RE-UPLOAD: The Cult - State Street Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA, USA - 28.04.1986 (Flac)

Excellent FM Broadcast of The Cult at the top. Thanks to the original uploader aAnd Re-Uploader (who did some edits).

Ortiginal Info File:

Source: Pre-FM
Lineage: 1st Gen Cassette > BBE1002 > CDR > WAV > FLAC > WAV (editing, see below) > FLAC Level 8

01 - Love
02 - Nirvana
03 - Big Neon Glitter
04 - Love Removal Machine
05 - Electric Ocean
06 - Revolution
07 - Rain
08 - Hollow Man
09 - Spiritwalker
10 - She Sells Sanctuary
11 - * Encore Break *
12 - The Phoenix

Time: 58:01

Ian Astbury - vocals
Billy Duffy - guitar
Jamie Stewart - bass
Les Warner - drums

Editing:
- Removal of two gaps: at the end of track 6 and at the beginning of track 10
- Removal of what sounded like a bump of the microphone recording the
  audience, at the very end of the last track, before it fades out
- Resulting sector boundary errors corrected with Trader's Little Helper

Original notes:
I got this on cassette in a trade in late 1986.
I don't have a record of who it came from.
I want to say it was an acquaintance I made thru the tape trading section of "Goldmine" back in the day. Although, if that was the case, I'd expect to see this show out there in volumes but it doesn't seem to be so who knows. According to the label this is a first generation copy from the master.
At first listen this seems to be a radio broadcast but the one big thing missing is any DJ chatter. It could possibly be a pre-FM recorded by a local radio station in the area. The instrument and vocal quality is top notch and seems to be from the board. There's crowd noise in between tracks but it's definitely controlled - it doesn't have those crowd noise qualities you typically hear on audience tapes.
I guess the bottom line is I can't say for sure what the lineage is here - I can only say it smokes and is a must if you like The Cult.

This show is unique in that it contains two songs that would end up on "Electric" performed "Love" style. The psychedelic days were numbered as Rick Rubin would soon enter the picture and point the sound in a new direction. It's interesting to hear a song like "Love Removal Machine" and how it morphed from the original version to the style of the eventually released product. The other interesting thing is how well both versions work.

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