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Toni Torino
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 13 February 2016 CE
Feb 15, 2016, 19:53
Monganaut wrote:
Didn't know they'd got back together. Probably explains a few of the odder voiced tracks on the best of CD.

Saw em' tour Mange Tout back in the day, just before Xmas 83/84? The show was a blast. The stage was a living room, and they had a couple of gospel singers belting it out alongside them. Was a gig I recall with fond memories, as it had such a positive vibe going on throughout.

I used to covet a BBC In Concert tape by them that I recorded on me old Toshiba ghetto blaster that was just such a great performance....now sadly lost :(
https://www.discogs.com/Blancmange-In-Concert-333/release/3197063

edit...just found it :)
http://pastdaily.com/2015/01/28/blancmange-in-concert-1984-nights-at-the-roundtable-concert-edition/
And if there isn't A DVD of it too...
https://www.discogs.com/Blancmange-Hello-Good-Evening-Blancmange-Live/release/1755381
Worth a listen for 'Murder' alone. Stunning rendition of it.

Some of the 12" mixes are pretty good for the time, Game Above My Head (Long Version) is almost proto house in places.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTtU09PgQJw

Enjoy the gig if you go, not sure we've got the spondies our end :(


I saw them at Hammy Pally in May '84, that was filmed as I recall. 'All Things Are Nice' is ahead of it's time I think. They did veer towards dance music quite a bit around that time, I'll have to check out the 12" mixes, see what's what I see there was a 2008 remastered collection including remixes.
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