NO: 20 JUL 1985 WOMAD Festival - Mersea Island Essex England

Fractured/Image playlist

Setlist

Elegia, Love Vigilantes, Blue Monday, Leave Me Alone, 586, This Time Of Night, State Of The Nation, Subculture, Denial, Age Of Consent, Sunrise, The Perfect Kiss, Temptation

Sources for this are a CD from GaoBest as well as a tape from my archives, taken from the same source. My source has the announcer into and the first 15 seconds of crowd noice, but the sound on GaoBest's is remarkable, as it's taken from the master. 

The taper was McB, the same guy that did all the Glasgow gigs. On top of that, also have a video (single-camera low-generation but shaky) I received from Peter 'Solitude' Petrou, who taped the gig, or at least what he could manage considering it was freezing, even though it was in the middle of July!

Announcer: "There they are, New Order!"

BS: "Sorry you had to wait a long time, but I'm sure it'll be worth it."

Punter yells something about trash and bastards.

PH: "Good...good start, that one, with one fucking guitar. It's so cold, my fucking head's gone numb, like the rest of me body."

Another punter yells, "Let's Go".

The synth sequence for Elegia starts.

BS: "This one's called Elegia." A fan calls out, "Barney!" Barney shushes him.

BS: "Thank you very much." Sound of bass guitar being plugged in, it sounds. Melodica sounds, foreshadowing the next song.

Fans shouting out for their old favorites.

PH: (rebuking them) "Change with the times, mate, change with the times."

BS: "This one, erm, is a country song, a redneck song."

Hooky's bass starts off first, unlike the LP version, but all the early live versions go this way.

BS: "Thank you. Thank you very much, punters. We're getting into it now, we're getting into it."

New Order then play the old chestnut, Blue Monday.

Soundville International

BS: "Thank you very much. We'll go straight to an acoustic number now called Leave Me Alone, it's off Power, Corruption, And Lies. That's what I'm supposed to say, anyway.

PH: "And this one is? Any ideas?"

Folks shout out their guesses.

PH: "Well, you're all wrong as usual, it's 5-8-6. Sorry."

On the video version, the audio cuts out at some point here. The ending (including the quote below) is cut.

BS: "Thank you. Very controlled, very professional. [of all the things, a dog barks!] All in all, I'd say we're getting better."

I can't say I disagree.

This Time Of Night

About halfway through, it sounds like the bass sequencer dies. It complains loudly before doing so, and sputters again a bit later.

The video only has a small portion of this, thirty seconds a part of the way in. The next four tracks weren't taped.

State Of The Nation

BS: "This next one's a new song that you won't know at all, it's called 'Shame Of The Nation'. It's about, eh, it's probably about unemployment."

The bass sequencer is still having some trouble here.

The second verse is different. lyrics:

"You can't win, or else you lose
Only you can afford to choose[?].
If you don't find what you're looking for.
You don't find what you come for.

I am blind and am wrong.
Everything in between is always gone.
I love you and you love me.
Because the state of the nation will never be..."

BS: "For those of you who listen, thank you, obviously."

Subculture

BS: "And this one's called Subculture, it's all about SHAGGING!"

Bad Barney: "Oh I sit around by day, not sit, shit!"

During the break, Barney says, "Steve Morris on drums behind me."

Some guitar noodling.

Denial

PH: "This is a song about romance, because it's so romantic here under all of these twinkling Sony lights."

Age Of Consent

BS: "What? I'm ready."

Barney's guitar during the intro is off-key here, and even Steve loses the plot a couple minutes in.

The delivery of the first couple of lines in the second verse is a bit odd, as if Barney was being strangled.

Near-segue to the ghostly keyboards of Sunrise.

BS: "Thanks a lot."

The Perfect Kiss

PH: "This is Ozzie plugging the Wake, eh?" (referring to the musical interlude before the encore)

Bells-and-whistles version.

This makes it into the video, which is considerably less shaky than it was earlier.

PH: "Keep yer cans to yourself you fucking tosser!" (correction courtesy of PHD)

More feedback squalls.

Temptation

BS: "Thanks a lot. Good night" (echoed)

Info:

Melody Maker 11 Jan 86
Interview by Adam Sweeting

http://www.new-order.net/terminal1.demon.co.uk/NewMM1-86.htm

Article mentions Bernard's comment that the Sounds reviewer (who gave a really bad review) was "completely out of her box drunk, blacked out" when they were playing.

Solitude video master, but missing a few songs.

Versions

MMB	AUD #1	Sony WM-D6	Aiwa CM-30		malcolmb (DIME)	Seeded to DIME 2012-05-11. Originally credited as "Ghetto Blaster" for mics. BV copy includes a bit of compere intro not on IA's digitization, guessing that "EB" and "MMB" are one and the same. A/B split between SOTN/Subcutlure, but no dog barking.
	AUD #2				DPo	Source seems to have been run through Dolby C, was taped very close to the version I have in full. Obtained in trade with V.B.
LK	AUD	Sony WM-D6			NOOL?	This is possibly the same version as on an IAP tape, with the very start featuring the sound of the mic getting bumped at the start of the first song. A/B split between SOTN and Subculture. Dog barks at start of AoC.
SOL	VHS-C			VHS1	SOL	Copy I have is VHS1 from Mike Garrity's VHS > DVD authored using Pinnacle Studio. Part of a set of 3 VHS-C masters that was auctioned on eBay but not sold.  Missing a few songs in the middle of the set.