Ronnie Lane - ARMS Benefit Concert 1983 - Royal Albert Hall Full Concert

VHS to video :) The ARMS Charity Concerts were a series of charitable rock concerts in support of Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis. The first (and initially planned to be the only) event took place at the Royal Albert Hall on September 20, 1983, with subsequent dates occurring in the United States, with slightly different lineups of musicians. The idea for hosting the concert was envisaged by Ronnie Lane, ex-bassist for The Small Faces, The Faces and founder of the band Slim Chance, himself a casualty of multiple sclerosis. The concert was billed as The Ronnie Lane Appeal for ARMS and featured a star-studded line-up of British musicians, including Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, John Paul Jones, Andy Fairweather-Low, Bill Wyman, Ray Cooper, James Hooker, Tony Hymas, Simon Philips, Fernando Saunders, Chris Stainton, Kenney Jones and Charlie Watts. The concert was particularly notable in the fact that it was the first occasion on which Clapton, Beck
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