Supertramp / Live In Paris / Pavilion De Paris / France / 1979

The show filmed at the Pavilion de Paris, France, in December 1979 on Supertramp’s legendary “Breakfast In America“ tour. Paris is a live album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in 1980. It was recorded on Supertramp’s Breakfast in America tour in Paris, France, with most of the tracks taken from a 29 November 1979 show at the Pavillon de Paris, a venue which was once a slaughterhouse. The album was originally going to be called Roadworks. Paris reached number 8 on the Billboard 200 in late 1980 and went Gold immediately, while the live version of “Dreamer“ hit the US Top 20. In July 2006, the original master tapes of the album were rediscovered in the Northern California barn of the band’s drummer Bob Siebenberg, along with video footage. The tapes were sent to Cups ’N Strings Studios in Woodland Hills, California, for digital remastering. The tapes were initially in bad technical shape, but were successfully transferred to a digital format. In 2010, Clifton was contacted to finish editing the initial three videos, aiming to later release a concert film out of the Paris concert. The footage was delivered to Roger Hodgson before a concert in Sydney. Once Supertramp manager Dave Margereson and Eagle Rock Entertainment offered to cover the post-production costs, Clifton worked on finishing the film, doing his initial work in Australia. By the time he moved to London to conclude the project, Clifton found out his original idea to feature heavily footage of Paris, adding a story akin to his work in The Song Remains the Same, was nixed by the band, who edited most of what he had done without consent to instead showcase more of the group. The sound was remixed by Peter Henderson and Supertramp’s original sound engineer Russel Pope from the original multi-tracks. The concert film was released on 27 August 2012 under the title Live in Paris ’79, with editions in both DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Hodgson would later express his disapproval with the finished project, saying the rest of the band made most decisions regarding the DVD without asking his input and avoiding giving correct songwriting credit to himself or Davies. The DVD was repackaged in 2015 with the full show on two CDs and correct songwriting credit on the rear packaging. Track listing: 01. French Touch / Intro 02. School 03. Bloody Well Right 04. The Logical Song 05. Goodbye Stranger 06. Breakfast In America 07. Hide In Your Shell 08. Asylum 09. Even In The Quietest Moments 10. Give A Little Bit 11. Dreamer 12. Rudy 13. Take The Long Way Home 14. Another Man’s Woman 15. Child Of Vision 16. Fool’s Overture 17. Two Of Us 18. Crime Of The Century 19. From Now On / Credits Bonus Tracks: Remixed Audio With Newly Created Visuals 20. Ain’t Nobody But Me 21. You Started Laughing / When I Held You In My Arms 22. A Soap Box Opera 23. From Now On 24. Downstream Personnel: Rick Davies / lead and backing vocals, acoustic and Wurlitzer pianos, Hammond Organ, ARP Omni 2 Elka and Oberheim synthesizers, Hohner Clavinet, harmonica, tambourine. Roger Hodgson / lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, pianos, synthesizers, bells. John Helliwell / saxophones, clarinet, synthesizers, organ on “Ain’t Nobody But Me” and “Goodbye Stranger“, percussion, backing vocals, spoken intros. Dougie Thomson / bass guitars, backing vocals on “Bloody Well Right“, “Fool’s Overture“ and “Two of Us“, organ on “School“, additional synthesizer on “Fools Overture“. Bob Siebenberg / Bob C. Benberg / drums, percussion, backing vocals on “Two of Us“. Crew: Executive Producer / Dave Margereson Executive Producer / For Eagle Rock Entertainment / Geoff Kempin / Terry Shand Film Director / Peter Clifton Mixed By / Sound Remixed By / Peter Henderson / Russel Pope Photography By / Claude Gassian Written By / Rick Davies / Roger Hodgson Additional Crew: Producers / Peter Henderson / Russel Pope Engineers / Bernie Grundman / Peter Henderson / Russel Pope Mixing / Bernie Grundman Mastering / Bernie Grundman Re-mastering / Greg Calbi / Jay Messina Production manager / “Spy“ Matthews Lighting / Ken Allardyce / Tony Shepherd Monitors / Ian Lloyd “Biggles“ Bigsley Sound System / Norman Hall / David Farmiloe / Mick Berg / Chris “Smoother“ Smyth Lighting System / Patrick O’Doherty / Roger Grose / Tam Smith Stage System / Patrick Ampe / Van Annonson / Steve Dabbs Piano technician / Edd Kolakowski Projection / Gus Thomson Rigging / George Packer / Jade Dearling Art direction / Mike Doud Design / Mike Fink Cover illustration / Cindy Marsh Photography / Mark Hanauer / Steve Smith Liner notes / David Margereson Production: Label: Eagle Vision / ERBRD5086 Format: Blu-ray / Multichannel / DTS-HD Country: Europe Released: 11 / 08 / 2012 Genre: Rock Style: Progressive Rock / Art Rock Duration: 01:40:31