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Free Trade Hall

Manchester, England
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02/14/1958
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Set 1Gone With The Wind
One Moment Worth Years
Watusi Drums
God Save The Queen
For All We Know
In Your Own Sweet Way
The Duke
Set 2The Wright Groove
The Duke
Take The A Train
St. Louis Blues
Audrey
CommentDave Brubeck - Grand Piano
Paul Desmond - Alto Saxophone
Eugene Wright - Double Bass
Joe Morello - Drums
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05/17/1958
Oscar Peterson Trio
CommentOscar Peterson (p); Herb Ellis (g); Ray Brown (b)...Shares disc with ??/??/59 Free Trade Hall
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10/26/1958
Muddy Waters
Set 1Hoochie Coochie Man
Blow WInd Blow
Long Distance Call
Baby Please Don't Go
Blues Before Sunrise
Rollin' Stone
I Can't Be Satisfied
I Feel Like Going Home
Walking Thru The Park
Encore
CommentReleased as:
Krazy Kat LP-7405 Muddy Waters "Muddy Waters in Concert" UK
Tomato CD R2 711661 Muddy Waters & Otis Spann- "Collaboration"
Interstate Music 261058 Muddy Waters "Live in 58" UK

Sunday October 26, 1958

Muddy Waters- Guitar Vocals
Otis Spann- Piano
Graham Burbridge- Drums
Chris Barber- Trombone
Monty Sunshine- Clarinet
Pat Halcox- Trumpet
Eddie Smith- Banjo
Dick Smith- Bass
Ortillie Patterson Vocal
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10/28/1958
Muddy Waters
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
CommentMuddy Waters- Guitar Vocals
Otis Spann- Piano
Graham Burbridge- Drums
Chris Barber- Trombone
Monty Sunshine- Clarinet
Pat Halcox- Trumpet
Eddie Smith- Banjo
Dick Smith- Bass
Otillie Patterson Vocal
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??/??/1959
Oscar Peterson Trio
CommentTrio (Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen) plus Sonny Stitt (as, ts).
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01/17/1960
Joe Harriott
CommentJoe Harriott (as), Les Condon (tp), Pat Smythe (p), Coleridge Goode (b), Phil Seaman (d)
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09/27/1960
Miles Davis
Set 1Early Show:

Four (M. Davis)
All of You (C. Porter)
Walkin' (R. Carpenter)
Set 2Late Show:

Four (M. Davis)
All Blues (M. Davis)
Well, You Needn't (T. Monk)
Autumn Leaves (J. Prevert-J. Mercer-J. Kosma)
So What (M. Davis)
Stardust (H. Carmichael-M. Parish)
The Theme (M. Davis)
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05/06/1961
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Set 1It Is Only A Papermoon
Dat Dere
Are You Real
Night In Tunisia
Summit
Like Someone In Love
Kozo's Waltz
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05/16/1966
Bob Dylan & The Hawks
Set 1Solo Acoustic Set:

She Belongs To Me
Fourth Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Mr. Tambourine Man
Set 2Electric Set:

