Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians

Wed., 9 Mar. 1994

The Bull & Gate

Kentish Town, England UK

last ever Egyptians gig

audience master>?>cdr  circa early 2000's
cdr>xact>flac  March 30 2018


1 intro

2 Oceanside

3 Hey Bulldog (The Beatles)

4 Queen of Eyes

5 Beautiful Queen

6 The Pigworker

7 Heaven

8 A Day in the Life (The Beatles)

9 Driving Aloud (Radio Storm)

10 The Yip Song

11 Listening to the Higsons


encore

12 Wafflehead




note from the asking tree:

The venue had a new PA system intalled and RH&TE's were due to open

the revamped venue. It was a last minute booking and so not many people

knew about it. On the night the PA blew up and so the boys did the show

in the bar area using just their amps and a reduced drum kit. RH did a
lengthy intro to Beautiful Queen about looking down on a train that's
going under the sea and exploding as it goes. The song itself was
wonderful as RH's voice was drowned in the guitars and slowly came
through the "mix" as the chorus kicked in. It should have been recorded
that way. As far as i know, the decision to play in the bar was

suggested by a couple of fans who are friends of the band as there was
much chattering after the idea was raised. Most of the others of us
present watched the boys toing and froing as bits of PA were swapped and

tampered with. It was only months afterwards that we found out that it
was the LAST gig for the Egyptians, it was a great way to end as it was

a fantastic gig and seemed to convey the fun and greatness of the band.
what a way to go. Surferghost