RE-UPLOAD: Dawn After Dark - Vinyl Collection 1988-1989 (MP3)

A new gift from RobH, he sent us the link for his vinyl rips of Dawn After dark's only 3 vinyl releases. The first EP was alreadu«y in the blog in Flac, but the other 2 are still very difficult to find nowadays.

Crystal High / See-Rap EP (1988)

Tracklist
A1     Crystal High    
A2     Ghetto Gods & Go Go Gurus    
B1     See-Rap    
B2     To Kill A Friendship


Maximum Overdrive (1989)

Tracklist
A     Maximum Overdrive    
B1     Let Me Touch    
B2     Dreamstress

The Groove (1989)

Tracklist

A     The Groove
B1     No Shame
B2     Is There Time?

 

RE-UPLOAD: Dawn After Dark - Demos 1986 (Flac)

Egg_Crisis uncovers another rarity of his magnificent collection. Huge Thank You to him for sharing this one here! It's quite difficult to find the other EPs that this band recorded, maybe someone has them and is willing to share?

cassette(unknown gen) > wav > used right channel only as left had faded almost to nothing (for that reason the flacs are half the size they'd normally be) > Adobe Audition(Hiss removal-light setting) > CDWave(split on sector boundaries) > flac(6)

01 Dream Delay
02 Inspiration
03 Her Sleep
04 Electric Underground

Length -15:43

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RE-UPLOAD: Dawn After Dark - Live Hard And Groovin (Unreleased Live Album) - 1989 (Flac)

Another rarity shared by Egg_Crisis.

01 Nothing Can Fulfill Me Without Your Love
02 Kick Started Love
03 Truth & Freedom
04 Crystal High
05 Sweet Chiquita
06 Wild Wild Love

Length - 25:39

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A bad dropout at 0:49 in track 5 was patched with a tiny piece (120ms) from 4:01.  It's not perfect but it sounds better than leaving it as it was.

Recorded Summer 1989, planned for release by Revolver Records but cancelled.

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RE-UPLOAD: Dawn After Dark - Barrel Organ, Birmingham, UK - 18.12.1988 (Flac)

Thanks to Egg_Crisis for another Dawn After Dark recording.

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Tape flip after Wild Wild Love.
They'd planned to do a cover of the Beastie Boys' "Fight For Your Right To Party" but the power gets cut off near the end of the gig preventing them from continuing.


Setlist:

01 Intro
02 Crystal High
03 Make Me Proud
04 Down To The Ground
05 Nothing Can Fulfill Me Without Your Love
06 Dead On Time
07 When Will You Come Home To Me
08 The Groove
09 Habit
10 Wild Wild Love
11 No Shame
12 Wild Flower
13 (power cut)

Length - 60:07
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RE-UPLOAD: Dawn After Dark - Junction 10, Walsall, UK, - 01.04.1989 (Flac)

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The tape ran out during "Maximum Overdrive" and wasn't noticed for a couple of minutes. (Comparing with other versions, the last 44 sec is missing from "Maximum Overdrive" and the first 53 sec is missing from "Don't Fuck  Wiv Her 'Ead".)

There's a stop/start after Make Me Proud, nothing missed.  A couple of times you can hear the guy on the merchandise stall trying to sell t-shirts - the recording must have been made near the back, or it's a small venue and the guy just had a loud voice!

For side A of the cassette the left channel was very poor, fading almost to nothing in parts.  It wasn't worth saving (I tried), and in the end decided to copy the right channel over to the left, so tracks 1 to 11 are in what I call "double mono".  Side B was in a lot better shape and the left channel just needed a light dehissing.

They play an extra long set to make up for the gig being cut short last time they were in Birmingham(Xmas'88).

01 Intro
02 Crystal High
03 Midnight Train
04 Let Me Touch
05 Nothing Can Fulfill Me Without Your Love
06 The Groove
07 Down To The Ground
08 Dead On Time
09 When Will You Come Home To Me
10 Count Every Minute
11 Maximum Overdrive (end cut)
12 Don't Fuck Wiv Her 'Ead (start cut)
13 Sweet Chiquita
14 Make Me Proud
15 Way To Go
16 Wild Wild Love
(encore)
17 Is There Time?
18 No Shame
19 Habit
20 (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)

Length - 84:09

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RE-UPLOAD: Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction / Dawn After Dark - Promo Clips (DVD)

A short DVD compiling some clips I had from the two bands.



Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

01. Prime Mover
02. Backseat Education
03. Planet Girl

Dawn After Dark

04. Crystal High

Dawn After Dark - Ritz, Manchester, UK - 12.10.1988 (Flac)

Thanks to roverinexile for sharing this recording here with us.

Supporting Balaam & The Angel. Received in a trade 20 years ago.

TDK D90 > Aiwa tape deck > Audacity > CD Wav to split files > TLH > FLAC



01 Intro
02 No Shame
03 Let Me Touch
04 Down To The Ground
05 Crystal High
06 Dead On Time
07 When Will You Come Home To Me?
08 The Groove
09 Habit
10 Wild Wild Love

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Dawn After Dark - Astoria, Leeds, UK - 09.09.1989 (Flac)

Another great share by Egg_Crisis.

