Live in Concert (Sad Café album)

Live in Concert is a live double album by English rock band Sad Café, released in March 1981 by RCA Records. It was the band's only live album while together and was the last album by the band to be released under RCA. The album peaked at number 37 on the UK Albums Chart.^[3]

Live in Concert
Live album by Sad Café
Released	March 1981
Recorded	15–17 April 1980
Venue	Manchester Apollo, Manchester
Genre	Pop rock
Length	79:54
Label	RCA
Producer	Neil Levine Sad Café
Sad Café chronology
Sad Café (1980) Live in Concert (1981) Olé (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

The album was recorded at the Manchester Apollo, across three days in April 1980 (15 to 17 April) as part of a 24 concert 'Tour of Britain' to promote the band's third album Facades which had been released in September 1979.^[4][5] The live album includes songs from the band's first three albums. The song "I Believe (Love Will Survive)" was also performed, but not included on the album. It was instead included on the Live in Concert EP, along with "Black Rose", "Emptiness" and "Hungry Eyes", released in February 1981.^[4] The album was reissued on CD by Cherry Red Records on 20 October 2014 and included "I Believe (Love Will Survive)" as a bonus track.^[6]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"On with the Show"	Paul Young, Ian Wilson, Vic Emerson, Ashley Mulford, John Stimpson	6:47
2.	"Emptiness"	Young, Mulford, Wilson	3:53
3.	"Strange Little Girl"	Mulford	4:42
4.	"Hungry Eyes"	Young, Emerson	5:35

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"La-Di-Da"	Young, Stimpson	5:10
2.	"What Am I Gonna Do"	Wilson	4:32
3.	"Keeping It from the Troops"	Young, Wilson, Mulford, Stimpson, Dave Irving, Emerson, Lenni Zaksen	7:01
4.	"Every Day Hurts"	Young, Stimpson, Emerson	4:02

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Take Me to the Future"	Wilson, Young, Stimpson	3:57
2.	"Feel Like Dying"	Young	4:04
3.	"Immortal"	Stimpson, Mulford	5:11
4.	"Restless"	Stimpson, Young, Wilson, Mulford	7:40

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Oh My"	Young, Emerson	5:00
2.	"Black Rose"	Young, Stimpson	4:40
3.	"Bell Ends"	Young	7:40
Total length:			79:54

2014 Cherry Red bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"I Believe (Love Will Survive)"	Young	4:15

Personnel

Sad Café^[4]

• Paul Young – lead vocals
• Ashley Mulford – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• John Stimpson – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Vic Emerson – keyboards
• Dave Irving – drums
• Lenni Zaksen – saxophone

Technical^[7]

• Neil Levine – recording engineer, producer, remixing
• Nigel Walker – recording engineer
• Recorded at the Manchester Apollo using the Island Mobile; remixed at Revolution Studios, Manchester

References

1. "Live – Sad Café | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
3. "SAD CAFE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
4. "Sad Café Discography" (PDF). www.sadcafe.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
5. "Sad Cafe Concert Programme March & April 1980". www.the10ccfanclub.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
6. "Sad Café Live (2CD)". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
7. Live - Sad Café | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 30 April 2020