Thursday, 18 April 1985

Surbiton Assembly Rooms

Kingston upon Thames, UK
AudioVideoPoster17 songs

Memories and notes

This is one of the best-known surviving Cardiacs concerts from the pre-A Little Man and a House era.

The performance was reportedly considered for an official release, but the plan was abandoned shortly before release. The circulating video has since become one of the band's most widely seen early concert recordings.

Both the performance and recording are excellent, with no major known issues. The audio sounds slightly compressed, most likely because the circulating version is encoded as 128 kbps MP3.

Concert details

Country
UK
Date
Thursday, 18 April 1985
Status
Played

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Quality
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Source
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Video

1 recording

Cardiacs — Surbiton Assembly Rooms — 18 April 1985

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Main video
Source: YouTube

Setlist

Main set

  1. Intro00:00
  2. The Icing on the World02:34
  3. To Go Off and Things07:52
  4. In a City Lining10:43
  5. It's a Lovely Day16:02
  6. Cameras19:46
  7. Is This the Life?20:29
  8. I'm Eating in Bed26:20
  9. Dive31:30
  10. All His Geese Are Swans35:30
  11. A Little Man and a House41:18
  12. Hope Day46:18
  13. The Whole World Window52:22

Encore

  1. Gina Lollabrigida
  2. R.E.S.
  3. Hymn
  4. Nurses Whispering Verses

Concert location

Historic venue photo
Surbiton Assembly RoomsKingston upon Thames, UK

Credits & acknowledgements

Sources, preservation and archive provenance.

Concert details and recording information taken from the original information file supplied with the circulating audio. Original audio files downloaded from the Unofficial Cardiacs Drive.

Thanks to the contributors to the Cardiacs Wiki page for this concert for preserving and sharing the concert poster and archival information.

Please do not sell this recording. Share it freely and retain the original information file wherever possible.