It was in the interests of the larger labels to make their product look like a bootleg,and/or a DIY release. The cheapness of the artwork and price,(i think it was £2:49), attracted this fifteen year old with three quid in his pocket to buy said product. It was my first introdution to the dark world of Cabaret Voltaire and Industrial musick. And what a bargain! This was the "Faust Tapes" of the post punk era, eye-opening.
Dark,murky,and lo-fi, this was not gonna trouble the uk top 30,but undoubtedly sold well in excess of 20,000 copies....which these days would make it a number one LP.
Cope describes the sounds contained within these grooves perfectly below:
"Live at the YMCA is intense, in a way only really rivaled by Bob Dylan's live '66 bootleg and the 30 Minutes Over Brussels EP by Suicide. Although the audience is more appreciative here than on either of those, there is a sense of menace and bile that few artists have ever looked to release as a live album. And to end the album on the experimental noisefest that is "Baader Meinhof", a tribute to or comment on the German terrorists from the 70s, took some guts, in my book.
So, whilst not confrontational -the at first quite quiet (disconcerted, maybe?) audience seems to quickly succumb to the dark charms of Cabaret Voltaire- Live at the YMCA is dark and aggressive, uncompromising and sullen like the artists themselves were. It wasn't put out to please or get you head-banging (hence the sound quality), but rather hit its audience in the gut and demonstrate the full, snarling fury of an average Cabs gig. These aren't showmen, they're fiercely anti-rock, anti-frills. But it is powerful, pulsating with suppressed energy and hidden menace. And, it is also one of the very few live albums to document the post punk period and the omnipresent anti-rock, anti-showbiz, pro-experimentation mentality that was streaking across Britain at the time. Seeing as PiL, Joy Division and Throbbing Gristle all missed the boat when it came to live albums (PiL's post-everyone except Lydon one was a disaster)#, thank God Cabaret Voltaire were out there letting us know the abuse they were heaping on their audiences. Who seemed to enjoy it and I bet were actually dancing."
#The teardrop exploder obviously forgot "Paris Au Printemps" (1980)!....it was crap anyway.Also he seems unaware that Throbbing Gr
istle released virtually every gig they did on cassette!(see earlier in this blog for downloads, and soon posting the TG live box)....not such an expert on 'post punk' as he leads us to believe
DOWNLOAD YMCA HERE!
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6 comments:
heh nick,
the text doc w/i the download sensibly explains the sound content w/i.
so, is there something recorded
10-79 which is labeled 10-80 (the date of this recording) and contains the ymca tape?
as long as i'm being moved by minutiae, is there a reason that the annoying mp4a audio format was chosen for (part of) metabolist? sides?
other than that keep those snowflakes dropping in july
better than that keep those snowflakes dropping in july.
hi, the metabolist mp4a tracks came from a cd-r made on one of those audio cd recorders in the 90's,it seemed easier to transcribe that than digitise the tape/lp.You can easily convert it to mp3 using the many free converter softwares available. As for the cabs question,i have no idea,and can't be arsed to find out.
There wil be a blizzard next july.
after a finacial white out on 28th october.
Thanks for your questions.
dear nick,
i' lll try this in another language:
the live at ymca recorded in oct 1979 is not on the download from your link. instead, there is a berkely, ca concert by c v recorded in oct 1980.
ARE WE LOST YET?
i know this because a handy electronic insert(text document)
is included with the musical part of the download.
...i can believe i'm doing this simply because you seem so oblivious to 1) christmas and snowflakes refers to the one who gives the really, really good presents thruout the year. sorta like the fellow who keeps pulling amos and sara cassettes out of the thin air, and 2) the oct 79 vs oct 80 recording dates, if transposed, might(guess not) explain how two links got criss-crossed.
circus moo
(christ, i wonder if i have to explain criss-cross? maybe he responds better to pictures.
ah fuck it there's no mystery like the one that falls on deaf ears.)
I dunno if you're an arrogant wanker or just a twat!
Stop talking through a crap translation programme and simply say that the Cab download is an incorrect one.Easy.
Or do you want me to send you a picture?
dear nick,
thank you for all your hard work but at the end of the day what is the point if all you feel is over worked and underappreciated.
it was just too easy to call you out to play when you turned up at my door all humourless and red faced.
i'm sure there is a small army of people to refernce by anatomy but you because of this special work undertaken deserve more... specialized treatment.
imagine that in an entire year not one person pointed out that the cab download was an incorrect one.
does that seem simple?
has something fallen on deaf ears
again?
nice one, heh
Oh,Touché.
Humour is an over-rated,but essential character trait. I found it amusing to use body parts ( I am a fan of 'On The Buses'- crap brit sit com from 1970's- after all) to express my feelings,or lack of them, in response to your semi-cryptic/literate challenge that obviously comes from a place plagued by a persecution complex; as a result of a/ an overbearing parent, or b/ ridcule at place of education.
But ,as you one of us i'll let this go.And i thank you for pointing out that the download was very wrong.I have now uploaded the correct version; albeit in mp4a version,to wind you up.
Thanks for the sugary things you implied in your response,but sycophancy is not what i do this for.It has fallen on deaf eyes again!
Cheers,I have enjoyed our discussion, keep listening.
Nick
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