Squeeze - The Country Club - Los Angeles, CA - July 6, 1981

[@hollynorris957]

Saw them in 85 . Totally awesome mind blowing experience. So tight so unique, just the best !!!

[@sanddab]

Glenn Tilbrook’s energy is amazing.

[@KaraLey98]

“If I Didn’t Love You” This is MY FAVOURITE SONG!! never saw them perform it before THANK YOU STEVE BERTRAM!!

[@treestruest9649]

Im currently on a Squeeze binge and can't even express how excited for this I am. Their voices and music- live. Like WOW.

[@stevebertram6730]

Glad I could help.

[@dskay211]

@@stevebertram6730 As usual Steve you come up with the best live Squeeze shows/music. Since I recently purchased the Deluxe “Spot the Difference” with the live versions at the end I’ve been on a live Squeeze binge. Thanks for this recent edition.

[@bipbippadotta3680]

I'm on a Squeeze binge also 🤗 I bought Jools Holland's book ages ago and never got around to reading it until now. That brought me to relisten to all these gems from the past 🥰

[@ailouros6669]

Same here! Just started on my Squeeze Binge!

[@hoznozhoznoz4261]

I’ve been on a 45 year squeeze binge and it’s getting stronger.

[@EugeneKelleher]

Love this band God bless them all

[@crapple009]

There'll never be days like that again..

[@mamalama7204]

When I was just a boy and men were men?

[@SylviaDonnell]

Today is the day to have fond memories... forever!!! SQUEEEEEzzzzzZZZ MEEEE!!! ~barflySue the₩ildTyp£!!!

[@terrysmith5734]

Growing up in the 80's in the Valley was the best. Saw so many shows at The Reseda Country Club. Good times.

[@spanishpeaches2930]

Such great songs in such a short space of time..78 to 81.

[@jamule777]

They are one of the greatest bands to do it…

[@genki2genki]

How anyone could have been this good and not given the keys to superstardom is beyond me.

[@drummessiah88]

And they were always so close to becoming super stars. Dammit.

[@teddy-edward]

genki2genki boss

[@derekvillorente4334]

genki2genki Squeeze is severely underrated. This band should be in the same category as the Beatles and U2.

[@martinberry3271]

Women never bought their records unfortunately.Too many great songs about lost love and rejection.

[@sampowellmusic]

Superstardom is reserved for non talents like....(fill in the blank)

[@TowGunner]

I remember watching Squeeze on The Uncle Floyd Show. They performed Black Coffee In Bed 💯

[@stevebertram6730]

I have their complete Uncle Floyd 1982 appearance where they performed Black Coffee, His House Her Home and I’ve Returned. Unfortunately Floyd owns this and had me sent into KZbin jail for sharing it.

[@TowGunner]

@@stevebertram6730 That sucks! I searched for it on KZbin and came up empty. He has a slew of UF vids available but no musical acts. I wonder if it’s a copyright issue with the bands?

[@RoyPage1970]

Man that sucks​@@stevebertram6730

[@RoyPage1970]

​@@stevebertram6730what is Uncle Floyd a British television program ????

[@stevebertram6730]

@@RoyPage1970 He was a low budget “kiddie” type show out of New Jersey on local television. Google him.

[@bobbarker1476]

Dilfords voice is so complimentary with Tilbrooks.

[@tracycolligan677]

How has this been out for 8 years and I’ve never seen this? Thanks so much for posting. I loved early Squeeze. I think East Side Story is the most under-rated album or that era. I don’t understand why Squeeze never got the recognition they deserved. On the other hand, so many of the bands that got all the glory have virtually vanished. Just 2 days ago, May 21, 2023 Squeeze played the “Cruel World Festival” in California. Still going 41 years after this concert was filmed.

[@RobertU-w5p]

One of the greatest bands ever

[@justinmesh3667]

Oh this is F'n great!! Seeing them in a few weeks in CO!!!!

[@VoxRox]

The whole band sounds amazing, captured in this live performance. Tilbrook cranked out one great guitar solo after another. I was stoked to hear Paul Carrack play keys and sing the (entire) lead vocal on Tempted. He has such an amazing soulful voice. But, it isn't any wonder why he left this band-- too much talent to shine on just one stage!

[@stevebertram6730]

@@VoxRox Chris Difford once compared Paul Carrack to a gypsy. If you look at his career, that’s a true statement.

[@susiefoxy8130]

43years ago! Wow feels like yesterday. They/their lyrics are so British, makes me feel glad to be one❤

[@SylviaDonnell]

Thanks for posting this concert... defiantly the happening pf its time!!! ✌

[@SylviaDonnell]

UNDOUBTEDLY!!! ~barflySue theWildType!!!

