tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post2798538483493624749..comments2023-10-06T15:47:45.717+01:00Comments on Down With Tractors: The Jesus And Mary Chain - Live At The ICA (Bootleg cassette, 1984)Iain Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12133650347270991005noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-78992925951805718762013-01-16T11:20:42.152+00:002013-01-16T11:20:42.152+00:00My original upload is no longer available. However...My original upload is no longer available. However, it's been grabbed by many people, and i've no doubt it's out there somewhere. I googled it (out of interest) last year, and got multiple hits for postings of the audio file on various forums, etc. The mb size was EXACTLY the same in all occasions, so I can only surmise it's copies of my original file...Iain Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133650347270991005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-51395091453117163942013-01-11T09:59:39.723+00:002013-01-11T09:59:39.723+00:00please, please, please make the live download avai...please, please, please make the live download available again.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03668190241528465077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-62189737789918260912011-11-10T15:30:24.492+00:002011-11-10T15:30:24.492+00:00The Jesus And Mary Chain released a string of albu...The Jesus And Mary Chain released a string of albums, singles and EPs between their 1983 formation and their 1999 breakup, one of the best that I have listened live !!!viagra without prescriptionhttp://www.xlpharmacy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-87713336618057638742011-03-22T00:54:03.608+00:002011-03-22T00:54:03.608+00:00I really enjoyed reading your piese on the ICA ...I really enjoyed reading your piese on the ICA '84 gig. I lived in London for 10 years from '87 and saw JaMC on there but I cannot remember the venue, only that it was late '87 or early '88 and the show was great and kinda sureal. I too was inspired to start a band at that time, but not by JaMC, rayher by a garage band called Helltrain who were previously known as Bad Karma Beckons - but that's another story. I too would love to hear this gig and would have emailed you directly (as you suggested to another commenter) but could not find an email address on your profile page. Pain-time again: could you possibly re-up this? You just have too many gems on here...mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925931673482869120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-29393191993006749322009-09-06T17:34:13.039+01:002009-09-06T17:34:13.039+01:00Oops, just found it, thanks for reposting...Oops, just found it, thanks for reposting...ROOKSBYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671866914636998375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-7374252640434967182009-09-06T16:45:02.086+01:002009-09-06T16:45:02.086+01:00Argh, it's gone!Argh, it's gone!ROOKSBYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671866914636998375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-65016727762136215992009-05-01T23:07:00.000+01:002009-05-01T23:07:00.000+01:00please, please, please make the live download avai...please, please, please make the live download available again.dcoffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848928032088163318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-22685197184985601192008-07-23T20:13:00.000+01:002008-07-23T20:13:00.000+01:00A repost would be REALLY nice!ThanksA repost would be REALLY nice!<BR/><BR/>ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-81075970588630118932008-06-02T07:14:00.000+01:002008-06-02T07:14:00.000+01:00the link no longer works.any chance you could repo...the link no longer works.<BR/>any chance you could repost it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-5566314574428697732008-03-12T10:58:00.000+00:002008-03-12T10:58:00.000+00:00cheers - and meanwhile ... " i can't explain exac...cheers - and meanwhile ... " i can't explain exactly what i'm doin' standin... (with this amazing guest bassist playing w/ us)"<BR/><BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=T6ogWgG0UOYabcdetchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08775451429980001804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-46494119683730201922008-03-11T08:46:00.000+00:002008-03-11T08:46:00.000+00:00Hey Ben...I tend to leave the link dormant now, ot...Hey Ben...<BR/>I tend to leave the link dormant now, otherwise my download limit would get hammered...but if you need it, just email me (address is on the contact section of my blogger profile page)<BR/>iainIain Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133650347270991005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-23629552036054545062008-03-11T05:40:00.000+00:002008-03-11T05:40:00.000+00:00the holy grail came online and i missed it.but tha...the holy grail came online and i missed it.<BR/><BR/>but thanks for providing the 1st proper account of this event that i feel i can actually trust. i long imagined it all based on the few clues provided by scant mentions in Smash Hits (that's all we had out here) and lazy mainstream american press one-liners that might have come my way many thousands of miles away from the action. but based on knowing it happened, plus what i heard on BBC world service version of Peel, plus just the one or two photos i'd seen of them -- was more inspiring than anything else. ruined my life they did. <BR/><BR/>benabcdetchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08775451429980001804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-54713336936623767572007-12-08T15:10:00.000+00:002007-12-08T15:10:00.000+00:00Cool post ... but I missed it ... would be great i...Cool post ... but I missed it ... would be great if you could repost the gig ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-52490467299930234742007-11-23T13:37:00.000+00:002007-11-23T13:37:00.000+00:00yes it was sold out that night. i was there too an...yes it was sold out that night. i was there too and i remember it exactly how it's written here. it was the first time i met jim, and i am now..his wife.