Phil Collins - If Leaving Me Is Easy 1985 Live (Restored and near-complete w/ bonus footage)
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- Опубліковано 14 вер 2020
- A great live version of If Leaving Me Is Easy, recorded at the Reunion Arena, Dallas TX, on the 29th May 1985. This was omitted from the No Ticket Required concert video, but was included on the Classic Albums: Face Value documentary in near-complete form. Also features a bonus snippet of This Must Be Love, also omitted from No Ticket Required.
There is a very long 7+ minute uninterrupted segment near the end of the documentary which only misses part of the sax intro, and a minute or so of the ending. I spliced in a part of Phil talking to the audience, which I presume was before the song in the actual concert. I also restored the intro sax using the Melbourne 85 soundboard recording, and used a bit of footage with no real home as a substitute for the intro. The audio was also balanced and normalised, since louder in the right channel and rather quiet as a whole.
In earlier parts of the documentary, small clips of the song are also present. Only when comparing side-by-side did I notice that while the same audio and performance, some had alternative camera angles (one source for instanced only focused on Phil, and the other cut away to Leland for a few seconds). I've included some of these alternate angles in the video where applicable.
I extended the ending footage out a little bit, but couldn't isolate the music when Phil commentates over it. I've left it in anyways as the concert audio is good enough to be deciphered. I added a small snippet of the ending to This Must Be Love from the same documentary after the song, since is too short to individually upload.
As for the source of the extra concert footage itself, this suggests the full tapes of other songs played but not currently available exist, such as I Don't Care Anymore, Inside Out, and Don't Lose My Number. The source appears to be composite, due to the presence of dot crawl around some of the edges where there is large contrast in colour, but still looks very good. One can only hope the full tapes surface someday and receive a proper release.
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One of THE of the (MOST UNDERRATTED) Greatest Love Songs EVER written. Can’t label it a wedding song (LOL), but still a beautiful ballad. My all time favorite Phil Collins song! 👍🏾❤️
One of my fave songs of Phil Collins ...can’t help not to cry everytime I hear it ....Love Phil! ❤️
This pulls at the strings of the heart, a love lost and pain that time hasn’t fully healed.
I really wish that there was some sort of fountain of youth out there who can make these Legends stay young forever.
The Sax is the sound of every broken heart!!
Perhaps, one of the best songs Phil Collins ever performed live.
Who cannot be touched by this performance???? This song goes so deep! Unbelievably beautiful 💔💔💔
I can picture Phil walking down some New-York street, his scarf worn high on a chilly night, thinking of what he had just lost...
Old , Tired ,exhausted about so many things, but this song restore the soul brings me back to the most beautiful memories and give us some light to the darkness days!!!!!! STAY STRONG PHIL COLLINS!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Heard this song years ago and i stil love it today!!!!!!🥰
O dear.. I've grown old, but never tired, love, love love..... ❤
This song makes me recognize that we can't return the feelings we had
GOOSEBUMPS ON TOP OF GOOSEBUMPS
One of The Best breakup songs ever
Broke my 💔in the 80s still breaking it now 💔😰
My grandmother said to me this is her favorite song
one of the best ballads ever written,Phill Collins in its best.
This kind of music makes me in peaceful with this cruel world
Great tune. Heart breaking. Leland Sklar said this concert was his favorite and Phil was on fire. His band has just the best musicians.
So deep,so brillant!!! Love You really Phil Collins 💖💞✨ Always