An outing for Nash The Slash from early 1983 with a set including a few songs from his album American BandAges which would be released the following year. For those who only really know him for the Children Of The Night album in the UK, the versions of Swing Shift and Deadman's Curve here are different - studio versions of these appeared on the compilation The Million Year Picnic - so it's a very interesting listen.
This was a soundboard recording I think, although 1 track, Womble, is badly affected by what sounds like FM interference - which was mostly in good condition but some tracks were very noisy and/or hissy and recording quality took a nose dive during 1 or 2 songs. So while most of the tracks have only needed a fair bit of the old 30 band EQ to improve things, I've spent a lot of time trying to rescue some of the others. Womble is, I'm afraid, still rather noisy but worth a listen. Hopefully the rest of the gig makes up for it!
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Setlist
Born To Be Wild
1984
Who Do You Love?
Swing Shift (Soixante-Neuf)
Womble
Dopes On The Water
Dance After Curfew
Dead Man's Curve
American Band
Children Of The Night
Psychotic Reaction
So, a new Nash The Slash show on a sunday morning, how could the day start better? Well, I must say at a first look at the setlist I was a bit disappointed because I didn't like the American bandstand album when it came out. For me it didn't have the typical Nash-low-fi charme, very polished production, and the choice of songs...no originals...and then.."Born to be Wild"??? Come on. Later I liked it anyway, but of course it didn't beat the records before.
ReplyDeleteSo I was quite surprized when I put on this recording...thanks to Phil, it has an amazing quality!, and here the songs really rock. Here it all is, the roughness, and the edgyness we are used from him playing his stuff and covers. "Born to be Wild" is a burner here as opener. Also the classics performed later in the set are awesome performances, you can really hear Nash having fun. "Womble" just rocks. "Psychotic Reaction", the song I liked best then on the album, ends real psychedelic, a great climax, still incredible that this is just a one-man-show. So thanks, again, Phil, for your great work and sharing this goodie with us! Cheers, Ollie Conraculix
Only just seen this comment! Thanks Ollie, glad you enjoyed it. Nash live was always a rawer, more visceral experience, for sure. :-)
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