LIVE IN LONDON 1977

This bootleg reproduces the concert broadcast on 18 February 1978 on BBC's Sight and Sound programme - BBC2 carried the pictures and FM radio simultaneously broadcast in stereo. The programme was later made available for radio use as a BBC Transcription disc from which this recording is most likely taken. The concert as broadcast included "Sealed With A Traitor's Kiss" - a nice rendition otherwise marred by a bass noise at a particularly quiet moment, which was subsequently not included on the Transcription disc, presumably for that reason.

The concert was recorded in late December 1977. Dave Cousins met Andy Richards on 1 Dec 1977 and he joined hte band shortly thereafter.

The concert was released as Renaissance Records' Concert Classics, which omits the opening track "Lay Down". Further releases drawn from this show are: Live In America and Alive In America - see Concert Classics page for details.

The definitive release is on the 2019 Esoteric 2CD/1DVD release Deadlines extended edition, which has both video and audio of all 11 tracks.

Table comparing the original transmission, BBC Transmission disc, Live in London 1977, Concert Classics and the Deadlines Extended edition 3CD set.

RUNNING ORDER OF SONGS AS TRANSMITTED	BBC TRANSCRIPTION link	LIVE IN LONDON 1977 link	CONCERT CLASSICS link	DEADLINES EXTENDED link
Lay Down	YES	YES	NO	YES
The Last Resort	YES	YES	YES	YES
Ghosts	YES	YES	YES	YES
No Return	YES	YES	YES	YES
Heartbreaker	YES	YES	YES	YES
Sealed With A Traitor's Kiss	YES	NO	NO	YES
Simple Visions	YES	YES	YES	YES
Cut Like A Diamond	NO	NO	YES, not listed	YES
Out In The Cold	YES	YES	YES	YES
Round And Round	YES	YES	YES	YES
Hero And Heroine	YES	YES	YES	YES