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The Pretenders   06/24/1984

Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
Checksums The Pretenders

Chrissie Hynde – lead vocals, rhythm guitars, harmonica
Robbie McIntosh – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Malcolm Foster – bass guitar, backing vocals
Martin Chambers – drums, backing vocals, percussion
LEARNING TO CRAWL 1984 TOUR
After Pete Farndon's dismissal from the band and James Honeyman-Scott's death, Chrissie Hynde and Martin Chambers initially recruited Rockpile's Billy Bremner and Big Country's Tony Butler to fill in a caretaker line-up of the band in 1982. Bremner played guitar and Butler played bass on the band's September 1982 single "Back on the Chain Gang" and its B-side "My City Was Gone", both songs which were later included on Learning to Crawl. As the album sessions got underway, Bremner, Graham Parker's bassist Andrew Bodnar, and Paul Carrack (formerly of Squeeze, Ace and Roxy Music) played guitar, bass and piano respectively for the track "Thin Line Between Love and Hate".
Finally, Robbie McIntosh (guitar) and Malcolm Foster (bass guitar) were recruited to join Hynde and Chambers, and the band was now officially a quartet. It was this line-up that recorded the rest of the tracks featured on Learning to Crawl.
The November 1983 single "2000 Miles" was the newly reconstituted foursome's first release, followed shortly by the full Learning to Crawl studio album in January 1984.

Manalishi Films

EVENT TRT - 33M APPX.
Media DVD   1 disc
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Show: A    Sound: A
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