Tell Me Momma
I Don't Believe You
Baby Just Let Me Follow You Down
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
One Too Many Mornings
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone
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05/17/1966
Bob Dylan
Set 1SOLO & ACOUSTIC: She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman, Mr Tambourine Man
Set 2WITH THE HAWKS & ELECTRIC: Tell Me Momma, I Don't Believe You, Baby Just Let Me Follow You Down, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling stone
CommentKissing Guitars
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10/30/1966
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Set 1Out Of Nowhere
One Moment Worth Years
I'm In A Dancing Mood
Three To Get Ready
Cultural Exchange
Forty Days
Softly, William, Softly
Tangerine
Take Five
Take The A-Train
CommentTour dates place this at the 30th October 1966
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03/20/1967
Simon & Garfunkel
Set 1Cloudy
Benedictus
Blessed
A Poem On The Underground Wall
I Am A Rock
Sounds Of Silence
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04/07/1968
Buddy Rich
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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09/28/1968
Buddy Rich
Set 1Standing Up In A Hammock
Lament For Lester
Silver Threads Among the Blues
CommentThese are the correct Personnel:
TPTs(L-R): Dave Culp, Al Porcino, Warren Gale, Skip(Joseph) Shortlidge
BONEs(L-R): Rick Stepton, Vince Diaz, Don Switzer(b)
SAXES(L-R): Don Menza, Charles Owens, Joe Romano(L), Pat LaBarbera, John Laws(b)
P: Joe Azarello B: Bob Magnusson G: Walt Namuth
BR BAND 1968 EUROPE TOUR (Sep/Oct 1968)
...Personnel confirmed here (@20:36): https://youtu.be/JGyEIJCIaGc?t=1236
(kuronotenshi's list was wrong)
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11/27/1970
Frank Zappa
Set 1Wonderful Wino
Concentration Moon
Mom & Dad
Little House I Used To Live In
The Mud Shark
Holiday In Berlin
What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are
Bwana Dick
Latex Solar Beef /
Daddy Daddy Daddy
Do You Like My New Car / Happy Together
The Air
Dog Breath
Mother People
Set 2
Set 3
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12/22/1971
The Troggs
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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04/01/1972
Captain Beefheart
Set 1Hair Pie: Bake III
Smoking Rio 6
Hair Pie: Bake III
The Mascara Snake
The Mascara Fake
The Mascara for God's Sake
When It Blows Its Stacks
Click Clack
Grow Fins
Band Intro
Hobo Chang Ba instrumental
I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby
Old Black Snake
Peon
Abba Zaba
Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop
Alice In Blunderland
Spitball Scalped A Baby
More
My Human Gets Me Blues
Steal Softly Through Snow instrumental
Golden Birdies
CommentLine-Up:
Captain Beefheart/Don Van Vliet: vocals, sax, harmonica
Rockette Morton/Mark Boston: bass guitar, guitar
Oréjon/Audi Hon/Roy Estrada: bass guitar
Zoot Horn/Rollo Bill Harkleroad: guitar, slide guitar
Winged Eel Fingerling/Elliot Ingber: guitar, slide guitar
Ed Marimba/Art Tripp: drums, percussion

Comments:
John Wallace: My initiation into the heady world of live music was in about 1971, going to see an artist I actually couldn't stand, but that was scarcely the point; it was the act of going to a cult event, the ability to refer to it airily in conversations thereafter, the Extreme Heaviness of being there to witness - well, The Man Himself, Captain Beefheart.
It was a matter of status to be a Frank Zappa fan, there was, indeed, a cachet about being able to make arcane references to Wild Man Fisher and the GTOs - ah but, the Captain - he was altogether different. He had a voice like a chainsaw, his lyrics were impenetrable - and the music was awful. He must be good. Someone with more money than sense bought Trout Mask Replica and we sat around pondering the wonderful nonsense words, and happily recited them: "A squid eating dough in a polythene bag is fast and bulbous. That's right, the Mascara Snake. Bulbous. Also tapered," we chirupped cheerfully, pondering what it would be like to see the Man - and his Magic Band - live.
The opportunity came one particularly rain-sodden night at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester. The air was mank with the smell of 800 greatcoats and Afghans drying out like some enormous wet labrador in the back seat of a Moris Minor. Like every self-respecting cult figure, the Captain let us wait for ages while we occupied ourselves in slow handclapping, greeting hapless soundcheck roadies, who scuttled on stage in the murky darkness, with abandoned applause and, of course, randomly yelling "WALLAAAAY" which mysterious word, heavy with unknown meaning, but very significant all the same, was taken up by various loonies throughout the concert hall.
Within seconds of Captain Beefheart wandering on stage, all pique at his unforgivable tardiness was forgotten, and he launched into a solo rasping rant about night floatin' down de river like a shiny black bug and his mind cracking like custard. Then the band came on (more entirely disproportionately enthusiastic yelling from the audience) - Rockette Morton, Antennae Jimmy Semens, The Mascara Snake, Winged Eel Fingerling - as charismatic a bunch of fruitcakes as you'd ever wish to see.
As expected, the music was unlistenable, but no matter: the massed corps of headpumpers got their heads down, hands holding on the seat in front, and pumped away throughout the set, despite the fact that most of the music was arhythmical, lurching to a halt and then starting up again, falling to pieces as various members of the band forgot what they were playing or simply walked off the stage, having evidently found a more profitable way to pass the time. We didn't care though: this was a Captain Beefheart concert - it was meant to be shambolic, careless, unmusical, totally unrehearsed. The Captain was far too heavy to do anything predictable. He simply growled a lot, tootled on a minature harmonica and blew a small plastic saxophone. Magic.
He was only on for an hour. The audience, by now quite dry, was rapturous. We yelled for more. After 10 minutes, the Captain wandered on and we dissolved into hysterical cheering. He walked up to the microphone, said the word "More" in reply to our beseeching yells, and then walked off and didn't come back. Was that heavy or was that heavy? We were truly impressed by his daring indifference to the audience, his magisterial ability to treat us with contempt - a true master.
(John Wallace: First Gigs. Captain Beefheart, Manchester Free Trade Hall, 1971. Q, July 1990)

