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Weekend WhirliGIG Wish – Mars Bar, July 30th, 1978 – Part 1

Posted on November 3, 2017October 3, 2023 By Priptona No Comments on Weekend WhirliGIG Wish – Mars Bar, July 30th, 1978 – Part 1

This Mars Bar gig is broken up in parts on YouTube, so for this weekend, I will post songs from the gig in stages. We start with a very rare one indeed. Never made it to a studio recording and this is the only version of it (I know of anyway) out there.

Caught In A Dream: A)…would love to ask Jim about it. Wish his voice was clearer, so I could hear the words properly. It’s very bluesy for them. I hear the Velvet Underground influence on it, esp.

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