| 2 CD | UK : | Front Row Club: FRC-008 |
| CD 1 | CD 2 | ||||
| 1. | Seasons End |
[08:52] | -= First Encore =- | ||
| 2. | Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury | [06:01] | 1. | Bass Intro | [01:54] |
| 3. | Hard as Love |
[07:44] | 2. | This Strange Engine | [19:05] |
| 4. | Eighty Days | [05:22] | -= Second Encore =- | ||
| 5. | Warm Wet Circles | [04:09] | 3. | Brave | [08:42] |
| 6. | That Time of the Night (The Short Straw) | [06:26] | 4. | The Great Escape | [07:00] |
| 7. | Man of a Thousand Faces | [09:59] | 5. | Made Again | [06:43] |
| 8. | Easter | [06:19] | -= Third Encore =- | ||
| 9. | This Town | [03:26] | 6. | Abraham Martin and John | [04:02] |
| 10. | The Rakes Progress | [02:16] | 7. | Garden Party | [07:47] |
| 11. | 100 Nights | [04:53] | |||
| 12. | Slaìnte Mhath | [05:22] | |||
| 13. | King | [07:52] | |||
| Total Time CD1 | [78:46] | Total Time CD 2 | [55:16] |
Credits:
Welcome to the Front Row Club!
This recording was made as a reference for ourselves while touring and as an archive of our live performance - it was never planned to be released. We have taken the original recording and 'mastered' it to provide a better sonic experience, however it has not been re-touched or overdubbed in any way. This recording is provided "as is" - warts and all - for your listening pleasure, so please keep this in mind when listening!
The Front Row Club is intended for those with "Front Row" passion for the band and it's touring history. And, of course, the future! Thank you for sharing your passion with us.
I particularly like the French-Canadians (or "Quebecois" if you're sensitive about it!). Montréal Spectrum was always a gig we looked forward to. I remember the boys saying I was going to love it when we first went there on tour together. They were right. The sound in the room, and on stage, was always great and the crowd were always the kind of crow that would lift the band skywards. We played the Spectrum quite a few times and, in my memory, this was the best of the lot. The feeling coming from the people was amazing, so much so that, at one point I lay down on the crowd and floated around the room on a sea of hands. I have only done that once in my life to date. It's the most incredible feeling because you can't feel the hands beneath you, so it feels like you're floating. It's also a trust thing - you're completely at the mercy of the people beneath you (.. it only takes one person .. ) and you can't steer. So you have to be sure. I was certain. Such was the atmosphere. At the end of the show the crowd demanded a third encore, so we played "Abraham, Martin and John" for the first time. princess Diana's funeral had happened in England that day, and it occurred to me to dedicate the last verse to her. We never intended to this to be released in any way, so please forgive if it sounds a bit tacky. I meant it "in the moment" ..and it had been quite a day.. The dressing rooms backstage were high up at the top of the building, up many flights of stairs, so we didn't go back there at the end of the show until after the third encore. The crowd were kicking up a storm when we left the stage, but we couldn't hear from the dressing room. I remember being in the shower when the message came through that the crowd were going crazy for yet another encore and they were almost at the point of riot. This was quite some time after we thought the show was over and I thought they'd gone home. I had to dry off and get dressed to return to the stage, This has never happened before or since, either. By this time, much of the wiring had been pulled out so the fourth encore wasn't recorded. You had to be there! Thank you Montréal. We WILL be back.
Steve Hogarth
Front Row Club Issue 8
Le Spectrum, Montréal, Canada
'This Strange Engine'
Tour, 6 September, 1997
Additional Material (Disc 1, Tracks 1-4) Recorded at
Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA, 11 September, 1997.
Front Row Club releases are supplied to members on the understanding that
these recordings will not be duplicated.
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Recorded by Stewart Every
Mixed for the front Row Club by Roderick Brunton
Design by Erik Nielsen for Wing Nut Music
Polaroid Photography © Luigi Colasanti Antonelli
Additional Photography by Colin Price
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