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1. MTV CONCERT: The Fixx Live In Denver, CO at The Rainbow Music Hall September 8th 1983: This concert was performed around the time of the Fixx’s second U.S. release, Reach the Beach. The group (originally recording and performing under the name the Portraits), had the good luck to emerge at the beginning of the Golden Age of MTV. Like the Eurythmics and the Human League, the Fixx were trendy Brits whose music videos were just cool enough to dominate the new medium. Their initial album, Shuttered Rooms, contained the hits “Red Skies at Night” and “Stand Or Fall,” both featured here. But it was Reach the Beach, with its single “One Thing Leads To Another” (which hit the #4 spot on the Billboard charts), that gave the band their big commercial breakthrough. When they made this recording, the group was introducing material for its still unreleased second album.
This recording captures the band in its prime, with Curnin proving he could really sing, unlike so many of the pretty boy pop bands that skyrocketed to fame in the early 1980s. Credit must also be given to West-Oram, who illustrates what an exceptional guitarist he really is. Like his contemporary the Edge (from U2), West-Oram was instrumental in developing the band’s ethereal audioscapes that many of their songs were built around. Track listings: The Sign of Fire, , Stand Or Fall, Cameras In Paris, Running, Some People, Reach The Beach, title unknown, One Thing Leads To Another, Outside, Saved By Zero and Red Skies amongst others. (60 Minutes)
End of Disc 1 of 2
Disc 2 of 2
2. Stand Or Fall The Rocumentary 1983: The most In-Depth Documentary of The Fixx during this period or probably any other. Interviews with ALL members of The Fixx discussing the formation of the band and the work prior to The Fixx as “Portrait”. Primarily this documentary focuses on there second album (“Reach The Beach”) and the addition of new member (at the time) Dan K. Brown Bassist. Includes live footage of the following songs “Stand Or Fall”, “Red Skies”, “Saved By Zero”Interviews with manger, producer and music video director of The Fixx and amd members of MCA label.
3. Stand Or Fall (Music Video) – (From MTV)
4. Red Skies (Music Video) – (From MTV)
5. One Thing Leads To Another (Music Video) – (From MTV)
6. Secret Seperation (Music Video) – (From MTV)
7. Precious Stone (Music Video) – (From MTV)
8. Some People (Music Video) – (From Much Music Canada)
9. Are We Are Ourselves (Music Video) – (From VH1)
10. 28. Where Are They Now? 1998: Documentary short of Cy and his hat designs
11. Saved By Zero (Music Video) – (From VH1)
12. Sunshine In The Shade (Music Video) – (From Much Music Canada)
13. Less cities, More Moving People (Music Video) – (From Much Music Canada)
14. Canada TV Much Music In studio Interview 1986: Cy Curnin and Adam Woods discussing Walkabout LP
17. Canada TV Much Music In studio Interview 1987: Cy Curnin and Adam Woods of The Fixx Interview (Part 1 of 2) and music video for Red Skies (React New Version 2). Cy Curnin and Adam Woods of The Fixx Interview (Part 2 of 2) and Canadian Worl Premiere of Driven Out (Music Video)
18. Canada TV Much Music 1986: Coverage of “Carol-Aid Concert” featuring The fixx LIVE with “Peace On Earth“
19. Canada TV Much Music 1987: Cy Curnin introduces “Precious Stone” (Music Video with better quality) and then In-Depth Interview with Cy discussing the LP Ink and introduction and music video for “How Much Is Enough?”
20. Where Are They Now? 1998: Opening, Teaser and Documentary short / profile of the band from 1998
21. The Jimmy Kimmel Show 08/17/12: New song “Anyone Else” LIVE from the new 2012 LP “Beautiful Friction” and “Red Skies” LIVE
TOTAL RUNNING TIME TWO HOURS FIFTY FIVE MINUTES
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