Go West_The Tube 1985

Go West perform Innocence and Don't Look Down on The Tube. 6 Dec 1985
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This is from my vast collection of music recorded in the 80s, most of which has already been uploaded by everyone else ! this however appears not to be.
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[@nickslater1164]

Alan Murphy - really great UK guitarist, needs more recognition. Ground breaking, great feel and damn nice bloke too.

[@stevem-h3562]

Yeah. Sadly missed. He was a great player.

[@vicesquadpunk]

Yep, a lovely man and ultra, ultra talented ❤

[@drwheycooler8423]

All the Alan Murphy fans commenting is really neat to me. He was amazing... The funny thing is I had no idea who he was in the 80's, just liked "whoever that guy playing guitar is" it was later in life when I started playing bass that I learned. Just amazing. That call and answer interplay at the end of Innocence is amazing...

[@awlonghurst]

So great to see Alan Murphy playing. RIP Alan.

[@7purple3]

Peter Cox singing is superb live and pitch perfect without in-ear monitoring....respect!

[@eddsroom69edds]

What an amazing guitarist Alan Murphy was, and along with the rest of Go West, absolutely amazing live set this. So much talent on that stage. Great days!

[@grandmasterplank]

What great times they were. A beautiful sweet-spot in history before mobile phones and social media arrived and removed the simple fun out of everything, and began the destruction of society as we know it. Treasure those memories.

[@christopherhowe4947]

A documentary should be made about the band and Alan Murphy

[@euanelliott8068]

The only documentary I saw featuring Alan was Level 42: Fait Accompli and he had to put up with David Hepworth being a d**khead to him. Kept his cool and made the a**hole look silly.

[@drgrahamsloanguitarist3727]

Yeah, still waiting on that one!

[@davecoalwood9487]

I've written a book about a masculine talented bloke with thinnng hair who is held back by His best Pal who is a dark haired femboy. They too have a little smart arse in Their background who dies of Aids also. There is tons of similarities to This Lot. 😂

[@stephenhall9425]

Always a big fan of Go West. Great live set. Doesn't get much better than this.

Innocence, the Bangs and Crashes version, is my favourite pop/rock song of all time. I have a few other favourites, like Highway Star, but equal, not above. Driving, singing along with Peter Cox and listening to Alan Murphy, my daughter (who has a great voice) singing with me, full lungs, full voice, is always, always a rush. We lost Alan Murphy way too early and I wonder what Go West could have achieved, if only in terms of delighting me, if Cox, Drummie and Murphy had spent decades together. Together, as you can see here, they were magnificent and great, great entertainment.

[@toneranger]

RIP Alan Murphy great playing. The irony that Jeff Beck wrote The Tube title song. Sounds like he's going direct to a desk.

[@Penmani]

Alan Murphy was a guitar genius. Haven't seen this clip before so thanks for sharing. Check out his work with SFX. I was a keyboard session player in the '80s (and played with Alan a few times) and my idea of perfection would have been playing in that band! Legends all. Tony Beard also on drums for a lot of their work.

[@edwardosborne2427]

Used to see Alan play with SFX at the Cricketers pub and elsewhere back in the early 80's great player.

[@Penmani]

@@edwardosborne2427 Check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqjWhZZ7qrxgm80

[@resonator7000]

I used to see Alan with SFX at the Cricketers, although my initial reason for going was to watch Felix Krish their legendary bassist. Wonderful musicianship.

[@SuperBulldog03]

Murphy! Genius on guitar, taken way too early. Look up his solo stuff. Amazing. RIP Alan. The Queen's Head Hackney! Great Times.

[@noSecretmusic]

Love the band the songs, Peter Cox voice and as for Alan Murphy - what a legend !!

[@mop714]

What a modest and nice guy AM. RIP

[@iainrobb2875]

That man can sing .👀👀

[@awlonghurst]

Alan Murphy just so fantastic on guitar.

[@scotabot7826]

Alan Murphy was one awesome guitar player. So, so inventive!!!

