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.