One more collection of audio treats courtesy of the FLAC creating ninja in the front row, Mr GaryUK. The recording is everything we've come to love about his work, and it makes revisiting these old shows an absolute pleasure. Files are being shared here as MP3s, with all conversion being done by the man himself. Thanks again, Gary :)
The show begins with a little bit of showbiz glitter, as Tom alters the words to ITLAOTE to "Sheffield's become the most beautiful thing I've seen". Work that room, sir. Work it! This setlist saw the return of When Anger Shows which had been absent for a little while prior to this. We get the closed-in creepy weirdness of The Big Exit, You Are Fading with its synth intro, and Camera also makes an appearance. Also present is Like Treasure which contains a lyric change with "Ain't it just like the old days?" being replaced with "Wait and see how the band plays" during the first verse. There's something about the way this version has been mixed that makes the synth parts sound even more like a lullaby, particularly of the break just before the "I used to want to be you" lines are sung. It's right out front on the studio recording but it often gets lost during live renditions. Not here.
There's an apology at the end of Walk the Fleet Road from Tom for not singing very well during this show. Not sure if he was unhappy with the vocals generally or during a specific song but there was very little obviously wrong with it to my jaded ears.
I had a trippy flashback moment when listening to An End Has a Start, as I'd forgotten the audience reaction whenever they played it on the AEHAS or ITLAOTE campaigns. They'd sing along with the lyrics, which you'd expect, but also Chris' lead guitar line too. It's like they all transformed into a football crowd:-
There's an apology at the end of Walk the Fleet Road from Tom for not singing very well during this show. Not sure if he was unhappy with the vocals generally or during a specific song but there was very little obviously wrong with it to my jaded ears.
I had a trippy flashback moment when listening to An End Has a Start, as I'd forgotten the audience reaction whenever they played it on the AEHAS or ITLAOTE campaigns. They'd sing along with the lyrics, which you'd expect, but also Chris' lead guitar line too. It's like they all transformed into a football crowd:-
"Dur dur dur dur, dur dur dur dur dur dur dur!"
Fabulous. Enjoy the music ;)
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MP3s
In This Light and on This Evening - download here
Bullets - download here
An End Has a Start - download here
You Don't Know Love - download here
All Sparks - download here
Like Treasure - download here
Bones - download here
The Racing Rats - download here
When Anger Shows - download here
Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool - download here
The Big Exit - download here
Lights - download here
You Are Fading - download here
Camera - download here
Smokers - download here
Bricks and Mortar - download here
Encore
Walk the Fleet Road - download here
Munich - download here
Papillon - download here
Fingers in the Factories - download here
All in a zip - download here
Good quality footage from this show is a little rare, so I've taken one of the best looking pieces of fan-shot video of You Are Fading and redone the audio with Gary's mp3. The original clip came from EditorsVideos on YouTube (thank you!), and if you play them one after the other then you'll be able to hear the difference in clarity (if I did my job properly!).
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brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love :) x
stream it here
brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love :) x
