The First 50 Years: Songs Of Boomtown Glory

The First 50 Years: Songs Of Boomtown GloryThe Boomtown Rats were one of the most successful bands of the 1970s in the UK. Their grown up new wave and real time stories captured the imagination of a mass audience. As the leader of The Rats, Bob Geldof led his band of Dublin post punkers right to the very top of the UK charts with UK No. 1s Rat Trap and I Dont Like Mondays. THE FIRST 50 YEARS: SONGS OF BOOMTOWN GLORY on vinyl and CD celebrates the highlights of the groups storied career. In its

Track 10 - Trident Club Paris France March 1968

"The Boxer"

In 1971 the Woods Band signed to the newly established Greenwich Gramophone Company (a “Progressive” imprint of song writer Les Reed’s Chapter 1 Records) and recorded their only album at Morgan Studios in September that year

Barre Phillips

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Crab Apple 5:07

Long Time)4 Crocodile Rock5 Daniel6 Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)7 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road8 Candle in the Wind9 Bennie and the Jets10 Someone Saved My Life TonightDisc: 21 Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee2 Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word3 Song for Guy4 Blue Eyes5 I'm Still Standing6 I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues7 Nikita8 Sacrifice9 Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael and Elton John10 Can You Feel the Love Tonight

them to Europe on more than one occasion before the group disbanded

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spans everything from dance pop to acoustic folk and everything in between it's an idea-splattered work of genius that even includes a quartet of instrumental tracks derived from their experimental side projects and sampled

Peter Swales

Plates 7-10 ( 09:04 ) / Plate 11 ( 02:01 ) / Intro ( 03:26 ) / A Memorable Fancy