NO: 10 SEP 1986 The Mayfair, Newcastle

(thehappyone23)

Setlist

State Of The Nation, Everything's Gone Green, Way Of Life, Angel Dust, Paradise, Weirdo, Confusion, Subculture, Age Of Consent, Bizarre Love Triangle, The Perfect Kiss

Opening bands were Shout Bamalam and Prayer Before Birth (who?)

Martin Gray writes:
(he was off by a month on the date)

Anybody catch New Order in October 1986 at Newcastle Mayfair on the Brotherhood tour? Bloody hell - remember those wankers at the front, shouting Manchester, Manchester, in Geordie accents. I mean, what was the point of that??

The gig wasn't that brilliant, all told - we heard a few newies from Fac 150 but I couldn't concentrate on enjoying the songs cuz of those knobs at the front baying like they were at some footie match up the road at St. James.

(I think it was also about this time that many New Order fans had gained the footie-yob reputation that everyone knows and loves/hates now, but don't quote me on it!)

We got one encore - The Perfect Kiss, and then an hour after it started, NO left. And the last thing I heard from some of the footie hordes at the front? "THEY WERE SHIT!!" FUCKING SHIT!!"

You know something? I've never seen New Order live since......fuck knows why......

NORDERPHILE adds

I remeber Newcastle Mayfair, you failed to add the plastic 'glasses' of beer lobbed off the balcony.

Transcription

This is taken from a CH M/2. Clear recording, but fairly hissy. There are several other versions as well.

Alan Wise intro

AW: "Ladies and gentlemen, some problems if all the way comes to showtime, it's all smiles, NEW ORDER!"

State Of The Nation

BS: "Hello everyone. Hope we deserve it."

SOTN is played.

BS: "Thanks very much."

Hooky plays a mysterious bass riff in between songs.

Everything's Gone Green

BS: "Thanks very much."

 From Howiefive O

Weirdo follows.

At this point there sounds like much shouting. Barney singles out someone shouting out a bit too loudly.

BS: "You are an idiot. Stop swearing in here."

Angel Dust

(at end)

BS: "Sorry for trying out these new songs but we gotta try them out somewhere, haven't we?" [not sure if last word is "right", but it makes most sense in that particular context]

BS: "But at least we're playing new songs."

At this point somebody yells loudly, "Turn the fucker off a couple of times", to which Barney replies, "We are playing these songs. Stop swearing!". At this point, the sequencer to _Paradise_ starts.

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

Bernard says something I can't make out, probably directed towards the git shouting for Warsaw and Transmission. :)

Paradise

Feedback squall partway into it. My tape has a brief dropout during the last verse. Ends in feedback. Edit in tape at this point (the YT version cleans that up).

  From Howiefive O

Confusion

At the end of this, a lot more of the loudmouth.

Hooky tells him to shut up.

Subculture

(at end)

BS: "Thank you very much indeed, I'm feeling very [something]."

Punters start shouting "here we go" a couple of times.

Age Of Consent follows.

BS: "I'd like to dedicate this next song to my cousin Tommy who lives in the South in, er, Scotland.

Bernard sings "a few months ago" instead of the usual "a few days ago".

BS: "Shut up. The fuckin' lot of you in the dressing room which is over there after the gig. Me, personally."

Bizarre Love Triangle concludes the main set.

Music between set and encore.

The Perfect Kiss

BS: "Thank you very much, don't deserve it."

Versions

AUD #1 - MMB (most likely) or MG - Sony WM-D6 + Sony ECM-929LT.  Judged to be the clearest of the four known recordings, and the one used here.

AUD #2 - from 'dropdeadfr' (DIME, 2005)

AUD #3 - KL, taper not sure of what was used

AUD #4 - Lazlo - Sony WM-D6 + Sony ECM-929LT