ALEX HARVEY BAND Good Evening Boys And Girls (Box Set)

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A COMPREHENSIVE 21CD BOXSET OF CONCERT PERFORMANCES FROM THE SCOTTISH LEGENDS, INCLUDES 144-PAGE HARDBACK BOOK, RARE MEMORABILIA, SIGNED BAND PHOTO, REPLICA PROGRAMME + MORE

There was never another band like The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. They didn’t just play shows - they made every venue feel like their territory, told stories, cracked jokes, and then tore the roof off the place. Scotland has produced its share of musical legends, but SAHB remain something rarer still: a band whose myth came from the stage, night after night, sweat and swagger and steel-toe precision.

Good Evening Boys & Girls is the most comprehensive attempt yet to bottle that lightning. Gathering 16 previously unreleased live performances, this 21-CD set traces the group from the Marquee in ’73 through the band’s final run with the original lineup. It’s a tour through ballrooms, city halls, theatres and festivals - London, Newcastle, Glasgow, New York, Berlin, Reading - and the famous Glasgow Apollo Christmas Show of 1975, long spoken of in fan circles, now finally unearthed.

Much of what’s here comes straight from the source: soundboard and radio recordings, remastered with care by Pete Reynolds (Mott The Hoople, Fleetwood Mac, Wishbone Ash) to preserve their bite and atmosphere. You hear the band as the crew and punters heard them - gritty, elastic, unpredictable, and completely themselves. This is SAHB without varnish, and that’s exactly how it should be.

The box also digs into the story behind the noise. A 144-page hardback book tells the tale with unseen and rare photographs from Ian Dickson, Barry Plummer, Janet Macoska, Steve Emberton, Dick Barnatt, Michael Putland, Kevin Cummins and more, accompanied by new notes from longtime Harvey historian Martin Kielty. Much of the memorabilia posters, passes, scraps, treasures - comes from Ted McKenna’s private archive and the remarkable collection of Martin Davies, offering a glimpse into the working life of a band that lived as hard as it played.

A replica Glasgow Apollo programme and a signed photograph from Zal Cleminson and Chris Glen complete the set - fittingly, since the box was made with the full cooperation of Zal Cleminson, Chris Glen and sonic architect Dave Batchelor and the estates of Alex, Ted and Hugh McKenna. For longtime fans, Good Evening Boys & Girls is a chance to step back inside the halls where SAHB became SAHB.

For anyone new, it’s an invitation into a world where theatre met street-corner grit, where humour sat beside heartbreak, and where a band of players followed a singular frontman into the wild every single night.

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Track list

1.CD Marquee Club, London, 18/09/73
Crazy Horses
St. Anthony
Midnight Moses
Runaway
After You`ve Gone
Framed
Giddy Up A Ding Dong
I Just Want To Make Love To You
Hole In Her Stocking
Dance To The Music (Part 1)
Tomorrow Belongs To Me
Dance To The Music (Part 2)
Buff's Bar Blues

2.CD The Rainbow Theatre, London, 07/06/74
Long Hair Music
Sergeant Fury
Vambo
Man In The Jar
Gang Bang
Money Honey / The Impossible Dream / Rock Around The Clock / Dance To The Music
Framed
Next
Jumping Jack Flash

3.CD Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle, 18/10/74
Midnight Moses
Long Hair Music
Sergeant Fury
Vambo
Man In The Jar
Gang Bang
Land Of 1000 Dances / Boney Maronie / Money Honey / The Impossible Dream / Rock Around The Clock / Dance To The Music

4.CD Syracuse, NY, Autumn 1974
Intro
The Faith Healer
Midnight Moses
Next
Sergeant Fury
Vambo
School's Out
The Impossible Dream
Framed
I Just Wanna Make Love To You
Anthem

5.CD Electric Ladyland Studios, New York City, 16/11/74
The Faith Healer
Next
Sergeant Fury
Vambo
Gang Bang
Anthem
Midnight Moses - New Jersey, 1974
Vambo - New Jersey, 1974

6.CD Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle, 09/05/75
Fanfare
The Faith Healer
Action Strasse
Tomahawk Kid
Give My Compliments To The Chef
Delilah
Soul In Chains
The Tale Of The Giant Stone Eater
Midnight Moses
Vambo
Tomorrow Belongs To Me

7.CD Guildhall, Preston, 11/05/75
Introduction / Faith Healer
Action Strasse
Tomahawk Kid
Give My Compliments To The Chef
Delilah
Gang Bang
Framed

8.CD Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 12/05/75
Fanfare
The Faith Healer
Action Strasse
Tomahawk Kid
Give My Compliments To The Chef
Delilah
Ribs And Balls
The Tale Of The Giant Stone Eater

9.CD Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 12/05/75
Soul In Chains
Gang Bang
Midnight Moses
Vambo
Tomorrow Belongs To Me
Sergeant Fury

10.CD City Hall, Sheffield, 13/05/75
Fanfare
The Faith Healer
Action Strasse
Tomahawk Kid
Give My Compliments To The Chef
Delilah
Soul In Chains
Ribs And Balls
The Tale Of The Giant Stone Eater

11.CD City Hall, Sheffield, 13/05/75
Gang Bang
Midnight Moses
Vambo
Tomorrow Belongs To Me
Sergeant Fury
Framed

12.CD Victoria Ground, Stoke-on -Trent, 17/05/75
The Faith Healer
Action Strasse
Tomahawk Kid
Give My Compliments To The Chef
Delilah
Ribs And Balls
The Tale Of The Giant Stone Eater
Midnight Moses

13.CD Victoria Ground, Stoke-on -Trent, 17/05/75
Vambo
Tomorrow Belongs To Me
Gang Bang
Framed

14.CD Apollo, Glasgow, 20/12/75
Gamblin` Bar Room Blues
Fanfare
Love Story
St. Anthony
Next
Runaway
Isobel Goudie
Jungle Jenny
Talent Contest
Cheek To Cheek
Gamblin` Bar Room Blues (Reprise)

15.CD Apollo, Glasgow, 20/12/75
April Kisses
Framed
Sharks Teeth
Vambo
Gang Bang
Sergeant Fury
Delilah
The Faith Healer
Midnight Moses

16.CD New Victoria Theatre, London, 23/12/75
Gamblin` Bar Room Blues
Fanfare
Love Story
St. Anthony
Next
Runaway
Isobel Goudie
Jungle Jenny
April Kisses
Framed
Sharks Teeth
Vambo
Gang Bang

17.CD New Victoria Theatre, London, December 1975
Love Story
St. Anthony
Next
Runaway
Isobel Goudie
Jungle Jenny
Talent Contest
Cheek To Cheek
Gamblin` Bar Room Blues

18.CD New Victoria Theatre, London, December 1975
April Kisses
Framed
Sharks Teeth
Vambo
Gang Bang
Sergeant Fury
Delilah
The Faith Healer
Midnight Moses

19.CD Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 09/05/76
School's Out
Tomahawk Kid
Isobel Goudie
Dance To Your Daddy
April Kisses
Framed
Amos Moses
Vambo
Boston Tea Party
Delilah
The Faith Healer

20.CD Neue Welt, Berlin, 12/10/76
Tomahawk Kid
Isobel Goudie
Dance To Your Daddy
April Kisses
Framed
Amos Moses
Vambo (Incomplete)

21.CD Reading Festival, 28/08/77
The Faith Healer
Midnight Moses
School's Out
King Kong
Vambo
Hoolie Hoolie Coocha
Gang Bang
Engine Room Boogie
Framed
Mrs. Blackhouse
Delilah
Blue Suede Shoes