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Post by Stranger on Jul 12, 2023 18:48:31 GMT
Was this song performed in concert ever? Did it get any push as a single?
It's a good song but maybe a bit too long and a bit of a downer somehow.
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Post by Tony Wilkinson on Jul 12, 2023 20:28:40 GMT
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Post by baz on Jul 12, 2023 21:32:16 GMT
It's a good song but maybe a bit too long and a bit of a downer somehow. Agreed... I do like it but it does drone on at the end... It should start fading out around 3 minutes 55 seconds for about 15 seconds and that makes it 40 seconds shorter. I certainly never heard it on the radio back in the day... or since come to think of it. I first heard it in 1988 when I got a second hand copy. |
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Post by gee on Jul 12, 2023 21:43:41 GMT
They performed 'Too Many Hearts Get Broken' (along with 'Stop in The Name of Love' and a then rare 'Gasoline Alley Bred') in a show at the Magnum Centre, Irvine Scotland in June 1985 - a concert recorded and broadcast by Radio Clyde which apparently still exists
that performance featured both Alan Coates on high harmony vocal / guitar and Bobby Elliott on drums - unlike the recorded single on which neither featured...!
they were set to release the great Billy Bremner-Will Birch song; 'Laughter Turns To Tears', a driving guitar led rocker track as the next single... but instead opted at late notice to release a slow ballad (think 'If The Lights Go Out' / 'Soldier's Song' back in 1980) while 'Laughter' was sadly relegated to mere 'bonus track' on the twelve inch single (only) when they might at least have then used it as a follow up single after 'Hearts'...
here's the single A Side we might have had back in 1985....
'Too Many Hearts Get Broken' was an Allan Clarke song done with messrs Vale and Leeson (one of whom sang high harmonies on it I understand - not sure who tho') which picked up some radio airplay but failed to capture the public interest - some felt it was an attempt to reach the market groups such as Foreigner appealed to in the mid eighties
whilst it has it's merits notably Allan's lead vocal I found the drum machine identical percussive repetition a bit irritating especially when you had a 'good drummer in Manchester' readily available !
I remember seeing them in concert at the time...but they never bothered to play it at the show I attended ...or later 'This is it' or 'Reunion of The Heart'....
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Post by sandy on Jul 13, 2023 13:43:13 GMT
They performed 'Too Many Hearts Get Broken' (along with 'Stop in The Name of Love' and a then rare 'Gasoline Alley Bred') in a show at the Magnum Centre, Irvine Scotland in June 1985 - a concert recorded and broadcast by Radio Clyde which apparently still exists that performance featured both Alan Coates on high harmony vocal / guitar and Bobby Elliott on drums - unlike the recorded single on which neither featured...! they were set to release the great Billy Bremner-Will Birch song; 'Laughter Turns To Tears', a driving guitar led rocker track as the next single... but instead opted at late notice to release a slow ballad (think 'If The Lights Go Out' / 'Soldier's Song' back in 1980) while 'Laughter' was sadly relegated to mere 'bonus track' on the twelve inch single (only) when they might at least have then used it as a follow up single after 'Hearts'... here's the single A Side we might have had back in 1985.... 'Too Many Hearts Get Broken' was an Allan Clarke song done with messrs Vale and Leeson (one of whom sang high harmonies on it I understand - not sure who tho') which picked up some radio airplay but failed to capture the public interest - some felt it was an attempt to reach the market groups such as Foreigner appealed to in the mid eighties whilst it has it's merits notably Allan's lead vocal I found the drum machine identical percussive repetition a bit irritating especially when you had a 'good drummer in Manchester' readily available ! I remember seeing them in concert at the time...but they never bothered to play it at the show I attended ...or later 'This is it' or 'Reunion of The Heart'.... I was lucky enough to hear all those songs at various concerts. But I don't know if they ever did Laughter turns to Tears? I would have LOVED to hear that one live- brilliant power pop. They could have done more like that👌 |
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Post by JamesT on Jul 14, 2023 9:13:05 GMT
Laughter Turns To Tears is a superb track and should have been a single and big hit in a parallel universe. There are snippets within the track very reminiscent of their 60s material, plus a welcome reappearance of electric sitar. A true later years gem.
Re: The Magnum, Irvine recording. River Records released a lot of Radio Clyde material around 20 years ago, but I think there might have been legal issues or an ownership change within RR. I chatted with a chap at a record fayre around the time who was either the owner or high up in the company and discussed some of the great material in their archive such as Uriah Heep's Glasgow Apollo concert which was apparently being discussed with Mick Box for release (but has never surfaced). Their website used to have a list of artists/recordings in their archive.
The Magnum Centre was demolished in 2017, having been closed for about eight years prior. Quite a list of artists played in what was effectively a small leisure centre theatre. Coincidentally, Irvine is the home town of their long-serving keyboard player, Ian Parker, about five years off joining the group at the time of the recording.
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Post by Stranger on Jul 14, 2023 21:09:01 GMT
It doesn't but I appreciate the effort! |
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Post by Tony Wilkinson on Jul 14, 2023 22:44:03 GMT
It doesn't but I appreciate the effort! PM your email address to me and I will send you original file ... |
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