Saturday, 3 July 1993

Citadel

St Helens, UK
AudioVideo16 songs
Flyer

Memories and notes

This is the only known surviving live recording of Cardiacs performing on Tim Smith's birthday. A 1987 birthday concert was reportedly recorded, but no recording is currently known to circulate.

The set includes late documented appearances of March, Helen and Heaven and Snakes-A-Sleeping, together with a rare performance of Visiting Hours.

The audience recording is incomplete and contains several cuts, including a partial Visiting Hours and an unstable Is This the Life.

Concert details

Venue
Citadel
Country
UK
Date
Saturday, 3 July 1993
Status
Played

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Duration
66:23
⚠️ Partial
Quality
B-/B
Source
audience
Lineage
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Video

1 recording

Cardiacs — Citadel, St Helens — 3 July 1993

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Main video
Source: YouTube

Setlist

Main set

  1. Baby Heart Dirt
  2. Everything Is Easy
  3. Arnald
  4. Bodysbad
  5. March
  6. Ideal
  7. Anything I Can't Eat
  8. Joining the Plankton
  9. Tarred and Feathered
  10. Helen and Heaven
  11. Snakes-A-Sleeping
  12. Nurses Whispering Verses

Encore

  1. To Go Off and Things
  2. Stoneage Dinosaurs

Encore 2

  1. Visiting Hours
  2. Is This the Life?

Concert location

CitadelSt Helens, UK

Credits & acknowledgements

Sources, preservation and archive provenance.

Concert details, setlist and recording information compiled from the text file accompanying the recording. Original audio files downloaded from the Unofficial Cardiacs Drive.

— Special thanks to Lucy Dawson for taping and sharing this recording.