Sonntag, 20. Juli 2025

Known Live Recordings: 1981

1981-03-19 
Newcastle, Mayfair 
There is a "very good" audience recording. 

Tracklist: 
What we all want / Republic / Not great Men / In the Ditch / Hole in the Wallet / Why Theory? / Paralysed / If I could keep it for myself / Cheeseburger / He'd send in the Army / Natural's not in it / To Hell with Poverty / 5.45 / Ether / Damaged Goods / Armalite Rifle 
69 Minutes

1981-05-04 
Hamburg, Markthalle 
There is a "very good" audience recording. 

Tracklist: 
Paralysed / Our Republic / Not Great Men / Anthrax / Why Theory? / In The Ditch / Cheeseburger / Return The Gift / What We All Want / Natural's NoT In It / He'd Send In The Army / To Hell With Poverty / If I Could Keep It For Myself / Damaged Goods / Contract /At Home He's A Tourist 
67 Minutes

1981-05-09 
Berlin, SO36 
There is a "very good" audience recording. 

Tracklist:
Paralyzed / Hole In The Wallet / Not Great Men / Anthrax / Why Theory? / In a Ditch / Cheeseburger / Return the Gift / What We All Want / Natural's Not In It / He'd Send In The Army / To Hell With Poverty / If I Could Keep It For Myself / Ether 
53 Minutes

1981-05-11 
Paris, Palais de Artes 
There is "good" FM recording. 

Tracklist: 
Contract / Ether / It's her Factory / Damaged Goods / Roseanne / At Home he's like a Tourist / Paralysed / The Republic / Not great Men / Anthrax / Why Theory? / In the Ditch / Cheeseburger 
46 Minutes


1981-05-16 
Milano, Odessa 
There is a "very good" audience recording. 

Tracklist: 
Paralysed / Republic / Not great Men / Anthrax / Why Theory? / In the Ditch / Cheesburger / Return the Gift / What we all want / Natural's not in it / He'd send in the army / To Hell with Poverty / Contract / Ether / It's her Factory /Damaged Goods 
56 Minutes 

1981-05-17 
Zagreb, Music Biennale 
There is a nearly "excellent" Soundboard Recording. 

Tracklist: 
Paralysed / Republic / Not great Men / Anthrax / Why Theory? / In the Ditch / Cheesburger / Return the Gift / What we all want / Natural's not in it / He'd send in the army / To Hell with Poverty / 5:45 / Contract / Damaged Goods / It's her Factory / At Home he's a Tourist 
65 Minutes

Dienstag, 15. Juli 2025

Known Live Recordings: 1980

1980-02-07 
London, Electric Ballroom 
There is a nearly "very good" audience recording.

Tracklist: 
Ether / Blood / Anthrax / It's her factory / 5.45 / Not great men / Information / At Home he's a Tourist / Natural's not in it / Return the Gift / Outside the Trains don't run in Time / Contract / Damaged Goods / Glass / I found that Essence rare
51 Minutes

1980-02-08
Redford, Porterhouse 
There is a nearly "very good" audience recording.

Tracklist:
Ether / Not Great Men / Anthrax / It’s Her Factory / 5:45 / Damaged Goods / Information / At Home He’s A Tourist / Natural’s Not In It / Return the Gift / Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time / Glass / I Found that Essence Rare 
42 Minutes 

1980-02-15 
Amsterdam, Paradiso 
There is an "excellent" FM or Soundboard Recording of part of the set.

Tracklist:
It's her Factory / Outside the Trains don't run on time / Don't wanna be part of this / Natural's not in it / At Home he's a Tourist / Information / Contract ( Rosanne /Glass 
25 Minutes

1980-02-16 
Den Haag, Pard van Troje 
There is a "very good" audience recording.

Tracklist: 
5:45 / Not Great Men / Anthrax / It's Her Factory / Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / Information / Damaged Goods / Bloodfree / Naturals Not In It / At Home He's A Tourist / Return The Gift / Ether / Armalite Rifle 
44 Minutes

1980-02-23 
Hamburg, Markthalle 
There are two different recordings of this show. First there is a vinyl version "Anthrax Marxists" which was released in the second half of 1980. This version is a "very good" recording. And there is a "good" audience recording of the complete show.

Tracklist:
5.45 / Not Great Men / Anthrax / Factory / Contract / Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / Information / Damaged Goods / Bloodfree / At Home He's A Tourist / Guns before Butter / Natural's Not In It / Return The Gift / Ether / Rosanne / Outside The Trains Don't Run In Time / I Found That Essence Rare / Glass / Can't Stand My Baby
66 Minutes

Tracklist (Vinyl: "Anthrax Marxists"):
5.45 / Not Great Men / Anthrax / It's Her Factory / Contract / Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / Information / Damaged Goods / Blood Free / At Home He's A Tourist / Natural's Not In It / Return The Gift / Ether / Rosanne / Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / I Found That Essence Rare
51 Minutes

1980-05-03 
New York City, Irving Plaza 
There is a "very good" audience recording.

