C ‘n’ C
Fiery Jack
City Hobgoblins
Frightened
Rowche Rumble
2nd Dark Age
Impression of J.Temperance
English Scheme
No Xmas for John Quays
Flat of Angles
Your Heart Out
How I Wrote Elastic Man
NOTES
44m
Audience Recording
Paul Hanley’s first gig. A remarkable performance. Second on the bill to “The Cramps” explaining the curtailed set time.
The second documented live performance of “Cash and Carry” kicks things off as a shorter “Crap-Rap” type rant come gig opener. “Fiery Jack” sets the pace – manic pacing – scratchy guitars and yelping vocal theatrics from the singer, incorporating the “Calfornian’s Think Of Sex” line which would eventually appear in the album version of “Cash ‘n’ Carry”.
“Hobgoblins” is in the same vein. Things are slowed with a brooding tension wracked “Frightened” – the last documented outing for this excellent number. Paul drops a beat on “Rowche Rumble” not surprising given the pace that it is taken at.
“2nd Dark Age” is presented as an anarchic mangle of sound, and the next “Impression of J Temperance” suffers from timing problems. “English Scheme” gets the band back on track with a mid-tempo almost laconic delivery the words slurring over the rhythm. “J.Quays” motors along in its usual fashion with younger Mr Hanley coping admirably with the drum fills. The sound deteriorates slightly on “Flat of Angles” with Smith being lost somewhat in the mix. There are some serious problems with one of the guitarists playing in the wrong key at the start of “Your Heart Out”. There is some feedback and the sound again suffers.
The set finishes with an early reading of “Elastic Man” which demonstrates some interesting phrasing differences.
All in all an excellent little set dogged with a few niggling little problems. Historically important because of the first appearance of this line-up of the band and the final performance of “Frightened”.
An excellent personal view of the gig was provided by Paul Hanley in Issue 10 of Reformation which was sadly lost in the great MyeBook crash.