Graham Parker - Vertigo (best of 1996)

From Amazon: "Not only does this double-CD set contain the best from the Vertigo years (1975-1980), it contains the entire "Live at Marble Arch", long an expensive and rare item on the collector's market. Plus you get the entire "Squeezing Out Sparks" album, usually considered to be the high point of his career. One problem with this collection, though, is an apparent error where studio versions of songs from the live "Parkerilla" album are included rather than the correct tracks from the live album." Tracks: disc 1 1. Between You And Me 2. I'm Gonna Use It Now 3. You've Got To Be Kidding 4. Howlin' Wind 5. Back To Schooldays 6. White Honey 7. That's What They All Say(Live) 8. Back Door Love 9. Back To Schooldays(Live) 10. Silly Thing(Live) 11. Chain Of Fools(Live) 12. Don't Ask Me Questions(Live) 13. You Can't Hurry Love(Live) 14. Soul Shoes(Live) 15. Kansas City(Live) 16. Heat Treatment 17. Hotel Chambermaid 18. Black Honey 19. Fool's Gold 20. Hold Back The Night 21. Sweet On You (Let Me Get) disc 1 1. The New York Shuffle 2. Watch The Moon Come Down 3. The Raid 4. Lady Doctor 5. I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down 6. Passion Is No Ordinary Word 7. Saturday Nite Is Dead 7. Love Gets You Twisted 8. Protection 9. Waiting For The UFO's 10. Don't Get Excited 11. Mercury Poisoning 12. I Want You Back(Live) 13. The Heat In Harlem 14. Gypsy Blood 15. Discovering Japan 16. Local Girls 17. Nobody Hurts You 18. You Can't Be Too Strong Includes booklet. Not my rip, but everything's a-okay. [u]Please[/u] support the artist: go to [url]http://www.grahamparker.net[/url] and shop till you puke! Lotsa cool stuff! (No kidding!!) Also, I'd really appreciate it if someone could upload a lossless copy of "The Up Escalator." I needs me some "Stupefaction"! Thanks & enjoy.

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dfntsmith (2013-02-18)

Thanks for the tunes!

g_xii (2013-09-13)

Thanks so much for this! I lost my copy of the Marble Arch show years ago, and only had the one small jewell of "White Honey" from that show since high school! GP is almost an unrecognized talent in the music industry, but I've been a fan since "Sparks" came out. I'm trying to track down a decent copy of the KMET at the Roxy in Los Angeles show from 1979, where GP was at the literal top of his game, and I've only found a partial set bootleg. It is one of my favorite bootlegs, tho! With a particularly rocking version of "Soul Shoes." Anyway, thanks again for sharing this!

g_xii (2013-09-13)

Oh -- don't have "Up Escalator" and was hoping even an .mp3 would show up here. I have some really crappy .mp3's from that album, but not the whole album. I think Jolie Jolie, Stupifaction, and Women in Charge (funny tune!). I do have some pretty good quality bootlegs in .mp3, tho. Chicago 88, LA 79, and another goodie, Chicago 83. I'm looking for decent copies of Up Escalator and The Real McCaw, as well as the albums prior to sparks (although I recently got Stick to Me, which I think you uploaded).