Royal Exeter

The League Of Gentlemen
Bournemouth
21 Sep 1980

Don’t let the lo-fi origins of this audience recording put you off. Alex “Stormy” Mundy has refreshed and invigorated The League to such an astonishing degree that it’s on a par with the Official Bootleg. [endtease]Whereas that release was compiled from four performances in Toronto and one in Denver, what we have here is one gig complete with stage announcements that suggest that had KC not reformed, Fripp could have profitably explored an alternative career as a comedian. For those who’d prefer him to shut up and play his guitar, well you get plenty of that as well. Boy At The Piano is endowed with rhapsodic flourishes that flit somewhere between Exposure and bizarrely, The Nightwatch, whilst Christian Children sounds like it could be an out-take from Bowie’s Scary Monster sessions from earlier that year. Thrang Thrang Gozinbulx II (or Imminent as it was called it then) has that revved-up ending that calls upon the spirits of Sailor’s Tale and LTIA pt2 for their blessing. There’s a slightly stunned silence at the end of it, broken by a punter saying “Heavy!” He got that right. Simply put what you have here is the best part of an hour filled with killer riffs and extraordinary out-there guitar, nattily dressed up as pile-driving music for those who like to dance with a twist of dissonance.


Written by JIM GOUGH
I hitched down from Liverpool for this concert and it was totally worth it. Which was good as it too...
Written by JIM GOUGH
a wave from the past
Written by Christopher Smith
Since I was there at the time, it’s a strange experience to get to revisit yourself. ...
Written by Christopher Smith
Glimpse of a Raging Performance
Written by Mark Finney
I just sat down to listen to the first track off this before going to bed. 50 minutes later the seco...
Written by Mark Finney
The Power of Gurdjieffian Metaphysics
Written by Matthu Stull
First of all, I enjoy this recording immensely. Reading the posted notes about it got me very excit...
Written by Matthu Stull
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