Joe Jackson - Rockpalast 1983 (Double Dose)

1983-02-21 Hamburg Markthalle

 01. On Your Radio
02. Another World
03. Sunday Papers
04. Look Sharp
05. Breaking Us In Two
06. Cancer
07. Real Men
08. Is She Really Going Out With Him
09. Cosmopolitan
10. Target
11. TV Age
12. Tuxedo Junction
13. Steppin' Out
14. Beat Crazy
15. One More Time
16. A Slow Song
17. band Intriductions
17. Motown Medley
    - Uptight >
    - Tears Of A Clown >
    - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me >
    - How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You >
    - Heatwave >
    - Uptight
18. I'm The Man (5:42)

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Joe Jackson: Vocals, Saxophone, Keyboards
Joy Askew: Keyboards
Ed Rynesdal: Keyboards, Vocals
Graham Maby: Bass, Vocals
Larry Tolfree: Drums, Vocals -> who joined Splinter Group later on
Sue Hadjopoulos: Percussion, Vocals

 

 1983-04-17 Rockpalast Grugahalle Essen

01 On Your Radio (fades in)
02 Another World
03 Sunday Papers
04 Look Sharp
05 Breaking Us In Two
06 Is She Really Going Out With Him
07 Target
08 TV age
09 Tuxedo Junction
10 Steppin' Out
11 Beat Crazy
12 One More Time
13 A Slow Song
14 Introduction
15 Uptight
16 The Tears Of A Clown
17 I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
18 How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You
19 Heatwave
20 Uptight
21 I'm The Man

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Joe Jackson - voc/sax/vibraphone/piano
Graham Maby - bass/voc
Larry Tolfree - drums
Joy Askew - keyb/voc
Sue Hadjopoulos - perc
Ed Rynesdal - keyb/Violin/voc

Joe Jackson and his new band will appear second at the 12th Rockpalast-Festival . Like Kevin Rowland, Joe Jackson is an english man, coming from Portsmouth. He began his musical career as a student at the 'Royal Academy of Music', with piano and composing as his main subjects. In order to gather experience and partly to help finance his studies, he played as a living Muzak supplier in a dance combo for teas or dinners in different establishments. As the rock music movement began in 1976/77 in England, Joe Jackson was also there. He formed a band called 'Arms and Legs', which didn't last long, but brought Jackson together with Graham Maby. Since then, Maby is Joe Jackson's most important partner. In 1978, Joe Jackson came with a demo band and his own songs to a producer and a record contract. In a short time, the single 'Is She Really Going Out With Him' and the LP 'Look Sharp', were on the American pop charts. The Joe Jackson Band went on a world tour and made great impressions everywhere with their perfect appearances. No time was wasted on announcements, the music was more important. Whether with 2 ® minute numbers like 'One More Time', or 'Look Sharp', or with ballads like 'Is She Really Going Out With Him', or 'Fools in Love', Jackson offered compositions and lyrics with quality that is clearly above others.

Nothing has changed up to now. Joe Jackson never sits still. Among other things, he released an album that reminded him of the youth of his father, and was essentially a swing-jazz LP. In 1981, he lived for a while in New York and in 1982, he released 'Night And Day' a record showing his impressions from this time. Jackson put together a new group and went on an eight-month world tour; the best description of this program is 'An evening with Joe Jackson and his music'. During this concert, he showed his versatility: Not only as a musician - he played saxophone, vibraphone, piano - but also as composer and lyricist. He is one of the most successful that rock music has at this time. His songs are biting commentaries on diseases of civilization ('Cancer'), critical analyses on journalism ('Sunday Papers'), and other blessings of the new times ('TV Age'). But, there are also impressive stories about some of his own positions ('Real Men') and beautiful descriptions about nightlife and the strength that music can release ('Steppin' Out', 'Slow Song'). (Official Text).

"He comes across more as a banker if he's not standing on-stage. Also, on-stage he often tries to give the impression of being off in the distance ("I don't need to applaud with the others, we have a drummer"). But, whoever hears him sing 'A Slow Song', realizes the passion beneath it all. Joe Jackson came to the concert from Japan and directly flew further on to Australia. His Roadies had jackets with the inscription: 'J.J.s Mammoth Tour. Ten Months. I am here voluntarily." 

From: 10 Jahre Rockpalast. 

It would take too long to tell the whole story about Joe Jackson here, who was born in Burton upon Trent in the county of Staffordshire on August 11th, 1954. That his music can hardly be categorized and that his records always make great stylistic jumps, goes along the same way that his life has. From the Royal Academy of Music, London (where he learned to play violin and piano), from a Bar Pianist in the Playboy Club up to his extended tours. But it is exactly at his live appearances where he is able to express his music very intensively.