NO: 17 APR 1985 Maxwell Hall, Salford
According to Simon Park, this was filmed. His description:
"Majority if not all the gig. A one camera shot, quite a dark recording taken from a balcony directly in front of the band the person filming does not move.
Not sure of the source or even where I got it from."
The sound on the videotape is overdriven.
But there are audience tapes, the one I have is courtesy of Dave Mings, with a subsequent upgrade showing via TMK in 2005.
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Missing on the video, which starts at the next song.
Bit of level adjustment before the drum machine kicks in. Vocals a bit quiet in the mix.
Bernard sings, "you realize you can't FUCK without someone else."
And he pops his lips at the end.
BS: "Thank you very much."
Folks whistle. And chant.
Love Vigilantes
Has bass intro with melodica coming in soon afterwards.
The Village is next.
Your Silent Face
BS: "Thank you very much, it's a beautiful song, it's a beautiful song."
BS: "Thanks very much. (probably addressed to Oz) Top the vocals, [rest is mumble I can't make out]
As It Is When It Was
The debut! Fairly shaky both in playing and tempo.
The video misses out on some of the intro.
During the middle of the first verse, Bernard tells Steve to slow down.
The lyrics are not in their final form, obviously. Good guitar work near the end.
Somebody calls for EGG.
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BS: "Fucking shit!"
This Time Of Night, followed by Temptation.
Profanity in its usual place on the latter, between "last" and "time".
Age Of Consent
I think Bernard says something with "bullshit" in it at the end, very hard to make out.
The Perfect Kiss
Somewhat short (7:21) version of this classic.
In A Lonely Place
An interesting version, different intro dumming and melodica bits. Bernard sounds he's singing from a thousand miles away.
Why there's frogs at the end of this is very curious.
Break in tape...assuming the last two songs are the encore tracks, confirmed by watching the video.
BS: "Thanks very ...touched by us...[lots of reverb obscuring what was said]. Thank you very much. As you know, we all come from Salford. I believe Manchester United won three-one today..."
(thanks to Dave Mings for deciphering this!)
BS: "And we're not actually bitches..."
5-8-6
Ends with Hooky bass solo, which segues right into a chaotic version of Sister Ray. As related by by Tony/Longfella on MDMArchive: 'I remember this night well. The Mondays provided a very early sighting of the flared trouser. On Sister Ray, Barney sang "When you come from Salford, don't you know you've got no future. It's just like Sister Ray." '
Plenty of other witty Barney-isms...like "she says you're full of excrement" and "she says you're full of shit".
Bernard's guitar cuts out, prompting him to toss it to the floor while Andy Robinson(?) hands him a new one. Later on, Barney drops his mic like it had been soiled, leaving his crew scrambling for it, and then he's handed a third guitar to plug in, which he places on the ground and drags it by the lead before tugging it out. And then he walks out, leaving the rest of the band to mop up, but Hooky makes up for it by bursting forth the riff to Ceremony.
Beautiful stuff.
Culture Made in Salford - Memories of Maxwell Hall
Versions
VID #1 - unknown
SP: "Majority if not all the gig. A one camera shot, quite a dark recording taken from a balcony directly in front of the band the person filming does not move. Not sure of the source or where I got it from. "Shug Sludden - "Sounds like recorder was left in a bin - Picture Dark and from a Distance"
Here it is:
AUD #1 - unknown, Nth gen, but best-sounding.
AUD #2 - TBB, Panasonic RQJ6 with built-in mics.
AUD #3 - Lazlo, Saisho P60 with borrowed Philips mics. Intro to Sub-culture has "This is a LAZLO production", memorably identifying this recording.
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