James - Frankfurt Batschkapp, Germany - 1986-11-20

James Live - Frankfurt Batschkapp, Germany - 1986-11-20
[thanks to swintonboy]

Setlist:
1 Hup-Springs
2 Charlie Dance
3 Johnny Yen
4 Might As Well Be Friends
5 Stripmining
6 Ya Ho
7 Medieval
8 Mosquito
9 Scarecrow
10 Island Swing
11 Mr Ex-President
12 Hymn From A Village
13 Wonderful
14 Black Hole
15 Why So Close
16 Stutter

Uploader's info:
This is transferred from a low generation cassette via minidisc to a Sony standalone CD recorder.

James in late 1986 were at a bit of a stalling point in their career. They'd launched their debut Stutter earlier in the year to mixed critical reviews and a general lack of interest by the record company to promote it properly. Live, their shows were getting more exciting and they were playing to audiences increasing in size and fervour. They set off on a three date of Germany in November 1986, of which this show was the last.

The set of 16 songs includes 10 as yet unreleased tracks, 4 of which were to end up on their next album Strip-Mine, two b-sides to the accompanying singles and the remaining 4 which didn't see a studio release (Might As Well Be Friends, Mr Ex-President, Wonderful and Stutter), although the latter appeared on the classic live One Man Clapping album and as a live b-side on Come Home and She's A Star singles as well as being played on the recent 2008 winter tour of the UK.

Recording sounds excellent for its time, may be a soundboard.