[@nealeger8154]

I was lucky to see them the week before this show in NJ back in '81.

[@brucescavuzzo266]

I think I was at that show! The South Mountain Arena

[@kateclarke456]

Listening nearly 40years later and knowing all the words to every song ❤️❤️❤️

[@whatareuthinking1]

This Sunday Nashville

[@kyriaemegawatt8397]

Right?? I havent lost it. yet

[@fredmuller7400]

I’m the same way from UK squeeze the Babylonandon to some fantastic place and end the century with domino and then picking up when they got back spot the difference From the cradle to the grave the knowledge I’m still waiting for more in 2022

[@CraigMaxwell-gz3vw]

Same here!

[@davidlingard7369]

Still think that guitar solo in Another Nail for my Heart is the best I’ve heard,so well constructed it fits the song perfectly.

[@juliuscepeda9655]

Thank you for bringing my attention to Glenn’s guitar work. It’s great to see the close up of him playing. It surely improved my appreciation for his musicianship.

[@chrisfavicchio6805]

I am rueing the fact that I failed to see this fantastic band live in its heyday. And yes Glenn is a fantastic guitarist and the solo in Another Nail is one of my all time favorites!

[@bipbippadotta3680]

Another Nail is my favourite Squeeze song. "I want to be good, is that not enough ?" 😔

[@budg.6094]

I heard Glen say once he had spent “an entire afternoon” working up that solo, which was interesting. He also said he almost never changes a note of his solos because when he does, they never sound good (in his opinion). An interesting take in a world where so many musicians pray to the God of improvising … pray to it too much, in my opinion.

[@slapiro]

I'm obsessed with Squeeze. Can't stop watching.

[@imannonymous7707]

Me to

[@maureenwassermann767]

The "mix" the engineer produced is fantastic...first time I've really heard the voices of Glenn and Chris distinctly. Brilliant set-list. While band is still utterly amazing, they were never the same after Gilson left. Listen to the powerful, energetic drumming. Every pop group wished they had him. Finally, Glenn is so criminally under-appreciated as a guitar-player. Wonderful. Best tune-smiths since Lennon/Macca, at the top of their game.

[@grantharrismusic]

Gilson Lavis played on every squeeze album up to and including Play and was then replaced by Pete Thomas ex Elvis Costello. If I were Glenn or Chris I’d love to be able to describe such a replacement as a loss.

[@jamesterakazis6624]

@@grantharrismusic ....Excellent point..Loved Gilson's playing....loved Pete Thomas....love Simon Hanson the drummer since 2007....They've always had revolving doors around them (keys and bass also) but always manage to find phenomenal players....

[@AnalogOpher]

Every word! The octave lower harmony singing is one of their ultimate secret weapons.

[@shayquinn5037]

@@grantharrismusic well said agree 1000% with u

[@SylviaDonnell]

Whos that!?!

[@jefflaben511]

This is so good: Everyone that loves music should watch it.

[@mereniecrosby7120]

I saw them back then. I couldn't believe l hadn't heard them before.

[@danheilman7729]

I plugged my cassette deck into the TV so I could record the audio of this (no VCR). Mercy sakes, I loved Squeeze.

[@stevebertram6730]

I did as well.

[@seanwinkel8890]

I remember the night this first aired- it was a Friday night I think- and I was so blown away. These guys were the best band of the 80's.

[@stevebertram6730]

I ran out and bought my first VCR that day specifically to record this.

[@RoyPage1970]

​@@stevebertram6730I think it was a Saturday

[@susiefoxy8130]

I remember getting their album with Glenn on the front in his underpants😳

[@mrJimCharles]

​@@stevebertram6730 that's what this is, your very first VCR recording??? Must have been a pretty good recorder

[@stevebertram6730]

@ It was state of the art at the time. 5 head stereo.

[@iansnyder274]

Tilbrook is a genius! Still sounds as fresh as when I bought the CASSETTE in '81. How did he come up with this stuff? Astounding..

[@MA_808]

A guy named Chris Difford has something to do with SQUEEZE, as well.

[@hertzair1186]

@@MA_808Difford wrote the words, Tillbrook the melodies…..

[@mikewerner3797]

I loved Squeeze, thanks for the concert video👍

[@stevebertram6730]

They’re still going strong. They have 2 albums scheduled for release this year.

[@Nightmaregamer-y7n]

Wow an actual concert with Paul Carrack .

[@brettthompson2743]

Goose bumps! I was at this show. Such a great band.

