Tickets 1983

Impressions 1983

Bouncer at Pandora's 83, wearing a shirt saying "oppasser" (caretaker)

Entrance to one of the halls

View from behind the ticket booth (all photos Vinyl Magazine 1983/9)

Phenomena 1983

Opening Pandora's box... (Vinyl magazine 1983/9)

Visitors 1983

"Night mayor of Rotterdam" Jules Deelder, with (I think) Bart Chabot at Pandora's 83. Unknown if either of them performed or if they only visited.

All photos taken from Vinyl magazine number 9, 1983.

Pandora's Music @ Box.net

A surprisingly little number of the Pandora's shows has ever been officially released. To the best of my knowledge, nothing from 83 was released. From 84, 7 songs have shown up on the Gun Club's Danse Kalinda Boom, and 2 songs as bonus tracks on the rerelease of the Sound's In The Hothouse. From 85, only 2 songs appeared as bonus tracks on the rerelease of Jeffrey Lee Pierce's Wildweed, and Nico's full show was released as Behind The Iron Curtain. And that's about it so far...

Beggars Archive is currently preparing a (partial?) release of the Fall's 84 show as bonus disc for the rerelease of their The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall.

I'll be uploading the recordings that I have to the Box.net widget in the right hand frame over the next couple of weeks. They are encoded as mp3's at a relatively low bitrate, to ensure quick loading. If you're interested in having a high quality mp3 or lossless (flac) copy of the files, drop me a line and I'll see what I can do.

Uploaded so far:

1983
Armoury Show, Danse Society, Die Haut with Nick Cave, Fad Gadget, Jah Wobble & the Invaders of the Heart, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Skeleton Crew, SPK, W.A.T.

1984
Anne Clark, Anti Group, Billy Bragg, Blaine L. Reininger, Bronski Beat, Claw Boys Claw, Fiat Lux, Icicle Works, Me & the Heat, Palais Schaumburg, Shriekback, Tom Verlaine

1985
Chris Isaak, Echo & the Bunnymen, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Festival booklet 1983

Each year, the Dutch magazine Vinyl published the official festival booklets in the edition preceding the weekend.


Front cover of the official festival booklet. Note: the photo features the same models and car as the front cover of the Theme from Pandora's Music Box 12"...


Introduction by Joost Niemoller

Richard Hell

Richard Hell (born October 2, 1949) is the professional name of Richard Meyers, an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer. He is probably best-known as frontman for the early punk rock band Richard Hell & the Voidoids. Their 1977 album, Blank Generation, influenced many other punk bands. The title song is ranked as one of the all-time top ten punk songs by a 2006 poll of original British punk figures, as reported in the Rough Guide to Punk. Hell was an originator of the punk fashion look, the first to spike his hair and wear torn, cut and drawn-on shirts, often held together with safety pins.
Since the late eighties Hell has devoted himself primarily to writing, publishing two novels, as well as several other books. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_hell)

… compere and poems …

com·pere (kŏm'pâr') Chiefly British
n.
The master of ceremonies, as of a television entertainment program or a variety show.

po·em (pō'əm)
n.
1. A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.
2. A composition in verse rather than in prose.
3. A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language more characteristic of poetry than of prose.
4. A creation, object, or experience having beauty suggestive of poetry.

Other info
Before his time with the Voivods, Hell was in Television with his childhood friend Tom Verlaine (who played Pandora's 84). When he quit/was fired from Television he started the Heartbreakers, together with Johnny Thunders (also on Pandora's 84).

Announcements 1983

First announcement in Oor magazine 1983/14


Second announcement in Oor magazine 1983/15


Third announcement in Oor magazine 1983/16


First Mojo advertisement for Pandora's 83 in Oor magazine 1983/16


Fourth announcement in Oor magazine 1983/17


Second Mojo advertisement in Oor magazine 1983/17


Third Mojo advertisement in festival booklet

Willem Venema

Ik heb in de loop der jaren gewerkt als stagemanager bij o.a. AVRO’s Grand Gala Du Disque, KRO’s Rocktempel, VARA’s Popzien, New Pop-Rotterdam, Schuttorf Open-Air (Duitsland), Torhout/Werchter (Belgie), Parkpop-Den Haag (van editie 0 tot heden), Pinkpop tot mijn ontslag bij Live Nation, en Metropolis-Rotterdam.
En ik was (mede-)initiator/oprichter/programmeur van “Pandora’s Music Box” midden jaren tachtig, “Ein Abend In Wien” in 1991 en “A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise” van 1993 tot eveneens mijn ontslag bij Live Nation. (http://www.wvenema.nl/?p=64#more-64)

