Tuesday, 18 November, 1980 – Boat Club, Nottingham, England 

  1. Slates, Slags etc
  2. The Container Drivers
  3. Gramme Friday
  4. City Hobgoblns
  5. New Face in Hell
  6. Muzorewi’s Daughter
  7. Leave the Capital
  8. Fiery Jack
  9. An Older Lover etc
  10. Jawbone and the Air Rifle
  11. English Scheme
  12. The N.W.R.A.
  13. Pay your Rates
  14. How I wrote Elastic Man

NOTES

Audience Recording

65 minutes

Another exceptional gig from the Autumn/Winter tour in 1980. Things seems a little more vibrant than the Acklam Hall gig several weeks later. Smith is in fine form with some impressive vocal histrionics and verbal improvisation together with a masterful use of the Kazoo.

The interesting thing here is the slightly out of kilter version of “Muzorewis Daughter” where for the first verse/chorus at least there is a slight variation on the riff.

Other than that excellent performances from the band throughout. A sort of sense of the band being totally in tune with their music and driving it on with confidence allowing the singer the space to develop his vision. Of particular note is Paul’s drumming which has an effortless funky swing about it.