Budapest Live


Budapest Live is an album released in 1984 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The album was recorded on the "Somewhere in Europe" tour in 1983 in support of the "Somewhere in Afrika" album, and despite its title, also featured recordings from the Dominion Theatre in London. It was the final Earth Band album to appear on the Bronze label and also the last album recorded with Steve Waller and Matt Irving.
The album has long since been criticized by fans for being radically edited down from the actual gig length, thereby losing a lot of live staples and many songs now having instrumental passages shortened or completely removed. The cassette release added two more recordings from the concert - parts 1 and 2 of the "Africa Suite" and "Don't Kill It Carol".
The album was not released in the United States, but broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour program. Since the band had changed line-ups in the meantime and scored a hit with the single "Runner", a "live" version was added to this version of the concert. The b-side of the "Runner" single had contained the track "No Transkei", which was yet another re-titled version of "To Bantustan?", again taken from the Budapest concerts.
These three tracks were all included on the 1999 CD release as bonus tracks. The 1999 CD also altered the running order, making "Lies" the opener and crossfading most of the audience noise. The remaster from the 40th Anniversary Box Set reverted to the original LP order and omitted the bonus tracks.
In 2007, a DVD was released of the TV broadcast, which includes all originally played tracks in original length except "Eyes of Nostradamus" and "Davy's on the Road Again".

Track listing (original LP)

Side one

  1. "Spirits in the Night" – 5:54
  2. "Demolition Man" – 4:14
  3. "For You" – 6:36
  4. "Davy's on the Road Again" – 4:37

    Side two

  6. "Lies " – 4:30
  7. "Blinded by the Light" – 7:38
  8. "Redemption Song " – 3:22
  9. "Mighty Quinn" – 4:00

    Cassette bonus tracks

  11. "Brothers and Sisters of Africa/Where Do They Send Them" – 5:24
  12. "Don't Kill It Carol" – 4:55

    Track listing (1999 CD re-issue)

  13. "Lies " – 4:30
  14. "Spirits in the Night" – 5:54
  15. "Demolition Man" – 4:14
  16. "For You" – 6:36
  17. "Davy's on the Road Again" – 4:37
  18. "Blinded by the Light" – 7:38
  19. "Redemption Song " – 3:22
  20. "Mighty Quinn" – 4:00

    Bonus tracks

  22. "Runner" – 5:02
  23. "No Transkei" – 5:11
  24. "Don't Kill It Carol" – 5:21

    Track listing (2007 DVD)

  25. "Angels at My Gate"
  26. "Lies "
  27. "Africa Suite"
  28. "Tribal Statistics"
  29. "Martha's Madman"
  30. "You Angel You"
  31. "For You"
  32. "Demolition Man"
  33. "Mighty Quinn"
  34. "Don't Kill It Carol"
  35. "Blinded by the Light"
  36. "Redemption Song "

    Personnel

The Earth Band