Lloyd Cole & Commotions - Live 1984-'85

The Paradiso

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

December 6, 1984

FM broadcast (sound quality: Ex-; transfer from master tape)

LC & THE COMMOTIONS: on the set of the 'Rattlesnakes' video shoot

LLOYD COLE has new photos at his revamped web site

01 Perfect Skin
02 Down On Mission Street

03 Charlotte Street

04 Are You Ready to 

     Be Heartbroken?

05 Four Flights Up

06 Rattlesnakes

07 Perfect Blue

08 Speedboat

BIG-TIME THANKS to frankvink for recording & sharing this one. Thanks also to the Live Bootleg Concerts blog, my source for the fine set below. Visit LBC for more quality ROIOs.

Hammersmith Odeon
London, UK
Sept. 1, 1985

FM broadcast (sound quality: VG++) 

Before the wheels came off: Lloyd Cole & Co., in happier times

01 Charlotte Street
02 Down On
     Mission Street
03 Why I Love 
     Country Music 

04 Rattlesnake

05 Minor Character
06 Brand New 
     Friend
07 Grace
08 Four Flights Up
09 Are You Ready

     to Be Heart-
     broken?

10 Speedboat
11 2CV
12 Forest Fire
13 Pretty Gone
14 Perfect Skin

MP3@320

errata: title for track 13 needs to be corrected in the file tag

ROB SEZ: With the snazzy new Lloyd Cole & The Commotions boxed set just out, I thought it'd be a good time to dust off some vintage LC & Cs shows. These guys weren't exactly the most consistent live act, but the two sets I'm sharing are exceptional performance-wise, and both sound great.
  

The boxed set contains all 3 original LPs remastered, plus 2 bonus discs, a DVD, glossy hard-bound book and postcard/poster set. Here's a previously unreleased outtake, "Everyone's Complaining":