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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

XTC - LIVE AT ERIC’S LIVERPOOL AUG 1977 | FLOPPY BOOT STOMP : A Silent Way SPECIAL

 Now we’re talking . . . more XTC and from my home town too!

This from the Boss over at FLOPPY BOOT STOMP


XTC - LIVERPOOL 1977 - Floppy Boot Stomp

 XTC - Live Eric's
Liverpool, England
August 13, 1977

THIS IS FLAC!  and consequently staggeringly good quality and LOUD!

As indeed were the band and as I have said before prolly the loudest band I EVER heard at the New Theatre here in Oxford!! Where by comparison we saw Wings, Eric Clapton, Nanci Griffith, Van Morrison and many others. Seriously my ears were still ringing three days later!

Original line up:


Barry Andrews - Keys, saxophone, vocals
Terry Chambers - Drums
Colin Moulding - Bass guitar, vocals
Andy Partridge - Guitar, vocals

Play Time - 00:30:12


 Setlist:

01. Radios in Motion
02. Cross Wires
03. Let's Have Fun
04. Fireball XL5
05. Science Friction
06. I'm Bugged
07. New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage
08. Hang on to the Night
09. All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
10. She's So Square



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4 comments:

Kostas said...

EXCELLENT!!!

Andy Swapp said...

Always welcome Kostas!
This recording is FIERCE!

diamonddave said...

Seriously, you couldn't have been at the last Lizzy gig (1983) @ New Theatre, Andy - blimey THAT WAS LOUD - my ears were bleeding!!!! They were louder than The Who, when they were there in 1975ish. Am no expert on them, but love a bit of XTC - mainly the hits - even though they were from Swin*on!!! All the best neighbour. DD

PS I too was at The Wings gig (along with many other fine acts there) at NT. Cheers

Andy Swapp said...

Thanks Dave! Always welcome to hear from you. I cannot imagine somehow but The Who seems too BIG for the New Theatre! Does that make sense? Lizzy too in a way. I mean lots of big NAME stars appeared there but some were just too well GODAMNED BIG (read=LOUD) to even play there! I saw The Who at The Oval and various other festival type places and they even seemed too loud then! and that was outdoors! ha ha ha ha. . . bet Lizzy were loud too of course but for the venue XTC were by far the loudest. They made Clapton seem like a supper club combo! ;)

Always good to hear from you brother!
Hope all is well in Sunny Yarnton damned cold here fellah!