Alex Harvey's last Concert - Vienna 1982 - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
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- SAHB - Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Schwechater Hof, Vienna 25. Jan. 1982
Alex Harvey died 2 weeks later on the 4th of February 1982
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What a great find this is.
No click tracks here. No lip syncing, or pre recorded backing tracks. Just straight in your face loud raw rock n' roll. The way it should be.
Thank you for posting this video, and keeping the Alex Harvey legacy alive!!!!🤘🤘👍
😁😁😁😇😀
No auto tune or anything.
I try and explain what live used to be, especially Deep Purple, and the Grandkids look confused.
This is Sad, Super Sad ... but what a legacy Alex left, & to all who saw him with SAHB in all his glorious pomp something that lives front & centre in yer heed. RIP Hero.
It was a great time to be alive. thanks for posting this rare gem. A credit to all Scotland.
He was at his best when he was with SAHB.
I could barely hold on for 30 minutes, as a true fan.Still, open and raw footage.Happy to see it.
So full of life here it's unbelievable he left the building just 2 weeks after this concert .
Extract from: THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY (John Neil Munro, 2002)
(...) when the moment was right he could still summon up some of the old magic. A bootleg video of the Electric Cowboys playing in Vienna can still be bought at record fairs, and although it’s a very poor recording from the crowd, it’s a snapshot of Alex playing live near the end of his life.
Throughout the 95-minute tape, Alex looks seriously under the weather. At times he seems to be in a trance, smiling sweetly out into the small audience. On other occasions he grabs his guitarist or bass player in an emotional hug. Then he has extreme difficulty getting his own guitar plugged in. When he finally manages to do so, he drops his plectrum. With anyone else the whole debacle would be an embarrassment but somehow the affection of the audience and the band members towards Alex pulls him through.
The band open with a blistering ‘Faith Healer’ before playing lengthy jams on a couple of new songs - ‘Snowshoes Thompson’ and ‘Flowers Mr Florist’- to cover up for the fact that Alex had missed his cue and is wandering around aimlessly backstage.
A slovenly ‘Delilah’ sees Alex entertaining the roadies by taking advantage of an inflatable doll at the side of the stage. He introduces a new song ‘The Ballad of Billy Bolero’ by saying he wrote it for his friend Clint Eastwood. When some of the crowd laugh, Alex tells them ‘I’m no fuckin’ jokin’!’ The old showstopper ‘Framed' is also peppered with expletives before Alex at last gets his act together and does a passable impersonation of Marlon Brando in The Godfather.
Things get a bit silly during ‘Gang Bang’ when Alex tries to get the docile audience involved, inviting around 15 of them up on stage - where they stand around looking bemused and wasted. The drunken ringmaster eventually remembers he has company and they all go into a huddle to sing the chorus. The concert ends with Alex making painfully naïve - if well meant - comments to his Austrian fans about the Nazi occupation of their country during World War II. By now Alex has given up any pretence of singing in tune, and the whole affair is a glorious mess, even though the audience seems to enjoy the spectacle.
Even if live concerts were increasingly hit-or-miss affairs, Alex still was hooked on touring and performing. Janet Macoska recalls speaking to him prior to his final tour of Europe. Alex told her that he was off the booze and he sounded in good spirits and genuinely enthused about his latest band, asking the photographer if she thought they would do well in the USA.
The Christmas before he died, he travelled to Scotland to visit his parents and his older son. Alex junior was by now starting to play a bigger role in helping his father and he worked alongside management to set up tentative plans for an Australian tour that would have gone ahead in the spring or summer of 1982. Sadly it was never to happen - within a matter of weeks Alex Harvey would be dead.
Inconsistency with a new band or individual gigs or alcohol excess.
Wonderful Gem Rock Theatrics, the show IS Rocking! Release More Treasured Alex Harvey Amazingly Vibrant! Thanks Again!
I was at his penultimate concert in the "Jazz Pub" Wiesen (Burgenland / Austria) the day before on January 24, 1982. It was great. Thanks for posting.
