Wondering how they could have been doing any of this life in '91. Incredible stuff. Sound quality very good. Anyone see them recently and were they any good?
My Discogs comments. Tracks apart from Assassin seem to be fairly similar to the first and (mostly) second album with extensive overlay of just some pretty fun full on space out noises. The tracks from the second album it's a slightly complicated picture as described below. Assassin actually is potentially a fairly different version worth a listen on it's own. It's definitely Brixton Academy as opposed to the Electric Brixton. (The Electric was a club called The Fridge at the time and had a face-lift in 2011.) Close Encounters seems little different to the UFOrb version but Towers Of Dub is - if a little worse for it - almost melodically an upside down version. So it's slightly different but again not that much of interest in my view. So it's Assassin to really look out for here if you were asking me which you weren't so 🖕. Then again you might say it's just a bit of didge overlayed over the top so again maybe nothing special. Close encounters at the end proves to be a storm.
I was there! We got kicked out for doing blowbacks with a joint. They thought it was coke. We managed to blag our way back in thank god. Everyone in the whole place was smoking, it was mad. A huge fog of weed smoke. Absolutely amazing live. Will never forget it.
I was at this back in the day at Mandela Hall. Was one of the best nights of my life here at this venue. Seeing Green Velvet at a Super Shine was also top tier...Hazy morning sunshine bliss memories a plenty!!!!!!❤
I remember going to see the orb in Manchester in the early 90s and the venue was full. I remember a wide eyed bucket hatted youth coming up to me and saying in amazement "can you believe how many people love the orb" i remember hugging him and looking him in the eye and saying "YES"
Makes me wonder what happened at the end-why the set was cut short? Would love to hear from someone who was there. I hear this Coachella had a ton of problems in general.
Thank you so much for uploading this. 'The Definitive Version.' Fuck me. Never would've heard this if it wasn't for you buddy.. Just AMAZING though. On all levels.
I'm loving this, wow Plateau sounds amazing 🙂I wonder if Thrash was part of these live gigs as i know he got pissed off with live/touring stuff and i think he was still around in 93 recording wise. Does anyone know?
Here, just outside of Philadelphia, it’s so cool to hear this bit of radio from across the Atlantic… I can only hope Americas taste in music grows up overall once again. It’s just been increasingly dismal. Bland. Corporate. Calculated. Soulless. The Orb is a perfect example of using advancing technology in a creative way.
0:03 Intro 1:39 Mile Long Lump Of Lard 8:12 Turn It Down 14:20 Blue Room 22:40 Perpetual Dawn 31:21 A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Center Of The Ultraworld (Orbital Dance) 33:41 Once More (Bedrock Edit) 36:09 Toxygene (Kris Needs Up For A Fortnight) 40:37 Delta MK2 (Love Bites) 43:11 Plateau 48:36 Terminus 53:52 Assassin
