Preaching The Blues
formerly known as "Goodbye Jeffrey Lee"
dedicated to the memory of Jeffrey Lee Pierce (1958-1996) and his work
The Magnix Archive of The Gun Club & Jeffrey Lee Pierce Live Recordings
(formerly known as The Gun Club Bootlegs & Tape/CD-R Trading Page)
by Ger Potze
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Line-up #5B (April 1987 - May 1987): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Barry Adamson (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums).
Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, April 27, 1987
- Intro Tape
- Strange Fruit
- My Cousin Kim
- Bad Indian
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Stranger In Our Town
- Lupita Screams
- Hearts
- Devil In The Woods
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Goodbye Johnny
- The Breaking Hands
- Sex Beat
- Eternally Is Here
-filler-
- Sex Beat (live in Italy 1983)
- For The Love Of Ivy (live in Italy 1983)
Audience recording. There is a cut in "Fire Spirit" most probably due to a tape switch.
The filler tracks were recorded at the Discoteca Manila, Campi Bisenzio, Firenze, Italy on November 26, 1983 and taken from the "Destroy The Country" bootleg LP (Not Just Jazz Records, 1984).
Personal source 1: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape (filler: LP -> ? -> Tape -> Tape), and transferred to FLAC
Personal source 2: Aud>cass?>cass>cdr>EAC>TLH>flac (this comes without the filler, but this is a transfer from the exact same tape; it only has one tape generation less in the lineage)
Personal source 3: Unknown Recording Equipment > Unknown Gen Cassette > Nakamichi CR-2 Stereo Cassette Deck > Line Out > Roland R-05 > WAV > SD Card > PC > CD Wave Editor (Track Split) >
FLAC (Level 5) (this appears to be from the same tape as well (it also has the filler), but is being distorted throughout by the drums and is also about 4 minutes shorter)
Personal source 4: Aud unk gen trade cass > Azimuth > Audacity(balanced channels, tracked, tagged) > Flac (uploaded as an upgrade to source 3; from the same tape as sources 1 and 2 and also with the
filler; actually this is a new transfer from the same uploader as source 2)
Total running time: approx. 65 mins. (filler approx. 8 mins.)
Quality: very good
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Session & Interview, VPRO Studio, Hilversum, The Netherlands, April 28, 1987
- I'm Lonesome
- Interview with Kid Congo Powers
- My Man's Gone Now
Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Kid Congo Powers studio session and interview, taken from the Dutch live-on-the-air "De Wilde Wereld" VPRO FM radio broadcast.
Personal source: FM radio -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 8 mins.
Quality: very good
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Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 1, 1987 - version 1
- Strange Fruit
- My Cousin Kim
- Bad Indian
- Thunderhead
- Bill Bailey
- Stranger In Our Town
- Lupita Screams
- Hearts
- Devil In The Woods
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Goodbye Johnny
- Breaking Hands
- Sex Beat
As released on the "Live" (a.k.a. "Live In Amsterdam 1987") bootleg CD (Oblivion Records 1991).
Date, venue and the last two tracks are not listed on the release.
See also below for a FM broadcast recording with the same tracks. Obviously the FM broadcast has also been the source for this bootleg.
Personal source: CD -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 71 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 1, 1987 - version 2
- Thunderhead
- Bill Bailey
Taken from an unknown Dutch FM radio broadcast.
Personal source: FM -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Total running time: approx. 7 mins.
Quality: very good
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Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 1, 1987 - version 3
- Strange Fruit
- My Cousin Kim
- Bad Indian
- Thunderhead
- Bill Bailey
- The Stranger In Our Town
- Lupita Screams
- Hearts
- A Devil In The Woods
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Goodbye Johnny
- - applause and tuning -
- Breaking Hands
- Sex Beat
Taken from an unknown Dutch FM radio broadcast. See also above for the "Gun Club Live" bootleg CD with the same tracks.
Personal source: FM broadcast -> CDR-trade -> EAC -> WAV -> FLAC
Total running time: approx. 71 mins.
