FOG - for a limited time only

[glee]

I may have plans for this track so it's only going to be up for a week or so. I've recently transfered a show from The London School Of Economics, October 13th 1984. You can hear the audience being converted as the show goes on and Dave is taking obvious delight in the process. He sounds really proud of what they're doing. Penultimate song is FOG and it's a cracker. Early version of course but incredibly exciting. There's a moment in the breakdown where Dave takes a huge gulp of air that gives me goosebumps. Grab it while you can and guard it with your life.

[genkboy]

thanks Graham, maybe part of a future live CD or so ?

[son of albert]

 

[Bro]

Yes, a killer live version!!! Thanks. Stockholm re-issue + bonus live cd with gems like this - I'd buy it.

[Kieren]

Yep - me too!  Thanks Glee.  I had a listening session last night of all the recent downloads (and a long overdue listen to the Costar demos).  Great stuff.

[Mark_from_Perth]

Yes, yes, yes....thanks very much Glee!
I did exactly as Kieren did, finally grabbed the opportunity to catch up on those audio additions.
So what was the very quick song that comes next..25 to 5?

[glee]

Can't Help Falling In Love With You.

[Urpal]

If this version of FOG is an example of the quality of the LSE gig then it sounds like a cracker of a show.

It's a very early UK gig too isn't it? Pre-glee too, which explains the second hand reportage nature of his commentary on it:

In late August, 1984 the band flew to London with a small amount of savings and five return plane tickets scheduled to expire by Christmas. They gave themselves three months to make inroads in the UK. Appearing as a support act at their London debut at the LSE, they blew headliners The Monochrome Set off the stage. They succeeded to the point where they graced the first cover of 1985 of the influential UK magazine NME, which it predicted would be 'The Year Of the Triffids'.

On November 6, 1984 the Triffids recorded the Field Of Glass 12” EP mostly live at BBC Studio 5 in London and then returned for a brief tour of Australia.

So The Triffids had just landed in the UK a few weeks before and went into the studio to record their first Peel session only three weeks later. A good moment to catch them in action on record.

The recording sounds remarkably good quality for an unearthed relic of that era.

[Eke]

Thanks Graham. I'm behind in my listening as well but will try and catch up this week with the bumper crop and FOG. It all sounds too good to be true.

[Jonathan Alley]

Cranked FOG up in the car on the way home.. it's bloody incredible: especially Dave's singing.  thanks for posting Graham.

[son of albert]

Yep - me too! .......and a long overdue listen to the Costar demos........

Which also surely need to see the light of day, some day.