This video was sourced at the time by the original Sade drummer Paul Cooke for his own record of his performance when in the band Sade and to confirm his performance as of this date. The video and performance has been uploaded by the kind permission of Paul Cooke himself as it is now in his ownership and all rights are reserved. Any copying or further distribution of this product via any means will be considered illegal and action will be taken under the associated copyright laws.

This recording is a representation of the first recording sessions by Sade between 1st October and 19th October at PowerPlant Studios 1983 paid for at the time by RCA Records. These songs at the U4 club in Vienna are the actual recordings that got fixed first to tape before the band started to re-work them in November 1983 prior to the album release of Diamond Life in 1984. . Paul Cooke made a perfect performance of all the songs played at the U4 and its a credit to his ability as a very young drummer considering a lot of the songs changed dramatically in the recording studios prior to this performance. This performance features founding member and drummer Paul Anthony Cooke who was instrumental in the creation of all the original drum parts and worked with the band to create the first Sade songs between 1981 and 1984. The band including Paul Cooke received Triple Platinum Discs from the BPI in London for sales of over 900,000 just in the UK alone. The album Diamond Life went onto be the biggest selling album for a UK female singer of all time. The images in the video feature the original Sade line up rehearsing the songs at Solid Light Studios in Camden London. Andrew Hale wasn't in the original Sade band and only joined the group in the summer of 1983 invited by the manager Lee Barrett to one of the bands performances at the Ronnie Scotts jazz club images from this event also appear in the video.

As I pointed out to Sony executives this is not acceptable and something my solicitors are now looking at. Because if we pop across to my YouTube channel the show in questions is live and I play through the set perfectly. In fact the only person deficient at the show is the singer who at one point couldnt remember the name of the song Should I Love You? [ Ссылка ] 29. "Unfortunately in Vienna it was not possible to cover up his deficiencies, as the rest of the band had become a particularly "tight"unit through being in the studio. His inability was noticeable to the point of embarrassing the band and humiliating me.", (Adu, Witness Statement, 1997). NME CrowdJustice

Helen Fola Sade Adu or Sade was orignal a fashion designer and had no musical backround at all she founded a fashion company called Lubell and Adu but this went bust very early into its launch. She then auditioned for Pride after she had worked for the earlier band called Arriva a Latin Jazz band from Clacton Essex the singers home town. She was actually rejected by the band as her vocals were not good enough and she was then asked back by the manager Lee Barrett a few weeks later. The singer took her revenge when she formed a smaller band within Pride called Sade and she was courted by RCA who paid for the bands recordings of Smooth Operator and Your Love is King and Hang onto Your Love in 1983. Jack Stevens from RCA suggested that Helen Adu be pulled out of Pride and they would commision the recordings. The groups manager chose this option with Paul Anthony Cooke, Paul Denman on the bass and drums and the bands sax player Stuart Mathewman. RCA actually rejected the singer because they had been concentrating on the Eurythmics international launch at that time and they also didnt think much to the songs. The manager then found a deal for Sade with CBS later in the year, but the company wouldnt sign up the whole band only the singer. Paul Anthony Cooke objected to the new sound and change of the old songs created by the bands new producer and also the fact that the singer signed a solo deal. Paul was asked to leave the band in January 1984 but rejoined the band in 1984 to perform some promotional TV work for Your Love is King on BBC Top of The Pops and the BBC's Oxford Road Show in Manchester.

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