For me one of the reasons for the success of New Order was their embracing the new technologies available at the time. I think it was Bernard saw the importance to start with. So that technology melded with their ideas and sounds is what was so magical. I was in a band during the transition to using synthesis and guitars. They used the punk attitude of no constraints but in a new music genre.
00:00 Blue Monday 07:42 In A Lonely Place (An upbeat singing of the Hangman's verse? Strange...) 12:14 Chosen Time 15:44 Dreams Never End 19:30 We All Stand ("What are you waiting for?" Ha!) 25:23 Leave Me Alone 29:42 Age of Consent (Tight and fast, the best song of the set) 35:18 Temptation 42:58 586 (A couple of false starts, an enjoyable if discoordinated mess) 50:48 Everything's Gone Green (Almost as good as AoC, a good closing song) Thanks to Jarmo Hirth for the playlist.
Whenever Rob was on the road with them he would always get me in. I was always skint. The reaction of his lap dog Terry Mason having to walk me and others in was always entertaining. Terry was by nature a very kind man. 😁
I was at Kingston Poly but missed the gig. Soon after I started working for the Poly's in house events team and heard that the 'crew' for the gig were recruited fron the Poly. After the sound check everyone headed off for beer and food and left the crew twiddling their thumbs. As time passed a plan hatched to record the gig. It quickly escalated from hiding a tape recorded to 'borrowing' a feed from the desk. A quick trip into Kingston for some cables and the deed was done. I've no idea about the route the master tape took but within a couple of months it was available in Camden market. In the following years a couple of other gigs were borrowed. Courtney Pine and Bronski Beat were amongst them. No idea if tapes still exist. Those were the days before mobile phones and people filming the whole bloody gig on their iphones. Life went full circle 2 years ago when I worked on New Order's gigs as part of the Manchester International Festival and with Gillian and Stephen at a festival. Really should have told them the story!
So glad to come across this! I had a copy from the original bootleg but my cassette started getting dropouts years ago - this is an excellent recording!
The good ole daze ! This band is 40 years strong still going, still going, this is the way their supposed to be still growing. still growing Thanx 4 the membership to your lifetime achievement awards ! PS everytime i hear this noise it brings a smile to my face and I rejoice, it's a sound that I love and it makes me so proud, to have lived my life with this small sacrifice, TTFN from Canada
Thanks for posting. One of the all time great bootleg gigs. Had the cassette for years. It was recorded in Surrey and the reason it sounds spacey and effect heavy is that they used a quadraphonic PA system and were obviously having fun with it.
I was selling it on Camden market within a week of the gig. NO bootlegs were a huge money maker back then. Only sold good quality recordings. The Brixton Ace a few days before was also popular.
@@hoagy_ytfc Hiya. Yes, Heaven was the first time they used it. It was Pink Floyds sound system. Martin Hannet mixed on the Heaven evening and it didn’t sound great. It was used for other gigs though, I believe.
Live versions of We All Stand are always so good. This one and the PFD versions in particular. The effects going during Leave Me Alone as well.... phew.... Every track is done so well.
01 - Blue Monday 02 - In A Lonely Place 03 - Chosen Time 04 - Dreams Never End 05 - We All Stand 06 - Leave Me Alone 07 - Age of Consent 08 - Temptation 09 - 586 10 - Everything's Gone Green
Great gig. The scooter BTW belonged to Mark Johnson, author of "An Idea for Living", who the band appear to have detested. The guys scooter was hoisted up on the tail gate of one of equipment trucks.
I would argue for the Redskins anti-apartheid gig with Billy Bragg guesting on guitar and ranking Alexi Sayle as onstage dancer as even better. Soaked with sweat from dancing my tits off then had to walk home in a freezing cold winters night as wet as if I'd been swimming!
The scooter belonged to Mark Johnson, author of "An Idea for Living", who the band appear to have detested. The guys scooter was hoisted up on the tail gate of one of trucks
@@lifewithmattandnikki3903 + Hello from Texas!! Thank you for the reply though you've broken my heart after revealing the name of the owner of the scooter, I do Love Mysteries ( laughing!) I Love Record Shops, discovered David Bowie from listening to ' The Man Who Sold The World' ( Ronno's guitar indeed), and Joy Division playing through the store's speakers, so when I saw your video of the record shop in Japan the memories flooded back ( and, hell, jealous too ) Here's a clip with Marty Piper ( one of my all-time favorite guitarists formally of The Church) in a record shop I'm Atlanta, Ga : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--iL97HkLRMs.html Peace, from Texas
How AWFUL was Blue Monday in this opener context, with Hooky trying to grab the mike and the whole thing going wrong from the start.. of course BM was designed ONLY as a closer with the band walking off the stage as it was playing and no one really caring... hearing it opening shows in this period are truly disorienting...
