Gig: 3/19/1986, The Alarm, DeKalb, IL

3/7/1983: The Alarm, Brixton Ace Cinema, London Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

Tracks The Road Unsafe Building (1990) Stand, The Sixty Eight Guns (Part I) Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? Absolute Reality (Single version) Strength Spirit Of 76 Rain In The Summertime Rescue Me Sold Me Down The River Devolution Working Man Blues Happy Christmas (War Is Over) USA CD Adds: Marching On (single version) Blaze Of Glory (Declaration album version) UK CD/LP adds A New South Wales

This mini-LP, retailing at a mere pounds sterling3.99, sees The Alarm working their way through six of their standards- Rescue Me, Strength, Rain In The Summertime, Spirit Of ’76, Permanence In Change and Blaze Of Glory-and as live recordings go, it’s not a bad effort at all. The production is squeaky clean and captures the interaction between band and audience perfectly, particularly on Blaze Of Glory where everyone sings along [read more]