Lady Mitchell Hall
Details
- Date
- November 27, 1978
- Venue
- Lady Mitchell Hall Cambridge, England
- Billed As
- The Soft Boys
- Gig Type
- Concert
Notes
Ersatz opened.
Iconic gig, probably the most well-known electric gig by the Soft Boys (Live at the Portland Arms being the legendary acoustic outing). Appears to have been officially recorded with the intention of release.
Tremendous thanks to Lee Cave-Berry and Kimberley Rew for the setlist image (see gallery at right).
Image used with permission.
'Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole' from this show was released on the CD reissues of 'Invisible Hits' in 1990 and 1992. The Robyn Songography site has a page detailing where other songs from this show have been released, including three uncredited live tracks on A Can of Bees (1979). The soundman who recorded the show traded the tape with another soundman shortly after the gig happened and the recording circulated among fans in the 1990s. It's now safely archived (media link below) and well worth a listen.
Iconic gig, probably the most well-known electric gig by the Soft Boys (Live at the Portland Arms being the legendary acoustic outing). Appears to have been officially recorded with the intention of release.
Tremendous thanks to Lee Cave-Berry and Kimberley Rew for the setlist image (see gallery at right).
Image used with permission.
'Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole' from this show was released on the CD reissues of 'Invisible Hits' in 1990 and 1992. The Robyn Songography site has a page detailing where other songs from this show have been released, including three uncredited live tracks on A Can of Bees (1979). The soundman who recorded the show traded the tape with another soundman shortly after the gig happened and the recording circulated among fans in the 1990s. It's now safely archived (media link below) and well worth a listen.
Set List
- I Want to Be An Anglepoise Lamp
- Do the Chisel
- Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole
- Human Music
- Give it to the Soft Boys Robyn Hitchcock, Robert Lamb
- Hear My Brane Hitchcock, Windsor, Davies, Metcalfe
- Look into Your Mirror
- Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
- I Sing a Little Tenor words: Harry Linton, music: John Gilroy (cut on the tape)
- Caroline Says Lou Reed
- Muriel's Hoof/Rout of the Clones (noted on the setlist as "Bryan O' Lynn", the trad version via Steeleye Span)
- Return of the Sacred Crab
- Blues in the Dark
- Bells of Rhymney The Byrds
- Sandra's Having Her Brain Out
- Pigworker
- Skool Dinner Blues
- Cold Turkey Plastic Ono Band
- Leppo and the Jooves
- Have a Heart, Betty (I'm Not Fireproof)
Encore
- We Like Bananas The Four Hoosiers
- Wading Through a Ventilator