Tracklist: 
Not great Men / 5.45 / Anthrax / Information / Damaged Goods / Guns before Butter / It's her Factory / Return the Gift / Natural's not in it / He'd send in the Army / Ether / Outside the Trains don't run on Time / At Home he's like a Tourist / Contract / Unknown / Sweet Jane / He'd send in the Army / Outside the Trains don't run in Time
70 Minutes

1980-05-07 
Boston Paradise 
The Band played two sets. There is a "good" audience recording of the first set.

Tracklist:
I Found That Essence Rare / Contract / Damaged Goods / Blood Free / Not Great Men / 5.45 / Anthrax / It's Her Factory / Natural's Not in It / He'd Send in the Army / Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time / At Home He's a Tourist / Armalite Rifle
43 Minutes

1980-05-22 
San Francisco, American Indian Centre 
The band played two sets. Both shows were recorded by Terry Hammer for radio. The second set is released in 2021 in vinyl and cd as part of the fantastic box "77-81". 
There are recordings of both sets. And both recordings have excellent quality.
There is also an excellent recording which combines songs of both sets.

Tracklist (Set One)
5:45 / Not great Men / Anthrax / It's her Factory / Contract / Return the gift / Damaged Goods / Natural's not in it / He'd send in the Army / At Home he feels like a Tourist / Outside the Trains don't run in Time / Ether / Armalite Rifle / Sweet Jane / I found that Essance rare 
55 Minutes

Tracklist (Set Two)
Not great Men / Contract / Outside the Trains don't run in Time / Damaged Goods / He'd send in the Army / Guns before Butter / 5:45 / Anthrax / It's her Factory / Ether / Natural's not in it / At Home he feels like a Tourist /  Roseanne  / Return the Gift /Glass
59 Minutes

1980-05-30 
New York City, Club 57 
There is a "good" audience recording.

Not Great Men / 5:45 / Anthrax / Information / Damaged Goods / Guns before Butter / It`s Her Factory / Natural's Not In It / Return the Gift / He'd Send In The Army / Ether / Outside The Trains don`t run on Time / At Home He's A Tourist
54 Minutes

1980-07-15 
Atlanta, Agora Ballroom 
There is a video recording of three songs of this show. 

Tracklist:
Not great Men / Anthrax / Damaged Goods 
10 Minutes

1980-09-?? 
Unknown Location 
There is a recording, which was released on vinyl as "Gang Bang". It is taken from the second leg of the US-Tour in 1980 as songs like "In the ditch" or  "If I could keep it for myself" are on the setlist. And these songs were not played by the band in the first half of 1980. On the other hand songs like "Information" disappeared from the set.
The vinyl covers a "very good" audience recording.

Tracklist:
In The Ditch / Return The Gift / Not Great Men / Anthrax / It's Her Factory / If I Could Keep It For Myself / Damaged Goods / Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / At Home He's Like A Tourist / Natural's Not In It / He'd Send In The Army / Ether / Armalite Rifle 
47 Minutes

1980-09-16 
Washington D.C. , The Bajou 
There is a "very good" audience Recording.

Tracklist:
5:45 / Not Great Men / In the Ditch / Anthrax / It’s Her Factory / Why Theory? / If I Could Keep It for Myself / Natural’s Not in It / Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time / Return the Gift / At Home He’s a Tourist / Paralyzed / Ether / Armalite Rifle / Damaged Goods / I Found That Essence Rare
63 Minutes

1980-11-02 
New Orleans, Ole Man Rivers 
There is an excellent audience recording. 

Tracklist:
5.45 / Return the Gift / Not great Men / If I could keep it for myself / Anthrax / It's her Factory / Why Theory? / Damaged Goods / Outside the Trains don't run in Time / Natural's not in it / At Home he's like a Tourist / He'd send in tne Army / Ether / Armalite Rifle / In the Ditch / Contract / I found that Essance rare / Not great Men / I Can't Stand My Baby 
69 Minutes 

1980-11-05 
Dallas, Hot Club 
There is a "fair" audience recording. 

Tracklist:
5.45 / Return the Gift / Not great Men / Anthrax / It's her Factory / Why Theory? / Damaged Goods / If i could keep it for myself / Outside the Trains don't run in Time / At Home he's like a Tourist / He'd send in tne Army / Ether / Natural's not in it / Armalite Rifle / In the Ditch / I found that Essance rare / Rosanne 
70 Minutes

Montag, 14. Juli 2025

Paris, Le Trianon 1.7.2025

Setlist: 

Set One: 
Ether 
Natural's Not In It 
Not Great Men 
Damaged Goods 
Return The Gift 
Guns Before Butter 
I Found This Essence Rare 
Glass 
Contract 
At Home He's A Tourist 
5.45 
Anthrax 

Set Two: 
He'd Send in The Army 
Captial (Fails Us Now) 
Outside The Trains Don't Run In Time 
Paralysed 
What We All Want 
I Love A Man In An Uniform 
I Parade Myself 
To Hell With Poverty 

Encore Break 
Armalite Rifle 
Elevator 
Damaged Goods

General Information

There was no Support. The Band played two sets.
Jon King - Hugo Burnham - Gail Greenwood - Ted Leo

Known Live Recordings: 1979

1979-02-?? 
UK, Unknown Location 
There is an "excellent" soundboard recording. 
This recording is released on Vinyl in 2024: "First Floor - Live At Nashville Ballroom, London, UK - 24th Feb 1979". But this is not the show from the Nashville Ballroom: if you compare both recordings you will hear the difference. This recording must be also from early 1979. This is the best sound quality recording from this year.

