Stray Cats - Live At Rockpalast: 1983 Loreley Open Air & 1981 Cologne - Import 2CD+DVD

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Stray Cats

Description:

This set presents two Stray Cats shows, recorded in Germany at the height of their powers. The first set is actually the latter of the two (1983), recorded just before the release of their third album. They're playing a big outdoor festival and have clearly arrived as stars. Although the artwork makes it appear that Mel Collins (!) plays sax with them throughout, he's actually only on two cuts. Oddly enough, that's the same number of tracks a completely uncredited Dave Edmunds also plays on!! It's a solid set of Stray Cats tunes, but the version of George Jones' "The Race Is On" with Edmunds is a definite set highlight. The other set is from 1981, and their second album (Gonna Ball) wasn't even out yet and they were almost completely unknown back in the States. The Stray Cats were a hungry young band and they tear into their set with a punk ferocity that's missing in the 1983 show. Setzer's intentional use of feedback at several points is a bit of a surprise, as he basically stopped doing that once the band made it big. Sets like this one helped establish the Stray Cats' reputation as a great live band. Both sets were captured with high-quality audio and a multi-camera shoot. This is a great look at early Stray Cats. ~ Sean Westergaard

Tracklisting:

1.Baby Blue Eyes
2.Double Talkin' Baby
3.Rumble in Brighton
4.Drink That Bottle Down
5.Something Is Wrong With My Radio
6.Built for Speed
7.Look at That Cadillac
8.Runaway Boy
9.Lonely Summer Nights
10.Too Hip, Gotta Go
11.Stray Cats Strut
12.She's Sexy and 17
13.Banjo Time (Foggy Mountain Breakdown)
14.The Race Is On
15.Tear It Up
16.Oh Boy
17.Rock This Town
18.Sweet Love on My Mind
19.Double Talkin' Baby
20.Rumble in Brighton
21.My One Desire
22.Ubangi Stomp
23.Drink That Bottle Down
24.Storm the Embassy
25.Stray Cats Strut
26.Fishnet Stockings
27.Important Words
28.Rock This Town
29.Runaway Boy
30.Sometin' Else
31.Gonna Ball