Thank you Kurtl for this fantastic concert, the last 30 minutes are pure RnR Heaven!
Danke für diese historische Aufzeichnung. Alex war ein Phänomen.
What a smashed way out he went... But Alex certainly won the war!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIP.
No one here gets out alive.
I was Alex Harvey's muse. I still miss him every day.
Really? Will you tell me about it? (If not in the comment section here, will you tell me on Facebook Messenger?)
@@Ledbetty1 I wrote a letter to Alex Harvey every day for nine years. Many of his decisions were based on the ideas in those letters. Even his last single release was prompted by me saying that his voice was similar to Bob Marley's. I was 22 when he died. He said I was his favourite writer.
@@TheCptJackie that’s sweet of you.
I’m 22 now.
What a stage presence Alex had ❤
I Love this Band, Stephen.
Tears in my eyes when he sang soliders on the wall. Trully rock and roll hero. Rest in peace, love Alex ❤️
Yes rip my entertainment 🎭 💋
Truly not trully 😂
THE GORBALLS GEEZER !!!!BAR NONE !!!GOD BLESS HIM and R.I.P. Alex g
Danke für dieses rare Zeitdokument. Dazu passt ein Plakat aus mit angekündigtem Konzert in Bern ( Dienstag 23. Februar 1982 im Bierhübeli ), welches mir Sam Mumenthaler heute als Foto aus seinem Archiv geschickt hat.
Der letzte Auftritt von Alex Harvey war am 3. Februar 1982 im „Top Ten“ auf der Reeperbahn in Hamburg. Er starb nach dem Gig an Herzversage, auf dem Weg nach Bremen am 4. Februar 82. 😢
Danke für diese Info. Offiziell wird angegeben : Seebrügge kurz vor Abfahrt der Fähre nach England. Bremen und Seebrügge liegt 550 KM voneinander entfernt ...
@@veitstauffer9044 Deine Angabe stimmt.
Da war ich dabei im top ten.
Ein Sensations-Upload, Herr Kurt! Chapeau! 👍
I saw two of the band's last UK shows, on 15th and 16th January, at the Venue, Victoria, and the Electric Stadium (Greyhound) in Goodmayes, Essex. The latter is now a Harvester. The second night I'd told my mates they had to bring combs so Alex could do his Framed bit with beer as shampoo. The second he shouted "comb" he got pelted with them! Kinda spoiled the drama - we were 17 and hopefully he took it as a token of our esteem. Great times, i guess you had to be there.
😂
Alex Harvey was a legend. Saw him twice, a lifetime ago at Slough Community Centre. Faith Healer was pure magic !!!!! Miss you Alex ❤
His spirit knew the pain was almost over
absolute one off. nobody like him. genius.
What a great band from my youth they were sensational
This wasn't SAHB - He had left them previously.
What a find... can't thank you enough for the upload...👍👍
Only just for you...
Many many thanks for this videokurtl
Incredible. I never knew this existed. Wonderful to see! A bit sad too.
I never seen SAHB without Chris Glen.
Always loved this live version of Snowshoe Thompson
jack bass on bass .graham williams on guitar .both from the rhonnda in wales
So much thx for share !!! xxx 🏅 👍🤘🤞🍀☮🎼 ps: and yes, the setup = " electric cowboys " - sad to watch, precious anyway ☝😘🌻
Made my day coming across this - many, many Thanks.😊
Amazing energy & performance at this point in his life.
Any real fan has realised it's obviously not goin to be the original band, made clear by the date fur starters,
First band I ever saw live . Sahb at Eastbourne congress theatre 1976. Eddie Van Halen first ,Zal Cleminson second made me the guitarist I am today !!
I only wish Zal received more recognition!
RIP Alex!!!
I line Alex and the SAHB but this was tough to watch
This isn’t SAHB as they split in 1977!! This I would imagine is Alex Harvey & The Electric Cowboys... by 1982...Ted McKenna and Chris Glen were with Michael Schenker Group, and Zal was touring with Elkie Brooks! Lol 😂
...the name on flyer is sahb....is it...
