RE-UPLOAD: The Vaynes - The Gathering Hall, Portree, Isle Of Skye, Scotland, UK - 18.08.1989 (Flac)

From now on the Mish posts of the Highland Tour, will be coupled with the recordings of the support band, The Vaynes. Thanks to Egg_Cris for another master.

Cassette(Audience,Master,TDK D90,recorded on Saisho PS 35R with built-in mic) > wav > Soundforge(normalise uneven L&R channels) > CDWave(split on sector boundaries) > flac(6)

Taping position: front row.
Tape flip before the last song.
The Vaynes were support for the whole tour but for some reason I didn't tape them at Elgin & Stornoway (and I wasn't at the Dundee gig).


Setlist:

01 Intro
02 Rock N Roll Crime
03 T.V. Man
04 Mr. Fixit
05 A Man Possessed
06 Violent Dream
07 Lick The Dirt
08 Pretty Girl
09 Alive And Kicking
10 All In One
11 Big Cities
12 She Bit My Arms
13 Helta Skelta Time

Length - 48:44

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RE-UPLOAD: The Vaynes - Osprey Suite, Aviemore Centre, Aviemore, Scotland, UK - 19.08.1989 (Flac)

Supporting the Mission.

Cassette(Audience,Master,TDK D90,recorded on Saisho PS 35R with built-in mic) > wav > Soundforge(normalise uneven L&R channels) > CDWave(split on sector boundaries) > flac(6)
Taping position: front row.

This one fit perfectly on one side of a tape.  I didn't stop the tape at the end, I just let it run out which it did about 20 seconds after the final song ended.


Setlist:

01 Intro
02 Rock N Roll Crime
03 T.V. Man
04 Mr. Fixit
05 A Man Possessed
06 Violent Dream
07 Lick The Dirt
08 Pretty Girl
09 Alive And Kicking
10 All In One
11 Big Cities
12 Helta Skelta Time
13 She Bit My Arms

Length - 46:37

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RE-UPLOAD: The Vaynes - Town Hall, Dingwall, Scotland, UK - 21.08.1989 (Flac)

Continuing with the Mish Highlands Tour from 1989, again with The Vaynes as a support act. Thanks to Egg_Crisis for another great share.

Cassette(Audience,Master,TDK D90,recorded on Saisho PS 35R with built-in mic) > wav > Soundforge(normalise uneven L&R channels) > CDWave(split on sector boundaries) > flac(6)
Taping position: front row.
The gig was supposed to be at a venue called Legend's but at the time I was told it "hadn't been built yet."
They didn't bother with the intro tape for this gig.  "Big Cities" and "Helta Skelta Time" were also on the setlist but they cut their set short and then came back with a surprise encore of "Cinderella".  The reason for cutting the set short would have been because there'd been complaints about the sound during the Mission's soundcheck, and The Mission only played for 70 minutes with no encore - the reason I was told was that the police told them to stop because of the noise.  I think probably before The Vaynes even went on they'd have been told they were only allowed to play until a certain time (10pm or 10:30 seems likely, but I can't remember) so both bands had to cut their sets short.

Setlist:

01 Rock N Roll Crime
02 T.V. Man
03 Mr. Fixit
04 A Man Possessed
05 Violent Dream
06 Lick The Dirt
07 Pretty Girl
08 Alive And Kicking
09 All In One
10 She Bit My Arms
11 Cinderella

Length - 45:13

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RE-UPLOAD: The Vaynes - Ritzys, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK - 22.08.1989 (Flac)

Again Thanks to Egg_Crisis for sharing another master. The band was supporting the Mish on the Highland Tour.

Cassette(Audience,Master,TDK D90,recorded on Saisho PS 35R with built-in mic) > wav > Soundforge(normalise uneven L&R channels) > CDWave(split on sector boundaries) > flac(6)
Taping position: fairly near the stage for the first half, sitting down for the 2nd half.

There was no intro tape and the start caught my by surprise but I managed to start recording as the first song is introduced.  The stop button got knocked during T.V. Man as I was moving closer to the front, so a couple of seconds were missed there.
Before Big Cities you can hear someone say "...going to sleep, I'll wake you up when they...".  I was so tired after 9 days travelling around Scotland (and not getting enough sleep) that I was falling asleep!