"Ik bemoei me met van alles." Zo heeft Venema zich in het verleden bemoeid met artiesten als Herman Brood, Claw Boys Claw, Candy Dulfer, de Heideroosjes en Urban Dance Squad. (http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/stadskanaal/deskundigen.shtml)

Of course Lowlands is partly modeled after the famous Roskilde Festival in Denmark. But its roots also go back to the hippy days of 1967, when an embryonic indoor version was held in Utrecht. Similar (indoor) pop festivals with theatrical and absurd highlights were held in Rotterdam in the 80s (Pandora’s Music Box) and early 90s (Ein Abend in Wien). Creator of these last two festivals was Willem Venema while working for Holland’s largest agency Mojo. In 1993 Venema initiated the first edition of Lowlands. It attracted nine thousand people. Nowadays around forty to sixty thousand people make the annual pilgrimage to Biddinghuizen. Many buy their tickets even before the programme is announced. For them the unique atmosphere has become a yearly must.
http://www.dutchsound.nl/page.php?pageAlias=dsnl.news&newsId=1430


Article from Oor magazine (1985/20)


Venema amid his record collection on the cover of Robert Haagsma's book Vinylfanaten (Vinyl Freaks), Spectrum, 2006. Find the complete chapter on Venema here: http://www.wvenema.nl/?p=65#more-65

Spear of Destiny

Spear of Destiny is a British rock band, established in 1983 by singer and songwriter Kirk Brandon (born on 3 August 1956, in Westminster, London) and bassist Stan Stammers (born on 19 May 1961). It had an ever-changing line-up through the years. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear_of_Destiny_%28band%29)

Scheduled
Saturday, 3 September 1983, "Grote Zaal", 21:30 - 22:30

Line up
Kirk Brandon – guitar, vocals; Stan Stammers – bass; rest of line-up uncertain.

In early January 1983 Kirk and Stan set out to find new band members, they came in the form of Chris Bell on drums and Lascelles James on sax. (http://www.stanstammers.com/bio3.html)

Arising from the grave of bleak post-punkers Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny was formed in 1983 by Hate singer/guitarist Kirk Brandon and bassist Stan Stammers, also including drummer Chris Bell and saxophonist Lasettes Ames. (...) Following the group's debut, Grapes of Wrath, Bell and Ames both left, mostly due to differences of opinion with Brandon over religious issues. Two former Theatre of Hate members served as their replacements -- saxophonist John Lennard (also formerly of the Diodes) anddrummer Nigel Preston (ex-Sex Gang Children). Unsurprisingly, this lineup quickly self-destructed, just as it had with Theatre of Hate; the band was reconfigured with Brandon, Stammers, additional guitarist Alan St. Clair, drummer Dolphin Taylor (formerly of the Tom Robinson Band and Stiff Little Fingers), and keyboardist/saxophonist Neil Pyzor (formerly of Case). This lineup recorded One Eyed Jacks in 1984, which is generally regarded as their best work. (http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Spear%20of%20Destiny:1927016803:page=biography;_ylt=AuoRmCR9Y4_QpPYocjkmz.YJGbgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjE5YXBsBHNlYwNiaW8-?)

Set list
01 Forbidden planet
02 Everything you ever wanted
03 (Do you believe in the) Westworld
04 Rosy

Recording
I have a radio recording of tracks 01 - 04. Get them here: http://www.wiels.nl/blog/index.php?entry=entry070724-184639

Other info

Kirk Brandon live at Pandora's 83 (Vinyl magazine 1983/9)

Brandon used to be in Theatre of Hate with Billy Duffy who played Pandora's 83 with Death Cult.

It's possible that Spear of Destiny's line up at Pandora's included Nigel Preston on drums. He would go on to join the (Death) Cult shortly after Pandora's. According to http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Cult-Biography/566B4CAC061246AE48256B060007DC0D, Preston replaced Death Cult drummer Ray Mondo after the Futurama gig (Sunday, 4 September 1983).


