1977-August-5

Brand X

Hammersmith Odeon	London, England


Disc 1  -  40.03
1	Isis Mourning Opening >		12.57
	Disco Suicide			
2	Nightmare Patrol		 7.50	the same as Livestock
3	Malaga Virgen >			 4.29	"
4	Malaga Virgen  (cont)		 4.31	"
5	Deadly Nightshade		10.16


	Kenwood Dennard		Drums		
	John Goodsall		Guitar		
	Percy Jones		Bass		
	Robin Lumley		Keyboards	
	Morris Pert		Percussion	


This is an audience recording and is lacking in the lower frequencies.  
As a result, Percy Jones' presence is not felt.  However, the rest of 
the group are relatively clear.  Morris Pert and the drummer are great.  
Morris in particular is all over the place, adding depth and subtlety 
to everything.

Nightmare Patrol is the same as Livestock, though you hear more of the 
opening scream effect here.  However, the sound is dramatically different
between the two.  Livestock has much better bass and is soundboard.  
This one is thin in bass, has audience noise, and suffers from dropouts.
The lack of bass is the biggest flaw in this recording, which is a shame, 
as Percy is such an engaging bass player and adds so much to their sound.
That said, I find this recording to be more revealing, open, and dynamic
than Livestock.  Comparing the two Nightmare Patrol's (NP), the Livestock
recording sounds rather dull.  All frequencies are compressed and closed 
in.  While Percy is obviously more noticeable, Morris Pert is reduced to
being barely audible.  His contribution to NP is not really heard.  On
this recording, the sound and higher frequencies open up and greater
dynamics are heard.  As a result, a lot of previously unheard sounds and 
subtleties are revealed.  Hence, though they may be from the same 
performance, they sound very different.