Tracklist:
I Found That Essence Rare / 5.45 / Anthrax / Elevator / Hold up my Weekend / Armalite Rifle / It's her Factory / Glass / Damaged Goods / Ether / At Home He's A Tourist / Retun the Gift
40 Minutes

1979-02-24 
London, Nashville Ballroom 
There is a listenable audience recording.

Tracklist:
I found that Essence Rare / 5:45, Anthrax / Elevator / Weekend / It's her factory / Glass / Natural's not in it / Armalite Rifle / Ether / Damaged goods / At Home he's a Tourist / Return the gift / Last train leaves at / The Times / Damaged Goods / Can't stand my baby
60 Minutes

1979-03-02 
Amsterdam, Paradiso 
There is a listenable audience recording.
Gang of Four supported Buzzcocks

Tracklist: 
I found that Essence Rare / 5:45 / Anthrax / Elevator / Glass / It's her factory / Armalite Rifle / Natural's not in it / Damaged Goods / Ether / Return the Gift / At Home he's a Tourist / Last train leaves at /The Times
46 Minutes

1979-09-18
Boston, The Rat Club (Rathskeller)
There is a "very good" audience recording.
This was the second show of the US-Tour.

Tracklist:
5.45 / Anthrax / Not Great Men / Contract / Natural's not in it / Damaged Goods / At Home he's a Tourist / Guns Before Butter / Return the Gift / Armalite Rifle / I found this Essance Rare / Rosanne / I can't stand my Baby
45 Minutes

1979-08-24
Toronto, The Edge
There is a "very good" audience recording.
The band played two different sets. The first set seems to be shorter than the second set.

1st Set: 
I Found That Essence Rare / Contract / 5 45 /Anthrax / Damaged Goods / Not Great Men / Ether / Natural's Not In It / Return The Gift 
2nd set: 
Armalite Rifle / Glass / 5 45 / Anthrax / It's Her Factory / Damaged Goods / Natural's Not In It / At Home He's A Tourist / Guns Before Butter / Not Great Men / Return The Gift / Ether / Rosanne / Can't Stand My Baby / I Found That Essence Rare
80 Minutes

1979-08-30
Boston, Paradise
There is a "very good" recording. It might be a soundboard recording. And it might be that this recording covers not the whole set.
Gang of Four supported Buzzcocks

Tracklist:
I found that Essance rare / Contract / 5.45 / Anthrax / It's her Factory / Damaged Goods / Natural's not in it / Not great Men / Guns before Butter / Return the Gift / At Home he's a Tourist
36 Minutes

1979-09-07
Toronto, Music Hall
There is a "very good" audience recording.
Gang of Four supported Buzzcocks

Tracklist:
I found this Essance rare / 5.45 / Anthrax / It's her Factory / Contract / Natural's not in it / Not great Men / At Home he's a Tourist / Ether / Return the gift / Armalite Rifle / Roseanne / Damaged Goods
44 Minutes

1979-09-09
Chicago, Mothers
There is a "nearly excellent" recording. It might be a radio broadcast or a soundboard recording.
Gang of Four supported Buzzcocks

Tracklist:
I found that essance rare /  5.45 / Natural‘s not in it / Not great men / Contract / Anthrax / At home he‘s a tourist / Ether / Return the gift / Armalite rifle / Roseanne /Damaged Goods
44 Minutes

1979-09-10 
Minneapolis, Jay's Longhorn Bar 
There is an "excellent" audience recording.
Gang of Four supported Buzzcocks

Tracklist:
I Found that Essence Rare / 5:45 / Anthrax / It’s Her Factory / Contact / Natural’s Not in It / Not Great Men / At Home He’s a Tourist / Ether / Return the Gift / Armalite Rifle /Damaged Goods
42 Minutes

1979-11-14 
Southhampton, University 
There is a "very good" audience recording.

Tracklist:
I Found That Essence Rare / 5:45 / Anthrax / It's Her Factory / Blood Free / Contract / Damaged Goods / Not Great Men / Natural's Not In It / At Home He's A Tourist / Return The Gift / Ether / Armalite Rifle / Roseanne / Glass / Can't Stand My Baby
51 Minutes

1979-11-22 
Bournemouth, Town Hall 
There is a "very good" audience recording.

Tracklist:
I Found that Essence Rare / 5:45 / Anthrax / It's her Factory / Bloodfree / Damaged Goods / Not Great Men / Natural's not in it / Information / At Home He's a Tourist / Return the Gift / Ether / Armalite Rifle / Glass / Damaged Goods / Roseanne /Can't Stand My Baby
55 Minutes