Live in Concept


Live in Concept is the first live album by Downes and Beer, released in 1980. The album sees the band live collaborate with various musicians, including Mike Oldfield, and also established both The Phil Beer Band who would record in the 2000s, and the first ever Show of Hands released recording, "Half Asleep", although this is a Downes and Beer recording with Steve Knightley guest appearing. This was the last album by the duo until another live album, recorded on one of their rare reunion performances in 2007, was released as Live at Nettlebed the year after. Paul Downes did work with Beer, however, for some Show of Hands performances in the early 1990s, one such performance being released as an album in 1994.

Track listing

The album is a double album.

Sides one and two

  1. "Intro" by Bob Plews - 1:00
  2. "Passed You By" - 3:24
  3. "List for a Sailor"/"Teetoaler Reel" - 3:15
  4. "Pavanas" /"Andalusian Gypsies" - 5:24
  5. "Cursed Anna" - 5:00
  6. "Things We Said Today" - 5:13
  7. "Across the Hills" - 4:44
  8. "Rough with the Smooth" - 5:22
  9. "Do You Like the Battle" - 5:00

Sides three and four

  1. "Intro" by Stuart Reed - 0:50
  2. "Let Me Play" - 3:14
  3. "Both Sexes" - 4:15
  4. "Them Toad Suckers" - 2:00
  5. "Ode to Billy Joe" - 5:29
  6. "Life Goes on" - 2:54
  7. "Old Fiddler" - 3:40
  8. "My Canary's Got Circles Under His Eyes" - 3:10
  9. "Nuages/Sweet Georgia Brown" - 4:00
  10. "Half Alseep" - 4:10
  11. "Fox on the Ruin" - 4:00