[@mybluesguitar]

I remember watching this when it was on and being totally blown away by Alan Murphy. Such a great player. And a great band. Loved Go West.

[@jeremycurtis7674]

Love the low note Trem Drop ! Al !

[@euanelliott8068]

Great band, incredible guitar player. First heard Alan on Bangs&Crashes 86, and liked his note sequences, very unusual and emotive. He kicked arse in Level 42 as well, his version of Its Over is poignant.

[@davidhanrahan9317]

I've seen a lot of the worlds greatest drummers over the years, from Bill Bruford to Tony Williams, Vinnie and Weckl. But no one has blown me away more than Tony Beard! It was 85 or 86 and I so Go West perform at a small theatre on the campus of Brown University in Providence, RI. I had never heard of Tony before this night and I knew one bar into the first tune that he was a special player! Groove, energy, power, and unbelievable chops! Different chops though, this was a bit before Weckl came on the scene and blew every drummer away with his "new" style of playing! I was about 25 back then, and in the 30 plus years since then I often think back to that special night.

[@boldporcupine]

I was at the Brown show too but I was 15. It was my first real concert. It was 1986 and the room was "Alumnae Hall" on Meeting Street.

[@daleford9606]

Nice tribute to a great underrated talent that is Tony Beard. I heard him with Morrissey/Mullen band- very tasteful and musical player. I have always wondered why he wasn’t more talked about...

[@6069daryl]

Tony Beard - I've only just watched this clip and I thought I recognised the drummer now with the name I totally relate - I've got an old Hall & Oats VHS video of a gig in Japan and Tony Played on that - he was a inspiration to me when I was learning the drums, but I'd never seen him with short hair!! Thanks for the note.

[@stevem-h3562]

That was a great debut album. Had some top drawer sessioners on it.

[@duncansmith8992]

I must not forget to say what a f#cking great band they were. Exciting times.

[@paulkubic786]

Al Murphy--what a stunning player! I'm over 70 years,I still him playing the outro to W Heights with Kate, not many better!!

[@KaidHussain]

Alan Murphy R.I.P .. legendary

[@euanelliott8068]

Without a doubt the best set ever played on the Tube, and the whole band were excellent. Great atmosphere, the mid 80's as I remember it.

[@DavePriceGuitarist]

One of my favourite bands of the 80s. Alan Murphy was a big influence on me as a guitarist. I recently put up lessons on how to play the solos to 'Don't Look Down' and 'Haunted' on You Tube. Just great stuff, thanks for sharing!

[@andrewwalmsley5628]

Brilliant it is Dave, Thanks for comments, my most viewed upload, as well it should be! Regds

[@wdadcommunications6918]

Imagine being 10 feet away from Beard and Murphy blasting away in SFX at the Cricketers pub in the summer of '83. O yeah, that was me. Overwhelmingly awesome, huge grin for days afterwards. RIP Alan.

[@Penmani]

SFX: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqjWhZZ7qrxgm80

[@panavisionnot7180]

AM , a master of sequencing melodies too...

[@tomduffy3874]

These guys make me proud to be British. what a wonderful band,true craftsmen. Great music.

[@duncansmith8992]

Tom Duffy what a great comment.Cheers, I am very proud to be British and English.👍

[@andym28]

As good as Steely Dan and Gino Vanelli in the pop jazz rock world. Great English talent. Best regards Andy Edinburgh.

[@totalcontrast]

I've got this on VHS too. Must dig it out. RIP Alan Murphy. Fabulous player.

[@Hellrun]

Hey man, any chance you could rip it to dvd?

[@totalcontrast]

Would be happy to but unfortunately I don't have any facilities to be able to do that I'm afraid. If anything turns up I'll leave you a message here though. Cheers!

[@Hellrun]

Ok, thanks for getting back. How about a vhs copy? I could send you a blank vhs or pay the cost of a tape and postage.

[@totalcontrast]

Sorry no, I only have the one VHS player and that's pretty old now.

[@SamBellGuitar]

Alan Murphy. What a Musician. I wish there was more info about him and his work. An incredibly notable UK Session Guitar Player.

