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St. Valentine's Night

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About this bootleg

2CD Japan. Released in 1998. Excellent sound. Source: Dutch radio. Taped by the KRO.

All tracks are attributed to a gig at the Vrijhof, Enschede, The Netherlands, on February 14, 1984. The Vrijhof is located at the campus of TH University, hence the byline John Cale with TH Twente Band. This is not correct. Enschede 1984 contains more tracks of the Vrijhof performance. The bootleg lp No Regrets was also culled for this performance.

Disc one: Heartbreak Hotel, Amsterdam and Riverbank recorded at a solo performance in Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, February 8, 1983 (more on: Utrecht 1983-02-08).
Hedda Gabler, Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll, Eindhoven 1980-06-21, with Judy Nylon (vocals), Chris Thomas (keyboards), Jimmy Bain (bass), Ollie Halsall (guitar), Clyde Edwards (drums), Jeff Reynolds (trumpet) and Rudy Van Dyck (sax).
Caribbean Sunset is from a performance at the Werchter Festival, Belgium, 3 July 1983 (more on: Werchter 1983-07-03).
All other tracks: Vrijhof, Enschede, The Netherlands, on February 14, 1984.

Musicians on Disc 2:
John Cale: guitar, piano, vocals
Andy Heermans: bass
David Lichtenstein: drums
David Young: guitar

Setlist

CD1:

  1. Heartbreak Hotel
  2. Hedda Gabler
  3. Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
  4. Amsterdam
  5. Riverbank
  6. Mercenaries (Ready For War)
  7. Caribbean Sunset
  8. Guts
  9. Praetorian Underground

CD2:

  1. Dead Or Alive
  2. Magazines
  3. Model Beirut Recital
  4. Dr. Mudd
  5. Leaving It Up To You
  6. Heartbreak Hotel
  7. Chinese Envoy
  8. I'm Waiting For The Man
  9. Paris 1919
  10. Hungry For Love

Remastered version

In 2007 a remastered version was circulated among traders. The Dutch announcer is Vincent van Engelen:

The volume of disc 2 turned out to be 5 dB lower than that of disc 1, so I fixed it. Also, I completely redid the track splits. Other than that, there has been no manipulation of this excellent sounding set of recordings made by Dutch radio in the early eighties and compiled for a broadcast on KRO's Rocktempel in 1984.

Setlist

CD1:

  1. Heartbreak Hotel
  2. Dutch announcer
  3. Hedda Gabler
  4. Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll
  5. Dutch announcer
  6. Amsterdam
  7. Riverbank
  8. Dutch announcer
  9. Mercenaries (Ready For War)
  10. Dutch announcer
  11. Caribbean Sunset
  12. Guts
  13. Praetorian Underground

CD2:

  1. Dead Or Alive
  2. Magazines
  3. Model Beirut Recital
  4. Dutch announcer
  5. Dr. Mudd
  6. Leaving It Up To You
  7. Heartbreak Hotel
  8. Chinese Envoy
  9. introductions
  10. I'm Waiting For The Man
  11. Paris 1919
  12. Hungry For Love

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