Live 1980/86 Explained

Live 1980/86
Type:	live
Artist:	Joe Jackson
Cover:	Live 1980 86 album cover.jpg
Released:	April 1988^[1]
Recorded:	1980–1986
Genre:	New wave, rock, pop
Length:	109:41
Label:	A&M
Producer:	Joe Jackson, David Kershenbaum
Prev Title:	Will Power
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Tucker
Next Year:	1988

Live 1980/86 is a Joe Jackson double live album, released in April 1988.^[1] It was recorded during the 1980 Beat Crazy tour, the 1982-83 Night and Day tour, the 1984 Body & Soul tour, and the 1986 Big World tour.^[2] Notably, the album contains three different versions of "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Joe Jackson,^[1] except where noted.

Personnel

Musicians

• Joe Jackson - piano, synthesizer, organ, alto saxophone, harmonica, vocals

-- Performing on the Beat Crazy tour

• Graham Maby – bass, vocals

• Gary Sanford – guitar, vocals

• David Houghton – drums, vocals

-- Performing on the Night & Day tour

• Graham Maby – bass, vocals

• Joy Askew – keyboards, vocals, percussion on "Cancer"

• Ed Roynesdal – keyboards, vocals, percussion on "Cancer"

• Sue Hadjopoulos – percussion, vocals

• Larry Tolfree – drums, percussion

-- Performing on the Body & Soul tour

• Graham Maby – bass, vocals, tambourine

• Ed Roynesdal – keyboards, violin

• Vinnie Zummo – guitar, accordion, synthesizer on "Real Men", organ on "Slow Song"

• Tony Aiello – saxophones, piccolo, vocals

• Michael Morreale – trumpet, synthesizer on "Slow Song"

• Gary Burke – drums

-- Performing on the Big World tour

• Gary Burke – drums

• Rick Ford – bass, vocals

• Vinnie Zummo – guitar on "Breaking Us In Two" and "Steppin' Out"

• Tom Teeley – guitar, vocals on "It's Different For Girls", "You Can't Get What You Want" and "Jumpin' Jive"

Production

• Joe Jackson - arrangements, producer
• David Kershenbaum - producer
• Nigel Walker - recording engineer
• Caroline Orme - assistant recording engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)! scope="col"

Peak position
European Albums (Music & Media)^[3]	66
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[4]	18

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)! scope="col"

Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[5]	25

External links

• Live 1980/86 album information at The Joe Jackson Archive

Notes and References

1. Book: Strong , Martin C. . 2000. The Great Rock Discography. 5th. Mojo Books . Edinburgh. 485–486. 1-84195-017-3.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4574/biography|pure_url=yes}} Biography by William Ruhlmann ]. Allmusic.com . 4 May 2009.
3. Eurochart Hot 100 Albums . . 5 . 23 . 4 June 1988 . 20 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
4. Web site: Classifiche . . it . 15 July 2022. Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Live 1980/1986" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".
5. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1988 . nl . . 15 July 2022.