Quality:
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Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 1, 1987 - version 4
- Intro
- Strange Fruit
- My Cousin Kim
- Bad Indian
- Thunderhead
- Bill Bailey
- The Stranger In Our Town
- Lupita Screams
- Hearts
- A Devil In The Woods
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Goodbye Johnny
- audience
- Breaking Hands
- Sex Beat
- Like Calling Up Thunder
Audience recording.
Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC (CD-R most probably transferred from a 1st gen. copy of the mastertape)
Running time: approx. 76 mins.
Quality:
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Astoria, London, England, UK, May 3, 1987 - version 1
- Strange Fruit
- Bad Indian
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Stranger In Our Town
- Lupita Screams
- Hearts
- Devil In The Woods
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Goodbye Johnny
- Breaking Hands
- Bill Bailey
- Sex Beat
Personal source: audience recording (generation unknown)> Nakamichi DR-1> Tascam CD-RW 700> EAC> CD Wave Editor> TLH 2.4.1 (flac level 8)
Running time: approx. 65 mins.
Quality: very good
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Astoria, London, England, UK, May 3, 1987 - version 2 (video)
- Sex Beat
As released on the "Eternally Is Here: Gun Club Video Rarities" bootleg DVDr (Videos From Hell, 2003).
Personal source: Audience recording -> ? -> DVDr
Running time: approx. 4 mins.
Quality: (very) good
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Line-up #5C (May 1987 - December 1990): Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/ Kid Congo Powers (guitar)/ Romi Mori (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums).
"The Berlin Tapes" - Hansa Ton Studios, Berlin, Germany, July 1987
- Port Of Souls
- Araby
- Lupita Screams
- Funky Junkie [Yellow Eyes] (w/ Blixa Bargeld on guitar)
- Hearts
- Bill Bailey
- Sleepy Time Blues [Nobody's City]
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Breaking Hands
- Crab Dance
- Country One
Alternative versions from the recording sessions for the "Mother Juno" album and the "Breaking Hands" 12" single.
As released on the "Mother Juno - 9 Lives No. 3" 2CD (Flow Records 2006).
Personal source: original CD
Running time: approx. 48 mins.
Quality: excellent
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Leadmill, Sheffield, England, UK, October 17, 1987
- Walking With The Beast
- Bad Indian
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Fire Of Love
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Fire Spirit
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Crab Dance
- She's Like Heroin To Me
Audience recording.
Personal source: 1st gen cassette transfer –Kenwood stereo cassette deck>Philips CDR775 audio CD recorder>Maxell XL-II CD-RW>PC>CD wave editor>FLAC (Level 8)
Running time: approx. 55 mins.
Quality:
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Riverside, Newcastle, England, UK, October 21, 1987
- Lonely Bull by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (intro tape)
- Walking With The Beast
- Bad Indian
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Crabdance
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Moonlight Motel
Audience recording.
Personal source: ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
(also downloaded this as: unknown gen aud cass > Audacity 24-96(balanced/Normailized/DC Offsets/Edits) > Flac 8 16/44.1 but this is a transfer from the same tape;
it only has one tape generation extra in the lineage)
Note that the tape suffers from around 6 or 7 cuts throughout the recording. On both transfers these have been edited out to the best of each possibilities. Some worked out really fine,
others are still audible (although less on the one I transferred myself but that might be a matter of personal preference). Nevertheless, this is a very listenable and very good recording.
Running time: approx. 62-64 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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The International, Manchester, England, UK, October 23, 1987
- A Place Called Earth by Exuma (intro tape)
- Walking With The Beast
- Bad Indian
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Crabdance
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Moonlight Motel
Personal source 1: ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Personal source 2: Low gen cassette>Kenwood Stereo cassette deck X-S300>Sony Compact Disc Recorder RCD-W3>JVC CD-R recordable>FLAC
(these are from the same tape but different transfers)
Note that like the tape for the 21st this also has some cuts and other rough spots throughout the recording. This has also been edited out to the best of my possibilities. I finf the sound of this
recording a bit harsh, but on a good volume it is very listenable.
Running time: approx. 61-63 mins.
