Rockpalast

Live at Rockpalast in Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany on the 4th of May, 1984. Setlist: 1) Hand In Glove 2) Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 3) Girl Afraid 4) This Charming Man 5) Pretty Girls Make Graves 6) Still Ill 7) Barbarism Begins at Home 8) This Night Has Opened My Eyes 9) Miserable Lie 10) You've Got Everything Now 11) Handsome Devil 12) What Difference Does It Make 13) These Things Take Time 14) This Charming Man II 15) Hand In Glove II 16) Barbarism Begins at Home II

Feeling Gravitys Pull, Harborcoat, Sitting Still, Maps and Legends, Fall on Me, Green Grow the Rushes, Driver 8, Hyena, So. Central Rain, Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover), Can't Get There From Here, King of the Road (Roger Miller cover), 7 Chinese Bros., Auctioneer (Another Engine), Old Man Kensey, Little America, Pretty Persuasion, Encore: Theme From Two Steps Onward, Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith cover), See No Evil (Television cover), Second Guessing, Encore 2: (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (Stan Jones and his Death Valley Rangers cover), (Don't Go Back to) Rockville, We Walk, Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It) (Marlene Dietrich cover) (Snippet), Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich cover) (Snippet), Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones cover)

Broadcast live from Hamburg’s Markthalle, this electrifying set captures The Stranglers at their sleek, synth-drenched peak. Touring their genre-shifting Feline album. Filmed for German TV’s legendary Rockpalast.

In 1970, the year the band formed, Kraftwerk performed their first concert, appearing in Soest, West Germany, dressed in long hair and leather. The show was recorded by Rockpalast (Rock Palace), a German music television show that broadcast live on Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). The lineup included founding members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (flute), plus drummer Klaus Dinger, who would soon leave to form NEU! with pianist Michael Rother.

The Police perform at the Grugahalle in Essen, Germany 11-18-1980. Their second recording for Rockpalast and WDR Television.

"Bad Woman Blues - Beth Hart" celebrates the music and voice of a woman who enriches rock and blues with emotion, authenticity, and honesty.

Van Morrison and his band perform live in Essen, Germany, in April 1982. Highlights include "Into the Mystic", "Full Force Gale", "Bright Side of the Road" and "Cleaning Windows".

XTC performance from Hamburg, Germany 1982.

Commander Cody already gained cult status with his band The Lost Planet Airmen by 1980 when he was invited to play the Rockpalast. His music wandered between the genres blues, country rock, boogie, rockabilly and Tex-Mex spiked with his very own wit and humour. The audience witnessed a colourful, high energy concert evening in the WDR Studio A in Cologne. In his known manner, Commander Cody was rocking through the setlist, always with a tongue-in-cheek. That evening he was accompanied by Steve Mackay (saxophone, vocals), Tona Johnson (drums, vocals), Bill Kirchen (guitar, vocals), Doug Killmer (bass, vocals) and Peter Sigel (pedal steel guitar, guitar).

Having made his Rockpalast debut in 1980 with Rockpile, Edmunds returned three years later, fronting his solo band, which included Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner and pianist extraordinaire Geraint Watkins. The event took place at the large-scale Loreley Open-Air Festival in August 1983. The 17 track set features greatest hits (such as the UK #1 'I Hear You Knocking') and fans' favorites from Edmunds' stellar back catalog, including songs contributed by Elvis Costello ('Girls Talk'), Bruce Springsteen ('From Small Things'), Graham Parker ('Crawling from the Wreckage') and Fabulous Thunderbirds ('You Ain't Nothing But Fine').

Guitarist, singer and harmonica player Roky Erickson was one of the pioneers of Psychedelic Rock with his band 13th Floor Elevators in the 1960s. After being diagnosed with a serious case of schizophrenia, Erickson spent years in mental institutions, but continued to make music. As the nineties began - especially among musicians from the alternative rock sector - to form a growing fan base to this day. These include such diverse bands as REM, Okkervil River or Kasabian - a testament to Erickson's great influence on today's rock scene. Since 2008, Erickson is back on stage and brought in 2010 with Okkervil River as a backing band on his album "True Love Cast Out All Evil" out.

Siouxsie and the Banshees performing at the Rockpalast, Cologne as part of their 1981 'Juju' tour. Siouxsie Sioux: Voice and guitar John McGeoch: Guitar Steven Severin: Bass guitar Budgie: Drums, percussion

Recorded live in Dortmund for WDR's Rockpalast.

The Patti Smith Group's Rockpalast performance in 1979 was a live concert broadcast as part of the German Rockpalast series. The band at that time included Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Ivan Kral, Jay Dee Daugherty, and Richard Sohl. This performance is notable as it captured the band during a period of their career following the release of their album "Easter" in 1978.

Rockpalast Classics presents Deep Purple Live At Omnisports Paris, July 9th 1985. 1. Intro 2. Highway Star 3. Nobody's Home 4. Strange Kind Of Woman 5. A Gypsy's Kiss 6. Perfect Strangers 7. Under The Gun 8. Lazy 9. Knocking At Your Backdoor 10. Beethoven's 9th 11. Space Truckin' 12. Woman From Tokyo 13. Black Light 14. Smoke On The Water Deep Purple are: Ian Gillan - Vocals / Ritchie Blackmore - Guitars / Jon Lord - Keyboards / Roger Glover - Bass / Ian Paice - Drums

Setlist: 1 The National Anthem-- 2 Morning Bell-- 3 Lucky-- 4 Talk Show Host-- 5 In Limbo-- 6 My Iron Lung-- 7 Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box-- 8 Exit Music (For A Film)-- 9 No Surprises--10 Dollars & Cents--11 Street Spirit (Fade Out)--12 You and Whose Army?--13 Karma Police--14 I Might Be Wrong--15 Pyramid Song--16 Paranoid Android--17 Idioteque--18 Everything In Its Right Place--19 Airbag--20 Just--21 The Bends--22 How To Disappear Completely

The English post-punk-band Gang of Four recorded live for Rockpalast, at Zeche Bochum on March 10, 1983. This was the most successful line-up of Gand of Four. The album "Hard" was released in September of the same year.

George Thorogood Live at Rockpalast in 1980 goes from zero to 60 in no time with the opening track, “House Of Blue Lights,” the Chuck Berry classic. “I’m Wanted” has some nice breaks and is as steady as they come. “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer,” is as lively and interesting as the studio version. It’s a ten-minute romp of hard luck and booze, and Thorogood plays it flawlessly. The second disc features some great slide work and features a nice routine of Elmore James including “Goodbye Baby (Can’t Say Goodbye)” and “New Hawaiian Boogie.” Another song Thorogood is well known for covering is “Who Do You Love?” and he plays this Bo Diddley standard with all the attitude of a rattlesnake on a bad day. Classic stuff.