- The N.W.R.A.
- Fortress
- Totally Wired
- Jawbone and the Air-Rifle
- Hip Priest
- Lie Dream of a Casino Soul
- Leave the Capital
- Your Heart Out
- C ‘n’ C
- Prole Art Threat
- Middle Mass
- Printhead
- Winter
- The Container Drivers
- No Xmas for John Quays
NOTES
Bass and drum heavy soundboard recording.
Last gig of the “Part of America Therein” tour with the The N.W.R.A. and Hip Priest being featured on the release of the same name. A stunning exposition of the 1981 band at the height of its powers.
Developing lyrical snippets appear in a Beefheartian “Fortress” where the contrapuntal ambiguity between Hanley’s swinging bass and the thrashing guitars is stunning.
“There are ten people in the world the rest are Slates, except me.”
“I walked twice around Wakefield Jail”
“I am The Fall”
“Totally Wired” is taken at heat death breathtaking pace – a mass of tumbling drums and scribbling guitars. Similarly “Jawbone” motors at a fair speed. An exemplary “Hip Priest” is full of controlled tension, maintained by a rock steady beat from Burns.
“C ‘n’ C” begins with a flurry of kazoo madness and is a piece of relentless genius. The sound deteriorates for a few seconds but is generally excellent.
One of the best versions of “Printhead” committed to tape is followed by an exceptional “Winter”….both scabrous, atonal, and mesmeric.
Matters conclude with a mammoth reading of “John Quays”.
Highly recommended.