Article from festival booklet

Death Cult

In April 1983, Astbury teamed up with guitarist Billy Duffy and formed the band "Death Cult". Duffy had previously been in The Nosebleeds, Lonesome No More and then Theatre of Hate. In addition to Astbury and Duffy, the band also included Jamie Stewart (bass) and Raymond Taylor Smith (later known as Ray Mondo) (drums), both from the Harrow, London based post-punk band, Ritual. Death Cult made their live debut in Oslo, Norway in late June 1983 and released the Death Cult EP in July 1983, then toured throughout Europe. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cult)

Scheduled
Saturday, 3 September, "Feestzaal", 21:00 - 22:00

Line up
Ian Astbury – vocals; Billy Duffy – guitar; Jamie Stewart – bass; Ray Mondo – drums (According to http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Cult-Biography/566B4CAC061246AE48256B060007DC0D, Mondo was replaced by Nigel Preston after the Futurama gig)

Set list
01 Ghost dance
02 Too young
03 Brothers Grimm
04 Butterfly
05 The waste of love
06 Christians
07 Gods zoo
08 A flower in the desert
09 The resurrection song
10 Horse nation

Recording
A complete audience recording of tracks 01 – 10 exists.

Other info
I seem to remember hearing that there was some confusion about who played. They were announced as “Southern Death Cult” and performing as “Death Cult” or announced as “Death Cult” and performing as “Cult”. I may have the recording somewhere and need to check if Astbury mentions this.

Duffy was previously in Theatre of Hate with Kirk Brandon, who played Pandora's 83 with his new band Spear of Destiny. It's possible that Spear of Destiny's line up at Pandora's included Nigel Preston on drums. He would go on to join Death Cult shortly after the Futurama gig (Sunday, 4 September 1983).

Death Cult also played Pandora's 85 under their new name the Cult, and (maybe) Pandora's 84. I'll get to the disputed 84 performance later on.


Article from festival booklet

Article from Zig Zag magazine (1983/11) about the fall tour through Europe. Describes Pandora's (and it's Belgian counterpart Futurama) quite extensively.

The Armoury Show

The Armoury Show was a band of the 1980s. The band was named after the Armory Show, a famous 1913 modern art exhibition in New York. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Armoury_Show)
Jobson took some time to join with Russell Webb (ex-Skids), John McGeoch and John Doyle (both ex-Magazine) to form the short-lived Armoury Show, a band whose resemblance to Big Country didn't escape notice. Waiting for the Floods is not a bad album, it's just a shame Jobson had to take such a long way 'round to get back to where he started. (http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=skids)

Scheduled
Saturday, 3 September 1983, "Kleine Zaal", 22:45 - 23:45

Line up
Richard Jobson (The Captain) – vocals & guitar; John McGeoch (The Legend) – guitar & vocals; Russell Webb (Universe) – bass; John Doyle (Doylie) – drums

Set list
01 Jungle of cities
02 Still the land remains
03 Higher than the world
04 Nineteen hours
05 Ring those bells
06 The glory of love

Recording
I have a lossless (flac) radio recording of tracks 01 - 06, 26'33". Get mp3's of them here: http://www.wiels.nl/blog/index.php?entry=entry070713-180354

Other info
One of the key bands of Pandora's. Jobson and Webb were both in the Skids with Stuart Adamson who played Pandora's 83 with Big Country. McGeogh and Doyle were in Magazine with Howard Devoto (also at Pandora's 83). Whilst still a member of Magazine, McGeoch had played with other bands such as Generation X and the (also) Skids. After Magazine McGeogh had played with Siouxsie & the Banshees (also at Pandora's 83).


Article from festival booklet

Niew Hip Stilen

Tegendraadse Rotterdamse jazz/popband die in de eerste helft van de jaren tachtig experimenteert met samples en computers op het podium en verschillende stijlen als jazz, punk en new wave met elkaar combineert. (http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/niew_hip_stilen.6186.html)

Scheduled
Friday, 2 September 1983, "Feestzaal", 01:15 - 02:00

Line up
Maarten van Gent – bass, drums, guitar, percussie & vocals; Jan Willem van Mook – bass, sax, keyboards, percussion & computer; Rutger van Otterloo – sax, drums & percussion

Set list
Includes
00 Blues
00 Ice man
00 Raw beat
00 Relax yourself

Recording
Henk Madrotter sent me 12 tracks of this gig as mp3's, most of them untitled, total time 60'. This recording is longer than the allocated time for Niew Hip Stilen at Pandora's. It's unknown if this is from a radio broadcast or recorded directly from the soundboard. The audience sounds very distant, which leads me to believe it's a soundboard.