Quality: (very) good
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Town & Country Club, Kentish Town, London, England, UK, October 25, 1987 - version 1
- Bad Indian
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Crabdance
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Goodbye Johnny
- Sex Beat
As released on the "Horse Power" bootleg LP (Alien Records 2002) in a very limited edition release of 300 copies on coloured vinyl only!
Personal source: LP, transferred to CD-R, and later encoded to FLAC
Running time: approx. 45 mins.
Quality: very good
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Town & Country Club, Kentish Town, London, England, UK, October 25, 1987 - version 2
- Walking With The Beast
- Bad Indian
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
Personal source: Tape -> ? -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC
Running time: approx. 27 mins.
Quality: very good
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Ritz, Stockholm, Sweden, October 30, 1987
- Walking With The Beast
- Bad Indian
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Crab Dance
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Moonlight Motel
Personal source: cassette audience master > cassette > DAT > FOSTEX D5 >TASCAM CD-RW 700 >EAC >CD Wave Editor 1.91 >TLH 2.4.1 (flac level 8)
Running time: approx. 63 mins.
Quality: very good
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Modernes, Bremen, Germany, November 4, 1987
- Lonely Bull by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (intro tape)
- Strange Fruit
- Bad Indian
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Walking With The Beast
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Crabdance
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- Moonlight Motel
Audience recording.
Personal source: ? -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 70 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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PC69, Bielefeld, Germany, November 6, 1987
- A Place Called Earth by Exuma (intro tape)
- Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Bad Indian
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway (cut / tape switch)
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Moonlight Motel
- Crab Dance
- Port Of Souls
Audience walkman recording.
Personal source: Audience tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 66 mins.
Quality: very good
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Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany, November 11, 1987 - version 1
- Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Bad Indian
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
encore 1
- Moonlight Motel
- Crab Dance
encore 2
- Port Of Souls
Audience recording.
Personal source: Cassette (1. gen.) - Audacity - xACT - FLAC
Running time: approx. 69 mins.
Quality: very good
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Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany, November 11, 1987 - version 2
- A Place Called Earth by Exuma (intro tape)/Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes (cut/incomplete)
- Fire Spirit (cuts in)
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
encore 1
- Moonlight Motel
- Crab Dance
encore 2
- Port Of Souls
Audience recording. BIbER master-series #044.
Personal source: Master - Audience recording from an old Maxell XLII C90 taped with a Toshiba-walkman and an unknown microphone clipped on the walkman -> FLAC
Running time: approx. 59 mins.
Quality: very good
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Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany, November 12, 1987
- Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Bad Indian
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Moonlight Motel
- Crab Dance
- Death Party
Audience recording.
Personal source: Audience cassette master>cassette>cassette>DAT>FOSTEX D-5>TASCAM CD-RW 700>EAC>CD Wave Editor (track splitting)>TLH 2.4.1 (FLAC level 8)
Running time: approx. 68 mins.
Quality: very good/excellent
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Zeche, Bochum, Germany, November 13, 1987 - version 1
- A Place Called Earth by Exuma (intro tape)
- Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Bad Indian
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey (cuts in)
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
encore
- Moonlight Motel
- Crabdance
- Port Of Souls
- Sex Beat (cuts in)
Personal source: ? -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 67 mins.
Quality: good/very good (b-side of tape - starting with "Bill Bailey" - only has one channel; on the transfer this has been mixed to both channels)
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Zeche, Bochum, Germany, November 13, 1987 - version 2
- A Place Called Earth by Exuma (intro tape)
- Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Bad Indian
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Moonlight Motel
- Crabdance
- Port Of Souls
- Sex Beat
Personal source: Vivanco EM160 - Sony WMD6C - TDK-SA90 - ION Tape2PC - Audacity - Flac (level8)
Running time: approx. 69 mins.
Quality: (very) good
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University of London, London, England, UK, November 19, 1987
Jeffrey Lee Pierce spoken word performance
- Blue Boy
- Tribute To Miles Davis
Audience recording.
Also released on the "Lock 'n' Load" bootleg cassette, available from the ULU.
Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 18 mins.
