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Burning With Optimism's Flames (Live at Emerald City, 1981)

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On Live Boots (Emerald City, Cherry Hill, NJ, 4/17/1981)

2026 · 20 tracks

01Real by Reel (Live at Emerald City, 1981)3:50
02Life Begins at the Hop (Live at Emerald City, 1981)3:52
03When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty (Live at Emerald City, 1981)4:13
04Respectable Street (Live at Emerald City, 1981)3:43
05Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) (Live at Emerald City, 1981)3:57
06No Language in Our Lungs (Live at Emerald City, 1981)4:52
07Ball and Chain (Live at Emerald City, 1981)4:03
08Paper and Iron (Live at Emerald City, 1981)4:32
09Love at First Sight (Live at Emerald City, 1981)3:10
10Roads Girdle the Globe (Live at Emerald City, 1981)4:27
11Scissor Man (Live at Emerald City, 1981)6:14
12Towers of London (Live at Emerald City, 1981)5:50
13Burning With Optimism's Flames (Live at Emerald City, 1981)4:21
14Making Plans for Nigel (Live at Emerald City, 1981)4:40
15Living Through Another Cuba (Live at Emerald City, 1981)5:12
16Generals and Majors (Live at Emerald City, 1981)4:30
17This is Pop (Live at Emerald City, 1981)2:23
18Helicopter (Live at Emerald City, 1981)3:35
19Statue of Liberty (Live at Emerald City, 1981)2:43
20Outside World (Live at Emerald City, 1981)3:24