T.P. Goes to U.K. on New DVD

February 9, 2011 By Mike Duquette — No Comments

Here’s a music DVD treat for you: Shout! Factory is releasing a live show from the vaults of the late, great Teddy Pendergrass.

The former lead singer of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes was in rare form in this show recorded at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in early 1982. The soul serenader had already racked up five consecutive platinum records between 1975 and 1980 – one with Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes and four on his own – and had recently enjoyed his latest Top 5 R&B hit, “You’re My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration.” Tragically, weeks after the performance closed with a fine version of “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand),” Pendergrass would be severely injured in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life.

Though Pendergrass passed away just over a year ago, his music lives on, and Shout! Factory’s DVD – featuring a few bonus performances in addition to the nine-song set – is proof of his soulful gift.

There’s no pre-order link just yet, but the set list is after the jump. The street date is March 29.

Teddy Pendergrass, Live in ’82 (DVD) (Shout! Factory, 2011)

Medley: I Don’t Love You Anymore/The More I Get, The More I Want/You Can’t Hide from Yourself
Love T.K.O.
Lady
Where Did All the Loving Go
Come Go with Me
Close the Door
Turn Off the Lights
Only You
Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)

Bonus performances:

I Can’t Live Without Your Love
You’re My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration
The Whole Town’s Laughing at Me

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

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