John Cougar Mellencamp
25 January 1988
Hammersmith Odeon
London

This is an audience recording which I bought way back when on cassette at a local music fair.
Transferred from cassette to WAV through Audacity using TEAC deck>FLAC. No further tinkering carried out.

The quality is fair for a show of its age. The tape had been stored carefully for many years before I rediscovered it, but does show some sign of
age, particularly on the intro fiddle segment. Having said that this is not much different from other shows from this era I have heard, and is
still very listenable.

This was the second of JCM's 2 night stand at The Hammersmith Odeon (now Apollo) in London which had been eagerly awaited after an 8 year absence from the UK.
Both shows sold out quickly, but fortunately I attended both, and they were amazing shows.
The show featured two halves, and have been split into 2 CD's accordingly. Enjoy!

Disc 1 (52:04 mins)
01 Paper In Fire
02 Jack & Diane
03 Hard Times For An Honest Man
04 Lonely ol' Night
05 Check It Out
06 Rain On The Scarecrow
07 Down And Out In Paradise
08 The Real Life
09 Empty Hands
10 Rumbleseat
11 Hand To Hold Onto/Chain Gang

Disc 2 (68:07 mins)
01 Small Town
02 Minutes To Memories
03 Hotdogs And Hamburgers
04 Thundering Hearts
05 Crumblin' Down
06 ROCK In The USA
07 Play Guitar
08 Hurts So Good
09 Authority Song
10 Pink Houses
11 Like A Rolling Stone
12 Cherry Bomb

John Mellencamp - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Mike Wanchic - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Larry Crane - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Lisa Germano - Violin/Fiddle
John Casella - Accordian
Toby Myers - Bass
Kenny Aronoff - Drums
Pat Peterson - Backing Vocals
Crystal Talifero - Backing Vocals