The Cure
Bournemouth (England)-Midnight Express
July 27,1983

Excellent Audience Recording (Sometimes Very Excellent)

Lineage:
Marantz + Beyer mic->Audio Cassette Master (unknown make)->CD-R

Setlist:
01 the figurehead
02 in your house
03 m
04 the drowning man
05 cold
06 siamese twins
07 primary
08 three imaginary boys
09 at night
10 one hundred years
11 play for today
12 10.15 saturday night
13 killing an arab
14 a forest
15 pornography
16 jumping someone else's train
17 forever

CD1=Tracks 1-15
CD2=Tracks 15-18

Notes:
This show was the first of a small group of UK shows. I don't know concretely about this small tour, but I've heard two stories. It was either to promote the singles that would be released (and part of the full-length "Japanese Whispers" LP).Another story says that this tour was a practice round for Andy Anderson, on Drums,replacing Lol, who was now playing keyboards. (Sidenote:Only "Lament" and "The Walk" from "Japanese Whispers" were played live in 1983. "Let's Go To Bed" and "The Lovecats" weren't played live until Melbourne 1984 (2nd Night),and in London 1984 (3rd night),respectively.)

This tour, often dubbed "The Suicide Tour", or "Blind Dates", would then extend on to North America for about a half a dozen dates, before returning to France to play a one-off festival, concluding the 10 show trek.

This recording is an upgrade from the previously-circulated recording, which was heavily generated.

I think that my CDR copy is somewhere around the 3rd or 4th gen, but I'm not sure.

Enjoy!

Additional Info:
http://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/1983-07-27.php