The Cure - Select Live Set (1979 - 1982)

A personal set of live songs The Cure played between 1980 and 1982 (but also featuring songs from 1979). Setlist: 1. The Figurehead (0:00) 2. The Drowning Man (6:20) 3. A Short Term Effect (12:18) 4. In Your House (16:22) 5. Cold (20:15) 6. Charlotte Sometimes (24:28) 7. Three Imaginary Boys (28:39) 8. At Night (32:05) 9. Accuracy (37:40) 10. Other Voices (40:29) 11. Secrets (45:25) 12. Fire in Cairo (48:32) 13. Primary (51:18) 14. M (54:54) 15. One Hundred Years (57:48) 16. Splintered in Her Head (1:05:28) 17. Doubt (1:08:48) 18. Play for Today (1:12:01) 19. Grinding Halt (1:15:30) 20. A Forest (1:18:04) 21. Pornography (1:24:01) Encore 1: 22. Meat Hook (1:30:32) 23. Jumping Someone Else's Train (1:32:46) 24. Another Journey by Train (1:35:00) 25. I'm Cold (1:38:08) 26. Plastic Passion (1:40:10) 27. Do You Wanna Touch Me? (1:42:08) 28. Boys Don't Cry (1:45:19) Encore 2: 29. The Hanging Garden (1:47:59) 30. Going Home Time (1:51:59) 31. Temptation (1:55:36) 32. 10.15 Saturday Night (1:59:31) 33. Killing an Arab (2:03:32) 34. All Mine (2:06:40) Notes: - Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 15, 16, 21: Live at The Metropol (Berlin, Germany - 17.05.1982). - Tracks 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20: Live at The Underground (Boston, USA - 20.04.1980). - Tracks 6, 7, 10, 13: Live at The Capitol Theatre (Sydney, Australia - 17.08.1981). - Tracks 17, 30, 31: Recorded in studio.* - Track 22: Live at The Prospect Hill Hotel (Melbourne, Australia - 26.08.1980). - Tracks 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28: Live at L'Espace (Rennes, France - 28.10.1980). - Tracks 29, 32, 33, 34: Live at The Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow, Scotland - 25.04.1982). * The tracks 17, 30 and 31 were taken from studio records once they hadn't been played live yet. * There were some issues when I mixed "A Forest" and a small part of "In Your House" was overlaid at the intro of the song. Sorry for that. Personnel: - Robert Smith: vocals, guitar, keyboards (tracks 5, 6), six-string bass (track 13), harmonica (track 16). - Simon Gallup: bass guitar, keyboards (track 21). - Matthieu Hartley: keyboards (tracks 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 20). - Lol Tolhurst: drums, keyboards (track 15).

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