Bill WYMAN and Charlie WATTS
Coming together
for A.R.M.S
(Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis)
Benefit-concerts
(20th September – 9th December 1983)

This series presents the shows in which Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts teamed up in 1983 to support a string of charity concerts (2 in London and 9 in the US). Our original intention was to present the A.R.M.S. shows (see below) but since the players (and the songs played) were almost the same for the charity gala organized for the Prince Of Wales Trust on September 21 we decided to include it in this series.
In 1983, Ronnie Lane’s girlfriend Boo Oldfield contacted Glyn Johns with a view to organizing a concert to help fund Action for Research into Multiple Sclerosis. Johns was already arranging Clapton's Command Performance for Prince Charles so they decided to book the Royal Albert Hall for a further two nights and host a benefit concert. The first ARMS Charity Concerts (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.
Thanks to those who recorded and shared their recordings, to BT2G for his suggestions and the available video versions he will add to complement this series and to nzb for his irreplaceable help.
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ALL STAR BAND
21st September 1983
London, Royal Albert Hall
Benefit-concert for the Prince Of Wales Trust

21st September 1983: ALL STAR BAND. London, Royal Albert Hall, benefit-concert for the Prince Of Wales Trust.
Musicians: CW (dr)/BW (bass)/Eric Clapton (gtr,voc)/Jimmy Page (gtr)/Jeff Beck (gtr) Steve Winwood (org, harm, voc, gtr)/Kenney Jones (dr)/Andy Fairweather Low (gtr, voc)/Chris Stainton (keyb/bvoc)/Tony Hymas (keyb)/Ray Cooper (perc)/Simon Philipps (dr)/& guests: Ronnie Lane (voc on Goodnight Irene)/Ian Stewart (p on Wee Wee Baby)

Additional musicians for the Steve Winwood-set, the Jeff Beck-set and the Jimmy Page-set: Fernando Saunders (bass) and James Hooker (keyb)


For this show we have several versions but they’re actually coming from only two different sources.
The first one (#1) can be found in particular in the 2nd part (CD n°3 and 4) of the box set ‘Three Yardbirds In The Hall’ (Beano Records B-023).
The 2nd one is more common and can be found on ‘Royal Albert Hall - ARMS Concert 21’ (CR 2813-2) where the sound is brickwalled or on ‘Prince’s Trust Rock Gala‘ (no label), but the most interesting one comes from the rip of a vinyl made and posted by DocDondy on Dime that had to be decelerated by -1,8%.
Both recordings are almost complete.

For this project we plan to upload 3 versions (only with lossless material):
- Vol 02a corresponding to the first source
- Vol 02b corresponding to the second source
- Vol 02c is a 'Frankenstein version': the most complete recording as a merging of the 2 circulating versions.
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Vol 02c:

This version contains merges from the two sources (1st source on the left and 2nd source on the right).
In both recordings there are some cuts so they have been combined in order to obtain the most complete recording.
The 2 recordings have been previously reworked (see versions 2a and 2b) and synchronized using small sequences of about 30 seconds.

CD1:
Part I: Eric Clapton-set:
01 - band introduction
merged except for the first 53 seconds (The National Anthem) which are solely coming from #2
02 - Everybody Oughta Make A Change
merged
03 - Lay Down Sally (Andy Fairweather Low on guitar)
merged
04 - Ramblin’ On My Mind/Have You Ever Loved A Woman
merged
05 - Rita Mae
merged
06 - Cocaine
merged

Part II: Eric Clapton with Andy Fairweather Low on vocals:
07 - Man Smart, Woman Smarter
merged

Part III: Steve Winwood-set with Eric Clapton:
08 - Doin’ The Best I Can
merged
09 - Road Runner (Steve Winwood on guitar)
merged except for the last 15 seconds which are solely coming from #1
10 - Slowdown Sundown (Steve Winwood on mandolin)
merged except for the last 23 seconds which are solely coming from #2
11 - Take Me To The River
merged, in the banter in source #2, I corrected a short 1’3 second gap
12 - Gimme Some Lovin’
merged except for the last 10 seconds which are solely coming from #2
short intermission

CD2:
Part IV: Jeff Beck-set:
01 - Star Cycle
merged
02 - The Pump
merged
03 - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
merged
04 - Led Boots
merged
05 - People Get Ready (Andy Fairweather Low on vocals)
merged
06 - Hi-Ho Silver Lining (Steve Winwood on vocals)
Merged, note a gap before the next set.

Part V: Jimmy Page-set:
07 - Prelude
merged except for the first 2 seconds which are solely coming from #2
08 - Who’s To Blame (Steve Winwood on vocals)
merged
09 - City Sirens (Steve Winwood on vocals)
merged except for the last 39 seconds which are solely coming from #1
10 - Stairway To Heaven (Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton on guitar)
merged except for the last 30 seconds which are solely coming from #1
The banter includes Ian Stewart announced by EC as the manager of the Rolling Stones!!!

Part VI: Encores: all together:
11 - Wee Wee Baby (Ian Stewart on piano)
merged
12 - Layla
merged except for the last 16 seconds which are solely coming from #1
13 - Goodnight Irene (Ronnie Lane on vocals)
merged
14 - outro & band introduction
merged except for the last 43 seconds which are solely coming from #2

Note:
BW plays only on tracks 01-07 on CD1 and on tracks 11-13 on CD2.
CW plays on all tracks on CD1 and on tracks 11-13 on CD2.




As usual all the infos are coming from Nico Zentgraf's Rolling Stones Complete Works Database: [www.nzentgraf.de]

Posted in January 2025 by StonyRoad at IORR [iorr.org]


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On Monday I will post the 1st US show

Norbert
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