Cocteau Twins - Live Las Vegas - Dec. 11, 1990

I own three Cocteau Twins bootlegs. Two that were purchased on CD and this one that I recorded myself. Of the three, this is the second best in terms of sound quality. But, more than that, this is the Las Vegas show from the "Heaven Or Las Vegas" tour.

Liz and I were living in Phoenix when this show happened. Liz had just been picked up as a Christmas/Holiday temp at a Wherehouse Music & Video store and I think that it was there that she caught wind of the fact that the Cocteau's were playing in Vegas. There really was no way that we were gonna miss this show. So, we drove through the Arizona and Nevada desert in her trusty little Pontiac T1000 (yeah, just slightly fancier Chevette).

When we got there, we were surprised at how many people from SLC that we knew that had trekked to the show as well. And, of course, I was going to sneak in the trusty little Sony recorder. If you listen carefully, you can hear someone telling Mike (a guy at our table) to be a bit more quiet in his appreciation of the band since I was recording. It helped a bit, but he still is moaning orgasmically at the end of nearly every number- just less noticeably so.

The cassette version of this was very listenable, so much so that 20 years ago I was selling copies to a local record store in Mesa, AZ. The condenser mic of the Sony did a decent job with the inside acoustics of the Bagdad Showroom of the Aladdin Hotel. At times the drums and bass cause a slightly noticeable clipping- but I'm still very pleased with this one. This was digitized in 2001 or 2002 with Roxio CD Spin Doctor. I've been meaning to put this online for a long time now as I would like other Cocteau Twins fans have a chance to listen to this historic and amazing show.

Track Listing

1. Dials (pre-recorded intro)
2. Blue Bell Knoll
3. My Love Paramour
4. From The Flagstones
5. Orange Appled
6. Iceblink Luck
7. Cico Buff
8. Wolf In The Breast
9. Crushed
10. Pitch The Baby
11. Whales Tails
12. Road, River, & Rail
13. Aikea-Guinea
14. A Kissed Out Red Float Boat
15. Heaven Or Las Vegas
16. Cherry Coloured Funk
17. Pink Orange Red
18. Akea-Guinea

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