NO: 28 MAR 1986 Brighton Centre

thehappyone23

Setlist

State Of The Nation, Love Vigilantes, Subculture, Shellshock, Confusion, Let's Go, 586, Temptation, Age Of Consent, Sunrise, The Perfect Kiss 

Soundcheck (50 minutes): Shellshock (instrumental), State Of The Nation (instrumental), Let's Go, Love Vigilantes, Subculture

Various sources for this gig.

'Funeral For A Viking' is present on one version I have, which has lots of static in the beginning. The other (from a different taper, seeded on DIME by 'dropdeadfr') doesn't have this, but sounds a bit NR'ed and runs a bit fast (corrected for the YouTube link). It also misses out on the football-style chants of the gathering.

Stephen Smith: "My cassette ran slightly too fast also, plus was a bit overdriven."

Alan Wise introduces things.

AW: "No more than these four young people from Liverpool, they write their own stuff, they're here tonight. Joy Division!"

Stephen's version misses out on the intro.

Hooky soundchecks bass.

BS: "One two". Punter completes this (staticy tape) by saying "three four".

State Of The Nation

Stereo field shifts about 2:00 in.

Hooky bass outro.

BS: "Thank you very much."

Some dropouts on Stephen's version.

Love Vigilantes

BS: "Ok" [said very quietly, just before the song starts]

First note from melodica off tune.

BS: "Thank you very much."

Bit of a bass vamp, perhaps from the following song.

Subculture

BS: (quietly) "Thank you very much."

PH: "I must say, you bastards wear disgusting shoes."

Someone cries "Fuck off!".

Shellshock follows.

Quite a bit of feedback and soundchecking between this and Confusion.

Another long pause.

PH: "Yo! 1-2-3-4."

Let's Go

Interesting version for the synth at the beginning.

BS: "Thanks very much, that was our...commercial break."

Someone in the audience heckles with a "fuck off".

BS: "You fuck off you little cunt. I can see you. In fact, I don't have to look at you, I can smell ya."

5-8-6

BS: "Hey, stop swearing, this is a family show."

At 1:43, Bernard tells someone else to fuck off. This version has the distinction of having cowbell.

Cut in the dropdeadfr version.

Stephen's cassette cuts here as well.

Temptation

Opens with bass refrain before sequencers kick in...and die. Quite an unusual opening as a result.

Ends with a drumbeat, feedback, and another drumbeat. Don't know why I noted that. Bernard coughs.

PH: "All right. Ok [mumbled]"

Age Of Consent

At 1:05, Bernard says, "Turn up, Gillian". [Stephen notes that the synth bass drone was low in the mix].

Sunrise

Distorted on Stephen's cassette.

BS: "You all thought it was the last song, didn't you? Well, it was." Meanwhile, Hooky is playing a strange, meandering tune while Bernard says this.

PH: "Sloppy, Brighton, sloppy. You've got a big mouth, you bastard."

An audience member shouts out "So have you!" back at Hooky, then Hooky replies,

PH: "Fortunately, I'm a lot louder."

The end of this is a huge bass racket, but in a good way.

(encore)

Unidentified PA music, not on Stephen's version. On his, the tapers talk about possible songs, first guy says, "Blue Monday, I'll betcha", then a second guy says "Bizarre Love Triangle." This suggests these tapers were familiar with the NO late '85/early '86 set and were regular attendees.

The Perfect Kiss

PH: "Any requests."

Most shout out for Blue Monday...somebody near the recording mic yells out "Elegia!" (dropdeadfr version). Stephen's version is missing this shout.

PH: "All the wrong kind of requests, eh?"

lyrics: "fucking strange/fucking deranged" and "my friend took his final piss". So much for this being a "family show".

BS: "[Thank you]? good night. Thanks a lot."

Versions

AUD #1			ANA1	dropdeadfr, SOL.
AUD v2				Paraquem.  Doesn't have any intro bits (so likely a unique version), has tapers trying to guess final song.  Cut in 586 (like dropdeadfr version).  Better SQ, recorded closer in, but really loud.
AUD #3	Sony WM-D6	Aiwa CM-30	ANA0	malcolmb(DIME).Has end of Alan Wise intro, and talking between men and women, and right at the start of SOTN, somebody saying "...Bernard, they're over here".  No cut in 5-8-6.
AUD v4				dimitroy, from travisbickle63 via "Johnny Boy".  as full Funeral For A Viking intro.  Not same as any previous AUD version, as this is monaural.  A/B flip between 586 and Temptation, with the intro to the latter cut off.
AUD #5	Sony TCS series?			talvenaika.  Start has taper saying "Let's sneak down here", is missing Alan Wise and Love Vigilantes, has an internal cut in 586 at A/B flip and last song Temptation cut at the end.  It also has a squeal edit typical of older Sony models (heard at the end of SOTN), and quite audible hum throughout.
AUD #6	Sony WM-D3	lapel mic	ANA0	SOL (ANA2) / travisbickle1963 (ANA1).  The former starts with Alan Wise's comments, the latter has the 'Funeral For A Viking' intro but lots of static. there's also a cut between "Let's Go" and "5-8-6".