CD sleeve
Let There Be Love officially
released with the Stand By Love single.
A different selection of songs from this gig appears on the
Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles bootleg.
The Westwood One presentation of this gig (which features
a different track selection) appeared as
these bootlegs:
Live In L.A.,
Los Angeles 1991,
Live In L.A.,
The "Real Live" Tour,
Minds Travellers,
Stand By Me and
Live USA.
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- Tracks
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- Formats
- Single CD in jewel case with colour insert.
- Release Information
- Not Guilty NG 20 891
- Concert Source
- Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, USA; 19th June, 1991.
- Quality
- CD: 7/10
- Additional Information
- "...it's a pleasure to be back. This is the last
night of our American tour, so we're gonna need you to make it a special one. We're gonna play some old songs and
some new songs. We're gonna start right here. Thanks for coming. This is called Real Life. Let me see your hands."
Instantly recognisable as an audience recording, the crowd can be heard, and the sound is hollow.
- Jim's opening announcement is over the opening, majestic chords of Real Life. The live version
is much like the album version, except Charlie is higher in the mix, and there's a substained note (for about
a minute) before the 'Space Shuttle' section. (The Westwood One recording filtered out a blast of feedback but
it can be heard here in all its glory.) Unfortuntately, the recording fades out during the "All my love"
ending of the song.
- "...a lotta noise going here. I can hear it. What's that? Anything you want!" The crowd
find this amusing and give an extra cheer. "Five years since we last played here. Can you believe it? We never
fucking thought we'd get back." More cheers. "This is called Travelling Man."
- The band rush through this new song, which follows
the LP version closely, but it's already gained it's extended ending with new lyrics. East At Easter
has lost all it's Street Fighting Years additions, now sounding closer to the LP version, but it
includes a great solo from Charlie at the end.
- "Thank you! Everything OK? Can you welcome on keyboards, this is Mark Taylor." Unlike the
Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles bootleg, Mark Taylor can be heard in the mix, making this a
better recording of the song. Book Of Brilliant Things, which follows immediately, is performed in
its Street Fighting Years form. Classic.
- Sing it!" cries Jim as the opening chords of Don't You (Forget About Me) start. This is one of the most intimate versions
of Don't You (Forget About Me) yet, with Jim just whipsering towards the end. Unfortunately, with
this being an audience recording, the crowd drown it out.
- A quick cut to "...That's only my opinion and it's because of this man, Charlie Burchill.
This is Stand By Love. Let me see your hands" and the concert continues. Stand By Love
appears in it's album guise whilst Someone Somewhere In Summertime
returns to its original form, complete with Charlie's guitar solo at the start.
- Big Sleep has returned to its New Gold Dream form although the quiet start and
extended instrumental finish suffer from crowd noise. "Thank you" shouts Jim and the familiar
bass line of Waterfront kicks in. Backed with the 89-remix of the song, Jim shouts ready, and
leads a trimmed and compact version of the Sparkle In The Rain classic.
- Percussion announces the start of a run through the album version of See The Lights. An edit
removes the crowd waiting for the encore, and jumps to the opening chord of Let There Be Love.
"You knew it wasn't the end - we were just having tea and biscuits back there. I don't like this encore
bullshit where you walk off and come back on - I just like playing songs. What did everyone go off for? Well I
hope we don't have to wait another five years before we come back and play. Thanks for having us. This is called
Let There Be Love." This version was featured on the Stand By Love releases.
- The Rivers Of Ice intro has been chopped from Alive And Kicking although it's
neatly done. This is followed by the final song of the evening, Sanctify Yourself which includes
Hammond organ effects from Mark Taylor and some fun guitar playing from Charlie.
- An adequete recording. The crowd aren't too intrusive, the band are clear and well balanced and
Malcolm Foster is more prominent in the mix than the Westwood recording. It's
worth getting this CD if you want another perspective of the gig and to hear a little more of Jim's inter-song
banter.
- It's also interesting to note the censorship by Westwood One. Jim's announcement before
Let There Be Love is much clearer, and sounds like it was edited for the radio show.
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