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Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Show 116 - The Icicle Works - Live at Shellys Club Stoke - 1985


A debut on Live and Loud! for The Icicle Works, with a show from an unknown date in 1985. 2020 EDIT - thanks to a listener posting below, looks very much like this date is 22 July 1985.

This was a flat and slightly tinny sounding recording of an FM broadcast from 8 October of a gig played sometime before then but certainly sometime that year as it features songs from not only their first album but the second album too - which was released in September 1985.

I used a wee bit of noise reduction but mainly EQ to improve the bottom end, make the drums and bass more audible, and get some clarity between the instruments and vocals.

You can download this new and improved recording for free here as 1 320kbps MP3 file.

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Setlist
Hollow Horse
In The Cauldron Of Love
Who Do You Want For Your Love?
(Let's Go) Down to The River
When It All Comes Down
All The Daughters (Of Her Father's House)
Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)

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  1. Anonymous1 November 2017 at 12:45

    Thanks Phil, another cracker from the archives! Thanks for all you do!!

    Stephen.

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    1. Flip Martian9 November 2017 at 05:12

      Cheers! Glad you enjoyed. Plenty more to come :-)

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  2. JesseHanson3 November 2017 at 03:31

    good

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  3. Anonymous3 November 2017 at 16:09

    thanx for this flip
    another new one for
    to listen to

    richie

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  4. Anonymous25 December 2017 at 10:50

    When it all Comes Down & Perambulator from this gig, were played live in a Whistle Test outside broadcast that I recorded at the time.

    I have it listed as September 1985 but no actual date.

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    1. Flip Martian31 December 2017 at 05:29

      Might well be September then - guessing Beeb recordings were broadcast reasonably quickly after recording back then. Cheers for that!

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  5. Anonymous18 June 2020 at 04:45

    Press clipping on this page gives the date as 22nd July 1985 though I suppose they might have played the same venue twice in the same year! https://dundeegig.weebly.com/1985--1989.html

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    1. Flip Martian21 June 2020 at 13:21

      Sounds good to me - thanks very much! I'll update the article.

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