The Pirates - Johnny B Goode's Good (Reading 1978)

Awesome!

Brilliant band, best of the lot for me. Thanks for posting, always some gem comes up on here.

R.I.P Mick Green, a true hero.

RIP Mick, a great loss.

Thanks Mick and The Pirates for your gigs in Finland thru years. Your gig in Kuusrock 1978 (Oulu, Finland) was one of the best rockshow I've ever seen!!!! I was 15 then and I'll never forget that raw rockin' action on stage!!! *****R.I.P. Mick***** We'll miss you!!!

I wasn't there,....but i wish i was!, God bless you Mick Green, Truely stunning guitar playing as always, & a powerhouse performance from the lads. We are going to miss you alright.

Dingwalls Camden Lock March 1978. Thanks for the memory & if there's a rock & roll heaven the Guvnor just arrived.

Best live trio ever. Mick Green is up there in the pantheon of great guitarists. In the top 10 deffo. We'll miss you Sir.

This was The Pirates at one of their peaks,for much of the latter part of the seventies they were the best live band in Britain.Kid's,you should have been there.

Yeah, this is GREAT, but I don't think it's from Reading. I was there and I'm pretty sure they played in daylight...

Mick Green..the complete guitar player.

Shitkickin'!

@marynightshade And Better......

Fantastic!

This WAS Reading 78. They were the last band before the Jam headlined Friday night. The Jam looked a bit silly after this balls-out rock n roll from guys old enough to be their dads!!!

Definitely not from Reading 78

I was there, and I remember The Pirates,they went down well.

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Brillant live band; great version. Impressive Mick!

If anyone knows where I can get a DVD of The Pirates set at Reading, please LMK

I watched this live ( Reading 1978), I'd gone to see The Jam, these guys blew everyone away and The Jam just couldn't follow their performance ..

Mick Green..a dandy pirate before Adam Ant thought of it. You got to be a legendary guitarist to pull of that look and he was.

you can hear the stray cats and motorhead and x

The Pirates , Motörhead and dr.Feelgood. The best rock'n roll bands ever.

So much energy!

Mick Green!

As Wilko says down up down up

Not Reading - it was daylight when they were on. God rest Mick Green.

Back in 78, we hadn’t even heard of these guys in the states. This was the sound I was aching for then, and still today, 41 years later it’s still fresh to me! Thank you for posting

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The BBC is screening re-runs from that Glastonbury effort this weekend.
Adele, Amy Winehouse, Chemical Brothers, Beyonce, David Bowie, Mumford and Sons, Nile Rogers, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran.....

The Pirates. Tavastia. Helsinki. Finland. 1978. I was there.

Great smashing piece .... people who played with heart and balls !!!!!!!!

What a phenomenal band! They were great in the sixties, but they should have been utterly massive in the seventies!!

Heads down, no nonsense nonsense!

Fantastic live band… Mick Green’s simultaneous lead + rhythm playing a wonder to behold! ❤

An unexpected highlight of the festival for me. They rocked.