Appears to be a soundboard or very good audience. Sound is good albeit a touch muffled on the drums and a bit condensed/flat in places - having said that this is an excellent piece of sound given its age.
A wonderfully sloppy affair full of spiky attitude. Attentive audience and band in good form albeit a bit untogether in places. There are few recordings of this October/November tour .....so this is a gem. Also a nice companion to the material on Totales Turns (Castle CMRCD882).
A good mix of material from the first two albums and attendant singles as well as a look forward to the January '80 release of Fiery Jack.
Some classic Smith asides at this gig (thanks to Stefan for the hard work in transcribing them)
- "Guitars through monitors A BIT" to sound man
- "You picked all the wrong ones tonight, I'm afraid. This one was a hit for me and the lads in Tibet, it's about drinking. Jukebox!" (before Rebellious Jukebox)
- "This next one is epic. Okey dokey! (in a wierd high-pitched voice!)" (before Muzorewi's Daughter)
- "I know it's been hard going so far, but you've got to face up to it one day. You are stock you are pop you are pop stock." (before Choc Stock)
- "There's no requests tonight, sorry."
- "We'd like to finish off with a religious song, seeing as it's Sunday." (That Man)
Receptive audience is keen to hear material from "Witch Trials" era and Smith eventually lets them have their wish with an immense "Psycho Mafia" which features lyrics from "Spectre vs Rector".
Aside from that a wonderous tumble through early Fall with manic polyrhythmic drumming from Mike Leigh and some interesting Bramah cloning from Scanlon and Riley. This is a bit special and deserves a good listen.
A wonderfully sloppy affair full of spiky attitude. Attentive audience and band in good form albeit a bit untogether in places. There are few recordings of this October/November tour .....so this is a gem. Also a nice companion to the material on Totales Turns (Castle CMRCD882).
A good mix of material from the first two albums and attendant singles as well as a look forward to the January '80 release of Fiery Jack.
Some classic Smith asides at this gig (thanks to Stefan for the hard work in transcribing them)
- "Guitars through monitors A BIT" to sound man
- "You picked all the wrong ones tonight, I'm afraid. This one was a hit for me and the lads in Tibet, it's about drinking. Jukebox!" (before Rebellious Jukebox)
- "This next one is epic. Okey dokey! (in a wierd high-pitched voice!)" (before Muzorewi's Daughter)
- "I know it's been hard going so far, but you've got to face up to it one day. You are stock you are pop you are pop stock." (before Choc Stock)
- "There's no requests tonight, sorry."
- "We'd like to finish off with a religious song, seeing as it's Sunday." (That Man)
Receptive audience is keen to hear material from "Witch Trials" era and Smith eventually lets them have their wish with an immense "Psycho Mafia" which features lyrics from "Spectre vs Rector".
Aside from that a wonderous tumble through early Fall with manic polyrhythmic drumming from Mike Leigh and some interesting Bramah cloning from Scanlon and Riley. This is a bit special and deserves a good listen.