Welcome to the Boomtown Episode 4 (Live Aid - London)

Welcome to the Boomtown

Welcome back to the 80s! Or, more specifically, July 13, 1985. We're excited to bring you our 35th Anniversary tribute to one of the greatest music events of all time, Live Aid, the benefit concerts for African famine relief held at London's Wembley Stadium, and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.
In this episode we will be spotlighting the London show. Wherever possible, we used the live recordings from that day. In some cases though, the sound quality of some songs isn't the best, or there wasn't a recording to use. So, we used an album track instead. We also broke slightly from format and used tracks that aren't originally from the 80s, but were performed at Wembley that day.
A shout out to those of you who have been with us since the beginning and welcome to our new listeners. And thanks again to the people who helped put this together: Alan (for all our artwork), DJ Phil B (for the opening and closing) and to David Baerwald and David Ricketts, also known as David + David, for their amazing album where the title of our podcast comes from.
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Songs chosen by both of us.
Group or artist - song title (album and release date)
All live tracks are from the album "Live at Live Aid, Wembley Stadium, 13th July 1985" (2004)
1. Coldstream Guards - Royal Fanfare (Live at Live Aid)
2. Status Quo - Rockin' All Over the World (Live at Live Aid, original release Rockin' All Over the World 1977)
3. Dire Staits feat Sting - Money for Nothing (Live at Live Aid, original release Brothers in Arms 1985)
4. Adam Ant - Vive Le Rock (Live at Live Aid, original release Vive Le Rock 1985)
5. Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good (Human Racing 1984)
6. Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes (Live at Live Aid, original release Lament 1984)
7. Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down! (Live at Live Aid, original release Internationalists 1985)
8. Bryan Ferry - Slave to Love (Live at Live Aid, original release Boys and Girls 1985)
9. Queen - Hammer to Fall (Live at Live Aid, original release The Works 1984)
10. Elton John - I'm Still Standing (Too Low for Zero 1983)
11. Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away (The Secret of Association 1985)
12. U2 - Bad (The Unforgettable Fire 1984)
13. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (Live at Live Aid, original release Against All Odds soundtrack 1984)
14. Sade - Your Love is King (Live at Live Aid, original release Diamond Life 1984)
15. Howard Jones - Hide and Seek (Live at Live Aid, original release Human's Lib 1984)
16. Spandau Ballet - True (True 1983)
17. Paul McCartney - Let It Be (Live at Live Aid, original release Let It Be 1970)
18 David Bowie - Heroes (Live at Live Aid, original release Heroes 1977)
19. The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (Live at Live Aid, original release The Fine Art of Surfacing 1979)
20. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (stand alone single 1984)
Listen, enjoy and share. A lot! And thanks for keeping 80s music alive.
BB & DD