Jim Lea best bassist and multy talented musician from these shores. Had the privelage to see Slade back in the day and I knew even back then that I had seen the best live band ever. 40 years on and countless gigs big and small I'm still waiting to be proved otherwise. Times running out but Slade are forever in rock and my head never to be erased. Keep on rockin in the free world while we can.
Slade were great and very underrated due to the term glamrock. That suggests a bad band who compensates with good looks. Slade was far more than looks and made brilliant music!
The Glasgow gig of this tour(1983)was at Glasgow University and there was a video camera recording it from the balcony. I wonder what happened to THAT tape?
Just had to comment on this fantastic live concert by the one and only Slade it takes me back when I was at all the concerts up here in Glasgow the greens playhouse and not forgetting the famous Glasgow Apollo it's been demolished now wow just watching that it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up many times myself and my wife met the band a few times in their dressing room we had our son quite young Neville John holder Milne who the band was really nice to us holding our young Noddy in turns but back to concerts wow pure electric start to finish must say the Jimmy lea and don Powell solos that bass and violins nobody could even come close to doing it like Slade so our fans out there that's what we're missing we need slady to slay the world cum on yous good time gals Glasgow waits for you from the Slade family from Cumbernauld slayed one Glasgow our Slade are legends forever Jessie John Neville Colin and don Powell jnr Milne hi Dave Paul Trevor Jenny Dave Kemp RIP yous are keeping Slade on rockin
slade were the best live band of the 70,s early 80,s never got the credit they deserved, shame they did not play live aid, as for jim lea, a special special talent, a true rock god
Who says the violin can't rock? The whole band is great, but this is surely Jim Lea's moment of glory. Every time I see him (or his videos anyway) he's pulling else from up his sleeve. It's this kind of thing that separates a great concert from a hum-drum one. The element of surprise! Long live. . .
