Bring A Halibut

And of course it didn't last. Nick had another band and it was the same old story of not being able to get enough committment out of people to really take WKDN somewhere. He decided that he wanted to concentrate on his other thing and left. This rehearsal is very strange, the quality is not so good but the fact that the music is all improvised and unlike most of the other stuff this line-up did has led me to include it. It was recorded on 17.2.90 and was Nick Hoggs' last stand.

1. Kev Coughed
2. In 1959 Binoculars
3. Find Death
4. Bring A Halibut

http://www.archive.org/details/BringAHalibut

Liver Lover

Recorded on 20.1.90. We were improvising and coming up with new stuff and messing around with old stuff and things were starting to come together with the music in a way I have mentioned before on here. It couldn't last.

Paul Moller - guitar, vocal
Trevor Simpson - guitar
Mr. Rudeforth - tapes
Nick Hogg - bass, vocal
Grant Ardis - drums

1. Liver Lover
2. This Power
3. I Am A Convicted Conscience
4. Long Time Gone
5. Somebody Walking On My Mind
6. Do It Some More Again Now
7. This Is Operational
8. The Death Of MF

http://archive.org/details/LiverLover

I'm Captain Mainwaring

So the touring with The Beautiful South finished and we got a few gigs off the back of it but they soon started to dry up. We carried on rehearsing and playing the odd gig. This was recorded on 13.1.90.

1. The Ten Commandments
2. Woo Yeh
3. Fadges
4. Mystery Train
5. Ken Chukee Chicken
6. Chicken Hendrix
7. What You Doing Kev
8. The Death Of MF
9. Launderette Love
10. Hard Heart To Break
11. Three Pints
12. I'm Captain Mainwaring
13. Five Pints
14. The Little Death
15. You Win Again
16. Blood All Over My Trousers
17. Kick That Machine To Bits

http://www.archive.org/details/ImCaptainMainwaring

Dublin 10.12.89

The sound quality on this is not as good as the Manchester gig but it gives an idea of where we were going with some of the songs. It was recorded on The Beautiful South tour in Dublin on 10.12.89. We stayed in Blooms hotel which was a rock n' roll place. The Pogues were there and I was on crutches with a fractured heel. I was stood waiting for the lift and as the lift doors opened I found myself looking into the eyes of Shane MacGowan.

1. Mystery Train
2. Here Comes That Girl Again
3. The Death Of M.F.
4. Laundrette Love
5. Hard Heart To Break
6. King Alcohol
7. You Win Again

http://www.archive.org/details/Dublin10.12.89

Manchester 12.11.89

This was the best gig we did on the second tour supporting The Beautiful South, recorded in Manchester on 12.11.89. The original date had to be put back slightly because of illness in T.B.S. camp. Nicks' antics on stage, his demeanour and behaviour in general earned him the 'barking mad' accolade.

Paul Moller - guitar, vocals
Trevor Simpson - slide guitar
Mr. Rudeforth - tapes
Nick Hogg - bass, vocal
Grant Ardis - drums, vocal

1. Mystery Train
2. Here Comes That Girl Again
3. Mort De M.F.
4. Laundrette Love
5. Hard Heart To break
6. King Alcohol
7. You Win Again

http://www.archive.org/details/Manchester12.11.89

Demos And 1 Live 1989

These demos were recorded sometime around late August/early September 1989, the exact date is unknown. The live version of Mort De M.F. was recorded in Cardiff on 10.11.89 on the Beautiful South tour. Some guy in the audience had seen us before and I was talking to him and he was shouting stuff. At one point he shouted 'Thorax'. I put it on here because its a great version from an ok gig.

1. Mort De M.F.
2. Mystery Train
3. This Ambulance
4. Hard Heart To Break
5. Laundrette Love
6. Here Comes That Girl
7. The Little Death
8. King Alcohol

http://www.archive.org/details/DemosAnd1Live1989

Evidence Of The Spirit

Back at Tim Daltons' studio, rehearsing for the upcoming Beautiful South tour and jamming on 10.9.89. A fun time was had by all.

1. Mystery Train
2. Lick Me
3. Dead Baby Blues
4. Hard Heart To Break
5. Ezra Broke It
6. Driving Me Crazy
7. Long Time Gone
8. Laundrette Love
9. The Death Of M.F.
10. He Doesn't Want Anything
11. Evidence Of The Spirit
12. Balls Deep
13. Turn On Your Lovelight
14. Deep Zoo
15. Make Up my Dying Bed
16. Cabbages With A Donkey

http://www.archive.org/details/EvidenceOfTheSpirit