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The band is introduced by Sean the roadie.  Tape flip after Sin City.  Another Cuba were the support.
I was at the gig but didn't make this recording myself.  This was the last time I saw Dawn After Dark, and the last tape I have of them.  If anyone has anything that hasn't been posted so far then please post!
01 Nothing Can Fulfill Me Without Your Love
02 Midnight Train
03 Kick-Started Love
04 Crystal High
05 Don't Fuck Wiv Her 'Ead
06 Truth & Freedom
07 Sin City
08 Maximum Overdrive
09 Sweet Chiquita
10 Wild Wild Love
11 She-Queen Of The Blues

Length - 47:30

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Dawn After Dark - Majestic, Reading, UK - 25.08.1988 (Flac)

Part 2 of this excellent share by Egg_Crisis, this time the support act, Dawn After Dark.

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They were supporting Fields Of The Nephilim who were playing as "The Preachermen" - a secret warm-up gig for their Reading Festival performance the next day.
Tape flip after Lazy Summer World.



01 Intro
02 No Shame
03 Let Me Touch
04 Pulsebeat
05 Dead On Time
06 When Will You Come Home To Me
07 The Light That Shines
08 The Groove
09 Habit
10 Crystal High
11 Lazy Summer World
12 The Love That Dared Speak It's Name
13 Wild Wild Love
14 Lords Of Sound
15 To Kill A Friendship

Length - 59:55

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Dawn After Dark - Lords Of Sound Studio Rehearsals - 1990 (Flac)

Someone asked for more Dawn After Dark, so here it is. The bad news it's this seems to be the last gem from the band on Egg_Crisis collection. Anyway, enjoy and ultra Thanks to Egg_Crisis for his precious posts here.

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The titles of tracks 1 & 2 are my own invention.
Track 1 is NOT a cover of the Metallica song of the same name.
There's a weird whistle for a few seconds near the end of track 2, it was like that when I got it.

Tracks 5 & 6 are distorted in the left channel.  I could've copied the right channel over, but didn't because it's stereo, the left channel having more bass in some parts for example.

This is Dawn After Dark, presumably with H's replacement on vocals, Johnny Stevenson.
At the time I received this tape I was told that the band had renamed themselves as "Lords Of Sound", presumably after their song of the same name.

There's not much information about this period in the band's history, and what little information there is conflicts with each other.  For example the bands myspace says H quit in 1990, was replaced by Johnny Stevenson in 1991, and the band split early 1992.  This seems a bit long and drawn-out to me.
Another site said H left in 1990, then a British tour with Johnny Stevenson in July 1990 then the band split up after that.  To me, this version seems more likely.

I wasn't even aware this incarnation of the band had done any gigs until reading about it on the net this year.  If anyone has any further information please comment!



01 Fight Fire With Fire
02 Take My Hand And We Will Ride
03 Instrumental
04 Instrumental
05 Instrumental
06 Instrumental
07 Instrumental

Length - 28:04

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Dawn After Dark - Demos - xx.xx.1989 (Flac)

Again thanks to Egg_Crisis for this rarity from Dawn After Dark.

01 Lovin' Made Easy
02 Crawl Away
03 Ride
04 Monkey Paw
05 Hit & Run (end cut)
06 Shakin'

Length - 23:28

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The end of Hit & Run is missing where the tape ran out.  It doesn't sound like there's a lot missing.  Also the sound goes a bit wobbly towards the end of the song.

I received this tape with no date listed.  I'm assuming it's from late 1989.  It's definitely not from early in the bands existence like those 1986 demos - the performance is a lot more polished and the songs sound more like the sort of stuff the band was doing in 1989.

As of Sept'89 none of these 6 songs had appeared in the bands live set.  That was the last time I saw the band, I don't know how much longer they continued.  I think H quit in early 1990 so these demos must be from those final few months before he quit the band.  Of course I may have this totally wrong!  If anyone's got any further info then make a comment!

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Dawn After Dark - Polytechnic, Sheffield, UK - 12.10.1988 (Flac)

And another concert of this great band, this time including checksound also. Thanks to Egg_Crisis again.

Soundcheck
01 various bits
02 The Groove (Instrumental)
03 Let Me Touch
04 No Shame
05 various bits

Length - 17:09

06 Intro
07 No Shame
08 Let Me Touch
09 Down To The Ground
10 Crystal High
11 Dead On Time
12 When Will You Come Home To Me
13 The Groove
14 Habit
15 Wild Wild Love

Length - 35:00

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Dawn After Dark - Polytechnic, Leeds, UK - 13.10.1988 (Flac)

Another recording of Dawn After Dark kindly shared by Egg:Crisis with an extra track from another concert.



