This recording of The Waterboys legendary appearance at The Glastonbury Festival in 1986 is complete and uncut. A great bootleg, much loved and played by myself over the years. Mike Scott is on fine form and the band play a balanced set; from the rocky to the folky.
The Vapors: Live in Guldford, 1981. The Vapors Live at The Civic Hall Guildford, Surrey 11.2.81 Source: FM Broadcast Tracklisting: 01 News At Ten 02 Johnny's In Love Again 03 Sixty Second Interval 04 Jimmie Jones. Housemartins (1) Hugh Cornwell (5) Human League (1).
The recording captures the vibe of people sitting in a field listening to a great band, in a time before you had to register for tickets to watch bands as homogenised as the milk from Michael Eavis’s cows. Due to the length of the recording I’ ve had to split it into two parts: and, just like the tape. Just like ducks being fed / All we get is stale bread. Just like cattle at the water / Fattened up and sent for slaughter.
Just like the beasts at Noahs Zoo / We're kept in line two by two. Just like the clouds on a windy day / It's easy to get blown away. But just like a bird in a clear blue sky / I spread my wings and start to fly. HIGH STREET I took a walk and what did I see Miles and miles of misery.
Down in the town they offer heaven For all your pounds. Get back home open up the bag Then get the feeling you’ve been had. Just more shit you didn’t need Consumption feeds their fix for greed. ‘Excuse me,’ they cry, ‘you can’t fight it; twice two is four!
Nature doesn’t ask you about it; she’s not concerned with your wishes or with whether you like her laws or not. You must take her as she is, and consequently all her results as well. I mean to say, a wall is a wall, etc. But good God!
What have the laws of nature and arithmetic to do with me, when for some reason I don’t like those laws or twice two? Naturally I shan’t break through the wall with my head, if I’m really not strong enough, but I wont be reconciled to it simply because it’s a stone wall and I haven’t enough strength to break it down. Fyodor Dostoyevsky (In Notes From Underground). Glasvegas/The Gaslight Anthem/Mercenary Skank/The London Cowboys/Jeremy Gluck/Dave Kusworth. Babyshambles/Nikki Sudden/The Others/DOA. Kasabian/ The Vibrators/Television Personalities/Johnny Thunders/The Apostles/Amebix/The Deviants/The Barracudas. Primal Scream/Lou Reed/Generation X/T.V Smith.
The Black Angels/Dustins Bar Mitzvah/Dogs. Crass/MC5/Iggy Pop/Flamin' Groovies/Jesus and Mary Chain. Lords Of The New Church/The Mob/Dead 60's.
Screaming Blue Messiahs/Spiritualized/Mark Perry. The Clash/The Ramones/Manic Street Preachers/Throbbing Gristle/Theatre Of Hate.