BBC In Concert 255 – live at Oxford Polytechnic

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BBC In Concert 255 – live at Oxford Polytechnic

Side A: Take Me I’m Yours / Too Many Teardrops / Another Nail In My Heart / Separate Beds / Slightly Drunk / Out Of Touch / I Think I’m Go Go / Is That Love / I’ve Returned
Side B: Heaven / Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) / Yap Yap Yap / Slap and Tickle / Cool For Cats / Up the Junction / Messed Around / Goodbye Girl

A single LP transcription disc featuring Squeeze live. These LPs were made in very small quantities, probably fewer than 100, and sent to radio stations to be played just once as a radio programme. They include adverts as well as breaks for local adverts to be inserted. Many have lost the ‘cue sheet’ which shows the track listing and timings so local djs could play them properly. This one was recorded in Oxford, live at the Polytechnic, on 15 May 1981 and broadcast on the BBC. It’s also available as a BBC In Concert transcription disc.

The full setlist was:

Take Me I’m Yours
Too Many Teardrops
Another Nail in My Heart
Separate Beds
Slightly Drunk
Out Of Touch
I Think I’m Go Go
Is That Love
Heaven
I’ve Returned
Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
Yap Yap Yap
Slap And Tickle
Cool For Cats
Up The Junction
Messed Around
Goodbye Girl

This version includes Too Many Teardrops and I’ve Returned which are missing from the USA versions to make space for the adverts.

Here’s the show pressed in the USA by Westwood One from 1981:

London Wavelength – BBC Rock Hour 239 – live at Oxford Polytechnic

And another version as part of the College Rock series from 1983:

London Wavelength – College Rock Concert Program #1914 – live at Oxford Polytechnic

Here’s the whole concert on YouTube:

Chris Difford – guitar and vocals
Glenn Tilbrook – guitar and vocals
Gilson Lavis – drums
John Bentley – bass
Paul Carrack – keyboards and vocals