NO: 12 AUG 1985 McAlister Auditorium - New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Fractured/Image playlist

Setlist

State Of The Nation, Love Vigilantes, Everything's Gone Green, 586, Your Silent Face, Chosen Time, Subculture, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, Face Up, Age Of Consent, Sunrise, As It Is When It Was, Sister Ray

Another GaoBest special, excellent sound. Total of seventy eight and a half minutes.

There's a Cabaret Voltaire-style tune playing over the PA when the band take the stage.

Girl audience members saying "Ohmigod!" and the like.

State Of The Nation

BS: "Hello, we're New Order!"

A bit of feedback through this one.

Love Vigilantes

Bass intro, THEN the melodica kicks in.

BS: "Thanks very much."

Everything's Gone Green

A fan yells out the song title in recognition.

After song finishes...

Hook Line: "You'll get used to these delays, don't worry about it."

New Order then play 5-8-6.

BS: "Thanks very much. Thank you very much."

One fan then yells "Welcome to New Orleans!". Another yells, "Ceremony!" Ah, fans.

Your Silent Face

BS: "I can believe that, anyhow...be nice of you."

Bernard starts to improvise lyrics (or at least the phrasing) a bit. It may be the Pernod, or maybe not.

Some punter says "I heard that wrong note".

BS: "Thank you [two words that I can't make out] very much."

Chosen Time 

Click on the link to listen!

The last time New Order *ever* perform this song. As if they knew, this version blisters!

Barney Says: "Thanks very much, but don't kill yourself."

Punters can be heard saying "Relax" and "It's hot down here".

Barney Says: "Thank you very much. As Divine said, 'I've had more people in bed than there is in this room tonight'....but not quite as much feedback."

The Order then perform The Perfect Kiss. You can hear the audience shout out things at certain points in the song.

Face Up

BS: "Thank You very much."

PH: "This one's called Face Up."

Which segues right into a very good version of Age Of Consent, which segues into an intense version of Sunrise, ending in feedback as NO step off.

Either they don't step off very long or they're in such a hurry to wrap up they forget to take the normal 5 minute break...

BS: "Thank you very much. Well, I don't know that this guitar's still in tune, after all that frenzied activity. Anyway, the next song we're gonna play is a very nice ballad."

Some punter yells out for Blue Monday a couple of times.

As It Is When It Was

Barney Says:  "Road crew, road crew!"

New Order close out with Sister Ray. This version sounds somewhat different, as Barney sings "I always get the words wrong...singing this fucking song". Closes out with Hooky playing out the main melody.

Heh, a fan yells out "How 'bout Louie Louie"...cute.

Versions

Both my sample and the Fractured/Image posting derive from the RH recording, first-generation.

TM	AUD (#1)			ANA1	GB	First version to surface.  But really hasn't.  One of those years.
RH	AUD #2	Sony WM-D6c	Sony ECM-990F	ANA1 (GB), ANA0 (RH)	GB, DM93, RH	Not certain if it was either or both this and the following concert. DM93 has ANA1 as well.
DG	AUD #3	Sony WM-D6	Sony ECM-939LT	ANA1	RH	RH says DG's is not as clear as his.