This Heat
Live 80/81
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Until recently the only official live This Heat release has been a long-deleted cassette version of a concert from Krefeld, Germany, from 1980. This CD corrects that vacuum by officially releasing private recordings from the band's live repertoire, circa 1980-1981, taken from concerts in Tilburg, Nijmegan, Arhus, Appledoorn, Vienna and Rheims. The trio rip through some highly-charged versions of classic pieces from both Blue & Yellow and Deceit, as well as an improvisation ("Aerial Photography", the tone of which could well be the backing track for their classic, "Triumph") and one previously unheard song ("The Rough With The Smooth", circa "Deceit").
This disk is a must for all This Heat fans: it gives us alternate versions of their classics, whilst documenting the immense energy and tonal quality of their live shows from that period.
Release notes
Recorded on cassette using a stereo microphone placed near the sound desk. Compiled from gigs in Tilburg, Nijmegen, Århus, Apeldoorn, Vienna and Rheims between April 1980 and June 1981. Structured around the set list used on tour in the Netherlands, December 1980. Edited and mastered in 2006. Design and layout at onionproductions.com © 1979 Warner Chappell/Blackhill Music (tracks 1, 8, 10), Rough Trade Music (tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 9), 2006 This Heat (tracks 5, 6, 11) ℗ 2006 This Is …
| 1 | Horizontal Hold | 5:35 | |
| 2 | Paper Hats | 5:13 | |
| 3 | S.P.Q.R. | 3:04 | |
| 4 | Triumph | 3:44 | |
| 5 | Aerial Photography | 5:10 | |
| 6 | The Rough With The Smooth | 1:40 | |
| 7 | Makeshift Swahili | 3:55 | |
| 8 | Music Like Escaping Gas | 2:30 | |
| 9 | A New Kind Of Water | 5:02 | |
| 10 | Twilight Furniture | 4:39 | |
| 11 | Health And Efficiency | 6:44 |
- Tim Schwartz
- Design, Layout
- Charles Hayward
- Drums, Kazoo, Melodica, Voice, Tape [Tapes], Edited By, Mastered By
- Charles Bullen
- Edited By, Mastered By, Guitar, Clarinet, Voice, Tape [Tapes]
- Jack Balchin
- Engineer [Live Sound]
- Martin Harrison
- Engineer [Live Sound]
- Gareth Williams
- Organ, Bass, Guitar, Voice
- Alessandro Achilli
- Photography By
- Pete Bullen
- Technician [Prepared Tape Operation]
