Operation: Underworld Live

[joethelion]

It's funny, I've been listening to some of my old recordings again as well - as I'm trying to get back into the habit of running (instead of smoking cigarettes)

I just listened to "1998 Mojo Club Reeperbahn"

Which I think is the only recording I've got where they play the full version of "Cups". There's also a massively long version of "Push Upstairs", a really weird 13 minute version of "Cowgirl" and the show also has a lot of improv's...

Some of the improv's sound basically like almost finished songs (like the ones before and after "King of Snake"), while others sound like Darren & Rick are trying to figure out what to do with a beat (like the one after Jumbo)

[holden]

Yikes, i can't believe i'm saying this, but i started a blog.
Today's first boots were 1994's Sheffield show and Glasgow gig. Great fun to listen to reaaaly early versions of STITI tracks and a rather bizarre setlist.

http://breakinyourboots.blogspot.com/

[Champiness]

That was an enjoyable read! Could you put a link to the boot in the post so that we unlucky fans who don't have them can listen along?

[chems1919]

This has also inspired me to listen to older recordings more often. Just listened to 2003's Peel Session at Maida Vale; there's like 3 unknown tracks in the set and they're all incredible, especially the last one they play. I wish it would have turned into a song or a digital release of some kind.

[unwound floors]

Originally Posted by chems1919

This has also inspired me to listen to older recordings more often. Just listened to 2003's Peel Session at Maida Vale; there's like 3 unknown tracks in the set and they're all incredible, especially the last one they play. I wish it would have turned into a song or a digital release of some kind.

Coincidence: I gave this a spin on the train to uni yesterday. The improvs are great, and it was wonderful hearing a bit of life injected into some rather flat tracks from A Hundred Days Off (imo, their weakest release to date). Trim and Luetin are killer!

[chems1919]

Originally Posted by unwound floors

The improvs are great, and it was wonderful hearing a bit of life injected into some rather flat tracks from A Hundred Days Off (imo, their weakest release to date). Trim and Luetin are killer!

Definitely agree. The opening of Luetin is superb and by the time the transition to Trim occurred later on in the set, I didn't recognize it until the main chords came through.

[holden]

Originally Posted by Champiness

That was an enjoyable read! Could you put a link to the boot in the post so that we unlucky fans who don't have them can listen along?

I'll point you in the direction of RTSR. From their FTP site and bit torrent tacker, i probably obtained 95% of my Underworld live recordings. It takes some time, but the quest is almost as much fun as the discovery.

The other reason why i can't post the gigs is that i've burned them all to CD. Yeah, we live in a digital age, sure. But from multiple bootleggers i've heard the horror story of losing everything when a hard drive failed. Yes, some day, i'll have to upgrade to a new media, as i did from tapes to CD, but in the meantime, the records are semi-permanent. Along with fan artwork!

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by holden

Thanks, all, for the support!

I might take this to a blog, so that i don't clutter the forums up too much, but i do hope you're inspired to maybe pull out some older Underworld gems from your collection and take another listen.

Feel free to double post, here and on a blog.

[Mike]

I really like this idea, i also started talking about 'underworld live moments' a while back, there are some real gems... It would be great if you could reference the gigography in some way, there might be cross references to songs played at other gigs etc..

Mike

[holden]

Will do, Mike! Yours is a more complete and accurate record for sure!