Alex Wood Hall
Details
- Date
- December 01, 1977
- Venue
- Alex Wood Hall Cambridge, England
- Billed As
- The Soft Boys
- Gig Type
- Concert
Notes
Also possibly appearing: The Waves / Blotto (see review below)
Initially we had no month or day for this gig but a list of gigs provided by Andy Metcalfe in 2012 showed a 1977 gig at Alex Wood Hall on December 1. We later obtained the written setlist via Lee Cave-Berry, from the collection of Kimberley Rew. Huge thanks!
Setlist conflict: An undated setlist we received from some fellow fans was originally thought to be from this Dec 1 gig, but later revealed to actually be from January 7 at Alex Wood Hall; it has been moved to that gig page accordingly.
Initially we had no month or day for this gig but a list of gigs provided by Andy Metcalfe in 2012 showed a 1977 gig at Alex Wood Hall on December 1. We later obtained the written setlist via Lee Cave-Berry, from the collection of Kimberley Rew. Huge thanks!
Setlist conflict: An undated setlist we received from some fellow fans was originally thought to be from this Dec 1 gig, but later revealed to actually be from January 7 at Alex Wood Hall; it has been moved to that gig page accordingly.
Set List
- Give it to the Soft Boys Robyn Hitchcock, Robert Lamb
- Cold Turkey Plastic Ono Band
- Where are the Prawns?
- I Want to Be An Anglepoise Lamp
- Hear My Brane Hitchcock, Windsor, Davies, Metcalfe
- The Pigworker
- Substitute The Who
- Ugly Nora
- It'll Be Me Jerry Lee Lewis
- The Face of Death
- Which of Us is Me
- Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
- Wading Through a Ventilator
Reviews
Either this gig or the one at Alex Wood Hall in November seem to be the one mentioned on Kim's web site, at which the first version of the Waves also played. From his Biography:
Also in Rew’s college year was Katrina and the Waves’ drummer Alex Cooper. The pair formed the first version of the Waves. A notable gig was Cambridge’s Alex Wood Hall in 1977; on the bill were Robyn Hitchcock’s Soft Boys, and Blotto, featuring Rew’s future wife, bass player Lee Cave-Berry.
Also in Rew’s college year was Katrina and the Waves’ drummer Alex Cooper. The pair formed the first version of the Waves. A notable gig was Cambridge’s Alex Wood Hall in 1977; on the bill were Robyn Hitchcock’s Soft Boys, and Blotto, featuring Rew’s future wife, bass player Lee Cave-Berry.