[@euanelliott3613]

Google: Murphy's Breeze WMV for sublime guitar work by Alan.

[@adrian_foden]

Came here for Murph.

[@RJ4960]

Me too - great to see some footage of him!

[@adamwuksta3255]

Yep, that’s why I’m here too, what a great player!

[@landslug]

Same. Always thought he was terrific but this is my first time seeing any live stuff from him. Stunning

[@euanelliott3613]

Great footage of the legend. He would have been 67 this year had he lived. Brilliant technician, always listenable and cool too.

[@sergiomeireles2001]

Alan Murphy. A great guitarist😃

[@christopherhowe4947]

superb musicianship from all of them

[@garrycrawford6967]

all top session players, Alan Murphy (guitar) and Graham Edwards (bass) were out of this world

[@christopherhowe4947]

2,317 views is no where near enough for this terrific performance

[@johncarter4131]

The whole band is so tight, this transports me straight back to 1985, I remember hearing the genius that is Alan Murphy and thinking how does he do that?

[@cameronlarsen2021]

You can really hear the Allan Holdsworth influence, great guitar player in his own right.

[@gerardovivanco5631]

YES!!! 2 of my favorite guitarists: Alan Holsdworth, AND,Alan Murphy!!!!!!

[@LERobinson1]

That was awesome! So much musical energy.

[@FrankCastlesConscience]

What a voice, and loved the melodies that Murphy crafted.

[@eddieb8337]

I'm glad the sound guy didn't leave the solos buried in the mix...quite the opposite... what a great performance...

[@JesseFSegovia]

Excellent. Absolutely love this band!

[@leandrotavella1430]

Increible , que gran banda. Que buen groove tenian los 80s, el sophisti-pop es uno de los generos que representa en parte a Go West y es de los mejores que hay, muchas bandas , Prefab Sprout , Everything but The Girl, Swing out Sisters, etc, etc,

[@80three57]

My sister was friends with some of Allan Murphy's friends, most notably another incredible guitarist Nico Ramsden. Him and Allan were great friends and I got to play Allans PRS guitar which Nico inherited. Amazing memories. What a fantastic era for music x

[@andrewwalmsley5628]

Thats brilliant, thanks for the story, amazing we can keep the past alive with these performances

[@jamesgallagher1992]

Outstanding..loved this group in mid 80s...top upload sir🤘🤘

[@Edmouk]

Fantastic band !

[@dnjxx4845]

Alan Murphy brilliant ,

[@andrewwalmsley5628]

i agree, glad i had this clip to share, one of my fav bands of 80s, regds

[@Istari_01]

I always hated this band - that genre of music, but I saw this when it aired and was blown away by the guitarist. Kept an eye out for Alan Murphy after that. He was a great player. 🍻

[@euanelliott8068]

Google: Murphy's Breeze WMV for sublime playing from the man himself.

[@duncansmith8992]

kpy95 I am not sure how you can hate a great musical band... but there you are.

[@e.g.systems6146]

Back in the day, I set the video recorder (aww, how quaint) for "The Tube" and found that due to some kind of dispute, Go West would play for almost the entire show. Sheer joy. Over time it was recorded over. Imagine my horror when a mate rang me up and said "Have you heard about Alan Murphy? Dead Mate... AIDS". So good to watch this again.

[@MyFlippinValentine]

Monster solo on Don't Look Down

[@tommyrayraypic4906]

Alan Murphy His sound is unique

[@Fontsman-14]

Heavily influenced by the master Allan Holdsworth.

