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TAPE_NUMBER: EN9917/A IN_TIME: 11:42:16 LENGTH: 03:20 SOURCES: APTN/ EMI INTERNATIONAL RESTRICTIONS: MUSIC/PERFORMANCE RIGHTS MUST BE CLEARED FEED: SCRIPT: xfa PARIS, RECENT SUPERTRAMP BACK WITH NEW LIVE ALBUM Seventies super group SUPERTRAMP are hoping to emulate the success of their platinum selling albums 'BREAKFAST IN AMERICA' and 'PARIS' with a new live double CD set. Recorded during a sellout run at London's Albert Hall 'IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES' is the culmination of a year's worth of touring, which took in an astonishing 102 shows throughout Europe, Canada and the US. - With a history that spans three decades and the departure of original members, their durability is not in question. NICK DAVIES supertramp's founder, and producer of their latest album thinks that their secret is in their touring " Nothing can replace playing every night, that's the problem." JOHN HELLIWELL continues "The songs come alive on stage. To play in front of people, that's what music is all about". - Best remembered for songs like 'THE LOGICAL SONG', 'BREAKFAST IN AMERICA' and 'TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME' their record sales are currently in excess of fifty million worldwide. However they were tempted back out onto the road by French promoter who assured them that their fan base was still there. - 'IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES' is a combination of new material and old classics which they hope are infused with the new interpretation of their current touring band. Having already released a live double live album 'PARIS' in the eighties and 'THE VERY BEST OF SUPERTRAMP' in the early nineties, some might say that you would have to be a very devoted fan to buy their new release. - However with a new studio album deal and the possibility of touring that material once it's finished, its seems that the music industry's most industrious vagrants could be set to work long into the next millennium. SHOTLIST: SHOWS: FOOTAGE EPK SUPERTRAMP 'CONCERT AT BERCY';SOT RICK DAVIES; FOOTAGE EPK SUPERTRAMP 'CONCERT AT BERCY' (JOHN HELLIWELL INTRODUCING PERFORMANCE); SOT JOHN HELLIWELL; GV'S BACKSTAGE AT BERCY; SOT JOHN HELLIWELL; FOOTAGE EPK SUPERTRAMP 'CONCERT AT BERCY'; SOT RICK DAVIES; FOOTAGE EPK SUPERTRAMP 'CONCERT AT BERCY';SOT RICK DAVIES; FOOTAGE EPK SUPERTRAMP 'CONCERT AT BERCY'.?