In praise of the European Club Gig, 10 years on...

holden · #1 08-14-2006, 01:54 PM

i'm listening to this recording at work today, and it still ranks in the top few UW performances. Though similar tracklists appeared during the 1996 tour, there's a lot of magic to this show... odder still, since the audience is low in the mix, and there are 30-minute segments where Karl doesn't utter a word!
Some thoughts on this unique show:
"To Dream of Love" gets a rare play-out, with all sorts of vocal snippets.

"Dark and Long" naturally gives rise to "dark train", "Rez" begets "CowgirL", and an absolutely blistering "Cherry Pie" merges into an amazing "Rowla"

"Confusion the Waitress" --17 minutes long!

original "Born Slippy" -- 17+ minutes long! goes into a mental breakbeat and the inverted "Born Slippy.NUXX" (hard synth outtro first, then the familiar pads and verses).

Oh, and everything's mixed. Mmm, lovely!

I can't believe this gig is 10 years old...still fresh.

joethelion · #2 08-14-2006, 02:41 PM

I know...

that version of "Confusion..." and the one from the '00 Tour (forget which date) are my two favorite versions of that track ever.

and it does kind of make you wonder what Karl did at that gig, especially as he only does little vocal bits here and there (which was also kind of similar for that tour)

I just wish I could've found a recording of that gig that wasn't from mp3. I would looooove to be able to hear it straight through without those annoying gaps f/ mp3's

TheBang · #3 08-14-2006, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by joethelion

I just wish I could've found a recording of that gig that wasn't from mp3. I would looooove to be able to hear it straight through without those annoying gaps f/ mp3's

Join RTSR and keep an eye out in the near-future...

joethelion · #4 08-14-2006, 03:14 PM

dude, I've been on RTSR for years now... I'm just not too chatty over there.

holden · #5 08-14-2006, 05:13 PM

i got my copy from rtsr a couple years back...the track breaks are a bummer, but the gig's so great, it's forgiveable!

By the way, the version i got has a remix of "Mmm Skyscraper i love you" tacked on after the gig. Is this an official UW remix or someone else's? i forget. seems authentic UW to me...a drastic reworking in the tradition of dark and long, with some MMMMmmmm guitar licks, too. But i'll stand corrected if it turns out to be Joe Blow Zero's bootleg.

dubman · #6 08-14-2006, 06:23 PM

i could never really get into that one

TheBang · #7 08-14-2006, 11:27 PM

To fill out the running time on the second CD, the bootleggers put on the studio tracks of Mmm...Skyscraper, I Love You and Mmm...Skyscraper, I Love You (Jam Scraper).

Jan · #8 08-15-2006, 04:19 AM

For the problem with gaps try foobar 0.8.3 special. There are newer version of this music player available but this is the only version which has the 'gap killer' plugin. I use it to play badly encoded mp3s and the gaps are gone!

The original Born Slippy from that gig is simply the best live track i've ever heard and was my favourite on the Bootleg Babies. I think it is a very special moment when they play that song because it's never the same. Sometimes they perform the 'single' version (like on the radioshow in december), sometimes a kind of 'dancey' version like here or something slightly different (ahoy).
ohh, i want to hear them live so badly! (stupid Movement festival... Frankfurt on the horizon...!)