@@videokurtl4844 But they are introduced as the Electric Cowboys going into Billy Bolero.
@@marcusstreets9887 ...on concertposter is sahb.....i have make nothing.....
@@videokurtl4844 We are not suggesting you have done anything wrong, many thanks for posting this.
That's what's up thanks u for that info....
Different Band for sure. Still a rare gem. I would like to find more info on this show.
Saw sahb a nmber of times in the early 70s amazing gigs
This is Alex Harvey & the Electric Cowboys. They recorded Alex' last album together "The Soldier on the Wall".
Graham williams on guitar (racing cars) Jack Bass on bass (the boogie men) was my mothers cousin, unfortunately lost him a few years ago.
Colin griffin on drums, all from Wales 👍🏻
@@RuthlessDJs🏴 all Celts ❤
... was gibt es nicht, was Du (aus meiner/unserer) Vergangenheit aufgezeichnet hast...
Dafür, und vieles mehr 🌹
...fällt mir so schnell nix ein....hab noch ein riesiges Archiv...
@@videokurtl4844 quasi eh alles…
Von den Konzertln, die ich selbst veranstaltete, inkl. pop-odrom und Jugend in Wien... bis zum „historischen”
Danke für den Post. RIp, Alex.
Warst ein wirklich sehr großer Künstler.
Und Danke für den Namen. Gruß Alex 👍
..wie wärs mit einer fantastic alex Harvey Rock Band..????!!!!
@@videokurtl4844 ich bin leider nur als Konsument gut und leider kein Musiker
..irgend was solltest machen....der name verpflichtet....
The band is Welsh combo…The Electric Cowboys….who backed Alex on his final tour…..this wasn’t his last gig but it was near the end.
....this was not his last concert.???!!.....he died 2 weeks later....
@@videokurtl4844 This wasn't his last gig..,he played in Germany after Vienna!
@@kjm5155 your wrong, this was last gig, I was tour manager on this
@@guitarman1477 Hello Howard….I’m sorry that my info was wrong…..according to the date on this video, the Vienna gig was 25/01/82….Alex passed on 04/02/82…and at the time it was reported that he was returning home after touring in Europe…I presumed that he had played some other gigs in the intervening period.
@@kjm5155 I can’t see my comment , and I forgot what I said… thanks tho
Assuming this is the line up on Soldier on the Wall it would be:
Tony Lambert - keyboards
George Hall - keyboards
Ian "Toose" Taylor - guitar
Jack Dawe - bass guitar
Colin Griffin - drums
maybe you see my channel......youtube videokurtl in person. , it's. me......
in this video are jack bass on bass .graham williams on guitar and colin are all from the rhonnda in wales
Crazy good,soooo different than I was use too. Thanks!
whew pretty rough to watch this... equipment problems, confusion... - certainly not SAHB (of course by '82) only "Snowshoes Thompson" & "Soldier On the Wall" from his final (and fine) LP also... rousing ending to the show anyway. I still & always will miss you Alex
Great performer.
ELECTRIC COWBOYS:
faith healer -
nervous -
snowshoes thompson -
flowers, mr. florist-
delilah -
billy bolero -
framed -
gang bang -
roman wall blues -
honky tonk women
SIMPLY SENSATIONAL ❤
Vielen Dank für's teilen ❤
That is not the SAHB that we know. Alex left in 1978, so this is a totally different line up.
Sadly the original band weren't there....