[@kirkwise654]

First saw Glenn, Chris and the boys the same year, sharing the bill with Elvis Costello at The Warfield in SF. They damn near blew the roof off! I'm lucky to have caught every live show in LA in all their various incarnations throughout the 80's, 90's, and early OO's. The smartest, most infectious and literate pop rock since the heyday of Lennon/McCartney. Thanks a million for putting this up!!!

[@helendi7000]

I was at that Warfield show, it was in 1980 they opened up for Elvis on his Trust tour, and had Argy Bargy just out. I agree, they blew me away and i turned out to be a bigger Squeeze fan than EC fan, who I love also

[@kirkwise654]

@@helendi7000 In my memory, their live version of Mumbo Jumbo had the entire crowd on its feet, literally dancing in the aisles!

[@Banichi04]

I know this is an old thread, but gosh, I would have liked to be there! I didn’t discover Squeeze ‘til the mid-‘80s. I will add that my most fun, transcendent, dancing in the aisles experience was Trip Shakespeare at Liberty Lunch in Austin, Texas, around 1991. 😊

[@Togidubnus]

This is gold dust. I remember first seeing this on my portable telly with a buzzy speaker. Listening to this again through an amp and speakers brings out the quality of the sound mix, never heard it at this quality before and it's staggering. Thank you for posting.

[@hafke001]

Problably the best "popgroup" of the late 70's -80's

[@russfro]

1:10 - If I Didn't Love You 5:10 - Another Nail For My Heart 8:05 - Take Me I'm Yours 11:20 - Too Many Teardrops 14:10 - Separate Beds 17:35 - Someone Else's Heart 20:50 - Piccadilly 24:25 - Farfisa Beat 28:00 - Vicky Verky 31:30 - I Think I'm Go Go 36:15 - Tempted 40:20 - Is That Love? 42:45 - Someone Else's Bell 46:20 - Slightly Drunk 49:00 - Cool For Cats 52:25 - Pulling Mussels From The Shell 56:20 - In Quintessence 59:15 - Yap Yap Yap 1:02:30 - Slap And Tickle 1:08:00 - Messed Around 1:10:50 - Goodbye Girl 1:16:05 - Labelled With Love 1:20:50 - There At The Top 1:25:00 - outro instrumental

[@atticus2u]

russfro thank you

[@miles4624]

Thanks

[@felicenyny2146]

Thanks Steve! Some great time traveling! 😁

[@JM-dv1zq]

Thanks for breaking out the time of the songs.

[@wendysing9741]

Thanks for listing the songs.

[@Blues424]

That was amazing!

[@stephendonnelly327]

Love Squeeze. Never saw anyone pogo dance to "Separate Beds" before seeing this video!

[@jimmyrazor6202]

The audio is fantastic, but the video looks almost like a kinescope--filmed from a television screen.

[@stevebertram6730]

If you’ve ever posted to KZbin, you’ll know that the quality of the video is compressed. This was recorded by me on a state of the art 5 head VCR at the 2 hour mode. It’s a pristine first generation recording.

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

Excellent... Paul Carrack on keys..bonus

[@chrisweber-c1z]

Being listening to squeeze since early 80s still loving them ! Seeing them in ct in a few week for the 6th time. Still amazing!

[@SoapinTrucker]

Wow! I was living in Long Beach, and just about to head to San Dog for Navy Bootcamp, and was listening to Rush, Van Halen, Journey, The Cars, B-52's, OZZY, Rainbow, BOC, AC/DC, etc, I wouldn't discover Squeeze until late 82 or so, in Washington State! LOL :)

[@lacothans1191]

Thank you. Real music.

[@mantra3000]

It's tough to make such a harmonically elaborate stuff sound so solid.

[@spensert4933]

They play together tightly

[@susiefoxy8130]

Saw Paul Carrack at the iow festival, always remember Over my Shoulder😢

[@landofsuchbeauty]

At my bedside empty pocket A foot without a sock Your body gets much closer I fumble for the clock Alarmed by the seduction I've always loved this progression of lyrics.

[@bumpkin4316]

I wish that it would stop.

[@HarryJoiner]

Gilson Lavis was (and remains) a total pro. I saw this tour. Amazing, as one can see. Missing from this particular set yet played in Atlanta was “How Long” by Ace, sung by Paul Carrack, who sang on the original Ace record. Here Carrack also sings Tempted.

[@stevebertram6730]

Harry Joiner Paul sang “How Long” when he rejoined Squeeze in 1993. He never sang it in 1981 when this was recorded.

[@HarryJoiner]

@@stevebertram6730 in atlanta he did actually

[@thadonis.]

