Fairly clear audience recording however bass tends to be a bit boomy in places but vocals very clear. Some audience chatter which detracts in place. In a quiet bit the taper clearly shh's a nearby maiden. Mix deteriorates towards the end where one of the guitars dominates.
The third date of the nine gig tour of the States and Canada.
A very good gig enlivened by the club sound of the recording. It opens with a peculiar "musique concrete" piece with lots of banging and noise and such leaping into a speedy run through the excellent "Countdown" which is both punky and poppy. A good reading of "Hot Aftershave" follows which leads to an good "Rowche" somewhat spoiled by the girly Minnie Mouse backing vox and some fairly straight guitar playing from Brix which means it loses its quirky edge.
"I am Damo Susuki" follows in splended magnificence initially adopting a strange back beat rather than the usual bubbling polyrhymthmic stuff. A very proggy "God-Box" has some interesting vocalisations which calls to mind a tune from the mid 70s which I cannot quite place. "Faustus" is played well and a spoken word tape introduces a silky sexy excellent reading of "LA".
There is an interesting and excellently realised early version of "Hey! Luciani" where the bass takes the lead melody intro the keys are simply a wash of backing sound. Also there are some middle eight bits which seem to have got lost later in the history of the song. "Victorian Child" feels a little rushed but there is some exquisite bass and drum interplay in the "quiet" bit in the middle and as the song resolves Mark seems to lose the scan in the echo.
Someone is very slightly out of tune for "Cruisers" and it rather spoils a good drumming performance from Karl unfortunately this tuning problem persists for the rest of the gig. "Living too late" starts well enough with rising synth sounds but then tends to meander. "Lie Dream" concludes matters and is dominated by one of the guitars which is overloud in the mix.
Mostly a great gig which tails of towards the end
The third date of the nine gig tour of the States and Canada.
A very good gig enlivened by the club sound of the recording. It opens with a peculiar "musique concrete" piece with lots of banging and noise and such leaping into a speedy run through the excellent "Countdown" which is both punky and poppy. A good reading of "Hot Aftershave" follows which leads to an good "Rowche" somewhat spoiled by the girly Minnie Mouse backing vox and some fairly straight guitar playing from Brix which means it loses its quirky edge.
"I am Damo Susuki" follows in splended magnificence initially adopting a strange back beat rather than the usual bubbling polyrhymthmic stuff. A very proggy "God-Box" has some interesting vocalisations which calls to mind a tune from the mid 70s which I cannot quite place. "Faustus" is played well and a spoken word tape introduces a silky sexy excellent reading of "LA".
There is an interesting and excellently realised early version of "Hey! Luciani" where the bass takes the lead melody intro the keys are simply a wash of backing sound. Also there are some middle eight bits which seem to have got lost later in the history of the song. "Victorian Child" feels a little rushed but there is some exquisite bass and drum interplay in the "quiet" bit in the middle and as the song resolves Mark seems to lose the scan in the echo.
Someone is very slightly out of tune for "Cruisers" and it rather spoils a good drumming performance from Karl unfortunately this tuning problem persists for the rest of the gig. "Living too late" starts well enough with rising synth sounds but then tends to meander. "Lie Dream" concludes matters and is dominated by one of the guitars which is overloud in the mix.
Mostly a great gig which tails of towards the end