Johnny: I saw the Good Captain that night in Manchester... I was just 15 years old and had travelled some 70 or 80 miles to get there. It was my first 'get to see a legend live' gig, the first time I got to see one of my heroes in the flesh, so to speak. My friends and I had worn out our copies of Trout Mask Replica and Safe As Milk. We just had to see him!
Just two things to add... Firstly, your site doesn't mention the support act - it was Foghat... (Wish it had been Ry Cooder or Little Feat...)
Secondly, I fondly remember Rockette Morton opening the show, as reported in Liverpool. He walked on stage alone, plugged in his bass guitar, played the bass solo whilst racing around the stage like Groucho Marx on acid, before he and the solo came to a sudden halt at the front centre of the stage. He painstakingly produced and lit a thin cigar before repeating the run-about solo, cigar in mouth. Again he came to a sudden silent halt at the front of the stage. He took a prolonged draw on his cigar, blowing the smoke high into the air, head held back. Producing the cigar packet from the pocket of his jacket, he held the packet up into the light of his follow-spot for the audience to see. "Havana Oh-Six" he pronounced, "Havana Oh-Six." He then stood and smoked some more of the cigar to rapturous applause...
And then the Captain appeared...
It was my first big gig. I was mesmerised. When he did Old Black Snake the crowd was completely silent, as though we all held our breath, like the only thing moving in the room the Captain's voice...
It was that night that I saw that the world was indeed inhabited by magic, if only you took the time to look, and also that although where we lived my friends and I seemed a little different, here amongst the crowd we not only seemed to fit in but, compared to others there, we came across as quite restrained...
Let's just say that the Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band gig that night in Manchester was a turning point in my life, and that your site brought it back to me...
Havana Oh-Six'. Quite why that has stuck in my memory I'll never know...
(email)

Possibly one of the best 1972 tour tapes. When you consider that most PAs were destroyed by the sheer sonic onslaught of some 3000 watts of bass solo that thundered out from Rockette Morton's fingers. It's no wonder few audios of reasonable quality exist.
(Blimp Over Europe #1)
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02/24/1973
Genesis
Set 1Supper's Ready
Watcher Of The Skies
The Musical Box
Get 'Em Out By Friday
The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
The Knife
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04/23/1973
Arthur Brown and Kingdom Come
Set 1Time Captives
Conception
We Want Your Brain
Come Alive
City Melody
Captian (Telephone)
Gypsy
City Melody - reprise
Superficial Roadblocks
Untitled
Spirit Of Joy
Irish Potatoes
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09/03/1973
Carl Perkins
Set 1(The Tennessee Three)
706 Union

(Carl Perkins)
CC Rider
Matchbox
Green, Green Grass Of Home
One More Loser Goin' Home
Boppin' The Blues
Me And Jesus
Blue Suede Shoes