Thanks for this. Was looking for Carrack singing live with Squeeze. Couldn't find a live track on it's own. So great!

[@jay9537]

remember driving around with " singles, "45 and under" in my cassette deck.... they were def top 40, one of my fav 80's memories

[@dtradiomemphis]

40:18: "Pulling Mussels From A Shell. NOWW!!"

[@daanje1062]

I mean this is truly excellent. Great band, great performance, crowd obviously loving the experience. Hard to believe its 40 years ago. I bought Eastside Story the week of release and thought to myself...this must be the future of rock and roll. Turns out not but what a try!

[@danhammer1278]

See Squeeze on Wednesday , such a great band

[@darrenmatson6946]

Fuck I really miss the wavish 80s Music and lifestyle! Squeeze sooooo BADASS.

[@chrispretious217]

Wonderful band, brilliant songs, great musicians.

[@jbelafonte]

I think John Bentley was an underrated bassist. He's very melodic.

[@Lisa-zr2su]

he is also a pedophile.

[@jimmyrazor6202]

Yes. And very punchy.

[@MorinWeb1]

Best little band in the world!

[@bukowski20]

Superb. Just saw them in the UK and they're as good as ever.

[@johnhanson5943]

Straight back to the 80’s in my bedsit near Clapham. Whoosh - Warpspeed!

[@aljustal6554]

"I never thought it would happen/With me and the girl from Clapham/Out on the windy common/That night I ain't forgotten...."

[@EricJohnson-qo7nz]

Hidden treasure right here! Thanks for preserving this magical moment of time- 25 years young myself and can't get enough of the chemistry behind Tilbrook and Difford's genius songwriting. Wise beyond their years- Got to see them a few weeks ago live in Arizona and they still got the charm despite a few alterations in the backing section

[@clivesmith4569]

Wow, I saw these guys in London over 20 years ago. so much talent

[@daphnemaidstone]

Thank you for this evening's viewing and musical indulgence! A pleasure ❤️

[@stevebertram6730]

You're welcome!

[@charlesrobins2089]

Dave, I was also there for this 1981 show in L.A. and can be seen right at the start .037 -.039! I'm the young guy in the blue shirt, top left of screen and partially obscured by my brother. I also saw Difford and Tilbrook perform during their 2015 "The At Odds Couple Tour." I have always had great memories of that 1981 concert. Squeeze was extraordinary then and still is today--34 years later! Thanks for posting this video!! It's no longer the 80s, but Difford and Tilbrook keep pumping out great music!

[@victoriasage8613]

I was there!!! Saw so many great shows at the Country Club. Thanks for sharing.

[@spensert4933]

Who else? That was my era.

[@dennismolfese5847]

The heavy set dude ticket taker with the sideburns was visually etched in my mind from that day forward..

[@AMRN77]

Never really listened to Squeeze back in the 80s, other than the stuff that was on the radio - Cool For Cats, Up The Junction, etc. Stumbled across this vid as looking for something to watch prior to going to see them supporting Madness at a gig later this year. Just gotta say - wow, I missed out in the 80s. This is just awesome!

[@BestUserNameUK]

Awesome version of Goodbye Girl. First saw Squeeze in 1979 at the Manchester Apollo, UK.

[@BlueSkies32]

Thank you for posting this extraordinary performance, beautiful compositions, flawlessly delivered, a gem.

[@davidmoss4280]

Brilliant band

[@SuperSuperswan]

Unbelievable playing Slap and Tickle.

[@Cyberfender1]

Very tight. The whole band is precice and energetic. They play well together!

[@jimbrown8520]

Thanks so much for posting this. I saw this exactly once on MTV when it was first broadcast and it made me a Squeeze fan for life. I never saw it again since and have been wanting to for 30+ years. What a great show.

[@MICKEYDELFINO]

Ditto. 33 years flew by.

[@halheller5172]

wonderful!

[@edmurphy1691]

I saw them in Ottawa 3 weeks later... thanx for the memories!!

[@mikestevenson576]

Barrymore's?

[@edmurphy1691]

no Mike, it was at an old movie Theatre where the Rideau Centre is located now... beautiful classic Victorian style... I cant recall the name of the Theatre at the moment@@mikestevenson576

[@davedederer4124]

gilson lavis for president! or prime minister! or at the very least most underappreciated drummer of all time!

[@mercenairy1]

YOU COULDNT PRY THE SMILE OFF MY FACE RIGHT NOW!!! WOW THANKS FOR POSTIN THIS !!

[@BRUTUSPLAC]

THANK YOU !!!! this was MTV Saturday night concert June 19 1982 . just as my freshman year of high school was ending.. WOW 35 years ago........

