Like To Blow
Stepping Out
Two Steps Back
Mess Of My
It’s The New Thing
Various Times
Bingo Master’s Breakout
Frightened
Industrial Estate
Psycho Mafia
Music Scene
Mother-Sister
NOTES
49 minutes
Officially Released as Liverpool 78 on 4th June 2001
The gig was included as bonus tracks on the 2004 Sanctuary reissue of Live At The Witch Trials.
Also released on 6th October 2003 on Cog Sinister/Voiceprint with In A Hole.
A most peculiar recording.
Bass is dominant, as is MES, guitar is fairly audible but a scribbly high-end sound, keyboards are occasionally audible, and drums are mostly non-existent except, on the quieter numbers at the beginning/end of songs. The assumption is that there were no microphones on the drums into the soundboard.
All that being said an important record of the 1978 group
The clarity of Riley’s playing gives the listener the opportunity to examine his bass technique at an early stage. Smith is very clear and the lyrics can be reviewed in pristine form.
Whilst Bramah is not as high in the mix as one might wish the opportunity to hear his unique style is provided and it is indeed notable that at that time no-one else was playing the guitar quite like this.
A unique capture which has had a number of releases.