IQ
"Time For Bed Said Zebedee"
Verulam Arms ("Heads") Watford
24th October 1984 
Audience Recording 
CRAPIQ28

CD1 - 44'27"
1.   The Enemy Smacks  - 14'39"
2.   The Thousand Days - 4'25"
3.   Widows Peak - 9'52"
4.   It All Stops Here - 7'14" 
5.   The Magic Roundabout - 8'17"

CD2 - 46'34"
1.   Awake And Nervous - 8'15"
2.   Barbell Is In - 6'06"
3.   The Last Human Gateway - 20'12"
4.   New Years Day - 6'33"
5.   Stomach Of Animal - 3'38"
6.   ----some abject madness --- 1'50"

Comments

This is a direct transfer from 20 year old first generation recording on a good old TDK D90. The transfer was from tape deck (Aiwa AD-F800) to Audio CD recorder, then EAC to WAV to FLAC.

The recording is effected by some fairly loud tape hiss, particularly in the left channel, but this is not too distracting and this is a good represenation of the gig.

This was a rather odd set with the opener being the normal set closer!

Barbell was confirmed as the forthcoming single release (due on 2/11/84) and was included in the set - becoming a regular for a while.

IQ played a number of covers as encores during 1984,this night was no different with a rather premature version of U2's New Years Day! A second encore (despite the announcement that there was no more time) was squeezed in and was the manic as ever Stomach!

The final track is an excerpt of a short after gig interview supposedly apologizing to "Alice's Restaurant" radio listeners for a (future) failure to attend a scheduled studio guest session. Too much alcohol was imbided by all! 

Captain Ransid
November 2004


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