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
6TH DECember 1983
LOS ANGELES - Forum
Benefit-concert for A.R.M.S. (Action For Research Into Multiple Sclerosis).

6th December 1983: ALL STAR BAND. Los Angeles, California, Forum
Musicians: CW (dr)/BW (bass)/Eric Clapton (gtr, voc)/Jimmy Page (gtr)/Jeff Beck (gtr)/ Kenney Jones (dr)/Andy Fairweather Low (gtr, voc)/Chris Stainton (keyb/bvoc)/Ray Cooper (perc)/ Simon Phillips (dr)/Ronnie Lane (voc on the two last songs)/Ian Stewart (p on Boogie Mama)/Joe Cocker (voc)/Paul Rodgers (voc, gtr)/Fernando Saunders (bass)/ James Hooker (keyb)/Jan Hammer (keyb)

Vol 09:
6th December 1983: ALL STAR BAND. Los Angeles, California, Forum

There are 2 recordings of this show circulating.
The oldest had an average sound and was incomplete (5 tracks were missing).
More recently a recording of Mike Millard presented by JEMS appeared: this new version is much better and almost complete. This is the one you will find here slightly modified.
What I did was to unclick the recording, phase it (thanks Captain!), amplify it slightly and rework a little the transitions between the songs. After Joe Cocker's set I added the banter coming from the old source.

CD1:
Part I: Eric Clapton-set:
01 - Everybody Oughta Make A Change
faded in: the intro and first part of the song are missed
02 - Lay Down Sally (Andy Fairweather Low on guitar)
03 - Wonderful Tonight
04 - Rita Mae
05 - Sad Sad Day/ Have You Ever Loved A Woman/Ramblin’ On My Mind
06 - Cocaine

Part II: Joe Cocker-set with Eric Clapton:
07 - Don’t Talk To Me
08 - Watching The River Flow
09 - Worried Life Blues (perhaps Stu on piano?)
10 - You Are So Beautiful
11 - Seven Days
12 - Feelin’ Alright (BW on bvoc)
The last 22 seconds (banter) are coming from source #1
short intermission

Part III: Jeff Beck-set (part I):
13 - Star Cycle
faded in
14 - The Pump
15 - Definitely Maybe
faded out

CD2:
01 - Blue Wind
faded in
02 - People Get Ready (Andy Fairweather Low on vocals)
03 - Going Down (Andy Fairweather Low on vocals)
faded out

Part V: Jimmy Page-set:
04 - Prelude
faded in
05 - Who’s To Blame (Paul Rodgers on vocals)
06 - City Sirens (Paul Rodgers on vocals)
07 - Boogie Mama (Paul Rodgers on vocals and guitar, perhaps Stu on piano)
08 - Midnight Moonlight (Paul Rodgers on vocals)
09 - Stairway To Heaven (Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck on guitar)

Part VI: Encores - all together:
10 - Layla
11 - With A Little Help From My Friends
12 - April Fool (Ronnie Lane on vocals)
13 - Goodnight Irene (Ronnie Lane on vocals)

Note:
BW & CW play only on tracks 01-12 of CD1 and on tracks 10-13 of CD2.

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





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