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   Chris The Siteowner

   Great intimate venue. Sound as atrocious as ever: great if you knew the lyrics, probably baffling otherwise. No Trumpton Riots was probably the headline, although I’ll be interested to study the setlist, which seemed to be heavily weighted towards the oldies, and contained a few surprises, including – wait for it – “Moody Chops”.

   Jul 1st, 2011

2. 2

   Ross

   Allow me to shed some light on that, courtesy of a set list written in blue Biro snaffled from atop the bass amp:

   The Best Things In Life
   Bottleneck at Capel Curig
   When The Evening Sun Goes Down
   A Lilac Harry Quinn
   Petty Sessions
   Lark Descending
   Fuckin’ Ell It’s Fred Titmuss
   Trevor (anyone know more about what this song was?)
   Left Lyrics In The Practice Room
   Totnes Bickering Fair/Gouranga
   Turned Up Clocked On Laid Off
   The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train)
   Look Dad No Tunes
   All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
   Excavating Rita
   Bob Wilson Anchorman
   24 Hour Garage People
   1966 And All That
   Moody Chops
   For What Is Chatteris
   Slipknot
   National Shite Day
   Everything’s AOR
   ? (that’s what it says on the set list)
   W Man (not sure what this is short for, can’t remember the song)
   99% Of Gargoyles
   Joy Division Oven Gloves

   Agree with Chris’ comment on the poor sound. My mate was well put out too by the lack of available ale or cider. However, the band put on a great show. Maybe one or two too many old songs for my liking – the London set list from last week was more up my street.

   Jul 1st, 2011

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   Chris The Siteowner

   Thanks for that. Not sure it’s entirely accurate, they didn’t do “Rita” for example. “Trevor” would be “Reflections in A Flat” if I recall correctly. There seemed to be so many old songs they became a bit of a blur – certainly at least six from the first two albums, when sometimes it’s as few as three. Songs which tend to get an airing every gig (well, at least in all of the last half-dozen) but didn’t make an appearance last night include We Built This Village, Trumpton, Evening Of Swing and Runningorder. So it was an odd set list, and certainly not one which particularly did it for me. In fact, the whole performance was slightly perfunctory, with precious little between-song banter, minimal improvisation (£1.03) and no cover version I can remember. It would be hard to be disappointed with a Biscuit gig, but this was at the lower end of the memorability scale.

   Jul 1st, 2011

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   John Burscough

   Was W Man the cover? White Man In Hammersmith Palais perhaps?

   Jul 1st, 2011

5. 5

   Ross

   Yes, I was waiting for those songs but they never came. And of course, no A Country Practice or (biggest disappointment for me) Tommy Walsh’s Eco House. 24 Garage People was terrific though (“Gandalf – Gollum – Relationship – Unlikely”) and JDOG was pogo-tastic.

   Jul 1st, 2011

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   Jon Glasgow

   I’ve got this, courtesy of a cheeky ipod recording I did – shit quality unfortunately, but still useful.

   The Best Things In Life
   Bottleneck at Capel Curig
   When The Evening Sun Goes Down
   A Lilac Harry Quinn
   Petty Sessions
   Lark Descending
   Fuckin’ Ell It’s Fred Titmus
   Reflections in A Flat
   Left Lyrics In The Practice Room
   Totnes Bickering Fair/Gouranga
   Turned Up Clocked On Laid Off
   The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train)
   Look Dad No Tunes
   All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
   Bob Wilson Anchorman
   1966 And All That
   Moody Chops
   24 Hour Garage People
   For What Is Chatteris?
   Vatican Broadside
   National Shite Day
   Everything’s AOR
   Worried Man Blues
   99% Of Gargoyles
   Joy Division Oven Gloves

   I would agree about the sound, and that it wasn’t the quintessential Biscuit gig, although still mightily good fun. Biggest gripe of the night was the ridiculously over-sized and over-used lighting rig. I know they had a refurb after the fire upstairs, but if you’re going to spend thousands on new lights and line-array speakers in a venue that size, get kit that fits and then learn how to use it properly.

   So no, I’m not a mate of the bloke who does the PA…

   Jul 1st, 2011

7. 7

   Sean Edinburgh

   Thoroughly enjoyed last night’s gig. It’s good to have the LR up and running again and even better to have HMHB back in the Edinburgh.

   As someone who only gets to a biscuits gig about once every 4-5 years, I was more than happy with the setlist, however the sound (esp the vocals) was poor on the “louder” songs.

   Jul 1st, 2011

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   Twistedkitemike

   Jon Glasgow’s set-list is bang on. I thought that the show was very good; a nice mix, a couple of exhumations, though not Rita.

   I suspect that they did not play Rita because the sound was not great. Ken was in top form and Neil looked very relaxed. They were let down by the PA.

   Word from the inside is that Nigel has had problems with his voice. The London gig involved shouting and rumour has it, some time in the studio. He was concerned about possibly having no vocals for Kendal tonight. Allegedly.

   I suspect that is why Trumpton was given a seat in the stands for a change, possibly Trad Arr Tune was rested for a European away fixture; but yet they banged out JDOG as a climax?

   More to follow. – Mike

   Jul 1st, 2011

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   Murray Meikle

   I agree with those who were slightly disappointed with the set list – but it was still a great night. The review from the Edinburgh Evening News is here – the reviewer might not appreciate the master of the strat but at least he seems to have a basic grounding in HMHB.

   Jul 2nd, 2011

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    S.G.D A SHROPSHIRE LAD

    I think that “bathetic” is a bit harsh.

    Jul 2nd, 2011

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    Chris The Siteowner

    A dozen or so nice closeup shots from the gig by Stuart McHugh of Is This Music? magazine.

    Jul 3rd, 2011

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    Chris The Siteowner

    Twenty-Four Hour Garage People at the Liquid Room, Edinburgh gig by “MrDust”.

    Jul 5th, 2011

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