Topper Headon Band live - wanted

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Topper Headon Band live - wanted

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I would Like to Know if a live recording of Topper Headon Band does exist. I apprecciate their album more than the first of Big Audio Dynamite. I really hope....

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I would Like to Know if a live recording of Topper Headon Band does exist. I apprecciate their album more than the first of Big Audio Dynamite. I really hope....
There's a couple radio sessions, and that's basically it, maybe 10 minutes' worth. I have both of them, as filler on one of my Bond's live tapes somewhere. I don't recall the source being identified, though the DJ announces them as ""The Topper Headon Big Band." That sounds like a flag of convenience he may have been using, I don't know.

So yes, there is something, but I'm not aware of anything else. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but I haven't seen anything else bubble to the surface.

As I recall, he did do some gigging when Waking Up came out -- I have a live review of one of the gigs. No surprises there, as his post-Clash career was pretty brief, and it didn't kick up much dust at the box office, though not for lack of trying.

I remember getting the Leave It To Luck 12-inch, and right across the cover, there's a banner, reading, "EXTENDED MIXES AND EXTRA TRACKS!" So it seemed to me that his label went the extra mile, but the public response just wasn't there, for whatever reason. Which is too bad, because I like that album, too. It's pretty solid.

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Chairman Ralph wrote:
25 Feb 2023, 11:58pm

There's a couple radio sessions, and that's basically it, maybe 10 minutes' worth.
I would love to hear
if i can help don't hesitate

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I would love to hear
if i can help don't hesitate
Sure, I can send a copy -- once I find it -- or try to transfer it myself. I just bought one of those tape recorders with a USB output, which seems like as good an excuse as any to dig it out, and play with it!

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At the end of 80s i had a maxell chrome tape with the recording of an his concert at the Milano Suono Festival, on July 1986. I don’t find more this tape but i’m trying to have it again from the same man did this recording.
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Thank you Chairman Ralph. We wait you update Your file. And i hope Stefano could rescue the live in Milan 1986. We have live versions of all Clash members except Topper...i really miss it. He had a really good band and good songs

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This are the only informations i finded about Topper Headon Band tour:
Topper Headon Setlists

Aug 10 1986
Topper Headon at Belga Beach Festival 1986
Artist: Topper Headon, Venue: Luchthaven Oostende, Ostend, Belgium
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Jul 16 1986
Topper Headon at Milano Suono Festival 1986
Artist: Topper Headon, Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
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Jun 28 1986
Topper Headon at Martelarenplein, Dendermonde, Belgium
Artist: Topper Headon, Venue: Martelarenplein, Dendermonde, Belgium
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May 10 1986
Topper Headon at Coloured Rock 1986
Artist: Topper Headon, Venue: Groothandelsmarkt, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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