BRAND X (Goodsall, Lumley, Jones, Collins, Robinson) 1979-09-29 The Tower Theater, Upper Darby, USA


BRAND X
(Goodsall, Lumley, Jones, Collins, Robinson)
1979-09-29
(sep 29, 1979)
The Tower Theater
Upper Darby, PA, USA




'PRODUCT' - tour


source
master audience recording by tomweibrecht (THANKS!)
1st generation cassette > Kyocera D-801 > SB X-Fi Platinum > Sony Sound Forge 8.0 >
Guitar Tracks Pro 3.0 > Magix Audio Cleaning Lab > Traders Little Helper (Flac) > WAV (Eek Tweaks*)

setlist
01. Disco Suicide (pt. II) > Piano Interlude > 6:10
02. Algon (Where An Ordinary Cup Of Drinking Chocolate Costs £8,000,000,000) 8:05
03. Dance Of The Illegal Aliens 12:01
04. Don't Make Waves 6:29
05. And So To F... 7:58
06. Nuclear Burn (w/drum solo) 10:52
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Runtime 51:35

lineup
Philly Collins - drums, vocals
Percy Jones - bass
John Goodsall - guitar, vocals
Robin Lumley - moog solos, string synths
Peter Robinson - piano

note by Eeklair
Speed Corrected by about 9.3 points in Cool Edit Pro - [Additional speed/pitch adjustments, 2026*]
Re-indexed properly (Algon...) -
A little EQ -
a little hiss reduction -
A black eye for the obnoxious heckling stoner.

original notes
I traded for this show a long time ago. Since this show clocks in under 1 hour there may have been 2 shows that night or the recording is incomplete.

[...to which, Goody adds -
It was just one show. There was also a very well received opening band from Philly, 'Spaces' who played a 40 minute set including an encore!
There seem to be some missing minutes here during an indeterminate tape flip, to be sure - it makes no sense at all that this show was nearly this brief. Still - the headliner should've played a hell of a lot longer in a major venue and city such as this.]

and back to Eek again -
Big thanks go to the original taper, I think his name was Tom, great job!!
The recording is not the greatest but more than enough to give a taste of what this band was capable of performing live.
During the second track you'll hear the tapers friend mention hiss so we know they heard some through the house sound system.
I transfered this show a few years ago and have listened to it on and off, always enjoying the performance and the vibe from the taper and his friend.
The atmophere seems to be full of beer, hash and high energy music and I simply love the way it's been captured here.
This is was what the 70's was all about, as far as I'm concerned.

discography
1977: 'Livestock' (#1+#5 were 77-Aug-5, #4 was 76-Sept , #2+#3 were 76-Sept, 77-Apr-23, or a studio recording )
1978: 'Masques'
1979: 'Product'
1980: 'Do They Hurt?'
1982: 'Is There Anything About?'
1992: 'X-Communication'
1996: 'Live at the Roxy L.A' (Los Angeles 1979-09-23)
1997: 'Manifest Destiny'
1997: 'Missing Period' (London 1976-02-26, 1976-07-15)
2000: 'Timeline' Chicago (1977-11-16 + New York 1993-06-21)
2003: 'Trilogy' (New York 1979-09-27)
2015: 'Live from San Francisco (2015, San Francisco 1977-11-28)
2015: 'Live from Chicago' (2015, Chicago 1978-11-11)
2015: 'Live from Ronnie Scotts' (2015, London 1976-09-11)
2015: 'Live from Stockholm' (2015, Stockholm, 1978-03-30)
2015: 'Live from New York' (2016, Rochester 1977-09-28)
2017: 'But Wait ...There's More !' (2017-01-06 Sellersville)
2018: 'Locked & Loaded' (2017-06-11 Lancaster)

links
http://www.edensongs.com/recordings/BrandX_Performances.html

more of BRAND X at
http://www.molvaer.de/best-of-the-rest.htm#B

last seed by FBAUER 2019-01-27
reseeded by FBAUER 2026-04-18

*New tuneup provided by Prof. Goody.
Original cover art courtesy of Mc-Merc; updated by ethiessen1.
Many thanks to all those named above, especially tom weibrecht!
2026-05-24

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