Als A.H. Fan war ich geschockt über seinen Zustand...er war dermaßen zugedröhnt...oft nicht imstande die Situation zu überblicken...die Band war auch konsterniert...der arme Bassist hat ständig gute Miene zum bösen Spiel gemacht...die ganze Mannschaft war offensichtlich angespannt, das Ganze über die Runden zu bringen...Alex hat ja trotzdem, auch in diesem Zustand noch, ein großes Entertainer Talent gehabt...als er z.B. die Leute aus dem Publikum auf die Bühne geholt hat, und ihnen einen Handshake...mit seiner blutenden Hand, die er sich mit diesem Säbel zugezogen hat...angeboten hat...das war schon ein guter Moment...trotzdem...das war alles so trostlos und traurig...er ist einfach immer wieder nach hinten gegangen und hat nicht mitgemacht...bestes Beispiel." Flowers Mr. Florist "...das war auch im Publikum traurig und peinlich...da waren auch welche sauer...aber es war ja eine gute Band, und so ist das Ding letztlich auch noch gut zu Ende gekommen...was es für mich nicht weniger traurig gemacht hat...außerdem ist das Konzert in Wien plakatiert worden mit SAHB, obwohl klar war, dass es diese Band nicht mehr gegeben hat...14 Tage später war er tot...in Belgien irgendwo...traurig...
..das haben mir viele geschrieben, auch Paul stanley von Kiss.....
@@videokurtl4844 Das ist damals durchaus diskutiert worden in Wien, wieso auf dem Plakat SAHB stehen konnte...und ich meine, der Veranstalter hat sich gerechtfertigt, dass das nicht als Eigenname, sondern, als eine sensationelle Ankündigung zu verstehen sei...na ja...Noddy Holder von Slade, wo die SAHB anfänglich im Vorprogramm aufgetreten ist, hat erzählt, dass man das anfänglich auch als arrogant empfunden hat, dass sich eine Band " sensationell " genannt hat...bis die Leute mit der Zeit festgestellt haben, dass sie wirklich sensationell waren...
Das ist sehr traurig. Was ist passiert? Ich wusste das nicht. Es ist sehr erschütternd wie viele Genies und gute Seelen einen vorzeitigen Abgang gemacht haben.
What happened to him?
Dude, I don’t know what you’re talking about. This band is great that bass player rhythm that guitar player is better than Zelle ever would be. It was an absolute amazing what he had left.!
Danke Kurtl 8)))))) Herrlich !!!
Thank you!
артист звёздной величины.
This is not SAHB. But excellent video document nonetheless. Cheers!
A sad loss ... and wow is he drunk , sad as well
'but all his fans loved him.....and his music....oooh yeahhh.
@@videokurtl4844 my favourite since a kid - Impossible Dream & Tomorrow Belongs To Me bought new ‘74 from a local department store , those were much better days - How could one argue against that ! haha Alice Cooper Group my other , 12 yr old 3 older brothers all with great taste , quite the lucky kid ... ‘79 were my first shows Alex , Ian Dury Robert Calvert Hawkwind etc , I wish I could’ve seen
Алекс Харви не похож ни на кого , он оригинален и сказочен , он открывает какие то глубины в нас и это загадка которую невозможно разгадать . Например концовка песни Dance to your daddy вызывает у меня яркие воспоминания моего детства в 6 летнем возрасте и это не объяснимо 😍😍👍❤❤
graham Williams from the Rhondda valleys and that may be jack bass. I could be wrong .if so does anyone else know.
Yes Graham Williams & Jack Bass
This isn't Sensational Alex Harvey Band it's Alex just not SAHB
Sehre Wunderbar!
Hay un error esta no es la sensacional alex herbey band ya que1982 habia formado una nueva banda titulada Elictric Cowboys
When the crowd invades the stage he looks really small in comparison to them,how tall was he?
-He was a wee man but huge in the world of rock
He, he had a pot of gold he protected. He was chased shore to shore, mountain range to mountain range. And so it goes just to get his pot of gold. Legend has it A woman from Dublin befriended him and after she applied her magical Pun Tang, he lost consciousness and she stole his gold. If you walk through the streets of Dublin after the bars close and the whores go home, rumor has it, ye can hear Alex lookin for his pot of gold. He can be heard saying… “Ye dirty whore stole me pot of Gold”
Not SAHB. Great Alex footage tho. And when did Frank Zappa start playing bass?
