Echo And The Bunnymen • A Promise • Belgium TV • 1981

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Echo And The Bunnymen • A Promise • Belgium TV • 1981

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“There's light on the water,
We could sail on forever….”

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This video is a new edit of rare footage of Echo And The Bunnymen from 1981, appearing on a Belgium TV show called Generation 80.

In all likelihood, the appearance on Generation 80 was on May 17th, 1981. On that date Echo and the Bunnymen played a show at the University of Brussels, Belgium.

On the Generation 80 appearance, the band mimed to a playback of studio versions of A Promise and Turquoise Days, both of which were unreleased at that point. Both songs would soon appear on Echo And The Bunnymen’s second album, Heaven Up Here, released on May 30th, 1981.

A Promise, was also released as a single, on 10 July 1981. It stayed on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and peaked at number 49. It was the only single to have been released from, Heaven Up Here. No promotional video was made for the song.

And indeed, there are almost no Bunnymen videos in circulation, from the approximately 8-month “Heaven Up Here period” (April to December ’81). This is a great pity, especially for those of us that think that Heaven Up Here is the bands finest hour, and not only that, one of the best rock albums of all time.

And so I was astonished and delighted to recently find this great TV footage of the band, from May ’81, a couple of week prior to the release of the Heaven Up Here album. I’ve cleaned up and reedited the footage. There was no reason to retain the poor quality sound of the original clip, and so I’ve synced it to the 2003 remastered Heaven Up Here version.

Hope you dig it!

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I’m very grateful to “T”, fellow Bunnymen fanatic and collector, without whom…

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Video Source:
Echo And The Bunnymen • A Promise • Performed on the Belgium TV show ”Generation 80 • May 1981

Audio Source:
Echo And The Bunnymen • A Promise • From the album Heaven Up Here • Produced by Hugh Jones • Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales • March 1981 • Released May 30, 1981

Musicians:
Ian McCulloch • vocals, guitar
Will Sergeant • lead guitar
Les Pattinson • bass
Pete de Freitas • drums

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