Other info
De groep staat in september op het programma van het groots opgezette festival Pandora's Music Box in de Doelen te Rotterdam. (http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/niew_hip_stilen.6186.html)

Frontman of this band was Maarten, the bald one, who used to play guitar with the legendary communist Rotterdam punkband The Rondo's... I saw Niew Hip Stilen perform live at one of those Pandora Festivals and still have the (pretty good) recordings of that.
(Madrotter, http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/2007/09/niew-hip-stilen-heartsounds-murmers-lp.html)

Yeah, I have those recordings. Niew Hip put out a tape with those recordings along with some other material, I was actually standing in the front at that concert... I just send those recordings to the mutant-sounds blog, don't know when he (Eric) will post 'em but the sound quality was still pretty good... Frontman Maarten from Niew Hip used to play guitar in legendary Rotterdam punk band the Rondos, I still have that album, anybody still has their singles?
(Madrotter, http://433rpm.blogspot.com/2007/09/effenaar-7-compilation-1982-niew-hip.html)


Article from festival booklet

SPK

SPK, formed in 1978 in Sydney, Australia, was a 1980s and early 1990s industrial music and noise music act featuring Graeme Revell, who would later go on to become a successful Hollywood movie composer. The group was formed when Revell (aka Operator) met up with Neil Hill (aka Ne/H/il). The meaning of the SPK abbreviation is deliberately unclear; the album covers suggest several different alternatives. The most well known is Sozialistisches PatientenKollektiv, but there are also others, such as Surgical Penis Klinik, System Planning Korporation and SePuKku. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPK_(band))
Scheduled
Friday, 2 September 1983, "Feestzaal", 23:45 - 00:45
Line up Sinan Leong – vocals; Graeme Revell – vocals, synthesizers, electronics, metal percussion; Derek Thompson – trumpet, keyboards, metal percussion
Set list
01 Napalm 2
02 The sandstorm method
03 Metal field
04 Metal dance
05 Walking on dead steps
06 The kill
07 Will to power
Recording A radio recording of tracks 01 – 07 exists, approx. 45'. I have 03 and 04, 11'18". Get them here: http://www.wiels.nl/blog/index.php?entry=entry070908-203849
Tracks 01, 02 and 06 were officially released in 2008 on the "Dokument III0 1979 - 1983" box set. Other info

SPK live at Pandora's 83 (Vinyl 1983/9)

Oil drum/instrument (Vinyl 1983/9)

SPK photo shoot, backstage at Pandora's 83 (Vinyl 1983/9)

Article from festival booklet

Theme from Pandora's Music Box 83

I was amazed to discover today that there was an official Theme from Pandora's Musix Box 83. The artists were called The Music Box Orchestra, and I have no idea who they were.

A one-sided 12" was released on a label called either Pandora Records or Pandorecords. Apperantly, a limited edition "rare Berry Visser production". Visser was one of the founders of Mojo Concerts, the organisers of Pandora's Music Box. Willem Venema was in charge of music, Visser was in charge of the "phenomena", alienating musical and theatrical effects in the venue.

Tijdens zijn Mojo periode bedacht en gaf hij samen met klankmagiër Michel Waisvisz vorm en inhoud aan de 'verschijnselen' tijdens Pandora's Music Box en Ein Abend in Wien [Pandora's Music Box successor, only one single edition in 1991 - P@ndora]: vervreemdende muziek- en theatereffecten in de openbare ruimten van twee legendarische festivals voor vernieuwende popmuziek in de Rotterdamse Doelen (1983, '84, '85 en '91). (http://www.musicfrom.nl/magazine/nieuws/7218/berry-visser-nadrukkelijk-terug-als-veelzijdig-kunstenaar.html)

If anyone could lend me $162, I could get a copy from these guys http://www.musicstack.com/item/40637141/music+box+orchestra/theme+from'pandora's.

