Carpe diem
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Please tell us about it. If you want to include performances you were actually at - all the better. For the rest of us, it's YouTube/DVDs/audio (like Simon posted a while ago - Lake Tahoe performance).
Here are mine - currently;
1. 1971 BBC Concert Special - Recorded before a live studio audience. RD&M is chill-inducing! Karen belting it out and the audience absolutely blowing-up at its conclusion. Also great performances of Superstar, And When He Smiles, For All We Know, and the brilliant conclusion with Close To You/WOJB. I saw this, became an immediate fanatic, and have never looked back!
2. 1978 Bruce Forsyth Christmas Special - Live studio audience. Loved it all, especially I Need To Be In Love (Magnificent and moving Karen performance). Forever a moment in time.
3. 1974 Budokan Concert - Karen in her prime. The whole band sounded great! Highlights; YOM, Goodbye To Love, Sing (Karen with those Japanese school children, and her singing the lyrics in Japanese to boot!).
4. 1976 BBC New London Theatre Special - Live studio audience. Bittersweet. Karen's health turning for the worst, but she still sounds amazing. Highlights; Karen's drum solo, INTBIL, and her melancholy/sensual rendition of Superstar at the end.
5. 1972 Chevron Hotel - Australia - Filmed in B&W but good resolution. You can tell they were having a lot of fun! Richard the most relaxed I have ever seen him. Highlights; Bacharach Medley; specifically: Any Day Now and Make It Easy On Yourself . Great full performance of Superstar (before they made a medley out of it).
Honorable Mention - 1972 Budokan - Karen in that ruffled yellow dress and that magnificent mane of brown hair. Ooh...La...La!! I think I need to thank Billy Rees for the YT version. Thanks Billy! And Simon's audio of the LT concert - great version of When I Fall In Love.
Here are mine - currently;
1. 1971 BBC Concert Special - Recorded before a live studio audience. RD&M is chill-inducing! Karen belting it out and the audience absolutely blowing-up at its conclusion. Also great performances of Superstar, And When He Smiles, For All We Know, and the brilliant conclusion with Close To You/WOJB. I saw this, became an immediate fanatic, and have never looked back!
2. 1978 Bruce Forsyth Christmas Special - Live studio audience. Loved it all, especially I Need To Be In Love (Magnificent and moving Karen performance). Forever a moment in time.
3. 1974 Budokan Concert - Karen in her prime. The whole band sounded great! Highlights; YOM, Goodbye To Love, Sing (Karen with those Japanese school children, and her singing the lyrics in Japanese to boot!).
4. 1976 BBC New London Theatre Special - Live studio audience. Bittersweet. Karen's health turning for the worst, but she still sounds amazing. Highlights; Karen's drum solo, INTBIL, and her melancholy/sensual rendition of Superstar at the end.
5. 1972 Chevron Hotel - Australia - Filmed in B&W but good resolution. You can tell they were having a lot of fun! Richard the most relaxed I have ever seen him. Highlights; Bacharach Medley; specifically: Any Day Now and Make It Easy On Yourself . Great full performance of Superstar (before they made a medley out of it).
Honorable Mention - 1972 Budokan - Karen in that ruffled yellow dress and that magnificent mane of brown hair. Ooh...La...La!! I think I need to thank Billy Rees for the YT version. Thanks Billy! And Simon's audio of the LT concert - great version of When I Fall In Love.