Hammersmith Palais: November 18th, 1985

hammersmithpalaisSet Listing


01. Horse Chimes
02. Moving the River
03. Cars and Girls
04. Bonny
05. Faron Young
06. Hallelujah
07. Lions in My Own Garden, Exit Someone
08. Wicked Things
09. Goodbye Lucille #1
10. Don’t Sing
11. Tiffany’s
12. When Love Breaks Down
13. When the Angels
14. Appetite
15. Cruel
16. Faron Young


A recording of this concert exists. Decent audience tape, fair bit of crowd chatter.

“I went to see Prefab Sprout on Monday 18th November 1985 with Joe who got me into the band and we had a good evening although I remember thinking ‘why is it so loud? I can’t hear what he’s singing. Why are they playing all the songs so fast? It sounds much better on the records’ and that’s still pretty much the way I feel about most gigs to this day.”

Adam Buxton

 

 

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Robin Denselow, Guardian, Nov 20th

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One thought

  1. I was obsessed with Prefab Sprout so I thought this gig was mind blowing (I was 16, right?). For some reason I thought the support was called ‘WireTrail’ or something and spent months trying to find anything by them after this gig so was surprised to see it was Hurrah! who we saw at the Odeon too. Maybe there were two support acts or something, if anyone can shed any light?

    I also recall this was the first time I heard ‘Tiffany’s’ which I thought was amazing so was gutted when Protest Songs didn’t show up when it should have done. I’ve got a vinyl copy of From Langley Park to Memphis in my shed which they all signed at the shoot for the most random video of all time, ‘The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’, shot at my best mate’s dad’s mate’s house near Slough. I expect it is worth millions nowadays.

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