Kowalski

German rock/industrial band formed in 1981. They made a rare but truly stunning album called Schlagende Wetter. This album is loaded with electronic drums,samples, raw guitarriffs, synthetic sounds and very good lyrics (German). Ahead of their time, nothing sounded like Kowalksi. Unfortunately the band made only one album and a 12" called Zigeunerbaron. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowalski)
Scheduled
Saturday, 3 September 1983, "Grote Zaal", 23:30 - 00:30

Line up
Uwe Fellensiek – vocals; Rüdiger Elze (aka LC) – guitar; Hans Bäär (aka Hans Maahn) – bass; Rüdiger Braune – drums
Set list
Several separate set lists that I have found claim to be from Pandora's Music Box. The problem is: they don't add up. I've since found that the set list #1, #2 and #3 were actually recorded at Pandora's - set list #4 most likely was not. The order of the tracks is still debatable... Uwe tells the audience goodbye after Massenhaß, so it's unlikely that they played three more songs after that. Maybe tracks 06-08 from set list #3 should be in the beginning. Not sure where tracks 01-02 go then...

Set list #1
01 Zauberer
02 Der Körper bin ich
03 Lilliom
04 Eine peinsame Zeit
05 Der Arbeiter
06 Massenhaß
Set list #2
01 Stahlmaschinen (5:08)
02 Komm hier (2:41)
03 Eine peinsame Zeit (incomplete, 4:39)
Set list #3
01 Stahlmaschinen
02 Komm hier
03 Eine peinsame Zeit
04 Der Arbeiter
05 Massenhaß
06 Zauberer
07 Der Körper bin ich
08 Lilliom
Set list #4
01 Der Arbeiter
02 Steiharte Knaben
03 Reitet gegen den Iwan
04 Im Waschsalon
05 Eine peinsame Zeit
06 Massenhaß
07 Indianer
08 Superschmarotzer
09 Schlag mich Tod
Recording
All of the above are available as radio recordings. Listen to the stream for tracks 02 - 06 (set list #1) here http://3voor12.vpro.nl/programmas/afleveringen/4893031. I have tracks 01-06 from set list #1, tracks 01-03 from set list #2, and tracks 01-08 from set list #3. Get them here http://www.wiels.nl/blog/index.php?entry=entry070720-181408.
Set list #4 was offered for sale by a user on www.musicmeter.nl and is most likely not actually recorded at Pandora's.

Other infoMeine Kontakte zu befreundeten Musikern aus Köln und Wuppertal werden immer konkreter und führen schließlich zur Gründung der 4 Mann Formation "Kowalski". 1980, nach gut einem Jahr harter Arbeit, nehmen wir die erste LP auf. Sie wird produziert von Conny Plank - derzeit das Beste, was uns passieren konnte.
Der Titel "Schlagende Wetter" bezeichnet ein hochexplosives Methan Gas Gemisch, das oft Ursache für schwere Grubenunglücke war. Wir machen die Cover und Pressefotos in den Kulissen von "Rote Erde" in den Bavaria Studios in Grünwald - nackt und rußverschmiert. Wir bekommen den ersten Plattenvertrag bei Virgin Records und sind auf dem Weg nach "oben".
Unsere erste Tournee führt uns über Holland nach England und schließlich durch ganz Europa, kaum ein Top-Club, in dem wir nicht spielen: Paradiso in Amsterdam, Olympia in Paris, Lyceom in London die Festivals Pandora´s Box oder Roskilde - heute Stockholm morgen Rom. Wir touren u.a. mit Theatre of Hate, Johnny Lydon´s (Rotten´s) PIL, Siouxie & the Banshees. (http://www.uwe-fellensiek.com/?category=musiker)Wat leuk. Ik heb ze ook twee keer gezien waarvan de eerste keer in Eindhoven nog altijd een van de beste concerten is die ik ooit gezien heb. Ik was was op zoek naar Der Zigeunerbaron, ik ken het hele nummer niet. Ik had vroeger een cassette-bandje met live-opnamen met fantastische, nooit op plaat verschenen nummers, opgenomen geloof ik op Pandora's Music Box. Eéntje heb ik er ooit via Kazaa teruggevonden (Fellensiek spreekt daarin een stukje Nederlands) maar daarna nooit meer iets, echt erg jammer. - B.A.