Comment*opening for Johnny Cash*
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09/13/1973
Johnny Cash
Set 1Big River
Sunday Morning Coming Down
City Of New Orleans
The Ballad Of Barbara
I Still Miss Someone
Me And Bobby McGee
These Hands
A Boy Named Sue
Goin' To Memphis
Five Feet High And Rising
That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
Hey Porter
I Walk The Line
Jackson
If I Were A Carpenter
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Follow Me
Help Me
The Last Supper
Allegheny
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Daddy Sang Bass
A Thing Called Love
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01/11/1974
Jeff Beck Group
Set 1Satisfied
Livin' Alone
Song For The Lovely Lady
All In Your Mind
Solid Lifter>
Jizz Whizz>
Morning Dew> Drum Solo>
Prayin'
Superstition
Lady
(Get Ready) Your Lovemaker's Comin' Home>
Manchester Boogie
Blues De Luxe > You Shook Me
Set 2
Set 3
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01/11/1974
Beck, Bogert & Appice
Set 1Satisfied
Livin' Alone
Song For The Lovely Lady
All In Your Mind
Solid Lifter >
Jizz Whizz >
Morning Dew > Drum Solo >
Prayin'
Superstition
Lady
(Get Ready) Your Lovemaker's Comin' Home >
Manchester Boogie
Blues De Luxe > You Shook Me
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01/26/1974
Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Set 1Born To Boogie
Get It On
Metal Guru
I Want To Tell You
Chariot Choogle
Chariot Choogle
Chariot Choogle
Buick Mackane
Buick Mackane
Born To Boogie (fades out)
CommentTruck Off tour rehearsal
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01/26/1974
T. Rex
Set 1Born To Boogie
Get It On
Metal Guru
I Want To Tell You
Chariot Choogle
Chariot Choogle
Chariot Choogle
Buick MacKane
Buick MacKane
Born To Boogie
Comment"Truck Off" Tour Rehersals
AKA "Splinters In Time"
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05/20/1975
Man & John Cipollina
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Set 17171 551
Hard Way To Die
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
The Storm
Hard Way To Live
Codine
Razorblade And Rattlesnake
Many Are Called But Few Get Up
Bananas
CommentMicky Jones
Deke Leonard
Terry Williams
Martin Ace
John Cipollina
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06/01/1975
Jack Bruce-Mick Taylor-Carla Bley Band
Set 1Can You Follow?
Morning Story
Keep It Down
Pieces Of Mind
Tickets To Waterfalls - Weird Of Hermiston - Post War
Spirit
One - You Burned The Tables On Me
Smiles And Grins
Sunshine Of Your Love
Comment"Live `75" offical 2CD set
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06/30/1975
Camel
Set 1White Rider
Supertwister
The Snow Goose*
Set 2God Of Light Revisited
Lady Fantasy
Arubaluba
Comment* - The Whole Album Played
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05/07/1976
Nils Lofgren
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
CommentNo Recording exists at this time.
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05/13/1976
Kiss
Set 1Deuce
Strutter
Flaming Youth
Hotter Than Hell
Firehouse
She
Nothin' To Lose
Shout It Out Loud
100,000 Years
Black Diamond

Encore:
Detroit Rock City
Rock And Roll All Nite
Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll
CommentKISS' 1st Euro gig ever

Opening Act: Stray
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05/21/1976
Budgie
Set 1Breaking All The House Rules
In The Grip Of A Tyrefitter's Hand
Parents
Who Do You Want For Your Love?
Pyramids
I Can't See My Feelings
Love For You And Me
Sky High Percentage
Zoom Club
Breadfan
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09/17/1976
Crosby & Nash
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Commentticket price $7.50
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01/10/1977
Genesis
Set 1Squonk
One For The Vine
Robbery, Assault And Battery
Your Own Special Way
...In That Quiet Earth
Afterglow
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Eleventh Earl Of Mar
The Carpet Crawlers
All In A Mouse's Night
Firth Of Fifth
Supper's Ready
Dance On A Volcano
Drum Duet
Los Endos

Encore:
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
The Musical Box (Closing Section)
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01/11/1977
Genesis
Set 1Squonk
One For The Vine
Robbery, Assault And Battery
Your Own Special Way
...In That Quiet Earth
Afterglow
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Eleventh Earl Of Mar
The Carpet Crawlers
All In A Mouse's Night
Firth Of Fifth
Supper's Ready
Dance On A Volcano
Drum Duet
Los Endos