...not more in this life....
Bloody awful!! He was way too out of it to be performing that night. Did himself a massive disservice!
Band are not much better, its more like a joke act than the band he had before, whole thing is sad to watch.
I saw Kurt Cobain Nirvana played concert. He was so fucked up. You couldn’t understand him. Nobody was complain
Sounds excellent to me that the guitars was way better than Zelle
Its better to burn out than to fade away
Hey love it or hate it its still Alex 🤪 😜 🙃 😘
Much love to outstanding theatrical legend
Alex Without SAHB
Still an amazing performance, the bandit, excellent great bass player and great league guitarist better than Zelle
👍👍
Waren Sie auch bei mehr STS Konzerten? Wie bei der Abschiedstournee 2011/12?
Lg
muss stöbern im archiv.....in 40 jahren kommt schon was zsamm....
@@videokurtl4844 Das kann u glauben ;) Vielen Dank für die Aufnahmen im Voraus! Wissen sie noch bei wie viel konzerten von der band sie waren?
Lg
@@lukas6648 na geh .bitte...nach 40 jahren.muss erst listen sichten.kommt alles eh auf mein kanal.....
@@videokurtl4844 Danke, ist klar das man sich da nicht mehr an alles erinnert! Mit was wurden die Videos aufgenommen?
This NOT The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, SAHB broke up in 77 and Alex went solo releasing 2 albums in 79 and 82, so who the hell posted this, it's Harvey and what he referred to as THE NEW BAND.
I saw him with The New band live. They recorded on The Mafia Stole my Guitar album. Totally different line up to this one.
He introduces them as the Electric Cowboys
So I’ve heard this a bunch of times on this thread. The band sounds great to me. Alex is doing fine just a little loaded that’s all.
NO
Da hat er auch vodka ausm Sektkübel gesoffen und eine Strumpfhose dazu gegessen. Strange.
So none of the other orig members are here?
...this was the concert poster and this was the band...i don't can say more....
This looks like he is playing with a different band
nobody is perfect daily on tour....you playin in a band?
This is definitely not SAHB. The band left him in 1977. I remember having seen a concert in Hamburg, must have been ´78 or ´79. It was in a small club, not the kind of stage you would have expected for someone like Alex. I was very disappointed that he brought a completely different line up - good musicians, but not the SAHB which I thought I was going to see. Alex had big problems recalling lyrics and song structures although he was not that broken as in this video.
@@flyingstratosurfer6285 hi. i saw SAHB in glasgow 1974-1976 when Alex was at his charismatic best but i still love this concert. he gets the audience on their feet singing, for sure. great band, too xxx
This looks likd hes playing in a different universe!
That was Alex though lol
This ain't SAHB. Of course, y'all know this. What a f*cking mess. Not a good way to go. RIP Alex.
To me, it’s an excellent performance. The band was firing at all sellers I don’t know what your talking about
Who's in the band?
good history but not the same without Zac
That league guitarist is way better
sorry, this is not SAHB
Lethal.
Were d fuck is Clem ?
I don't recognise anyone in the band apart from Alex.
It’s his new band the electric Cowboys they’re firing on all eight cylinders and doing a great job. Alex is having fun.
HA HA COMPLETELY OFF HIS T..TS!!!
WTF!!!!!
Not SAHB 🤬🤬🤬
...i have don't write this poster....
...because i'm a paul stanley kiss fan....!!!!!!!!!
👉🏻 Nightmare Garage Band 👈🏻
This band was firing on all eight cylinders
Drunk druggie past his prime (I’m an Elvis fan so I can say this) looked about 60
Zal
Withueser und westdrob
...witthüser + westrupp ???!!!!
oh was ein scheiß Sound , Band is schon geil
So war des damals....vor 40 jahr...
When a band has zero vocals and zero talent- people want to call it "genius." It's trash. 🤣
punk word historically is trash garbage etc
Vambo rools
No zal et all sad