Paper insert
Celebrate officially released on Promised You A Miracle Live
This whole LP was taken from the bootleg Summertime In Glasgow
Summertime In Glasgow is the first CD version of this set, but omits The American
The Summertime In Glasgow double CD set includes all the tracks from this LP
Scotland 85 is a reissue of the first Summertime In Glasgow CD.
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- Tracks
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- Format
- Single LP in white sleeve with paper insert.
- Release Information
- None - matrix information scratched off.
- Concert Source
- Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland, 4th January 1985.
- Quality
- 7/10
- Additional Information
- This bootleg is the second half of the so-called Summertime In Glasgow bootleg. Strangely
the quality seems slightly superior on this pressing than the various versions of Summertime In
Glasgow
- "This is called Celebrate" announces Jim before Mick's piano creates the relaxed intro into
this Empires And Dance classic. The arrangement is different to the previous 'techo' style
performances. An edited version (which cuts the middle verse and chops the ending) can be found on the
flip of the 12" of Promised You A Miracle Live.
- A piano intro is also used for Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) (not Charlie's usual
guitar piece.) Whilst Celebrate benefitted from less of a rush, Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
sounds slow and laboured. Despite the new intro, the rest of the song is familiar.
- "All right. Once again, from far across the water. This is called ... THE AMERICAN" String effects,
from Charlie now soar over the audience, as this unique version of The American is performed. Derek's
bass balances, until the band return to the familiar chords of the song. Jim cues Charlie incorrectly for
the guitar solo, having to correct later: "THIS TIME... lead guitar!". Then after Charlie's
ending solo, the eerie, soaring instrumental appears again. "A town called GLASGOW" shouts
Jim.
- Then more surprises. Mick starts a cycling piano riff over which Jim starts a chant: "Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-
American to which the crowd have already started chanting. Then the band build again and break into the
chorus of "The American" again. A great piano piece brings the song to its gradual end. This has
to be one of the best arrangements of this classic.
- "A year and a half ago, we wrote this song in Glasgow. We took this song around the world and we
found that this song is big enough to fill any stadium around the world. This is WATERFRONT." Whilst
the bass and synths play the same opening, Charlie's found a new riff to complement the opening. "Get
in, get out of the rain" sings Jim before the song starts proper. The rest of the song is
as previous live versions, except as it appears to end, Jim sings "Get in, get out of the rain"
and introduces the rest of the band:
- "Let me introduce you to probably the best young drummer in the world Mr Mel Gaynor. And on
keyboards, the quiet man, the man in the sky, a genius called Michael Josepth MacNeil. We say thank you,
thanks for queuing up all night for tickets. We think its bands like us should be queuing up all night for
audiences like you." And before the crowd go wild, Jim steers them back into the song
"SING IT! Come in, come out of the rain..
- "Alright! As I said last night, we didn't rehearse this song because we weren't sure we'd
do it again. We can't resist. This is for every one of you and the future. It's called New Gold Dream. Come
here - I want you. LET'S GO!"
- The band hadn't rehearsed New Gold Dream, and so it appeared in it's 1984 guise. However,
Jim made one lyrical change, and that was to sing the years as "82-83-84-85" And then, after
the main part of the song had finished, Jim made an annoucement:
- "You know, tonight, we're gonna make some history. Two reasons. Because there's a mobile
recording studio out there and because you're in here. And the other reason is we've been having some talks with each other recently. And we were thinking of, you
know, splitting up. [Crowd in utter dismay at this point] But we thought, no - fuck it.
[Cheers] It's all right, I'm only kidding. [More cheers] But what we did decide
is tonight we'd make history, we gonna have two vocalists. Ladies and gentlemen, from Dublin, BONO."
[Crowd lose it].
- Bono sings the next verse of New Gold Dream (and sings 81-82-83-84 so he missed the
new year sequence.) Then both vocalists take turns in finishing New Gold Dream and singing
Take Me To The River and Light My Fire. The crowd, rightly, go nuts.
- "Anything is possible" cried out Bono. "I will follow" returned Jim before
New Gold Dream returns and the concert closes on a high.
- "It's always summertime in Glasgow" - Jim.
- A suprising bootleg. Considering its minimal packaging and appeal, it's cleanly recorded with minimal crowd
noise. But it seems to been produced in very limited quantities. Recommended, but finding a copy may be
impossible.
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