Quality: very good
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Interview Bayern 2 FM radio, Germany, December 8, 1987
- Intro & Music
- Interview Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Kid Congo Powers part 1
- Interview Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Kid Congo Powers part 2
- Interview Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Kid Congo Powers part 3
Personal source: FM radio -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 18 mins.
Quality: (very) good
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Alabamahalle, München, Germany, December 8, 1987
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Bad Indian
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Moonlight Motel (cuts)
Audience recording.
Personal source: audience recording (generation unknown)> CD> EAC> CD Wave Editor> TLH 2.4.1 (flac level 8)
Running time: approx. 48 mins.
Quality:
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Kaufleutensaal, Zürich, Switzerland, December 10, 1987
- A Place Called Earth by Exuma (intro tape)/Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Stranger In Our Town
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
- Crab Dance
- Moonlight Motel
- Sex Beat
Audience recording.
Thanks to swiss tapes!
Personal source: bootleg tape > FLAC (supposedly the tape was the master)
(downloaded as one single flac file, later decoded to WAV, after which fades at the start and end of the recording have been edited, and the tape flip between tracks 9 and 10 plus two small cuts/glitches
during the audience noise between tracks 13-14 and before the last track have been cross-faded for approximately 1-2 seconds for a continuous listening pleasure; then the complete file was split into
separate files with CD Wave, and finally encoded back to FLAC)
Running time: approx. 66 mins.
Quality: very good
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Loft Metropol, Vienna, Austria, December 14, 1987
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Fire Of Love
- Moonlight Motel
- Death Party
- Sex Beat
FM radio broadcast by German BR2 "Zündfunk Live".
Personal source 1: FM radio -> Tape -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC
Personal source 2: FM radio -> ? -> FLAC
Personal source 3: FM radio -> ? -> CD-R -> CD-R, and encoded to FLAC
(all three sources are the same)
Running time: approx. 37 mins.
Quality: excellent
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Spuugh, Vaals, The Netherlands, December 16, 1987 - version 1
- Cry by The Reels (P.A. intro tape)
- Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Bad Indian
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
encore
- Crabdance
- Moonlight Motel
encore 2
- Sex Beat
Audience recording.
Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 67 mins.
Quality: very good
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Spuugh, Vaals, The Netherlands, December 16, 1987 - version 2
- Cry by The Reels (P.A. intro tape)
- Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Bad Indian
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
encore 1
- Crabdance
- Moonlight Motel
encore 2
- Sex Beat
Audience recording. Different from the one above.
Personal source: Nr. 11 from dimenew´s box of tapes: Vivanco EM160 - Sony WMD6C - TDK-SA90 - ION Tape2PC - Audacity - Flac (level8)
Running time: approx. 61 mins.
Quality: very good
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Luxor, Arnhem, The Netherlands, December 17, 1987
- Cry by The Reels (P.A. intro tape)
- Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Bad Indian part 1
- Bad Indian part 2
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway
- Sleeping In Blood City
encore 1
- Crabdance
- Moonlight Motel
encore 2
- Sex Beat
Audience recording. "Bad Indian" has a short cut half way.
Personal source: Audience Tape -> ? -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 71 mins.
Quality: (very) good
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Noorderligt, Tilburg, The Netherlands, December 18, 1987
- Strange Fruit
- She's Like Heroin To Me
- My Cousin Kim
- Thunderhead
- Like Calling Up Thunder
- Lupita Screams
- Yellow Eyes
- Hearts
- Bad Indian
- Fire Spirit
- Fire Of Love
- Bill Bailey
- Ghost On The Highway (cut)
- Sleeping In Blood City (cuts in)
encore 1
- Crabdance
- Moonlight Motel
encore 2
- Port Of Souls
encore 3
- Sex Beat
Audience recording.
The tape was incorrectly labeled as being from December 19, 1987 (the band played the Amsterdam Paradiso that night though).
The end of "Ghost On The Highway" and the start of "Sleeping In Blood City" are cut due to a tape switch.
Personal source: Audience Tape -> Tape -> Tape, and transferred to FLAC
Running time: approx. 76 mins.
Quality: (very) good
Disclaimer: These recordings are not for sale from this site! Except official, and semi-official releases, these are only swapped amongst collectors.
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