
| Label | Trilion Pictures Ltd./Castle Communications Plc. | |||
| Director | Marc Over | |||
| Producer | Philip Goodhand-Tait | |||
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Live from London is a live concert video by the British rock band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, filmed during a concert in 1984. It was the band's first release on VHS, being released in 1985.
After a Christmas tour in 1981, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel would not embark on another tour again until 1989. However, the band did perform three odd shows during 1983 and 1984, including the Reading Festival in 1983 and the Camden Palace in London on 14 December 1984. The London show was the last the band would perform until 1989, and was the debut performance for band's new violinist/guitarist Barry Wickens.
The Camden Palace concert was recorded for a one-hour TV special broadcast, and then released on VHS the following year. Filmed by Trilion Pictures Ltd., the VHS was released via Castle Communications Plc.. It was directed by Marc Over and produced by Philip Goodhand-Tait. The footage features fifteen tracks, discounting the 'Live from London' title music, which was counted as a separate track on the VHS track-listing.
Trilion Pictures Ltd would film two other Camden Palace concerts during 1984 for the British heavy metal band Girlschool and Canadian heavy metal band Thor. Castle Communications Plc. would also release these two concerts on VHS, as Play Dirty Live (Girlschool) and Live in London (Thor), similar to that of the Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel release.
Live from London was released on VHS through Castle Communications Plc in 1985. Despite the back cover listing 16 tracks in total, the last two "Sweet Dreams" and "(I Believe) Love's a Prima Donna" did not actually appear on the release, suggesting they were recorded during the concert but not included on the VHS. In 2001, the concert was given its first DVD release through CP Entertainment as part of their 'Legends of Rock' series. The footage was digitally remastered for the DVD. CP Entertainment released two different editions of the DVD, one of which was a 'Collectors Edition' and featured different artwork, though both editions shared the same catalogue number. The Collectors Edition DVD had the bonus feature of being a DVD Plus flip-disc, meaning that an audio CD version of the concert was placed on the other side of the DVD disc.
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