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

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