NO: 04 OCT 1986 Town & Country Club, London
Setlist
Ceremony, Bizarre Love Triangle, Shellshock, Sunrise, As It Is When It Was, This Time Of Night, Thieves Like Us, The Village, Broken Promise, Dreams Never End, The Perfect KissHave this on a CD sourced from a MP3 dub of this gig. Sound is ok-ish. Also available on a video (amateur handheld), recording in mono, marred by a few glitches/garbling. This was filmed by 'Soundville International' who has since share tracks from his Video8 master.
Since then a version, sourced from LP has turned up, seeded on DIME by a "dropdeadfred", which originates from a different (clearer) source tape than the other version. Actually, that might mean there's more recordings than I have properly tracked.
Ceremony
PH: "Good evening, we'd like to follow it with this little rendering." (puffs)
BS: "Just waiting for our sound engineer to crawl to the desk..."
The Order play Ceremony. Intro is cut on the videotape.
BS: "Thanks a lot."
Bizarre Love Triangle ends in twenty seconds of bass vamping. Nothing much else to say, really....except Hooky's wearing this really cool T-shirt that says "THOR".
Shellshock
Has the following variation:
"A victim of the state I'm in" (instead of "evil sin") Some of the background vocals may have been prerecorded, dunno.
Sunrise
This one is greeted with cheers. Hooky intro starts slow and then speeds up when the drums come in. There's some woman in this recording that yells during a couple parts of the song. Feedback bridges this song and the next.
On the video you can see flowers sailing towards the stage. At the end, Hooky's bass is literally on the floor.
As It Is When It Was
At this point Gillian grabs a guitar.
Has the following variation:
After the "I've cut my head against the wall" line, Bernard yells, "Slow down". The end features individual punters shouting out the normal sorts of things one would expect.
This Time Of Night
Hooky unleashes a corker of a line.
PH: "What are all these flowers? You'd think it's a Smiths gig. It's nice to see someone with a sense of humor. Occasionally. Yorkshire, might have guessed."
During the first stanza, Barney points at something, then pantomimes keyboard playing, and then points down. He does this at least twice. I imagine he wants the keyboards lowered in his monitor mix.
This version has a new stanza:
"For the record, I never knew
Just what me and you would do
into heaven, into hell
I hope I take you there as well"
Song ends in a bass solo.
Thieves_Like Us
Greeted with cheers. This version is short, at about four minutes.
Barney paces around like he's looking for a contact he dropped or something, and comes in late.
"Love is found" stanza is declaimed more than sung.
- Variant
"cuts your life like a broken knife
and it finishes your life like a long-haired wife"
BS: "Thank you very much. Thanks a lot."
Long pause (about 30 seconds) before next track.
The Village
The road crew swap out Barney's guitar during the intro.
More changing lyrics. Lots of thim in this gig.
"The rain and the sun and the fucking hours."
Including this inspired (improvised) addition:
"And the earth meets up with the view
They always come and laugh at you
Because you miss them and I like you
When I'm out riding my moterbike"
Also "the rain and the moon and the hours".
BS: "Sorry about the slight technical, erm, difficulty... But did you like the way I looked like I knew what was going on when he threw the guitar at me? And I got the guitar right as well."
(this is cut from the MP3 CD version)
Broken Promise
The first guitar solo starts out a bit offtune. The second guitar solo (on the video) is marred by the tape going pear-shaped just as things start to get interesting...but then it all falls apart, anyway.
Dreams Never End
PH: "A retired punter. Fuckin' 'ell!"
BS: "Thank you very much indeed. So nice of you."
Hooky plays bass melody through into...
The Perfect Kiss
Is greeted with a loud burst of clanging.
Barney gestures like he's playing keyboard and then points up this time. But then he starts pointing down again.
Barney says, "Who needs shoes?" a couple of minutes in, after picking out one that had been thrown onstage. Is this also related to the Smiths-fan antics which Hooky alluded to earlier?
Very good solo here by Mr. Sumner, whilst Hooky bangs the shit out of the syndrums. During the break, Barney has more fun than should be allowed with a towel, taking far too long to dry his hair.
Excellent cowbell solo, too. One of the best TPKs ever.
BS: "Thank you very much, good night!"
The gig ends with bass crunch and feedback.
Versions
There's a couple more out there that have to be sourced and identified.
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