ASHLEY HUTCHINGS ALL STARS - Colchester Arts Centre England 1988.05.20
Sony ECM909 mic/Sony Pro Walkman/Unknown chrome90/Adobe Audition >FLAC 8
This was the third of 12 gigs to promote Ashley's "By Gloucester Docks I sat Down & Wept" album. Highlights of this tour were subsequently released on a cassette called "As You Like it" from the Winchester gig. Colchester Arts Centre was in a converted church with surprisingly little echo.
The band were just wonderful - that's about it really.
Set 1
01 Phone call from Ashley's Mum/Sonnet
02 Cajun woman
03 Don't trust a girl who's in love with a horse
04 I only want to dance with you
05 Just got off the plane
I STOOD BY GLOUCESTER DOCKS AND WEPT
06 I dreamed a dream
07 Ring on her finger/Dancing under the rose again/poem
08 Keep you warm
09 The letter/Don't look back
10 Brief Encounter
11 To Ireland
12 Lies
13 Ballad in plain D
14 Love - stuff & nonsence
Set 2
15 Cecil Sharpe extract/Thomas Chatterton reading
16 Band introductions
17 Knights of the road
18 Pat Nevin flew in on a wing and a prayer
19 Run down heroes
20 My bonny boy
21 Kitty come down the lane
22 90 miles an hour
23 Getting into gear/intro to The Electric Guitar is King
24 The electric guitar is king
25 Intro/Angelina
26 I can't dance
Running time 2 hrs 17 minutes
Ashley Hutchings Bass/vocals
Dave Mattacks Drums
Clive Gregson Guitar/vocals
Polly Bolton Vocals
John Shepherd keyboards
Pete Zorn Saxes/whistle/guitar/vocals