The Smiths 12/19/1983
Set I
Hand In Glove
Still Ill
Barbarism Begins At Home
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Pretty Girls Make Graves
You've Got Everything Now
This Charming Man
Back To The Old House
Reel Around The Fountain
Handsome Devil
Accept Yourself
Still Ill
Barbarism Begins At Home
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Pretty Girls Make Graves
You've Got Everything Now
This Charming Man
Back To The Old House
Reel Around The Fountain
Handsome Devil
Accept Yourself
Set II
Set III
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| Notes: | This is a digital rip of a vinyl album I have owned for over 35 years. NOTE: Though 'What Difference Does It Make?', 'Miserable Lie' and the second encore 'This Charming Man' are mentioned on the cover, they are actually missing. 'Barbarism Begins At Home' and 'Pretty Girls Make Graves' are incorrectly titled 'Crack On The Head' and 'Mess Of My Life' The track listing on the album is not the same as the songs on the album. ABOUT: This concert was one of the Smiths' biggest to date, and it was a success. The band was in top form and the audience very receptive. The highlight setlist-wise was the live introduction of "Barbarism Begins At Home" which would not be released for another 14 months! "Back To The Old House" was also introduced at this show, unless it was played in Dublin 10 days earlier. As the band hit the stage Morrissey greeted the audience with a growl of "Hello chums!" The Smiths' debut single "Hand In Glove" was performed for the first time as a set opener. It would remain in that position in the new year when the Smiths would go on their first major tour, to promote their debut album. After "Hand In Glove" Morrissey asked the crowd "Be quiet! Speak to me! Tell me!". The debut performance of "Barbarism Begins At Home" was introduced with the words "Here's one for the bootleg friends..." The version the Smiths performed on this date was quite different to the version that was to be released more than a year later on "Meat Is Murder". The song's structure was significantly different and it included lyrics that would be dropped by the time the band would go into a studio to record it. These include lines such as "I've always been such a decent lad" or "I am the man to keep you in place". The new composition was cheered just as much as the other songs, prompting Morrissey to ask "Are you sure? Are you sure?". Before "Pretty Girls Make Graves" Morrissey commented "It's so nice to see all these innocent faces... such innocent faces... (growls) 'Pretty Girls Make Graves'!". In "You've Got Everything Now" he added a few lyric changes to the old ones. He sang "You are your mother's only son and you're a miserable one", "a friendship sadly lost... it could be true and it could be false" and "No I've never had a job because I'm too handsome." Next, "What Difference Does It Make?" was introduced with "This is our new record... and it's a perfectly good question..." In that song Morrissey sang the slightly different "now you make me feel so ashamed because I've only got two heads". Morrissey also changed a few words in "This Charming Man": "It's gruesome that someone so ugly should care." The unfamiliar "Back To The Old House" was introduced with the line "And now something really demonic... for you grizzly little..." After "Handsome Devil" Morrissey shouted "Goodbye! Thank you! Goodbye!" and that was the end of the main set. A few lines into first encore "Accept Yourself" Morrissey changed some words to "I am sick and I am dull and I am thick". He was probably distracted when he sang "how dearly I would love to kick with the fray" instead of "how dearly I'd love to get carried away". The audience was then treated to a second performance of "This Charming Man". This marked the end of the concert, but also of the Smiths' first year, a period during which they went from being completely unknown to becoming one of the most promising new bands of the eighties. The Red Guitars provided support. The Redskins were also originally on the bill, but they were replaced by Felt. Tickets were £3.00. Runtime 44 minutes All ripped with Audacity. | |||||
| Jack Warner | FLAC / 0 | View | MAT>?>C>CD | |||
| Mary Bloom | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| 220284 | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Baz Vincent | CDR / 1 | B+ | View | AUD>>??>>CDr | ||
| Notes: | TITLE: "Electric Ballroom" Length: 60 mins Venue: Electric Ballroom | |||||
| Andrew Davies | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| gb bertoni | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Rick Maxwell | FLAC / 1 | View | aud > ? > flac | |||
| David Duell | CDR / 0 | View | ||||
| Joel | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Live At The Electric Ballroom | |||||
| King of the Gypsies | / | View | ||||
| cut_here | flac / 1 | View | Ana(unk gen) >Adobe audition>CD(Burned with cue sheet & alcohol 120% to split... | |||
| Notes: | incomp. First performance of "barbarism.." | |||||
| John | CDR / 1 | B- | View | aud > ? > flac | ||
| David Backus | DVD+R/FLAC / 1 | View | AUD | |||
| Notes: | Version 2 (may be the same): DVD-MISC-0283 Version 3: DVD-MISC-0477 AUD1: DVD-MISC-0605 | |||||
| rcrawley | FLAC / 1 | View | EZT | |||
| Evan Buckley | FLAC / 1 | View | Ana(unk gen) >Adobe audition>CD(Burned with cue sheet & alcohol 120% to split... | |||
| Notes: | Does not include "This Charming Man" | |||||
| Spidey | CDR / 1 | A | B+ | View | DAUD | |
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