[@getsensus]

Dont Look Down Girl - awesom 5:03

[@andrewwalmsley5628]

Barry, glad you enjoyed it and glad i had it lurking on a tape all these years No other way to see this great stuff other than people keeping and uploading this sort of material. Regds Andrew

[@andrewwalmsley5628]

No probs Chris, glad it brought back memories from the great decade ! Regds, Andrew

[@davewilliams5357]

i remember watching this broadcast go west had allready been on and at the last min sommerville left bronski beat and go west did a second set the guitarist lost a string during second set and you could see how stressed he was..........and this was before they hit it big

[@AFCChris]

Thanks for uploading! In a time of my life when i was really influenced by live music this stands out as one of the big memories of stuff i enjoyed then. Totally underrated band and they absolutely stormed this performance on The Tube.Great vocals by Mr Cox and Alan Murphy was a great guitarist who i loved for Level 42 as well. Love the 12 inch versions they did live. The Tube was a brilliant programme...wish we had something similar now...rather than the snobby Later With Jools Holland

[@artskogas]

Absolutely agree with all comments. Never saw them live but managed to catch Alan with L42 and that was really good as well.

[@andrewwalmsley5628]

Hi, it is a great performance, glad you liked it. Unfortunately its all i had in my huge collection of videos i used to edit together in the 80s. This seemed to be one of a few performances not already uploaded by other folk. I have waded through hours of stuff looking for this sort of thing ! glad i had this though and that its unique on here, regds Andrew

[@joncaseybluesband3849]

What a fantastic piece of musical arrangement. Why don't you come back guys and show them how to do it live !!!!!!

[@carolh8944]

They've never gone away. Lucky me, I've seen them three times in the last month. They are still just as amazing live.

[@duncansmith8992]

Alan Murphy......... what can you say...... I loved him then and thought he was one of the best guitar players I had ever seen, after Larry and a couple of other guys.. Holdsworth maybe? Brilliant player.

[@alexhaan4225]

Alan actually wrote music for Holdsworth to play. “Silent Running” from Mike and the Mechanics was all Alan, he wrote the solo and all. Cheers

[@BazzerObama]

Pino & Alan Murphy.........those were the days 👍

[@mattgreen5720]

Graham Edwards on bass in this. Pino is on the album.

[@christopherhowe5180]

Alan was a genius

[@HaroldGoodfortune]

That's some band btw😳👍😎

[@odecahedron42]

WEED 84!

[@scottblack9213]

All played LIVE. I fucking hate 2022.

[@dheerajbw]

Does anyone know whatever happened to Tony Beard? Wherever did such a terrific drummer go? is he still alive as i write?

[@mattgreen5720]

Lives in the States. Played for Hall & Oates for a while. Was with Francis Dunnery fairly recently.

[@dheerajbw]

@@mattgreen5720 Thanks Matt, glad to hear that Mr Beard is still alive n kickin'

[@petermeter8221]

Alan Murphy 🤘

[@robbiephoto1]

there is no substitute for talent and these never had it, alan murphy did, and he stood out here and went on to better things every one wanted him to play on there records till he passed away what a loss to music

[@mop714]

Yes, he would have been successful throughout his life, and every band would probably want him.

[@mattgreen5720]

These never had talent? Eh?

[@garrycrawford6967]

Andrew... After years of trying to get this... My mate handed me a DVD tonight with the full episode of the tube which he copied from the VHS tape he found in his loft... It has the full Go west set...It has level 42... And Mark king performing a solo on his Jaydee bass... It also has womac and womac featuring guy Pratt on bass.. Robert palmer.... And sting... Message me your address and I'll send you a copy

[@andrewwalmsley5628]

Garry, many thanks thats excellent news, i will contact you back, regards, Andrew

[@TryptychUK]

I would most def be up for this, I might be able to do a digital remaster. Shout me: [e-mail]

[@garrycrawford6967]

anyone know the exact date of this performance as im trying to acquire the full session from channel 4?

[@andrewwalmsley5628]

Garry, you set me thinking on how i could get this. I went back to my original VHS and played it back with the old teletext button on the TV, and there was just enough info recorded to get what i think the date is. Fri 6 Dec 1985. Good luck in your request to Ch4, Regds Andrew

[@garrycrawford6967]

outstanding mate, i'll let you know how I get on incase I get FREE COPY then you can do the same :P

[@TryptychUK]

I was the keys tech on this tour. (That's me at 10.37 loading the Emulator discs up for Pete Vettese) Originally it was planned only to do a couple of numbers, but there was a risk of an electricians strike on broadcast, so the entire set was recorded on the Thursday night previous in case, and as it happened, the plug got pulled so Go West got to do half that nights show. I guess it would have been around December 1985, the last show of the tour.

