Sisters Of Mercy

One thing I love about these tapes is the heckling, Id forgotten how half the crowd would consider it perfectly acceptable to abuse, provoke, offer fashion tips or just scream gibberish at anyone on the stage....this is the prince of darkness for chrissakes - show some respect!!!!  Its certainly not the way Melbournes music lovers behave.

This a decent recording and not a bad show, although you have to take a good hard look at a band who regularly plays 3 or 4 covers in a set.. I think they had picked up "the hussey" by this stage too which tends to put a downer on it for me.

Emma

The redeeming factor is the inclusion of Hot Chocolates' "Emma" in that selection of covers (for some reason I didnt stick around for "Sister Ray"...), everyone in the room had grown up on Top of the Pops, Everyone had seen Errol and the boys hamming it up with their flares and afros. Only Mr Eldritch could pull off, not only a straight cover of this song, but one that is, however implausibly, even more melodramatic and overaught than the original.

Live at the Electric Ballroom, 24th May 1984 (46mb)

Burn

Heartland

Body And Soul 

Anaconda

Walk Away 

Emma 

Floorshow 

Adrenochrome 

Alice

Body Electric

Gimme Shelter