Polytechnic, Leeds, UK, 1988.10.13

01 No Shame (Soundcheck)
02 Intro
03 No Shame
04 Let Me Touch
05 Down To The Ground
06 Crystal High
07 Dead On Time
08 When Will You Come Home To Me
09 The Groove
10 Habit
11 Wild Wild Love

Planet X, Liverpool, UK, 1988.10.14

12 Make Me Proud

length - 43:39

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(Track 12 = aud,1st gen,TDK D90, used Left channel only as right was horribly muffled)
Although a complete version of Liverpool Planet X existed I only have that one song, added to the end of a tape.  It's the first time Make Me Proud was performed live, not including the soundcheck I recorded 6 days earlier.

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Dawn After Dark - Bradford University, Bradford, UK - 08.10.1988 (Flac)

And another recording of this forgotten band, This one includes the souindcheck also.Thanks again to Egg_Crisis.

Soundcheck
01 Let Me Touch
02 Make Me Proud

03 Intro
04 No Shame
05 Let Me Touch
06 Down To The Ground
07 Crystal High
08 Dead On Time
09 When Will You Come Home To Me
10 The Groove
11 Habit
12 Wild Wild Love

Length - 40:23

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A secret warm-up gig before the start of the tour.

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Dawn After Dark - Birmingham Powerhouse, Birmingham, UK - 24.07.1988 (Flac)

Another concert from this forgotten band, shared by Egg_Crisis here in DCR.

01 Intro
02 No Shame
03 Let Me Touch
04 Pulse Beat
05 Breathing
06 When Will You Come Home To Me
07 The Groove
08 Crystal High
09 Wild Wild Love
Length - 31:53

Cassette(aud,probably 2nd gen,TDK D90) > wav > Soundforge (tidying up start & end) > CDWave > split on sector boundaries > flac(6)

There was a cut in Crystal High where 15 sec was missing, so the piece from 1:44-1.59 is a copy of 0.40-0.55, in order to replace the missing piece.

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Dawn After Dark - Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, UK - 08.05.1988 (Flac)

Thanks to Egg_Crisis for another recording of Dawn After Dark.

01 Intro
02 No Shame
03 Crystal High
04 Pulse Beat
05 Let Me Touch
06 When Will You Come Home To Me
07 The Groove
08 Lazy Summer World
09 Lords Of Sound
10 To Kill A Friendship

Length - 37:08

Cassette(aud,master,TDK D90,recorded on Saisho PS 35R with built-in mic) > wav > Soundforge > CDWave > split on sector boundaries > flac(6)

I missed the Intro and the start of No Shame, so the Intro & a complete No Shame (TDK D90, probably 2nd gen) have been edited in from someone elses recording...  Back in the day I'd copied my tape for several people and in one trade of several Dawn After Dark items I received a copy of Leeds which started off as the other source then cut to my Leeds recording (after a few generations) after No Shame.  The edit was pretty good, but I've used my master rather than the copy and improved the edit.  Also for completeness I've included my incomplete recording of No Shame.  I wonder why they edited that first song into my recording?  The other source sounds a bit better than mine.


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Dawn After Dark - Crystal High (1st single, April 1988, FLAC)

The contributions of Egg_Crisis to DCR just started two days ago, but today they lift off to really high levels, with three gems not to be missed. First one is this rip of the first single by a lost and forgotten band from the 80's. A Huge Thank You to him.

Some info about the band taken from their MySpace:

Formed in 1986 and based in Birmingham the early Dawn After Dark were heavily influenced by bands such as Death Cult and these influences showed heavily on their first demos...

Relentless gigging and general badgering brought them to the attention of Chapter 22 Records and London based Metropolis music, who became the bands management... 1987 saw the band traverse the UK as headliners and as support act to New Model Army, Ghost Dance, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Swans and the Rose of Avalanche...

1988 saw the release of Crystal High on Chapter 22 Records and saw the band tour with Fields of the Nephilim on the mark of the watchman tour. This saw the band gain a following in the shape of the Warriors, later to become the Dawn Losers, basically a hardcore group of kitbag toting lunatics that followed and supported the band everywhere, and I mean everywhere. Crystal High sold out in the first week of the Nephilim Tour and 'Dawners' T shirts appeared everywhere... 1

988 saw the release of The Groove and more tours followed with Balaam and the Angel, Living Colour, Gaye Bikers on Acid, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Wonderstuff. The Groove appeared in the indie charts and the band appeared in full page spreads/interviews in Kerrang and numerous fanzines. To top it all Dawn After Dark appeared it the top 20 best new bands in Sounds music poll of 1988. ..

1989 started to see the demise of the 'alternative' scene and in a bid to survive the changes Dawn After Dark rightly or wrongly started to change their sound and a heavier influence came in...

1989 saw the release of Maximum overdrive and gigs with The Dogs D'Amour, All About Eve and touring with Wolfsbane followed. Dawn after dark headlined and filled venues such as the Marquee and Irish Centre in Birmingham

vinyl > cassette(in 1988) > years pass > wav > flac(6)

01 Crystal High
02 Ghetto Gods & Go Go Gurus
03 See Rap
04 To Kill A Friendship

BONUS

05 No Shame (free 7" with "House Of Dolls" magazine, November 1987)

Length - 15:47

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