The Come Back, All is Forgiven Tour: Live

The Come Back, All is Forgiven Tour: Live is a live concert video by the British rock band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, filmed during their comeback tour in 1989. The concert video has also been released in a variety of guises as a live album.

The Come Back, All is Forgiven Tour: Live
Video by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Released	13 October 1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	Concert Performance Video
Length	75 minutes
Label	Odyssey
Director	Steve Hills
Producer	Vance Goodwin
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel chronology
Live from London (1985) The Come Back, All is Forgiven Tour: Live (1989) Live at the Isle of Wight Festival (2005)

Background

After a Christmas tour in 1981, and the odd show between 1983-84, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel would not embark on a tour again until 1989.[1] Titled "The Come Back, All is Forgiven" tour, Harley told the Newcastle Journal in 1989: "That's me being ironic. It stops anyone in your profession calling it a comeback tour or anything derogatory like that."[2] The sixty-date tour, which covered England and Europe, was deemed a success, and the band, under different line-up changes, have continued to tour since.[1]

In early 1989, Harley chose to have two concerts recorded; one at the Dome Theatre in Brighton and the other at the Derngate Theatre in Northampton. The footage was then used to produce a concert video.[3] In October 1989, the video, titled The Come Back, All is Forgiven Tour: Live, was released by Odyssey on VHS.[4] The video featured fourteen songs of Harley's own personal choice from the two concerts. It was directed by Steve Hills, produced by Vance Goodwin, and produced by G & H Production Partnership in association with Steve Mather for JSE and Adrian Munsey for Odyssey Video.[3]

On the back cover of the VHS, Harley was quoted: "So, how long has it been? Six, perhaps seven years since the last British tour? It's been far too long, of that I am certain. And there's no good reason for it, really. You know how much I love it up there. Quite honestly, there is nowhere I'd rather be. When you sing with me the choruses (often the entire lyrics!) of "Make Me Smile", the smile is genuine. The thanks are from deep inside; the joy is unequalled. To you, without whom... thanks."[3]

Release

The Come Back, All is Forgiven Tour: Live was originally released on VHS on 13 October 1989 by Odyssey.[4] On 20 February 2012, Odyssey gave the video its first DVD release, released under the title Steve Harley + Cockney Rebel - Live.[5]

CD version

The audio of the video has been released as a CD album under many guises across Europe and beyond. These albums have been released by a number of different 'super-cheapo' labels.[6] The majority of versions of the album omitted the opening track "Dancing on the Telephone", while others placed "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" as the first track.

Title	Year	Country	Label
Live and Unleashed![7]	1990	UK	Tring International PLC (also on cassette)
Live: Make Me Smile[8]	1992	Netherlands	Point Productions (as part of the Concert Collection series)
Live in the UK[9]	1993	UK & Europe	Realisation Records
Star for a Week[10]	1993	Germany	Pilz
The Best Years Of Your Life (Live)[11]	1993	UK	Going for a Song/Cedar
Sebastian[12]	1994	Germany	Legend Records
In Concert[13]	1994	Europe	Digimode
Live in Concert[14][15]	1994	Australia	Tempo Communications Pty Ltd
The Lighthouse[16]	1994	Europe	Cosmus
Make Me Smile - Live on Tour[17]	1994	UK	Music De Luxe
The Great Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel[18]	1995	Europe	Goldies
Greatest Hits[19]	1996	Europe	Merlin
Experience[20]	1996	Europe	Experience
Legend of Rock[21]	1996	Greece	Free supplement with the Greek newspaper "Free Press"
Gold[22]	1996	Netherlands	Gold
Greatest Hits - Live in Concert[23]	2004	Europe	Eurotrend
The Magic Collection[24]	Unknown	Netherlands	Arc Records/Telesonic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro/Dancing on the Telephone"	Steve Harley, Jim Cregan, Stuart Elliott	4:51
2.	"Mr. Soft"	Harley	3:25
3.	"Mr. Raffles (Man, It Was Mean)"	Harley	5:14
4.	"When I'm with You"	Harley, Cregan, Elliott	4:01
5.	"Star for a Week"	Harley	5:25
6.	"Riding the Waves (for Virginia Woolf)"	Harley	6:13
7.	"The Lighthouse"	Harley	7:00
8.	"The Best Years of Our Lives"	Harley	5:32
9.	"Sweet Dreams"	Harley	1:46
10.	"Psychomodo"	Harley	4:06
11.	"Sling It!"	Harley	2:49
12.	"Sebastian"	Harley	10:07
13.	"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"	Harley	6:27
14.	"Love's a Prima Donna/Closing Credits"	Harley	7:01

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[25]

In an AllMusic review of the 1994 Make Me Smile - Live on Tour release of the concert, Dave Thompson stated: "The highlights are the two cuts from Harley's Yes You Can album, "The Lighthouse" and "Star for a Week," [which] work far more effectively live than they did in the studio. But the retreads of the older material offer only isolated sparks of interest and innovation - ten minutes of "Sebastian" impress with their portentousness, and the medley of "The Best Years of Our Lives"/"Sweet Dreams" is perverse enough to demand a second listen. The problem is, this is meant to be a Steve Harley album. The audience often sings louder than he does."[25]

Personnel

Cockney Rebel

• Steve Harley - lead vocals, guitar
• Rick Driscoll - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Barry Wickens - electric violin, guitar, backing vocals
• Ian Nice - keyboards
• Kevin Powell - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Stuart Elliott - drums

Concert crew

• Roy Wood - sound engineer
• Mick Gibbs - sound recording
• Steve Harley - sound mix
• Steve Hills - sound mix
• Scott Thompson - monitor engineer
• Dave Thomas - backline technician
• Clive Davies - lighting designer
• Leanne Bogen - graphics

Video production team

• Steve Harley - track selection, sound mix supervision, digital remix supervision
• Steve Hills - director
• Vance Goodwin - producer
• G & H Production Partnership - producer
• Steve Mather for JSE - production associate
• Adrian Munsey for Odyssey Video - production associate
• Stuart Shepherd - VT editor
• Odyssey Video - studio
• Virgin Distribution for Odyssey Video - distributor
• Shoot That Tiger! - design
• Linda Chapman - cover photo
• Steve Mather, JSE (London) - representation
• Skycom TV - facilities

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