NANCI GRIFFITH AND THE BLUE MOON ORCHESTRA : LONDON 1988

1. Lone Star State Of Mind
2. Banks Of The Pontchartrain
3. I Knew Love
4. Looking For The Time (Workin' Girl)
5. Once In A Very Blue Moon
6. Ballad Of Robin Winter-Smith
7. Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness (Philip Donnelly)
8. Listen To The Radio
9. I Would Bring You Ireland
10. Outbound Plane
11. There's A Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)
12. Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War)
13. From A Distance
14. Ford Econoline

Label : no label

Venue : Victoria Palace Theatre, London, UK

Recording Date : May 7, 1988

Length : 58:19

Quality : FM recording (A+)

Review (BigO) : From Griffith's 1988 shows that have surfaced, the setlist reads more like a "greatest hits" package - giving her listeners, or at least those who attended her shows, an idea of her songs. If she had an agenda - not that she actually had one - it's more to showcase her vocals and the thoughtful songs and singer-songwriters behind them. While she performs Once In A Very Blue Moon and From A Distance - which have the word "hit" written all over them, one only wonders why she had left out that other real hit - Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool, the catchy opening track from the immaculately crafted Little Love Affairs. This is a feisty show with a chatty Nanci - she has an amusing story to tell about her friendship with Mary Margaret, and even gets the crowd to "sing along" on Love Wore A Halo.