Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is best known for his work in the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and his fascination with American music and its roots. He has a reputation, which he disowns, for singing dark, brooding songs which some listeners regard as depressing. His music is characterised by intensity, high energy and a wide variety of influences. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cave)

Scheduled
Saturday, 12 October 1985, "Big Hall", 02:40 - 03:40

Line-up
Nick Cave – vocals; Blixa Bargeld – guitars, vocals; Mick Harvey – guitar; Barry Adamson – bass; Thomas Wydler – drums

Set list
01 Avalanche
02 Tupelo
03 Well of misery
04 Sad dark eyes
05 Blind Lemon Jefferson
06 Wanted man
07 Say goodbye to the little girl tree
08 Knocking on Joe
09 Train long suffering
10 Saint Huck
11 I put a spell on you
12 Mutiny in heaven

Recordings
This show has been extensively bootlegged over the years, but never officially released. Tracks 01 – 12 were on the bootleg LP (and later CD) Pandora’s Misery (complete audience, PMB 131085 (FR,198?)), 03 – 11 were released on the bootleg CD's He Put A Spell On Us (incomplete radio broadcast, Wild Angel records -NCCD2 (NL,1992)). The release is wrongfully credited as being recorded in Amsterdam, 1984. It is in fact Pandora's 1985. The same tracks were also released as In Funeral Night (incomplete radio broadcast, BRX 007).
I have a lossless (flac) copy of He Put A Spell On Us.


Front cover of (CD version of) Pandora's Misery


Front cover of In Funeral Night


Front cover of He Put A Spell On Us

Other info
Both Bargeld and Harvey played Pandora's 85 twice: Bargeld was also in Einsturzende Neubauten, Harvey also played in Crime & the City Solution.


Nick Cave on stage at Pandora's 1985 (http://www.fromthearchives.com/nc/chronology.html)


Nick Cave on stage at Pandora's 1985 (photo by Marcel Snoek - huge thanks to Jeroen)

On stage at Pandora's 85 (Sounds 26 October 1985)

Article from festival booklet


Eric Brus descibes his experiences of the show in literary magazine Passionate, issue 3, May/June 1997. (http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_pas002199701_01/_pas002199701_01_0051.htm)

Crime & the City Solution

Crime and The City Solution were a rock music band formed by Australian singer and songwriter Simon Bonney. They completed four studio albums and a number of E.Ps during it's existence, and a live album has since been released. Further early recordings have resurfaced on the internet. Parallels have been drawn between Crime and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The long term influence of the band has yet to be acknowledged. Crime were famed for their live performances. Bonney has since gone on to record solo material.

Scheduled
Friday, 11 October 1985, "Dance Hall", 22:30 - 23:15

Line up
Simon Bonney – vocals; Rowland S. Howard – guitar; Mick Harvey – guitar; Harry Howard – bass; Epic Soundtracks – drums

Set list
01 Five Stone Walls

02 The Coal Train

03 Rose Blue

04 The Dangling Man

05 Trouble Come This Morning

06 The Wailing Wall

07 Down A Path (a.k.a. The Blue Room)

08 The Last Day

09 The Kentucky Click
Thanks to tapesfor2 for the setlist

Recording
A complete, good audience recording exists, 45". Track 04 was broadcast by VPRO radio.

Other info
Harvey played Pandora’s 1985 a second time as member of Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds (on Saturday). Both Harvey and Rowland S. Howard were ex-Birthday Party, together with Nick Cave. In fact, Rowland had filled in as guitarist for the Bad Seeds in April 1985 to do a short British tour, when Blixa Bargeld was too busy recording Einstürzende Neubauten’s Halber Mensch album.


Article from festival booklet


Rowland S. Howard (?) at Pandora's 85 (http://www.itlooksdifferent.com/?id=76)