Live at the Seaside

Live at the Seaside
Video by Erasure
Released 1987
Recorded 17 April 1987, Brighton Dome Pavilion Theatre, Brighton
Genre Synthpop, Electropop, Pop
Length 56 minutes approx
Label Mute Records/Virgin Vision
Director Jerry Chater
Producer Angus Margerison
Daniel Miller
Erasure chronology
Live at the Seaside
(1987)		 Innocents
(1989)

Originally released in 1987, Live at the Seaside is the first concert video release by Erasure, recorded at the Brighton Dome on 17 April 1987[1] by the BBC[2] as part of the duo's tour of their second studio album The Circus. The video, originally only available on VHS, features 13 tracks from the concert and, amongst tracks from The Circus, includes performances of songs from Erasure's first album Wonderland plus "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", the band's first foray into ABBA cover versions.

The opening song "Safety in Numbers" is uniquely credited to this tour, though, in fact, appears uncredited on "The Circus album" and "The Two Ring Circus" as the latter part of "Spiralling".[3][4] All subsequent performances and recordings of "Spiralling" omit the "Safety In Numbers" part.

The songs "Victim of Love", "It Doesn't Have to Be", "Who Needs Love Like That", "Oh L'amour" and "Sometimes" are inter-cut with footage from their respective music videos.

European tour and on-the-road footage shot on Video 8 from 1985 to 1986 by Steev Toth[5] is also inter-cut into the songs "Leave Me to Bleed", "If I Could", "Spiralling" and "Oh L'amour".

Track listing

  1. "Safety in Numbers"
  2. "Victim of Love"
  3. "It Doesn't Have to Be"
  4. "Don't Dance"
  5. "Who Needs Love (Like That)"
  6. "Leave Me to Bleed"
  7. "If I Could"
  8. "Oh L'amour"
  9. "The Circus"
  10. "Say What"
  11. "Sometimes"
  12. "Spiralling"
  13. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"

Video and DVD re-releases

The video was later re-released on the budget 4 Front Video label. The track listing remained the same, but the cover artwork was slightly modified to suit the generic 'gold border' packaging of the 4 Front Video budget range.[6]

In 2011, the concert was again re-released, this time on DVD, as part of the 2011 expanded and remastered The Circus.[7] No significant changes or additions were made.

Video credits

[8]

BBC concert footage

European tour footage 1985–86

Live at the Seaside

Related releases

References

  1. ↑ "Live at the Seaside" information on the official Erasure website http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/videos/video_seaside.html
  2. ↑ BBC credited in closing credits of the video
  3. ↑ "Safety in Numbers" lyrics: http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/lyrics/victimoflove.html#safetyinnumbers
  4. ↑ "Spiralling" lyrics: http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/lyrics/thecircus.html#spiralling
  5. ↑ Information from the "Live at the Seaside" closing credits
  6. ↑ 4 Front version of the cover on Discogs.com http://www.discogs.com/Erasure-Live-At-The-Seaside/release/2777095
  7. ↑ Details of remastered edition of "The Circus" album http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/albums/thecircus2011.html
  8. ↑ Information from the "Live at the Seaside" closing credits
  9. ↑ "Victim of Love" track listing http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/singles/victimoflove.html
  10. ↑ "The Circus" (single) credits http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/singles/thecircus.html
  11. ↑ "The Two Ring Circus" on the Erasure website http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/albums/thetworingcircus.html
  12. ↑ EBX 2 information on the Erasure website: http://www.erasureinfo.com/releases/other/ebx2.html

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