Gang Of Four - Mothers - Chicago - 09-09-1979 Repost

Well I've said it before, this is what I love about the internet. You can post what you think is right, but you can be sure if it isn't, someone will tell you. The strange thing is that I mentioned at the beginning of the first post that this gig was at Mothers in Chicago, and then got confused with discussion over at Pamplemoose, and the rips were all titled NYC. I should of worked it out, but oh well thanks to Scott we now have confirmation and evidence.

Scott (from Chicago) left the following comment:

FYI, the Gang of Four show on 9/9/79 was at Mother’s in Chicago.

"I was at that show and still have the ticket stub. Gang of Four was the opening act with The Buzzcocks headlining that evening. The ticket was $7.00. Everyone expected a great show from The Buzzcocks, and they delivered just that, but the general consensus was that the Gang of Four were even better."

and to prove it, he even sent a scan of the original ticket (I thought I was a hoarder). Now I can't be arsed to re-up the songs with the correct album title, so I'll leave it to you to correct. If I get some time I will redo the cover. So big thanks to Scott for the correction.

As usual I'll leave the original post below:

ORIGINAL POST

Mother’s still exists and has been located at 26 W. Division St in Chicago since around 1968.
If you haven't already got this one, you're in for a real treat. All of the early Gang Of Four classics are here (well all my favourites are) and in pretty good quality for such an old recording.

If you've seen this live bootleg around, you may have seen the attached notes which states that the venue location is disputed, and suggests it could either be the Bottom Line or Mothers, and you will find both said bootlegs with identical tracks. I checked over at Pamplemoose and you can see Dave Allen's reply to this dispute here (scroll down to the bottom of the comments).

So the dispute is resolved, its Mothers NYC on the 09/09/79.

I've had this on my play list for the last three weeks, and no signs of removing it yet, for me these songs are timeless and still sound as fresh today as they did in 78-79. So what are you waiting for go and get them. If you have any trouble with any of the tracks you can find them individually posted along with some excellent new Gang of Four recordings over at Pamplemoose here (you may have to do a few searches to find them all).

The cover is another one of my homemade attempts. Does anyone recognise the cover? Theres a "no prize" (well a little Kudos for knowing your Gang of Four) for anyone who leaves a comment to say which cover it was taken from.

1. I Found That Essence Rare
2. 5:45
3. Anthrax
4. Contract
5. Natural's Not in It
6. Not Great Men
7. At Home He Feels Like a Tourist
8. Guns Before Butter
9. Return the Gift
10. Armalite Rifle
11. Roseanne (Mekons Cover)
12. Damaged Goods

Ripped from someones glorious hissing tape (see comment for link)

If you like this, then there's lot's of goodies to buy, The Gang Of Four and still my personal favourite their excellent debut:

Entertainment
and then try out some great reworking and mixes of some great classics:

Return the Gift [2 CD]
I've not got this one from 1982, and it has mixed reviews:

Songs of the Free