Live at the Target
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Live at the Target | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | February 1981 | |||
Recorded | 15–16 January 1981 | |||
Venue | The Target, Reading, Berkshire | |||
Genre | Neo-progressive | |||
Length | 45:38 | |||
Label | Twelfth Night Records | |||
Producer | Twelfth Night | |||
Twelfth Night chronology | ||||
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Live at the Target is a live album released by the British neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1981.
Details[]
Shortly after the release of , singer Electra McLeod left Twelfth Night (or was asked to leave), leaving the band with a new release featuring a vocalist, but without a vocalist for concerts. Live at the Target was recorded to re-establish the band as an instrumental unit. For the first time, a Twelfth Night recording was released on vinyl.
As the title suggests, it is a live recording, made at The Target, a now closed pub built under the Butts Centre in their home town of Reading.
The Cyclops re-issue of Live at the Target contains "Encore Une Fois" and "Freddie Hepburn" from The First Tape Album and "Afghan Red" from .
The "Definitive Edition" is a 2 x CD expanded version consisting of the original album and live material, including two rare studio tracks.
Track listing[]
All songs written by Twelfth Night.
- "Für Helene Part I" (6:46)
- "After the Eclipse" (7:31)
- "East to West" (10:36)
- "Sequences" (19:56)
2004 reissue includes the above plus
- "Afghan Red" (12:16)
- "Freddie Hepburn" (8:45)
- "Encore Une Fois" (6:46)
Definitive Edition Reissue[]
Live at the Target is the third of the Twelfth Night "definitive edition" releases and was released 6 January 2012
Disc One
- "Für Helene I" (6:56)
- "After the Eclipse" (7:53)
- "East to West" (10:55)
- "Sequences" (20:10)
Recorded 15–16 January 1981, The Target, Reading
Disc Two
- "Entropy" (14:23) - Old Five Bells, Northampton, 29 March 1981
- "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" (8:00) - Old Five Bells, Northampton, 29 March 1981
- "Encore Une Fois" (6:04) - Bridgehouse, Bracknell, 12 April 1980
- "(Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn" (8:42) - Bridgehouse, Bracknell, 12 April 1980
- "Afghan Single" (3:54) - Woodcray Manor Farm Studios, Wokingham, 25 May 1981
- "Für Helene I" (5:11) - Arny's Shack, Bournemouth, August 1980
- "The Cunning Man" (6:14) - Reading University, 27 June 1980
- "Afghan Red" (11:25) - The Target, Reading, 21 November 1980
- "Für Helene II" (12:33) - Reading University, 13 November 1979
Previously unreleased tracks
Personnel[]
- Brian Devoil drums, percussion
- Clive Mitten bass, keyboards, classical guitar
- Andy Revell electric and acoustic guitar
- Rick Battersby keyboards
External links[]
- Twelfth Night (band) albums
- 1981 live albums