Buzzcocks
Emerald City, New Jersey, USA
November - 22 - 1980
SBD, Officially released songs removed
SBD tape of unknown generation received in a trade back in the 80's
Rec. Info:
Cassette of unknown generation -> transfer via Onkyo tapedeck TA-2330 -> Magix Music Cleaning Lab (edit) -> FLAC (44,1 kHz, 16 Bit, Stereo) -> DIME
Excellent sound (Ex-). No EQ made. Some distortion at higher levels, vocals are a bit upfront. Officially released songs removed.
This show was on dime before in 2006. Beside the fact that it has a great sound the band was also very well received.
I found a nice article in the web about the last Buzzcocks tour in the US: FFanzeen: Rock'n'Roll Attitude With Integrity.
Here is an excerpt from the gig at Emerald City (text by Joan McNulty, 1981. She was dating Pete Shelley at the time.
She also published their official fan magazine, Harmony in My Head):
We arrived at Emerald City, dropped our belongings backstage, and went out to the floor to have a look around. The fans seemed to be extremely friendly
(possibly because I can’t be objective as the EC is a personal favorite of mine), and the lighting and sound is incredibly precise. It’s a huge place,
but well set up for viewing from any corner – and it was packed full of Buzzcock fanatics. No fan was to be disappointed as the gig clicked with razor-tight precision.
From the second they took the stage they whipped the huge crowd into a frenzy. When it was all over, I’m sure there was no one who didn’t believe. We went backstage,
and talked with fans for a short while and proceeded back to the hotel exhausted. Steve, Paddy and John were interviewed until the early morning hours by a magazine,
while the rest of us turned in to catch up on lost sleep.
3 songs of the gig were released officially so they are removed here (marked in the track list).
Tape length 52:41 min. (61:12 incl. removed songs)
Setlist:
01 WHY SHE'S A GIRL FROM THE CHAINSTORE
02 WHAT DO I GET ?
03 FAST CARS (removed)
04 FICTION ROMANCE
05 HARMONY IN MY HEAD (removed)
06 EVERYBODY'S HAPPY
07 LIPSTICK
08 EVER FALLIN' IN LOVE
09 SOMETHING IS GONE WRONG AGAIN
10 AIRWAVES DREAM
11 STRANGE THING
12 NOISE ANNOYS
13 WHAT DO YOU KNOW (removed)
14 I BELIEVE (1 drop between the 2 songs) -> LOVE BATTERY
15 TIMES UP
Encores :
16 CROWD -> LOVE YOU MORE >
17 OH SHIT !
18 CROWD -> BOREDOM
Support the artists, go to their shows, buy their albums.
Do not convert to lossy files, unless for personal use. Don't ever sell!
Band line-up:
Pete Shelley – guitar, vocals, keyboards
Steve Diggle – guitar, vocals
Steve Garvey – bass
John Maher – drums
Uploaded to DIME by Stacheleber 2014/01/17