Hallo B.A. dat stukje tekst kan ik zelfs nog dromen, want hij zei: "loik juh te zieen" tegen het publiek, en hij riep ook nog dat iedereen zich maar moest laten horen om op de radio terug te kunnen luisteren. Mensch, ik kan die opname nog letterlijk terugroepen omdat ik die duizenden keren heb gedraaid. Ik zat startklaar om die opname te "downloaden" van mijn versterker en het was in superkwaliteit. Helaas is die in de vele verhuizingen verloren gegaan.
Ja, ook ik heb Uwe en z'n steenkoolbroeders destijds live mogen meebeleven, in de Box in Arnhem. En van alle vele concerten die ik heb gezien tot nu toe, is dat concert zeker in mijn top tien terug te vinden. Ik stond toen al versteld van de power en de enorme overtuigingsdrang van die gasten. Teksten, zo mooi, zo lyrisch en zo zelf-kritisch: zeldzaam! En dan met die beukende ritmes van de drummer op z'n zelfgebouwd drumstel met olievaten, compressors, stalen ringen. En die waanzinnige gitaargeluiden.
En nu, aan het begin van een nieuwe muziektijd, stond daar ineens Rammstein. Ik dacht direct: Wat een jatwerk! En ook nu dezelfde politieke geluiden tegen deze groep, maar nu heeft het grootste gedeelte van het publiek wél door, dat ze naar een groots theateroptreden staan te kijken, met een vette knipoog naar het verleden, zoals Kowalski allang voor ze had gedaan.
Ik ben naarstig op zoek naar die live-opnamen, als ik ze vind, laat ik ‘t weten! Maar het lijkt erop dat wij, als fans van het eerste uur, Uwe Fellensiek zelf maar weer een moeten porren om voor een reunie-Konzert bij elkaar te komen in Nederland, maar dan wel snoei-en snoeihard! – ralphdepagter

Na lang zoeken in mijn cassttebak, vond ik ‘m dan eindelijk. De verloren gewaande live-opname van Kowalski! Ik heb geen idee welke omroep 'm heeft uitgezonden. Ik heb 'm met wat gehobby zelfs digitaal kunnen maken. Dus nu ook op de MP3-speler of de cd lekker knallen! – ralphdepagter (all: http://www.musicmeter.nl/album/32764)

Article from festival booklet

Fad Gadget

Frank Tovey (September 8, 1956 - April 3, 2002), better known as Fad Gadget, was an influential British avant-garde electronic musician who was a pioneer of the budding genres of new wave and electronica.

Fad Gadget's music is characterized by a distinctive use of synthesizers in conjunction with sounds of machinery, including drills and electric razors. His bleak, sarcastic, and darkly humorous lyrics were often layered in meaning, and discussed subjects such as machinery, building construction, human sexuality, and physical violence. His singing style, a droning monotone, influenced later gothic and industrial rock movements. Fad Gadget was known for confrontational live performances which included Tovey covering himself in tar and feathers, leaping into the audience, and playing instruments with his head. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fad_Gadget)

Scheduled
Saturday, 3 September 1983, "Feestzaal", 22:45 - 23:45

Line up
Unknown

Set list
There is some confusion about the set list for this show. I have found 2 separate (partial?) lists, both claiming to be Pandora's Music Box. The problem is that they don't add up:

Set list #1
01 Speak to me
02 One man’s meat

Set list #2
01 Coitus interruptus (2:45)
02 Ideal world (5:06)
03 Collapsing new people (4:02)
04 The ring (3:58)
05 Ad nauseam (3:42)
06 Lemming stomp (4:35)
07 For whom the bells tolls (5:11)
08 Ricky’s hand (3:26)
09 Back to nature (5:15)
10 Fireside favourite (3:57)

Recording
Both set lists have been recorded. I have tracks 01 - 02 from set list #1, get them here http://www.wiels.nl/blog/index.php?entry=entry070919-110014. Set list #2 is released as a bootleg, listed on some weird Russian music store website: http://music.km.ru/album.asp?id=62ecdf2cba8a45968dda483523c996db. It is listed as 1984, but as far as I know, Fad Gadget only played Pandora's in 1983, so maybe the bootleg was released in 1984.

