Jackson Browne
Playhouse Theatre
Edinburgh, Scotland
September 27, 1986
(Night Two of European Leg)

Transfer: .wav file > Peak Pro 6 (pitch adjusted) > iZotope RX / ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC

01 Boulevard
02 Tender Is The Night
03 That Girl Could Sing
04 In The Shape Of A Heart
05 Candy
06 Downtown
07 For Everyman
08 Lawyers In Love
09 Soldier Of Plenty
10 Black And White
11 Late For The Sky
12 Till I Go Down
13 The Times You’ve Come
14 Lives In The Balance
15 Lawless Avenue
16 For America
17 The Pretender
18 Running On Empty
19 Doctor My Eyes
20 Somebody’s Baby
21 The Load-Out > Stay
22 For A Rocker
23 I Am A Patriot

Known Faults:
-Lives In The Balance: start cut

The tour supporting ‘Lives in the Balance’ began in North America in May and continued through the end of August. After a month break, the European leg of the tour kicked off in Edinburgh at the 3000 seat Playhouse Theatre on September 26th (there is a possible unconfirmed date on the 24th in Amsterdam though there is no solid evidence this show took place and if it did no recording has surfaced).

Night two of the European leg stays true to the established setlist with one notable and very welcome addition. Jackson introduces “Lives In The Balance” as the next song but the sequencer used on the song fails at the start. After a short time waiting for it be repaired Jackson says he has another song he’ll play that was requested earlier. We then get a slightly tentative but lovely and rare 1980’s playing of “The Times You’ve Come” complete with a mistake in mixing up the verses Jackson comments on. From what I can find this may be the only time this was played between the mid-1970’s to the mid-1980’s.

As with the first night, the recording does not appear to be one of the more commonly circulating shows and the setlist doesn’t appear in any Jackson live setlist databases I’ve seen. It required a very small pitch adjustment and I’ve removed any extreme audience noises. Quality is almost identical to the previous night to the point I’d guess the taper(s) sat in the same area each night. The crowd is a bit more boisterous this night but this all takes place away from the taper. 

Artwork is also included…thanks to my old friend MR for supplying this series of shows.

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