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That's the date and the setlist looks right too, but it definitely wasn't in the Tartan Bar within LUU it was in the Riley Smith Hall just inside the front door of the building.
....if I have to explain, then you'll never understand....
Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:
Was indeed the Tuesday night, free to get in, and my first Sisters gig too, @Swinnow. This gig was the subject of the first post on my blog, if your memory needs jogging any further. Hard to believe that they recorded it within a couple of weeks of it coming out. The Furs and The Sisters played York the following night too, so they can't have spent long in KG's studio if this chronology is correct.
I think quite a few of the old Leeds crowd saw them for the first time that night, was indeed free to us students but quite a few locals came in too.
....if I have to explain, then you'll never understand....
That's the date and the setlist looks right too, but it definitely wasn't in the Tartan Bar within LUU it was in the Riley Smith Hall just inside the front door of the building.
Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:
Was indeed the Tuesday night, free to get in, and my first Sisters gig too, @Swinnow. This gig was the subject of the first post on my blog, if your memory needs jogging any further. Hard to believe that they recorded it within a couple of weeks of it coming out. The Furs and The Sisters played York the following night too, so they can't have spent long in KG's studio if this chronology is correct.
I think quite a few of the old Leeds crowd saw them for the first time that night, was indeed free to us students but quite a few locals came in too.
Indeed, I made that point in my blog review too. The audience that night was certainly more "town" than "gown".
this is something i grabbed a while back from a york site
Played their first gig in Alcuin: a charity benefit and they were supporting the Thompson Twins. Guitarist Gary Marx had plugged his guitar into a record player pre-amp which fed back uncontrollably throughout the gig. Von Eldritch turned the delay echo up to max. The set ended with a juggernaut howl which might have been ``Silver Machine'' but was in fact ``Sister Ray''. The audience got the point. The Sisters also played Vanby twice in 1982 and 83, and Derwent on 7 Oct 1982.
interesting coz most lists say they were in Manc 7th, however Derwent (College) makes much more sense
Sorry - I assumed the thinking was that the 'Basement Demos' were the pre-production session which we learned happened at Andrew's flat. My bad.
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