Alex Wood Hall Set List Notes


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Details

Date
January 07, 1978
Venue
Alex Wood Hall Cambridge, England
Billed As
The Soft Boys
Gig Type
Concert

Notes

with The Users and Patrik Fitzgerald.
Date confirmed in Kimberley Rew's Soft Boys scrapbook
We have two written setlists from this gig, one from Kimberley's collection (kindly provided by Lee Cave-Berry) and one clearly written by Robyn (in his trademark scrawl) received as a photocopy from Stefan Cooke via Thomas Narten. Robyn's written setlist includes "Reggae Song"; if it was played this night, it was the first known live performance. It is featured in the images on this page. Big thanks to Thomas and Stefan!

Another image, which based on text bleedthrough looks to be on the back of a printed page of unknown purpose, features autographs signed at the same show; Morris signed as "Otis Fagg" and Andy as "The Pigworker." Robyn narrated his action with "Robyn Hitchcock signs an autograph." There are also a couple of other names on the sheet - Pete Bevington and John Bor; research indicates these gents were in punk band The Users who were labelmates of Soft Boys (the two bands were both on Raw Records at the time, the SBs having recently released "I Want to Be An Anglepoise Lamp") and per Kim's scrapbook the bands took turns opening for each other at Alex Wood Hall and the Nashville around this time.

Set List

  1. Give it to the Soft Boys Robyn Hitchcock, Robert Lamb
  2. Hear My Brane Hitchcock, Windsor, Davies, Metcalfe
  3. I Want to Be An Anglepoise Lamp
  4. Ugly Nora
  5. Substitute The Who
  6. Where are the Prawns?
  7. Cold Turkey Plastic Ono Band
  8. Reggae Song (inserted on RH's setlist, but not Kim's)
  9. Which of Us is Me
  10. The Face of Death
  11. Pigworker Blues
  12. It'll Be Me Jerry Lee Lewis
  13. Look into Your Mirror
  14. Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
  15. Wading Through Your Ventilator