Beetle Clasher 

Royal Albert Hall - London UK - 3rd February 1989

 

Setlist:

 

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

1. Intro

2. Crossroads

3. White Room

4. I Shot The Sheriff

5. Bell Bottom Blues

6. Lay Down Sally

7. Wonderful Tonight

8. Wanna Make Love To You

9. After Midnight

10. Can't Find My Way Home

11. Forever Man

1. Same Old Blues

2. Tearing Us Apart

3. Cocaine

4. Layla

 

 

1. Solid Rock

2. Behind The Mask

3. Sunshine Of Your Love 

4. Closing

 

 

Comments:

Featuring Mark Knopfler on second guitar, and Alan Clark on keyboards.

 

This recording is truely magnificent!  Soundboard recording with perfect sound.  It contains the best electric version of Layla that I have heard so far, with a great accoustic intro that first sounds like the intro of Romeo & Juliet, but then the fantastic riffs of Layla burst loose, and the end solo is powerfull et least.  Very nice versions of all other songs as well, including Wanna Make Love To You, Forever Man and Tearing Us Apart.  Not only Mark, but also Alan Clark is present on keyboards. "Beetle Clasher" appears to have even better sound quality than the other bootleg from the same day "The Twelfth Night", and it is more complete, because it also contains Solid Rock, whereas The Twelfth Night doesn't.  If you are a fan of both these wonderful guitar players, this is a concert you must have!