NO: 13 SEP 1986 Caird Hall, Dundee
TJ writes:
"Caird Hall, Dundee. The town that life forgot. My 20th birthday. A Greek temple in the town centre. Tickets said Doors 7.30pm unless I am very much mistaken. One of the fastest sets ever, full set of ten plus two encore tracks in less than an hour, which included 9 minutes of Perfect Kiss and a usual length State of the Nation. Set felt similar to Edinburgh. Saturday night. Long way home.
If there was a second set that night, I must have missed it, and so did everyone else in the venue !!"
Trevor writes:
Hi, my account of the New Order gig at Dundee Caird Hall, 13/09/86:
I travelled down from Aberdeen with a group of my mates, looking forward to seeing New Order live for the first time. The support act were competent but totally unappreciated by the Dundee crowd who were clearly there only to see New Order. When New Order eventually took the stage, they were greeted by a rousing reception. Despite this good reception, Barney played most of the gig with his back to the crowd and the band looked like they would rather have been somewhere else. Nevertheless, the band went through the motions and pulled off a musically and technically proficient and entertaining set. After the band finished, some of the Dundee crowd complained that the set was too short; that there was no encore; and that there was no Blue Monday. However, I travelled back to Aberdeen (after spending a fortune on T-shirts and badges!) more than happy after what I considered to be a great nightâ€TMs entertainment.
I have no recollection of an encore and this perhaps explains the comment 'The band leave and then come back for an encore. The audience cheering, etc. between these is cut out on my version'.
At the end I remember lots of boos from the audience.
Posted on Neworderonlie.com many years ago
Regards, Trevor
The gig:
Paradise
A bit of tune-up.
BS: "Hello, everyone, we're New Order!"
After...
BS: "Thanks a lot."
Bizarre Love Triangle follows.
Everything's Gone Green
BS: "Turn the lights down a bit, Andy."
State Of The Nation
Brief tape garble at 1:55 or so.
Lonesome Tonight
lyric: "many times before did you did you despair in your sleep, hear a solemn voice that couldn't even speak."
Hooky plays a unique-sounding rift in front of This Time Of Night
Cut in tape between this and the next song, Angel Dust
Weirdo is next up.
A tape edit between the end of this song and Sunrise.
The Perfect Kiss
Barney pipes up for his first pronouncement of the night.
BS: "We ain't playing Age Of Consent...because we played it last night. We don't feel like playing it. We do what we want to do. That's because we're all big boys in Caird."
The band leave and then come back for an encore. The audience cheering, etc. between these is cut out on my version.
Ceremony and Face Up concludes the set.
(at the start of the latter)
BS: "Who needs fucking guitar solos, anyway?. I'll get it right this way."
Versions
AUD #1 - UKBT - Sony WM-D6, Audio Technica AT-9400 (used in the YT share)
AUD #2 - Lazlo - Sony WM-D6, Sony ECM-929LT
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