Released 1987 Director Jerry Chater Release date 1987 | Length 56 minutes approx Artist Erasure Producer Daniel Miller | |
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Recorded 17 April 1987, Brighton Dome Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Genre Synthpop, Electropop, Pop Label Mute Records/Virgin Vision Similar Erasure albums, Electropop albums | ||
Erasure victim of love live at the seaside brighton 17 4 87
Originally released in 1987, Live at the Seaside is the first concert video release by Erasure, recorded at the Brighton Dome on 17 April 1987 by the BBC as part of the duo's tour of their second studio album The Circus. The video, originally only available on VHS, features 13 tracks from the concert and, amongst tracks from The Circus, includes performances of songs from Erasure's first album Wonderland plus "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", the band's first foray into ABBA cover versions.
Contents
- Erasure victim of love live at the seaside brighton 17 4 87
- Erasure don t dance live at the seaside brighton 17 4 87
- Track listing
- Video and DVD re releases
- BBC concert footage
- European tour footage 198586
- Live at the Seaside
- Related releases
- References
The opening song "Safety in Numbers" is uniquely credited to this tour, though, in fact, appears uncredited on "The Circus album" and "The Two Ring Circus" as the latter part of "Spiralling". All subsequent performances and recordings of "Spiralling" omit the "Safety In Numbers" part.
The songs "Victim of Love", "It Doesn't Have to Be", "Who Needs Love Like That", "Oh L'amour" and "Sometimes" are inter-cut with footage from their respective music videos.
European tour and on-the-road footage shot on Video 8 from 1985 to 1986 by Steev Toth is also inter-cut into the songs "Leave Me to Bleed", "If I Could", "Spiralling" and "Oh L'amour".
Erasure don t dance live at the seaside brighton 17 4 87
Track listing
- "Safety in Numbers"
- "Victim of Love"
- "It Doesn't Have to Be"
- "Don't Dance"
- "Who Needs Love (Like That)"
- "Leave Me to Bleed"
- "If I Could"
- "Oh L'amour"
- "The Circus"
- "Say What"
- "Sometimes"
- "Spiralling"
- "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
Video and DVD re-releases
The video was later re-released on the budget 4 Front Video label. The track listing remained the same, but the cover artwork was slightly modified to suit the generic 'gold border' packaging of the 4 Front Video budget range.
In 2011, the concert was again re-released, this time on DVD, as part of the 2011 expanded and remastered The Circus. No significant changes or additions were made.