Encore:
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
The Musical Box
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02/04/1977
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Set 1Workin' For MCA
I Ain't The One
Saturday Night Special
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
Ain't No Good Life
Gimme Three Steps
Call Me The Breeze
T For Texas
Sweet Home Alabama
Free Bird
CommentAllen Collins, Steve Gaines & Gary Rossington on guitars
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05/02/1977
Roger McGuinn
Set 1Lover Of The Bayou
American Girl
Mr. Spaceman
Why Baby Why
Golden Loom
It`s Gone
Chestnut Mare
All Night Long
Chestnut Mare
Dixie Highway
Do It All Over Again
Shoot 'Em
So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star
Mr. Tambourine Man
Set 2
Set 3
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06/02/1977
Rush
Set 1Bastille Day
Anthem
Lakeside Park
2112: Overture
2112: Temples of Syrinx
2112: Discovery
2112: Presentation
2112: Soliloquy
2112: Grand Finale
Xanadu
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
The Necromancer
Working Man Medley / Drum Solo
Fly By Night
In the Mood
CommentSign Of Eth
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06/11/1977
UFO
Set 1Lights Out
Gettin' Ready
Love To Love
On With The Action
Doctor Doctor
I'm A Loser
Too Hot To Handle
Out In The Street
This Kids
Shoot Shoot
Rock Bottom
Let It Roll
Come On Everybody
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07/29/1977
Little Feat
Set 1Walkin' All Night
Skin It Back
Fat Man in the Bathtub
Red Streamliner
Oh Atlanta
Day at the Dog Races
All That You Dream
On Your Way Down
Time Loves a Hero ->
Day or Night
Rock and Roll Doctor
Old Folks Boogie
Dixie Chicken
Tripe Face Boogie
Willin' ->
Don't Bogart That Joint ->
Willin'
Feats Don't Fail Me Now
Rocket in My Pocket
Sailin' Shoes
Teenage Nervous Breakdown
Set 2
Set 3
Comment“Waiting for Columbus” [Super Deluxe Edition]
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12/02/1977
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush
Set 11.Introduction
2.The Answer
3.Dragonfly
4.I'm a King Bee - Backdoor Man
5.Look At Me
6.Strange Universe
7.Johnny B. Goode - Guitar Solo
8.Talkin' 'Bout a Feeling
9.Electric Reflections on War
10.Drum Solo
11.World Anthem
12.A New Rock & Rock
13.Radio Interview
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12/02/1977
Mahogany Rush
Set 1The Answer
Dragonfly
I'm A King Bee
Back Door Man
Look At Me
Strange Universe
Johnny B. Goode - Guitar Solo
Talkin 'Bout A Feelin'- Electric Reflections on War (Guitar Solo) > Drum Solo
World Anthem
A New Rock-n-Roll
Set 2
Set 3
CommentFrank Marino : guitar, vocals
Jimmy Ayoub : drums
Paul Harwood : bass
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05/06/1978
AC/DC
Set 1Riff Raff
Problem Child
Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be
Rock 'n' Roll damnation
Bad Boy Boogie
Down Payment Blues
The Jack
High Voltage
Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock
Rocker
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01/08/1979
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Set 1Goon Squad
Hand In Hand
Lip Service
Oliver's Army
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
Accidents Will Happen
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
Green Shirt
The Beat
Lipstick Vogue
Watching The Detectives
Big Boys
Radio Radio
This Year's Girl
You Belong To Me
Pump It Up
(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
Set 2
Set 3
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09/05/1979
Rickie Lee Jones
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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03/06/1981
Gamma
Set 1Ready For Action)
Dirty City
Four Horsemen
Fight to The Finish
Voyager
Rock The Nation
I'm Alive
Thunder And Lightning
Mayday
Razor King
No Tears
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06/20/1981
Spirit
Set 11984
Toy Guns
Five In The Morning
Miss This Train
Nature's Way
Turn To The Right
Like A Rolling Stone
Fish Fry Road
Five In The Morning
Magic Wand
Easy Love
I Want Somebody
Shattered Dreams
It's All The Same > Drums > It's All The Same >
I Got A Line On You
All Along The Watchtower
Song For Laura
Wild Thing
Rebel's Flight intro > Downer
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06/28/1981
Diamond Head
Set 1We Won't Be Back
Helpless
In The Heat Of The Night
Lightning To The Nations
To Heaven From Hell
Don't You Ever Leave Me
Borrowed Time
Sucking My Love
Shoot Out The Lights
Play It Loud
Am I Evil
Sweet & Innocent
It's Electric
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11/13/1982
The Spinners
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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09/13/1985
The Chameleons
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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12/22/1986
A Certain Ratio
Set 1Tony Wilson Intro
Bootsy
Only Together
And Then Again
Inside
Mickey Way
Take Me Down
Fever 103°
Wild Party
Sounds Like Something Dirty
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01/09/1988
Echo & the Bunnymen
Set 1Rescue
Heaven Up Here
With A Hup
Bombers Bay
All I Want
Back Of Love
Crocodiles
All My Colours
Seven Seas
Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
The Cutter
Show Of Strength
Silver
New Direction
Lips Like Sugar
Over Your Shoulder
Thorn Of Crowns
Set 2Do It Clean
Never Stop
Paint It Black
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03/18/1989
Inspiral Carpets
Set 1Commercial Rain
Butterfly
So Far
Greek Wedding Song
Directing Traffic
Theme From Cow
Keep The Circle Around
Whiskey
Joe
Monkey On My Back
Out Of Time
Set 2
Set 3
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06/14/1989
A Certain Ratio
Set 1Intro
Sounds Like Something Dirty
Your Blue Eyes
Bootsy
God's Own Girl
And Then Again
Down By The River
Shack Up
Big E(Won't Stop Loving You)
Your Little World
Wild Party
Good Together
Set 2Encore

Flight
Backs To The Wall
Si Firmir O Grido
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09/13/1990
The Blue Nile
Set 1A Walk Across The Rooftops
Tinseltown In The Rain
Heatwave
Over The Hillside
Stay
Easter Parade
THe Downtown Lights
Saturday Night
Headlights On The Parade
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