<BR/>thanks for the downloadjuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651772638843868394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-21034509241403805922007-11-22T13:47:00.000+00:002007-11-22T13:47:00.000+00:00Thanks so much. Love it!sergiThanks so much. Love it!<BR/><BR/>sergiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-6941193538301887392007-11-11T10:51:00.000+00:002007-11-11T10:51:00.000+00:00Yup...Ian called it spot on. A cracking piece of w...Yup...Ian called it spot on. A cracking piece of writing.<BR/><BR/>It seems that the ICA gig was an event that truly lived up to all the hype that surrounded it and, more importantly, what was said about it immediately afterwards.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090608248723528292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-52927026894419429452007-11-10T20:54:00.000+00:002007-11-10T20:54:00.000+00:00This sounds better than the tape I have, low volum...This sounds better than the tape I have, low volume and a lot of hiss on mine. Those bootleg LP's were a let down, the ones I have either have two tracks missing or they fade the songs in and out (missing a chunk out of "Vegetable Man").<BR/><BR/>One good early Mary Chain bootleg LP was "Cutmedeadnailmedownandkickmyhead" (all one word), two sets recorded to mixing desk, credited as 'Live at Westminster Abbey' but actually from a Creation Records mini tour of Europe in late '84.JamesTrashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14135925229095286409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-54600070653177137272007-11-10T01:20:00.000+00:002007-11-10T01:20:00.000+00:00Yes, Iain, great gig memory. Makes me wish I'd bee...Yes, Iain, great gig memory. Makes me wish I'd been there (but not to see Shelleyan Orphan...)<BR/>And where are your votes for my Festive Fifty poll??? Hmmmm???? ;-))So It Goeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14055190385945516115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-30534813474145789872007-11-09T14:30:00.000+00:002007-11-09T14:30:00.000+00:00Iain,Haven't quite of the hang of the blog thing y...Iain,<BR/>Haven't quite of the hang of the blog thing yet(and my pc at work is useless) but have just managed to put up a live TVPs gig from 1980 over on my Groovy Black Shades blog.Paul Groovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816980767993525861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-85184038556065370872007-11-09T11:28:00.000+00:002007-11-09T11:28:00.000+00:00Paul, why had i forgotten that you were there too?...Paul, why had i forgotten that you were there too? I'm sure we must have discussed it at some point over the years :)<BR/>I'm going through a slew of old cassettes at the moment, I'll be cherry-picking some of the best bits and putting them up on the blog soon..........Iain Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133650347270991005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-54074864122242691242007-11-09T09:13:00.000+00:002007-11-09T09:13:00.000+00:00Thanks for posting this mr B.I am proud to say tha...Thanks for posting this mr B.<BR/>I am proud to say that I WAS there and your description of that night does it justice.After the Living Room gig I didn't think that they would get to play anywhere out side of Mcgees place-this night was worth having to sleep in a photo booth on Waterloo station waiting for the first train home.Paul Groovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816980767993525861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-64027822202117287982007-11-09T01:22:00.000+00:002007-11-09T01:22:00.000+00:00I wish I was there...although I saw them a number ...I wish I was there...although I saw them a number of times subsequently apparently that was the one!!<BR/><BR/>Was it sold out?<BR/><BR/>Thanks - I'm off to download it...be great to see your top twenty gigs (in no order)...I can send you mine.<BR/><BR/>TimUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01687154082544355233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-21740395740911357342007-11-08T11:11:00.000+00:002007-11-08T11:11:00.000+00:00Cheers Ian :)I am obsessed with this gig, I know e...Cheers Ian :)<BR/>I am obsessed with this gig, I know every single note of the set, I've lost count of the number of people i've pissed off by playing it to them: giving them the full commentary as it's playing "...and this is the bit where the guitar makes a sound like a gerbil being stepped on! And here's the bit where Douglas hart is SO FAR out of tune he almost creates a new tonal experience....."Iain Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133650347270991005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257597930634792329.post-29111648650719169552007-11-08T10:34:00.000+00:002007-11-08T10:34:00.000+00:00Now that was a cracking piece of writing. The full...Now that was a <I>cracking</I> piece of writing. The full road to Damascus moment. And one that rang true with some of my formative gig-going experiences, although I sadly never got to see the Chain in their prime. Mind you though, they did pull a blinder at the recent Brixton gig.<BR/><BR/>Ooh, and a fabulous download, too - thankyouthankyou<I>thankyou</I>. Off to annoy/educate my work colleagues now!Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910307640594817871noreply@blogger.com