Artist: Love Affair
Title: Edinburgh Live 95
File: Rock/Soul
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A UK smash hit of 1968, if “Everlasting Love” defined Love Affair, then singer Steve Ellis in turn defined the band.
Fast forward to 1995 and the evergreen classic provided a climatic, crowd-pleasing finale to a fantastic night of rock/soul/R&B classics recorded live at Edinburgh’s Cavendish Club on ‘Edinburgh Live 95’.
“Midnight Hour”, “My Girl”, “Shake Me” are there, bumping up against “Day Without Love”, “Dance To The Music”, The Small Faces’ “All Or Nothing” (in memory of Steve’s late friend and the song’s writer/singer, Steve Marriott), along of course with Love Affair hits in “Rainbow Valley” and “Bringing On Back The Good Times”.
Ellis reflected on the night as capturing well what the band was all about.
“You can hear the odd female voice singing out of tune and that’s because girls would jump onto the stage and join in the chorus lines,” he laughs.
“We never stopped anyone from doing this, the mantra being to have a good time, all the time!”
The Cavendish was Steve’s favourite Scottish venue. “We played there twice a year and they were always great nights, the crowds brilliant and the gigs memorable.”
Listen to Steve talking about the night plus many more memories from the “Everlasting Love” days with Jason Barnard on The Strange Brew at https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/steve-ellis-soul-survivor/
TRACKS
- Get Ready
- In The Midnight Hour
- Back in Your Arms
- Bringing On Back The Good Times
- Day Without Love
- My Girl
- All Or Nothing
- Hard To Handle
- Baby I Know
- One Road
- Shake Me
- Going To A Go Go
- Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
- Uptight Everything;s Alright
- Rainbow Valley
- Dance To The Music
- Everlasting Love