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