[Edit: Since I've acquired set #2, I'm by now pretty sure that set list #2 is in fact recorded at NOT Pandora's Music Box but in the Arena in Rotterdam a couple of months later: 17 March 1984 (http://wwwadnauseam.blogspot.com/2008/11/fad-gadget-live-at-arena-rotterdam-1984.html) - P@ndora]

Other info


Article from festival booklet

Howard Devoto

Howard Devoto (born Howard Trafford 1955 in Manchester) is an English rock and roll singer/songwriter who began his career as the frontman for the punk band Buzzcocks, and who then formed several other groups, notably Magazine. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Devoto)

Scheduled
Friday, 2 September 1983, "Grote Zaal", 23:00 - 00:00

Line up
Uncertain, but likely: Howard Devoto - guitar, vocals; Alan St. Clair - guitar; Dave Formula - keyboards; Neil Pyzer - saxophone, synthesiser; Martin Heath - bass; Pat Ahearn - drums; Laura Teresa - backing vocals (line up from August 1983 John Peel session, http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1983/Aug01howarddevoto/)

Set list
01 Cold imagination
02 Some will pay
03 Rainy season
04 About the weather

Recording
I have 01 – 04 as a lossless (flac) radio recording, total time 17’18”. A longer recording (25 mins) exists. Below is a photo montage set to "Some will pay" recorded at Pandora's. Not sure if (any of) the photos was taken at Pandora's.



Other info
Howard Devoto used to be in Magazine, together with John McGeogh (1977-1980) and John Doyle (1978-1981), who both played Pandora 83 with the Armoury Show. Between Magazine and the Armoury Show, McGeogh joined Siouxsie & the Banshees (1980-1982), who also played Pandora 83. For Siouxsie & the Banshees he wrote classics like Christine, Happy House and Israel.


Article from festival booklet

Siouxsie & the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band that formed in 1976. Led by the singer Siouxsie Sioux and the bassist Steven Severin, the band's only constant members, the Banshees formed in the wake of the Punk scene and soon became one of the major bands in the post-punk movement. Their eclectic music influenced a large range of very diverse bands over the years amongst them The Cure, Tricky and more recently LCD Soundsystem. The group released a total of eleven studio albums from 1978 to 1995. The Banshees remain cult today. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie_%26_the_Banshees)

Scheduled
Friday, 2 September 1983, "Grote Zaal", 21:00 - 22:00

Line up
Siouxsie Sioux – vocals; Robert Smith – guitar; Steve Severin – bass; Budgie – drums

Set list
01 Overground
02 Green fingers
03 Cascade
04 Paradise place
05 Dear Prudence
06 Red over white
07 Nightshift
08 Sin in my heart
09 We hunger
10 Arabian knights
11 She's a carnival
12 Switch
13 Spellbound
14 Voodoo dolly

Recording
A complete audience recording exists, I have tracks 04 – 07 from a radio broadcast.

Slideshow set to Night Shift from Pandora's 83 as uploaded to YouTube by Oloferne8181.

Other info

Steve Severin and Siouxsie on stage at Pandora's 83 (Vinyl 1983/9)

Robert Smith doing something to a guitar before, during or after the show (Vinyl 1983/9)

Robert Smith chatting to (adoring female) fans (Vinyl magazine 1983/9)

John McGeogh (playing Pandora's 83 with the Armoury Show) used to play guitar for the Banshees (1980 - 82). John Valentine Carruthers (playing Pandora's 83 with Clock DVA) would join the Banshees in 1985, replacing Robert Smith.

Siouxsie & the Banshees released the live double album Nocturne which was recorded four weeks later (September 30 and October 1) in London’s Royal Albert Hall. Loads of excellent pictures of the September 30 gig can be found here: http://www.newwavephotos.com/Banshees29.htm.

Skeleton Crew

Skeleton Crew was a United States experimental rock and jazz group from 1982 to 1986, comprising core members Fred Frith (guitar) and Tom Cora (cello), with Zeena Parkins (harp) joining later. Best known for their live improvisation performances where they played various instruments simultaneously, they also recorded two studio albums Learn to Talk (1984) and The Country of Blinds (1986). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton_Crew_(band))

Scheduled
Friday, 2 September 1983, "Kleine Zaal", 00:45 - 01:45

Line up
Fred Frith – guitar, violin, keyboards, bass drum, hi-hat; Tom Cora – cello, bass guitar, homemade drums, contraptions, vocals

Set list
Unknown, mostly improvised music

Recording
I have a radio recording of 2 2/3 songs (8’32”), no titles. Get them here: http://wiels.nl/blog/index.php?entry=entry070817-181802.

Other info

Fred Frith on stage at Pandora's 83 (photo: Vinyl magazine number 9, 1983)

Article from festival booklet.