stiff as toys and tall as men

Live In Francais

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Date: August 2, 1986 Arenas, San Sebastian, Spain
Venue:
Length: 50 min.
Medium: Vinyl
Source: Audience Recording
Album: The Top / Head On The Door
Songs:
Side A
  1. Shake Dog Shake
  2. Piggy In The Mirror
  3. Play For Today
  4. A Strange Day
  5. Primary

Side B
  1. Why Can't I Be You
  2. The Blood
  3. A Forest
  4. Faith


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1
2:
0
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1
4:
1
5:
1
6:
1
7:
1
8:
1
9:
2
10:
7

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Comments
This is a date that Stiff As Toys has no set list for. It's a *very* strange concert. Robert is as animated as I've ever heard him, as far as in-between songs commentary goes. Also, note that they played "Why Can't I Be You"? here, in 1986. Robert hadn't written the lyrics yet (or not very long before), as he sings nothing coherent aside from "Why Can't I Be You?", the phrase coming up only twice. So that in and of itself is a real treat here, on a bootleg pressed in very small amount sometime in the late 80's. The title is obviously wrong--they were in Spain--and the sound quality is a very poor transfer to vinyl of an excellent-quality audeince recording. The volume on the vinyl is so low, you pick up all sorts of hideous noises in having to crank it.

Some notable inbetween bits:

Before "Piggy In The Mirror": "This is for all the bastards that kill bulls in this ring! It's called..." Before "A Strange Day": "If any of you remember this song it was from a long time ago" Before "Primary", he screams: "I WISH I KNEW WHAT YOU WERE THINKING IN THE BALCONY! This is called Primary!"

Anyway, this one will likely never resurface, which is a shame. Poor mastering aside, the performance is brilliant in its novelty.

Submitted by: (Petrarch)

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