Good quality audience tape.
Two gigs only on this short American tour before moving onto Australia and then the ultimate break up of this iteration of the band. This is a tight performance with the band firing on all cylinders.
Bramah and Scofield replace Brady's violin parts from "Extricate" with intricate guitar and keyboard sounds on "Sing! Harpy". Hanley and Wolstencroft are particularly tight. There are huge washes and blocks of sound on the nine minute plus "Jerusalem" which is dense and intense. Bramah resorts to "rawk" guitar twiddles at time which seem somewhat innappropriate, descending into a semi-guitar solo part way through "Jerusalem" and a whiney and inchoate effort on "Mr Pharmacist"
Schofields singing is dreadfully flat in parts on "Black Monk Theme". Mostly its about the "rock" elements of the band at this point in time reduced to reality by a short but sweet Mr P as the final statement - despite Mr B's solo. Probably the closest the band got to stadium rock before MES decided enough was enough and got back to basics.
Not essential but listenable.
Two gigs only on this short American tour before moving onto Australia and then the ultimate break up of this iteration of the band. This is a tight performance with the band firing on all cylinders.
Bramah and Scofield replace Brady's violin parts from "Extricate" with intricate guitar and keyboard sounds on "Sing! Harpy". Hanley and Wolstencroft are particularly tight. There are huge washes and blocks of sound on the nine minute plus "Jerusalem" which is dense and intense. Bramah resorts to "rawk" guitar twiddles at time which seem somewhat innappropriate, descending into a semi-guitar solo part way through "Jerusalem" and a whiney and inchoate effort on "Mr Pharmacist"
Schofields singing is dreadfully flat in parts on "Black Monk Theme". Mostly its about the "rock" elements of the band at this point in time reduced to reality by a short but sweet Mr P as the final statement - despite Mr B's solo. Probably the closest the band got to stadium rock before MES decided enough was enough and got back to basics.
Not essential but listenable.