Kate Bush - 1979-05-06 - Paris, FR (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Paris, Theatre des Champs-Élysées

Lineage:
Unknown recording device > 2nd generation copy > Aiwa Tape Deck AD-WX828 > Audiophile 2496 Soundblaster > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave >FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Kate Bush / vocals, piano
Ben Barson / synthesizer, acoustic guitar
Brian Bath / electric guitar, mandolin, vocal harmonies
Paddy Bush / mandolin, vocal harmonies, additional instrumentation
Glenys Groves / backing vocals
Preston Heyman / drums, percussion
Kevin McAlea / piano, keyboards, saxophone, 12 string guitar
Alan Murphy / electric guitar, whistle
Del Palmer / bass
Liz Pearson / backing vocals

01.Moving
02.The Saxophone Song
03.Room for the Life
04.Them Heavy People
05.The Man With the Child in His Eyes
06.Egypt
07.L'Amour Looks Something Like You
08.Violin
09.Intro / The Kick Inside
10.In the Warm Room
11.Fullhouse
12.Strange Phenomena
13.Hammer Horror
14.Kashka from Baghdad
15.Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake
16.Wow
17.Coffee Homeground
18.In Search of Peter Pan
19.Gymnopedie No1 / Symphony in Blue
20.Feel It
21.Kite
22.James and the Cold Gun
23.Oh England My Lionheart
24.Wuthering Heigths

TT 111:34

We are approaching the end, after 10 years of Special Series, so I wanted top bring something from my archives which is a kind of special. This is a rare, complete, recording of Kate's only show in Paris, during her 1979 tour. This was held at the rather elegant Theatre des Champs-Élysées in avenue Montaigne. I got this one about 20 years ago from a friend who got a copy from the taper. All I could know is that the equipment he recorded the show was not the most modern one but I think this is a nice sounding recording for 1979.

The setlist is not a surprise since it did not change during the whole tour, but of course playing the Gymnopedie in the country of Satie was a kind of special.

I would rate the sound of this as 7/10, a bit hissy but on the other side the audience is not heard a lot and not disturbing the performance.