[@rogerhoner3718]

Sounds like Murphy was influenced by Alan Holdsworth’s playing. Both are a great loss to the music world. RIP

[@markreilly2469]

Alan was massively influenced by allan holdsworth.

[@verdurenoire]

@@markreilly2469 - both could have done a hell of a lot worse...

[@anisiomellojunior]

Is Pino Paladino on bass?

[@mattgreen5720]

On the album yes. On this it's Graham Edwards.

[@anisiomellojunior]

@@mattgreen5720 Thank you so much!

[@adamwatts4937]

Why did Drummie bother playing guitar 🎸?

[@duncansmith8992]

What a great guitarist. Since the early 80's only Adrian Belew Alan,Tommy Emmanuel and MartonTaylor have done anything new/interesting guitar-wise. (Marr from the Smiths was OK but boring for the last 20 years.)

[@bastianmaranga151]

What do you think of Graham Coxon's and Jonny Greenwood's playing?

[@cazcoigne]

The one thing that strikes me from re-watching this after many years is that Peter Cox and Richard Drummie have a serious love in to the detriment of the band- especially Alan Murphy, who is totally the main man in the band. It's embarrassing watching Richard Drummie go through the motions miming guitar when it's totally obvious that Alan is wrapping his skills around the track (and indeed the band). Look for the chemistry between the two skilled artists in this set up, Peter and Alan.. but don't take too long as there is none. Can anyone actually hear what Richard Drummie is doing? I suspect his guitar isn't even plugged in.

[@mattgreen5720]

Totally disagree. They loved Alan and just look at Peter's wow at around 3.50.

[@carlypotter205]

Westminster educated you think we are thickos 💁🏻

[@mattgreen5720]

What's that got to do with anything?

[@markreilly2469]

Alan Murphy obviously looking towards Alan holdsworth the similarity is uncanny

[@duncansmith8992]

With regards to Marr I mean the last 25 years......Done nothing

[@michaeldean7220]

With respect Alan's guitar skills wasted on Go West. Sadly when he popped up with the far more suitable Level 42 they were on a slight downhill slope and then tragically his health deteriorated :(

[@mattgreen5720]

His sound and playing were part of the band. He was in the right place.

[@duncansmith8992]

As much as I love Go West, you can see the arrogance they had, even at that stage. Always a big fall.

[@deepthought8770]

So arrogant they allowed the backing singers to take centre stage and sing a whole song while Peter Cox performed backing vocals for them ?!

[@mattgreen5720]

The last arrogant people in pop! What nonsense you write.

[@matttaylor4618]

Alan Murphy's tone doesn't work live, too fuzzy and shrill. Great player though RIP

[@danvelgtr]

Agreed absolute rubbish . Matt what planet are you on ?

[@matttaylor4618]

Not his clean glassy tone, that's spot on, his lead sound in the solo to Don't Look Down from 8:09, when he starts to use the trem, it warbles and you can hear shrill, fuzzy overtones when he lifts the bar. He used a Fender Champ for solos, small/brittle sound, cuts thru the mix great with post EQ, but not live. If you can't hear that then you have shit ears, or you haven't listened to the album version enough.

[@matttaylor4618]

***** I disagree. The Aria Esprit was one of his main guitars during Go West and while I can't be sure if he used it on the album, I would say his tone here is being coloured due to the power amps that are boosting his signal because of the low output of the champ. It's all subjective anyway, maybe he liked it that way. I was just pointing out that it is quite different to the sound on the record and not to my taste.

[@TryptychUK]

Matt Taylor Alan got a deal with Aria, but he generally disliked them live as they were always drifting out of tune.

[@tonykennedy8483]

+tryptychUK That's cause the original Aria trems weren't as good as the Kahlers he later put on the guitars for the 2nd album