Slade 1978 - 1983 - Book - by Ian Edmundson

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Slade - Six Years on the Road 1978 - 1983

Slade 1978 - 1983 - Book - by Ian Edmundson

(2019)

The collected on-tour photographs taken by the author from Slade live shows between 1978 - 1983.197 pages of Slade live images, all in colour, except for one gig which was developed in black and white.

The shows are:

1978.04.09 BLIGHTY’S FARNWORTH

1978.10.08 SOUTHPORT THEATRE

1978.10.28 BRADFORD UNIVERSITY

1979.03.11 BIRMINGHAM BARBARELLAS

1979.01.04 WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL

1979.05.26 MANCHESTER POLYTECHNIC

1979.10.08 BIRKENHEAD HAMILTON CLUB

1980.03.01 LONDON MUSIC MACHINE

1980.06.13 LEEDS UNIVERSITY

1980.06.18 BLACKPOOL NORBRECK

1980.06.21 LONDON MUSIC MACHINE

1980.06.26 HUCKNALL MWC

1980.09.29 LIVERPOOL ROTTERS

1980.09.30 DONCASTER ROTTERS

1980.10.11 BRADFORD UNIVERSITY

1980.10.13 HARDSTOFT SHOULDER OF MUTTON (B/W)

1980.12.07 WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL

1980.12.10 HUCKNALL MWC

1981.01.20 SHEFFIELD CITY HALL

1981.06.01 BLACKBURN KING GEORGE’S HALL

1983.12.10 MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY

1983.12.15 LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

1983.12.18 LIVERPOOL ROYAL COURT THEATRE

This book remains the ONLY photographic record of Slade playing live and every self-respecting fan will want a copy.

I have restored and have enhanced every photo in this book quite carefully for this edition. There are still some heads in photos and hands in the air (one with a plaster cast… what was going on there? - Read on and find out). Some are a bit in the way, but that was a Slade gig for you…. You don’t get lots of hands in the air at gigs nowadays. A bit sad, really…

That is because YOU LOT wouldn’t behave at shows. You (ok, We) all went a bit mad for that hour and a bit. I am not going to apologise for you lot creating the atmosphere you did at the many gigs I went to – and some blur in some photos. The band also had a frustrating tendency to move about, too, most un-obliging of them, but never mind…

Not all of the photos are perfectly in focus, because of all that movement and because of rapidly-changing stage lighting levels. They would not behave. But I did my best - and here’s the result.

I’ve had people contact me to tell me that they are in certain photos, which is great. I have removed some heads from shots. Sorry if I have decapitated you! The shows in these photos meant a lot to a few people, who saw them on the net, when I had them up. I hope that you like them too.