[@stevebertram6730]

BRUTUSPLAC - This is the original airing of this concert. Only shown once. Subsequent airings edited out songs to insert commercials. Enjoy!

[@BRUTUSPLAC]

i did !!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH ,,,,

[@davidscherzer]

They headlined Madison Square Garden the night before this aired - 6/18/82. Maybe their biggest show ever.

[@johnrushingvt]

Magnificent.

[@SDPanic1]

Thank you for this. Like David E. just said. I just got their latest album and have tickets to see them at the Belly up Tavern in Solano Beach. Great to see them still making great music.

[@wink853]

What an awesome set list and great energy by the lads

[@kinksboss1]

thanks for posting this! I saw it when it aired on MTV and had seen them just two days earlier at the Old Waldorf in SF, on July 4 when Difford performed in a British Red Coat. Still the best club show I have ever seen

[@darrenhughes1494]

Brilliant !!

[@mrbob424]

such crisp sound. i just got tickets for 2 of their shows in ny and nj this october! yea!

[@blackcougar1959]

CONGRATS!!!

[@mrbob424]

and they are a new revamped lineup and coming back to nj ny and long island in november in 2017. i am going to the show 5 times.

[@lara4re]

Love this Steve.....thanks so much! I also like the little happy guy pic waving on the right...lol

[@jpcdoran]

Fantastic! Brings back great memories...

[@billpholde4816]

These guys (and Los Lobos) helped keep the 80s from being completely vapid.

[@chrisdayton35]

Don’t forget Costello and Lowe

[@helendi7000]

@@chrisdayton35 and Dave Edmunds, Graham Parker, X, Joe Jackson, Kinks, Pretenders, XTC, U2, REM...

[@dearly1961]

This is fantastic Steve! I just got the latest Squeeze album Cradle To The Grave, which is outstanding with all the trademark Squeeze qualities. So in exploring Squeeze videos it is so great to see this show from my college years, when I was attending Cal St. Northridge as a music major. I did not know of Squeeze then unfortunately, since I was heavy into a KMET- KLOS mindset of album rock. But I definitely recall the heyday of the Country Club as one of the best small concert venues. Thank you for this great concert!

[@stevebertram6730]

+David E. My pleasure!

[@paulomendes5935]

Which song at 12:00?

[@CraigMoore365]

Too Many Teardrops. It's a Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter song.

[@andyb150]

24 tracks in under 90mins🤤

[@jaym4958]

Thank you Steve 😊

[@djtoman6875]

Thank you so much for this. As someone so familiar with the track lists and order of Argy Bargy and East Side Story that I automatically start humming the next tune whenever one ends, I love that this setlist includes what otherwise can only be considered "album tracks." Tunes like "There At the Top," "Vicky Verky," and "Farfisa Beat" were only played because their catalogue of tunes was still thin, although to my ears they're right up there with everything else on those slabs of vinyl.

[@TheFranksantana]

Thanks Steve for uploading this video. I'm gonna go see them again on September 13th, 2019 @ the Orpheum in LA

[@alexharris4177]

As always, King Bertram thank you for posting!

[@edwardfabela2200]

I saw Squeeze when they opened for Elvis Costello at the Country Club. Great show.

[@steveevans4299]

And tonight.....Squeeze play The Subscription Rooms in Stroud UK - can't wait!

[@steveevans4299]

They were great - playing an fairly intimate gig to c500 of us!

[@aaronleveckmusic]

Tilbrook is on another level/atmosphere. I honestly believe he is the best, ever!! His band is an extension of him: perfection. And his singing???? Another demonstration of pure soul and talent.

[@AlexLopez-ui2or]

Great concert... IMHO, Best alt versions of "Yap, Yap, Yap" and "Slap and Tickle".

[@thebigkitty]

1:10:49 That's a rippin' version of Goodbye Girl!

[@ngoodman5340]

36:20 the only live version of Tempted live with Paul Carrack I can find

[@freesberg]

I still have the show button.

[@blackcougar1959]

That's so COOL, Vann Frazier! Wish I would had known about them. Even if I did, I was 7 months preggers, with my hubby and my first child, so more than likely, I would not had been in attendance. I did eventually see them decades later at the Rialto theater, Tucson Az, back in 2008 so I can die happy lol, but even before that, I'm going to be at their Scotsdale, Az concert later on this month.

[@freesberg]

@@blackcougar1959 How was the concert in Scotsdale? Did you see them last year as well?

[@phil159]

This is great.

[@dronehead5505]

Very cool. The show that the Messed Around video came from. Always wanted to see this.

[@BillyBongwaters]

They where so great...