Vinyl Record
Supertramp - Live In Paris '79
Supertramp - Live In Paris '79 on LP vinyl. A 2025 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP ยท 2025
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2025 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Live In Paris '79 captures Supertramp at the moment when Breakfast In America had made them one of the biggest bands in the world, but before the classic Hodgson-Davies partnership began to feel historically sealed. Recorded at the Pavillon de Paris during the 1979 tour, the set is more expansive than a simple hits document. School, Ain't Nobody But Me, The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, Breakfast In America, Bloody Well Right and Hide In Your Shell establish the first stretch as a tour-de-force of contrast: art-school tension, radio precision, wit and ache. Later, Child Of Vision, Even In The Quietest Moments, Give A Little Bit, Dreamer, Rudy, Take The Long Way Home, Fool's Overture and Crime Of The Century show how deep the repertoire had become by the end of the decade. The value is hearing a meticulous studio band prove its architecture on stage, with saxophone, keyboards, vocal contrast and ensemble discipline all holding under arena-scale pressure.
Live In Paris '79 matters because it documents Supertramp at peak international momentum on the Breakfast In America tour. The performance connects the 1974 breakthrough material with the 1979 hits, showing how coherent and powerful the band's live catalogue had become.
For collectors, this is the fuller Paris-era live portrait attached to a legendary tour moment. Its appeal is the Pavillon de Paris setting, the breadth of the set list and the chance to hear Crime Of The Century songs and Breakfast In America material in one high-stakes performance.
Live 1979 art-pop and progressive rock with precise keyboards, saxophone leads, tight rhythm-section control, Hodgson-Davies vocal contrast, crowd-scale energy and polished arrangements stretched for the stage.
Recommended for: Collectors who want Supertramp's peak live era on vinyl; Listeners drawn to Breakfast In America tour performances; Fans of The Logical Song, Rudy, Fool's Overture and Crime Of The Century live.
Where was Live In Paris '79 recorded? It was recorded at the Pavillon de Paris during Supertramp's 1979 Breakfast In America tour. How does Live In Paris '79 relate to Paris? Both are tied to Supertramp's 1979 Paris performances, but Live In Paris '79 presents a broader concert-program view of that era. Which songs make the set especially important? The set brings together School, The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, Breakfast In America, Dreamer, Rudy, Take The Long Way Home, Fool's Overture and Crime Of The Century.