The Revillos Radio 1 Roadshow Edinburgh High School 24th March 1981

 

Now this is getting exiting, we have reached 'R' which means that pub reopening  is within sight!!

Here are The Revillos performing at one of those zany Radio 1 Summer Roadshow events in Edinburgh. The tape may be running a little fast, but it's an interesting short performance. 

I saw the band once when they played a mid-90's reunion gig at the Bottom Line in London's Shepherds Bush..... always good fun.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-nRJ4m6lzON

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-GLONIp3G1s

01. Motorbike Beat

02. Mind Bending Cutie Doll

03. interview

04. Yeah Yeah

05. Man Attack

06. Sputnik Kiss

07. She's Fallen In Love With A Monster Man

Fay Fife of The Revillos

Cultuurcentrum St Niklaas 24th November 2007

 

And the final set in the trio.... with Duelling Banjos!

Jet (just), JJ, Neil, Dave and Baz

Cultuurcentrum St Niklaas 24th November 2007

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-VqnBfECZyo

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-HyKjGSctil

01. Instead Of This

02. Long Black Veil

03. Dutch Moon

04. The European Female

05. Princess Of The Streets

06. Strange Little Girl

07. Always The Sun

08. In The End

09. English Towns

10. Southern Mountains

11. Golden Brown

01. Spectre Of Love

02. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

03. Don't Bring Harry

04. Cruel Garden

05. Never To Look Back

06. North Winds

07. I Hate You

08. Old Codger

09. Sanfte Kuss

10. Duelling Banjos

11. Walk On By

12. No More Heroes

Cultuurcentrum Brugge 23rd November 2007

 

And the following night in Brugge/Bruges.

Jet Black

Cultuurcentrum Brugge 23rd November 2007

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-tHlwkp0iXN

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-1Qn6R5aqmW

01. Intro

02. Instead Of This

03. Long Black Veil

04. Dutch Moon

05. The European Female

06. Princess Of The Streets

07. Strange Little Girl

08. Always The Sun

09. In The End

10. English Towns

11. Southern Mountains

12. Golden Brown

01. Spectre Of Love

02. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

03. Don't Bring Harry

04. Cruel Garden

05. Never To Look Back

06. North Winds

07. I Hate You

08. Old Codger

09. Sanfte Kuss

10. Walk On By

11. No More Heroes

Cultuurcentrum Mechelen 22nd November 2007

 

So the last recording posted was an acoustic, sorry make that aquostic, gig and indeed, as alluded to, The Stranglers tried their hand at a similar approach. 2007 was a very busy year for the band with much of their energies put into promotion in Europe, of the many gigs played that year, only a handful of summer dates and the November 'Rattus Revisited' were played in the UK. As well as busy, the shows were varied with the usual electric sets in the first half of the year to the aforementioned Rattus anniversary shows in the autumn and an 'unplugged' tour of the Lowlands squeezed in on either side.

I guess the decision to play such a tour on the continent was deliberate. The laid back style of an acoustic tour tends to go down better in Europe. It would appear that the band's European fan base are more accepting of this approach than is the case in the huge halls the band play in the UK. The fact that those halls crammed with pissed people (and here I would include my good self) wanting to go mental to 'Go Buddy Go' also sits awkwardly with the acoustic set style. That said, listen carefully to this gig and it is clear that there was a travelling band of likewise pissed up Brits (who shall remain nameless) in attendance!

I did some of the dates in 2011 and I must say the shows were very enjoyable giving the band a chance to play songs that don't particularly benefit from being blasted out of an O2 PA system.

Neil Sparkes, Dave and Baz

Cultuurcentrum Mechelen 22nd November 2007

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-fNq4De6R1A

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-jNXwHLoWf3

01. Instead Of This

02. Long Black Veil

03. Dutch Moon

04. The European Female

05. Princess Of The Streets

06. Strange Little Girl

07. Always The Sun

08. In The End

09. English Towns

10. Southern Mountains

11. Golden Brown

01. Spectre Of Love

02. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

03. Don't Bring Harry

04. Cruel Garden

05. Never To Look Back

06. North Winds

07. I Hate You

08. Old Codger

09. Sanfte Kuss

10. Walk On By

11. No More Heroes

Status Quo Schleyerhalle Stuttgart 24th October 2014

 

OK hands up, I have exercised a degree of poetic licence here. 'Q' is a difficult one, I have nothing by Queen and Quiet Riot or the Quire Boys are not my thing at all. And so I give you Quo. Now before you recoil in horror, pause for one second, this is not the normal denim and leather fodder that the band had been churning out for decades, for this is an acoustic set..... quite a few old bands have tried it I understand! With this different take on that familiar sound it is clear that much of the material is pretty good and well written..... oh and 'Pictures of Matchstick' is a classic of the psychadelic era!

I saw Status Quo once, well that said I stood and watched them for 15 minutes at Reading Festival in 1987, just to be able to say that I had seen them. We returned to the test for more alcohol and laughed as they were still cranking out the hits 2 hours later.

It's funny, but they have the reputation that all their songs sound the same, but years ago at a local pub quiz there was an intros round with you guessed it, 20 Quo intros. We scored 20/20 and all the titles were indeed different. 

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-xpZ5Ypz2Dq

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-Vnc5TlSZnq

Propellerheads Live At The Wireless Triple J Australia 10th February 1997

 

Will White and Alex Gifford of Propelleraheads

Well 'P' is an easy option and I was presented with many choices to upload. Nevertheless, I plumped for something more obscure ad no doubt challenging to some. But this is a broad minded site and can and indeed does contain material that is sometimes rather tenuously linked to the band. This recording is a case in point. The 'band' are Propellerheads, an electronic paring of Will White and Alex Gifford. Now Alex as you know had an association with the band that lasted several years, originally contributing sax to the brass section that played on the Aural Sculpture tour, after which he took to lead vocals in Dave and JJ's side project The Purple Helmets.

A bit of rough and tumble with the brass section (1985)

With The Purple Helmets (1988)

Propellerheads debut (and only) album 'Decksandrumsandrockandroll' was a big seller when it came out in 1998 and I duly bought it by virtue of the Stranglers connection. However, I did not play it for 10 years but a was really surprised and enjoyed most of it. Dance music does not feature much on this site, but this is a little different, very soundtrack orientated and swathed in Bond-esque kitsch.

This set was recorded for Live at the Wireless, Triple J in Australia on 10th February 1997.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-tJJB3zq1OU

01: Propellerheads Intro

02: Bring Us Together

03: Take California

04: Dive

05: Props Got Skills

06: Spybreak

Edinburgh Playhouse 22nd November 1981

 

And a Happy Birthday to this one from The Playhouse Theatre in Edinburgh, 39 years ago tomorrow tonight!

WAV: https://we.tl/t-xxbPuf8yfr

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-Nq5NAdbUn6

01. Intro

02. Non Stop

03. Threatened

04. Just Like Nothing on Earth

05. Second Coming

06. The Man They Love to Hate

07. Meninblack

08. Who Wants the World?

09. Baroque Bordello

10. Golden Brown

11. Tramp

12. Thrown Away

13. Tank

14. I Feel Like a Wog

15. Let Me Introduce You to the Family

16. Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)

17. Genetix

18. Bring On the Nubiles (Cocktail version)

19. Bring On the Nubiles

20. Duchess

21. The Raven