NO: 01 AUG 1985 Felt Forum - NYC


Setlist

Confusion, Ceremony, Temptation, Your Silent Face, Love Vigilantes, 586, This Time Of Night, State Of The Nation, Subculture, The Perfect Kiss, Age Of Consent, Sunrise


4 of the tracks played here appear on 'Confused Dreams' (Confusion, Ceremony, Your Silent Face, Love Vigilantes)

I also have 128kbps MP3s from Lars Nellemann's Anthology, as well as a copy on tape...and a copy from the master on CD.  Writeup based on the Anthology MP3s.

Confusion

BS: "Thank you very much."

PH: "This one's a Certain Ratio song, we thought we'd play it for you because you were so good to them.

This version includes the "ra-ta-ta-ta ta-ta-ta hey's" we know and love.

New Order than play Ceremony.

Temptation

BS: "Thank you very much indeed. All our friends live in New York."

Intro features Barney scraping his pick across his guitar. Vocals seem notably expressive.

BS: "Although I've never seen anyone as fucked as you before." And then 1, 2, 3, 4 in French.

Your Silent Face

BS: "Song is called Your Silent Face". Unusually, he introduces it during the sequenced into.

Bernard utters "piss" with emphasis on the silibant.

Love Vigilantes

Unusual bass synth intro before main melody starts. The guitar solo is a bit funkier than usual, as well.

At one point Barney exclaims, "You motherfucker!"

5-8-6

BS: "I gotta say thank you very much, you're not only.." [not sure on phrasing of last clause]

lyric: "I heard you calling, baby!"

BS: "Thanks very much, everybody enjoying it tonight? Otherwise, the [part rafters?] got to be real embarrasing."

Some punter yells out "Wot?" Yeah, I couldn't make it out either.

This Time Of Night

Especially expressive guitar riffing. There's some difference in lyrics, espcially after the second verse.

Then State Of The Nation, the third time New Order had ever played that song. Thus, some of the riffs and sequencer effects are different (and sound better, honestly) than what appeared on the final A-side release.

Subculture

BS: "Thank you, thank you, (I know) all the new songs are a bit too much to bear, so we'll play one you all know, possibly.

Person close to taper chuckles at the 'Possibly' bit.

BS: "Pardon? Right, yeah, that's the way it is. Possibly."

The Perfect Kiss

BS: "Believe the lyric, gee, we have words to say..."

Sumner's guitar is pretty dominating throughout. Turly an epic, one of their best performances ever.

Age Of Consent

PH: [coughs] "All right, This one's for Jonathan, because I was gonna tell him that one was for him, but I forgot. So, fuck it."

at the end...

BS: "Thanks a lot."

(tape cut/encore)

According to attendee Dave Marin, "I was at this show. The final song, Sunrise, was played after more than half the audience had already left and the lights were already turned up (indicating the end of the concert) for a few minutes.

Somebody mentions Lou Reed's "A Perfect Day".

During the intro, Hooky plays bassline of Doubts Even Here through peals of feedback. A superb rendition, drenched with feedback.

BS: "Turn the lights off, you daft cunt."

This Sunrise is so loud and feedback drenched that it probably overloaded the recording a bit.

BS: "Who is right?" [this is just one guess, he may be saying something else entirely]


Versions

RBAUD #1Sony WM-D6ECM-909LTANA1, GB (ANA3)GB, DM93Unique in that it captures the encore Sunrise. Better in quality than the NS and DT versions.
AUD #2ANA2from Neil Siegel (RH)First NS-sourced ANA2, this has tape problems starting near the end of 5-8-6 and throughout TTON. Missing SotN and Subculture, as well as encore Sunrise. Uniquely it has some of the pre-gig PA music.
AUD #3ANA2from Neil Siegel (RH)Second NS-sourced ANA2, this one has cuts between LV and 586, one between SotN and Subculture (start cut) and TPK cut. Missing AoC and the encore Sunrise.
AUD #4ANA2received from David Tulsky (RH)A/B flip misses out on start of SoTN. Missing encore Sunrise.
AUD #5'Confused Dreams' 4 tr, JEOn 'Confused Dreams': Confusion/Ceremony/TPK/LV. Single track 'Ceremony', filler on his '85 NYC recording.  Different recording than the 4 others I have, has male voice in right ch at the start of Ceremony, followed by a female scream...not on any of the others.

Single track version from The Cassette Converter, same recording as Fractured/Image's (RB AUD #1)



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