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This particular concert was the second night of a four Sunday nights festival. Other bands on the bill included Joy Division. The recording of this show is the oldest Cure bootleg available (in a complete form). It captures very well the atmosphere on stage in early 1979. A pretty different one from 6 months later as the band's performances (and Robert Smith's singing) improved with time. One funny fact was that Robert exclusively played on his old Top 20 guitar (using the by far superior Fender Jazzmaster guitar as a spare one). Therefore the live guitar sound on this era was more rough than expected. Another difference was that the stage included two microphones as Michael Dempsey would sing on Foxy Lady. And he would also introduce songs sometimes. Also worth stating was the version of 10:15 Saturday Night the group played opening the concert : the end of the song was extended after the bass solo, including a reggae-like way of playing the guitar. Grinding Halt & Fire In Cairo were announced as possible next singles that night too. Object was dedicated to "the girl in the middle whose hair is going flat because of the heat" when Meathook was dedicated to an actor from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie. Three Imaginary Boys was introduced as follows : "This is serious. Well, as serious as we ever get". Later during the show, a guitar string broke and Robert joked about how he'd play with 5 strings then. But he changed the broken string himself, as he didn't have a roadie. And that was the subject of another joke. |
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11 MARCH 1979 - LONDON, MARQUEE CLUB (ENGLAND) 10.15 SATURDAY NIGHT (slightly ext) ACCURACY GRINDING HALT ANOTHER DAY OBJECT SUBWAY SONG FOXY LADY MEATHOOK THREE IMAGINARY BOYS BOYS DON'T CRY PLASTIC PASSION FIRE IN CAIRO IT'S NOT YOU - DO THE HANSA KILLING AN ARAB - 10:15 SATURDAY NIGHT (extended) |
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