NO: 12 APR 1983 Assembly Rooms - Edinburgh, Scotland
Setlist
Your Silent Face, Hurt, Dreams Never End, Ultraviolence, We All Stand, Truth, The Village, Chosen Time, Ceremony, Confusion
Soundcheck
ICB, Confusion, Truth, Ceremony.
Courtesy of cmkcmk on DIME.
Here's what he had to say:
"To warn you at the outset, Your Silent Face is all over the place tape speed wise. But apart from that this is a superb show in the be-chandeliered Assembly Rooms and well worth having. It is crystal clear and a great show. The Wake supported this night with Bobby Gillespie borrowing Hooky's bass for the show. As was once said elsewhere on the sleeve notes to The Wake CD reissues, there were moments of confusion during the early part of The Wake's set as to whether it was The Wake or New Order as New Order weren't the most visible of bands in terms of press photos and appearances at this time.
This was their second open to all ages show in Edinburgh following on from the previous night's show at the local roller disco 'Coasters'... and my second new order show. Over the next few nights I went up to St Andrews and then Glasgow to see them, but this I think was the best of them.
New Order are on fine form - Barney hitting the notes, mix full of trademark early 80s echo and delays and 'Dreams Never End' and 'Ceremony' are blistering. The echo on the drum after Hooky half shouts 'soul' in Dreams Never End sent a chill down my spine that night. Ceremony is at the usual breakneck speed of the times.
I got this show at a record fair, but not until 1987. it was also not from the usual new order bloke and without the usual sort of cover - it came in a normal tape box with the standard sony inlay with writing on it. Up to then I had never been able to find a copy for sale.
I don't know exactly where it was recorded as the crowd were pretty wild that night and they sound a bit distant on the tape.
There are some poor edits between the songs which were on the original tape and as I said, 'Your Silent Face' is a bit all over the place until the tape speed settles. This could be sorted with pitch adjustment software and patience. I have the former but little of the later sadly!"
Another version via TJ also exists.
Transcription
Your Silent Face
The tape speed is indeed 'fact' until about 3:47. (CNK)
Squeal edit between songs on the CNK version. The TJ version has a cut here, with the first part of the next song missing.
Hurt and Dreams Never End follow.
Strange lower-pitched-than-normal bass sequencer on Ultraviolence as well as on We All Stand.
Another squeal edit between tracks. (CNK)
A/B split on the TJ version.
Truth
Syndrum is really loud here.
The Village also has speed issues here....or maybe it was played fast!
PH: "Pause for thought."
Squeal edit Chosen Time and a blistering Ceremony, where Bernard repeats 'forever, forever, forever' as the final lyric.
Confusion
Second time it makes an appearance, the tape is quickly faded out.
The Wake opening set can be heard here:
Versions
AUD #1 - Eddie Wolfram / Sony TC-D5 / Aiwa CM-30 - Cut between KW1 and Hurt, with the latter missing the first bit. A/B split between We All Stand and Truth. Version shared by TJ.
AUD #2 - 'manattheback' (DIME) / Sony WM-D6 / Aiwa CM-30 - "Transfer info; NAK BX300E/Genexxa EQ/Pioneer PDR-509/Maxell CD-R XLII-80/DBpoweramp (flac level7)/TLH checksum A bit of mic rumble at the start sorry, perhaps slightly weaker in one channel also but other than that a clear, clean recording direct from the master. Maybe being a bit picky, but the sound to me is not that great due to a combination of large echoey hall coupled with a pretty poor mix on the night. I have boosted the bass a bit but the sound to me is not that great due to a combination of large echoey hall coupled with a pretty poor mix on the night. I have boosted the bass a bit,but its not made a huge difference to the overall sound, the bass drum and vocals are a bit lost under Hookys bass. Notes: This was the second of two nights New Order played in Edinburgh on this tour he first being at Coasters (which was recently uploaded on Dime) and as you'll see the set was probably a bit better on the first night. I can't remember too much about this gig actually, but I do remember thinking how crap the sound was on the night. The Assembly rooms is a beautiful stone built 'town hall' style building with various dedicated music rooms / halls spread over 2 floors, but for some strange reason the acoustics just don't work in the main hall! That said, I don't think New Order's performance this night was exactly sizzling either reflected perhaps by the deathly silence of the audience in between some of the songs."
AUD #3 - unknown. Posted to DIME in May 2005. CNK: "I got this show at a record fair, but not until 1987. it was also not from the usual new order bloke and without the usual sort of cover - it came in a normal tape box with the standard sony inlay with writing on it. Up to then I had never been able to find a copy for sale. I don't know exactly where it was recorded as the crowd were pretty wild that night and they sound a bit distant on the tape. There are some poor edits between the songs which were on the original tape and as I said 'Your Silent Face' is a bit all over the place until the tape speed settles. This could be sorted with pitch adjustment software and patience. I have the former but little of the later sadly!"
AUD #4 - MMB / Sony WM-D6 / Aiwa CM-30 - Seeded to DIME 2012-05-08. Recording incomplete (up to The Village) as taper had to catch last train out of Edinburgh.
AUD v5 - Soundcheck, only ICB.
AUD v6 - Also recorded by Dec Hickey. Confusion / Truth / Ceremony
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