PSYCHEDELIC FURS – Italy 1984 (2CD)

Audience 8.6 – Small club vibe and really good sound with an emphasis on percussion clarity and presence. Recording leans to the mid and upper end but it’s not too brittle there, so it’s very comfortable but can use some added low end anyway. Aside from that, this is quite good.

Psychedelic Furs
Punto a Capo, Budria, Italy
June 8, 1984

Band line-up
Richard Butler – vocals
John Ashton – guitar
Tim Butler – bass guitar
Keith Forsey – drums, percussion

Total Time = 83:22

Disc 1
01 Love My Way
02 Pretty In Pink
03 Here Come Cowboys
04 My Time
05 President Gas
06 Sleep Comes Down
07 The Ghost In You
08 Heaven
— tape flip —
09 Angels

Disc 2
10 Sister Europe
11 Alice’s House
12 Heartbeat
13 Forever Now
14 Imitation Of Christ
15 Into You Like A Train
16 India

The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977. Led by singer Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass. The Psychedelic Furs are one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene. Their debut album was in 1980. But in 1982, the band were reduced to a four-piece. The Furs did find success in the US with their next release, 1981’s Talk Talk Talk, which included the original version of “Pretty in Pink”, which was later re-recorded for the 1986 movie soundtrack “Pretty in Pink”.

This movie would help launch Molly Ringwald’s acting career.