The Nightstage Set List Notes Reviews

Details

Date
May 18, 1993
Venue
The Nightstage Cambridge, Massachusetts
Billed As
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians
Gig Type
Concert

Notes

'A Globe of Frogs' and 'Vegetation and Dimes' from this show released on the Luminous Groove boxset

Originally scheduled at Berklee Performance Center, Boston

Date: 15 May 1993 18:16:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: DARAMSEY@vaxsar.vassar.edu
Subject: Robyn at the Berklee...Not!
To: fegmaniax@gnu.ai.mit.edu

Well, Robyn isn't going to be playing at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston Tuesday night. Instead, he is going to be playing at Nightstage in Cambridge on Tuesday night. Tickets for the Berklee are valid at Nightstage. I think the show is still going to start around 7:30 pm.
daver.

Set List

  1. Driving Aloud (Radio Storm)
  2. Winchester
  3. Railway Shoes
  4. Arms of Love
  5. Queen Elvis
  6. When I Was Dead
  7. The Yip Song
  8. Only the Stones Remain
  9. One Long Pair of Eyes
  10. Vegetation and Dimes
  11. Visions of Johanna Bob Dylan
  12. September Cones
  13. Wafflehead
  14. Oceanside
  15. Egyptian Cream
  16. Child of the Universe
  17. Sunshine of Your Love Cream (per review below - it's not known when this was played in the set)
  18. A Globe of Frogs (it's not known when this was played in the set - we know it was played because it's on the LG box set - see note above)

Reviews

Well, the tape of the Boston show came out reasonably well!

The show's running order, however, was pretty basic (aside from an impromptu rendition of "Sunshine of Your Love" to the tune of "Brenda's Iron Sledge").

The setlist may be incomplete. No "Clean Steve", "Glass", "Chinese Bones", "Kung Fu Fighting", "Rabbit Brain"... we got the real normal set that night. Sniff!

Ah well. What can ya do. Robyn looked a little tired during the show, so I don't think he was really at his best. Still, darned good stuff, and a decent couple of stories (one that ended up with him introducing "The Yip Song" as "The Signalling Towards You With Dying Puppies Song").

I spoke to him afterwards, told him about the list and they ALL knew what it was. After making some amusing chit chat about it, both Andy and Robyn said "Well, send some instructions to the management address, and maybe we'll pop on and send some strangeness your way".

/joe