Saarbrucken, Germany

 

Date:  February 11, 1979
Venue:
  Saarlandhalle
Grade:  B-
Sound:  Remastered
Total Running Time:  88 minutes 47 Seconds
Source:  Audience
Artwork:  CHA

Track Listing:

Disc One:
1. Look At Yourself
2. Easy Livin'
3. Stealin'
4.
Falling In Love
5. Woman Of The Night
6. Lady In Black
7. The Wizard
8. July Morning
9. Free Me

Disc Two:
1. One More Night
2.
I'm Alive
3.
Who Needs Me
4. Sweet Lorraine
5.
Free N' Easy
6. Gypsy

Lineup / Credits:  Mick Box (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals) / John Lawton (Lead Vocals) / Ken Hensley (Keyboards, Guitar, Backing Vocals) / Trevor Bolder (Bass, Backing Vocals) / Lee Kerslake (Drums, Backing Vocals)

Comments:  

A complete recording, but sad to say the last we have in our files with John Lawton on vocals with this lineup.  He left the band a few months later in early July to pursue his solo career and more work with Lucifer's Friend.  Lee Kerslake as well bolted to hook up with Ozzy Osbourne for a bit.  Of course later to return and Lawton still remains a permanent figure in Heep history to this date as well,  just not as a member of the band.

One things sticks out as strange, Nothing At All and Come Back To Me were released as singles in Germany and received a good bit of air play, yet neither song showed up in the live set during that period.  Poor promotion, miss interpretation of the audience, or just left out due to keeping the same set?  These tracks should have been included at some point since promotional videos were being televised as well.

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