BAD COMPANY - NEWCASTLE 1974

July 14, 2009 – 4:09 am

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BAD COMPANY
Newcastle 1974 [no label, 1CD]
Live in Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, March 8, 1974. Very good soundboard.

There was a time in the mid-’70s when every house party or even school party one attended played the following acts - Deep Purple (Smoke On The Water), Bread (any of the slow songs), Lobo (any of the slow songs) and Bad Company’s self-titled album. Songs such as Ready For Love, Can’t Get Enough and Rock Steady were not only radio hits, they were songs to groove to on the dancefloor.

Made up of Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke (both from Free), Mick Ralphs (Mott The Hoople) and Boz Burrell (King Crimson), it was Rodgers’ powerful vocals that stood out, not to mention the album’s catchy tunes powered by a driving beat.

The group is said to have been formed in 1973 and made its formal debut at the Newcastle City Hall in March 1974. If that’s the case, then it’s no surprise that the show was as tight as the performances on the album. If fans attended the show based on Rodgers’ reputation from Free (who can forget All Right Now?), in return they were treated royally by the “new” band - a preview of the group’s debut album, which would only be released in June 1974.

Fortunate are those who were at this historic show. Thanks to Gary, who once shared these tracks among the fans.

Note: Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality MP3s - sample rate of 192 kbps). As far as we can ascertain, these tracks have never been officially released on CD.

These tracks are no longer available for download. Kindly email us at [email protected] if you want to download them at a later date.

1. Little Miss Fortune (fades in)
2. Rock Steady
3. Ready For Love
4. Don’t Let Me Down
5. Easy On My Soul
6. Bad Company
7. Deal with the Preacher
8. Movin On
9. Can’t Get Enough
10. The Stealer
11. Rock Me Baby
Lineup:
Paul Rodgers – vocals
Mick Ralphs – guitar
Simon Kirke – drums
Boz Burrell – bass

Click here to order Bad Company’s self-title debut album.

  1. 14 Responses to “BAD COMPANY - NEWCASTLE 1974”

  2. thanks, bigo! it’s pretty good so is the sound quality. i had the lp’s growing up. it’s nice to have one thing by bc now. i remember in feb bigo restarted free berkshire. i got it too. pretty good. the hunter. i like it.

    put up another miles. one with mclaughlin would be nice. don’t have one of those yet. you can’t have too many apparently. i have 23 miles shows now, i think.

    thanks,
    ed

    By Ed Saad on Jul 14, 2009

  3. I was at this show - amazing to think I was 16 at the time! The big buzz around town was that former Free guitar whiz Paul Kossoff would appear but that never happened. A fine show none the less.

    By tim on Jul 15, 2009

  4. No one knew Bad Co when they opened for Edgar Winter at L.A. Forum in 74, so no buzz there about Kossoff. My manager of record dept recognized their first song All Right Now, told me about Free since I wasnt hip to them, but he was excited as all get out. The crowd came alive with roaring, screaming and jumping, and we knew we were witnesses to history. Bad Co put on a fantastic show, much louder and powerful than this recording. Edgar Winter was good later with Frankenstein as his hot single, but no one was talkin Winter, it was all Bad Co. They were all a hard rock band should be.

    By NoJob1yr on Jul 15, 2009

  5. Re-Up pleaseeeeeeee !

    By Rafael Perez on May 3, 2010

  6. It looks like you can no longer download this show. I would love a copy of it if someone out there can burn me one. Have lots to trade. Good Bad Co shows. Please let me know if you are interested.

    By Rich Farquhar on Jan 26, 2012

  7. Rich Farquahar, send an email (look for contact info) to request it. They usually get back to you to let you know where to go to download it. Once they respond to your email, get it soon because they don’t hold it open for a long time. (I used to be NoJob1yr-its now 3 1/2yrs no job. Just got a turndown on one job, and the prospective employer on another opportunity decided not to show up for a scheduled first interview, and I can’t reach him to talk about it).

    By 3yrsnojob on Jan 26, 2012

  8. Rich, sorry about the slip of key on your name.

    By 3yrsnojob on Jan 26, 2012

  9. HI, MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO BUENAHORA..BORN IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINE…HERE, IN THIS COUNTRY, WE LOVE BAD COMPANY..BECAUSE, IN ARGENTINE , MY COUNTRY IS NOT NATIONALIST.,AND WE LIKE IT THE ENGLISH MUSIC..-.ROCK, AND POP.-.SURE..TO CAUSE , THAT ….THIS IS A XENOPHOBIC COUNTRY…AND…THE NAME BAD COMPANY ,THE TRADUCTION IN SPANISH ARE- MALA COMPANIA….EXEMPLE..BAD FRIENDS….BYE, BYE..AND SORRY FOR THE LANGUAGE.I DONT KNOW THE VERB..AND LEARN ENGLISH IN SOUTH AMERICAN IS VERY COMPLICATED…ALEXANDER.

    By ALEJANDRO BUENAHORA on Dec 13, 2012

  10. I was the lighting man for this show - Bad Company’s debut - and I count it as one of those great magical moments that transcends time. Thanks for the opportunity!!! Rock on.

    By Rick Lefrak on Dec 28, 2013

  11. i didnt tune it in.. in time.. but there was a skating thing on abc tv tonite at 5pm i believe and paul rodgers with at least howard leese on guitar doing several songs live while some skaters skated around. the 2nd of the 2 songs by 530 i saw was the song bad company. the first was blues song but i already forgot it. sorry. he will likely do at least one or two more so if u read this in time.. tune in now. perhaps the bits the band did will show up on youtube.

    By darth on Dec 1, 2014

  12. its from colgate skating series from jacksonville fl. and the 3rd song i am catchig now is all right now.

    By darth on Dec 1, 2014

  13. cant get enough of your love was the next song followed by feel like makin love then he went into i wanna know what love is with lou gramm standing there pretty much for a few seconds. from what i read online lou musta started out this show and did a song or two also. show ended at 6pm eastern time.

    By darth on Dec 1, 2014

  14. hi
    wow…
    can I Have one copy of this please
    I can offer you some of my creations..if yoyu want to

    to see pics..better facebook.com/xtras-pichi

    thank you very much
    and still rocking on

    pichi

    By pichi on Mar 14, 2018

  15. hi
    wow…
    can I Have one copy of this please
    I can offer you some of my creations..if you want to

    to see pics..better facebook.com/xtras-pichi

    thank you very much
    and still rocking on

    pichi

    By pichi on Mar 14, 2018

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