Setlist:

01 Rock N Roll Crime
02 T.V. Man
03 Mr. Fixit
04 Violent Dream
05 Lick The Dirt
06 Pretty Girl
07 Alive And Kicking
08 All In One
09 Big Cities
10 Helta Skelta Time
11 She Bit My Arms

Length - 41:38
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RE-UPLOAD: The Vaynes - The Glen Pavilion, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK - 23.08.1989 (Flac)

The last date of the Highland tour supporting the Mish. Thanks to Egg_Crisis for another master recording.

Cassette(Audience,Master,TDK D90,recorded on Saisho PS 35R with built-in mic) > wav > Soundforge(normalise uneven L&R channels) > CDWave(split on sector boundaries) > flac(6)
Taping position: a couple of rows from the front.

After a couple of gigs with no intro tape, the intro for this gig was some white noise. I didn't split it into a seperate track as it's only short.  Tape flip before the last song.

"Never in the annals of Rock N Roll history has cock rock been executed with such perfection. This is called Violent Dream".

01 Rock N Roll Crime
02 T.V. Man
03 Mr. Fixit
04 A Man Possessed
05 Violent Dream
06 Lick The Dirt
07 Pretty Girl
08 Alive And Kicking
09 All In One
10 Big Cities
11 Helta Skelta Time
12 She Bit My Arms

Length - 48:09
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RE-UPLOAD: The Vaynes - Astoria, Leeds, UK - 22.12.1989 (Flac)

Another master shared by Egg_Crisis.

Cassette(Audience,Master,TDK D90,recorded on Saisho PS 35R with built-in mic) > wav > Soundforge(normalise uneven L&R channels) > CDWave(split on sector boundaries) > flac(6)

A Christmas gig supporting Salvation.  Includes the infamous "How can you allow someone to show his cock to your girlfriend?" rant during the last song.

01 Mr. Fix It
02 A Man Possessed
03 Violent Dream
04 Lick The Dirt
05 Pretty Girl
06 For You
07 I Will Survive
08 All In One
09 Helta Skelta Time
10 T.V. Man

Length - 43:44

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RE-UPLOAD: The Vaynes - Great Northern Rock Session - 1986 (Flac)

And another forgotten band from the Leeds 80's scene, kindly shared by Egg_Crisis.

01 Cinderella
02 Baby Cruel
03 Sick Of You
04 Rock N Roll Christ
05 Mr Fixit
06 The Midnight Gun

Length - 28:02

cassette(unknown gen) > wav > Adobe Audition (Hiss removal-light setting) > CDWave(split on sector boundaries) > flac(6)

I received the tape in Sept'89 but with no date listed.  Baby Cruel is announced as the new single and it was released in 1986.
Track 4 is clearly announced as "Rock N Roll CHRIST".  It's extremely similar to their song "Rock N Roll Crime" but has some different lyrics.  An earlier version perhaps?

Great Northern Rock was a radio show broadcast on various BBC local radio stations in the Yorkshire area, BBC Radio Sheffield, BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Humberside being 3 of them.

Rosetta Stone, The Vaynes, Claytown Troupe - Polytechnic, Sheffield, UK - 24.09.1989 (Flac)

Thanks to Egg_Crisi.

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Rosetta Stone - Last 3 songs only. Their complete set was about 30 minutes but the venue took so long to let people in that I only got in for the last 3 songs. As the recording starts you can hear me at the bar ordering a pint of lager only to be told it was soft drinks only until 7pm.

The Vaynes - A few seconds of the first song missing.

Claytown Troupe - A few seconds of the first song missing. The first c120 ended during their 6th song. In light of the extra strong wording on the tickets about tape recorders I went to the toilet in order to change tapes without being seen by security and started recording halfway down the corridor going back into the main hall.

When I got home after the gig I made a note of the approx times the bands started...

2:30pm Rosetta Stone

5:00pm The Vaynes
6:30pm Claytown Troupe
7:45pm The Wonderstuff


I didn't tape The Wonderstuff as by that point I didn't have enough tape left for them. On the plus side, as I'd had to wait until 7pm to get a beer it meant extra drinking time!



Rosetta Stone
01 Whispers
02 Fatherland
03 Chapter & Verse
Length - 14:51


The Vaynes
01 Mr. Fix It
02 A Man Possessed
03 Violent Dream
04 Lick The Dirt
05 Pretty Girl
06 Helta Skelta Time
07 Alive And Kicking
08 Big Cities
09 You're The Only Girl For Me
10 All In One
11 T.V. Man
Length - 43:30

Claytown Troupe
01 Bury My Heart
02 Tell Me
03 Prayer
04 Wonder
05 Hate To Hate
06 The Veil (end cut)
07 Hey Lord
08 Real Life
09 Alabama
Length - 29:58

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