May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
This one at least made it to demo – Act Of Love (of course, it later becomes a line used in Celebrate “Act of love is a luxury” and Glittering Prize “called an act of love / can you never stop”)
Another unreleased track that’ll only ever be heard on this recording, “Take Me To The Angels”…reKERRing themes…
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…
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On closer inspection, despite how the date on the still footage states (Oct 25th); it is in fact August 25th…and therefore a Saturday. Not listened to this one myself, as yet, but will do tonight. From the opening track, it sounds a goodun. Enjoy!
A visual one for this week. Their Friday night appearance on The Tube. It went out live. There’s an audience there. We can call that a gig, not merely a TV appearance. (It’s also where the pic for the “whirliGIG” artwork came from). Enjoy…
A good old Friday night “let your hair down” gig. And only the second gig of the year for SM after being in the studio recording Promised You A Miracle…which gets an airing in the set. And a stellar rendition it is too! Sound quality of the gig is good. Enjoy!
A Sunday night gig in the hame toon of the Kerrmeister and crew. Enjoy!
A Saturday night in Aberdeen…why not?! The blurb on the upload says it would be too early for Scar and Here Comes The Fool to be performed…but I don’t know why Tony would think that as when I look at Dream Giver, both are said to be on the setlist for the Life In A…
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A Friday night in New York City….that would be quite hell-raising. It’s a proper “bootleg” recording, with those who have recorded it (or someone very nearby) very audible. They go absolutely apeshit for Premonition, which is awesome! Perhaps this person was at the Hurrah’s gig in 1979? Anyway, the audio is of a quality to…
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As we have all been sharing the love of the album, with it having just celebrated its 35th anniversary, I thought it apt to highlight a gig from the tour. A Sunday gig…and just a couple of days after their appearance on The Tube (where the pic of Jim for my “WhirliGIG” logo comes from)….
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