Marillion - 1985-06-18 - Bologna, IT (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

MARILLION

Bologna, Arena Puccini

18 June 1985

"The day I found out I didn't want any more make-up"

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Sony Pro TCS-310 > TDK D Master Tape > Audigy Soundblaster > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Fish - vocals

Steve Rothery - guitars

Pete Trewawas - bass, backing vocals

Mark Kelly - keyboards

Ian Mosley - drums, percussions

01 Assassing

02 Cinderella Search

03 Script for a Jester's Tear

04 Punch and Judy

05 Jigsaw

06 Emerald Lies

07 Pseudo-silk Kimono

08 Kayleigh

09 Lavender (tape flip)

10 Bitter Suite

11 Heart of Lothian

12 Incubus

13 Fugazi

14 Forgotten Sons

15 Garden Party /

16 Market Square Heroes / Band Introduction

TT 106:06

This show is very special to me. It is simply the best Marillion show I've ever seen. And believe me, I've seen many in over 22 years. The atmosphere was special, Marillion were becoming huge in all Europe, things were going great, the band was in great shape. The summer 85 tour was their best ever, they were at their peak. Take a summer night in Italy, in an outdoor venue (not an arena really, despite the name!), packed with people standing everywhere, even on the trees around. Take the last gig of the tour and add TV crew filming the show. The band kicked its ass off, delivering an incredible show, and the audience was on fire.

This is Marillion in Bologna in 1985. Strange enough, the band did not come back to Bologna any more after this show. They hadn't rehearsed the full Misplaced Childhood album yet, so they presented side one only, leaving the rest of the set for some oldies which would disappear once a few months later. During Market Square Heroes, Fish wanted to show to television the audience, so he took a big light and pointed to it. This version is without doubt the best ever Market Square Heroes the band had performed!

This show was special because it was the last time Fish wore the make-up during a full show. Actually he took it off his face before the encores. He tried again during the Christmas tour the year after, but again removed it after the first couple of tracks.

I did not tape this show, but I recently gathered the master from the friend who taped it and transferred to my Hard Disk, that's why the recording equipment is unknown. I am glad I did not tape it, otherwise it would have turned out very bad. I was located in the middle of the crowd. The recording is excellent, crystal clear and clean. During Assassing my friend had to hide the microphone because of the crew, but for the rest the gig is great. Fish was simply giving his best, as well as all the band. Mark Kelly still had hair, and Steve Rothery had beard and was a lot more skinny. It was a great period for the

whole band!