The Mare's Nest

1982
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Silly Mark Cawthra has chosen to devote his time to a less dextrous
and more larynx-straining activity in the band, by taking up keys and singing.
Dominic Luckman would hereby become Cardiacs' drummer.

28 February at Roehampton Vale

  1. It's A Lovely Day
  2. Verses
  3. Ice A Spot And A Dot On The Dog
  4. To Go Off And Things
  5. A Wooden Fish On Wheels
  6. An Ant
  7. Gloomy News
  8. Ant And Bee And The ABC*
  9. Cameras
  10. Is This The Life
  11. Nurses Whispering Verses

Not a clean recording, very boomy, rather distorted,
some crackling, instruments aren't so clear. G

22 June at the Stonehenge Free Festival

  1. Jibber And Twitch'
  2. Hello Mr Minnow (And The Music Goes Round And Round)'
  3. Visiting Hours
  4. Dinnertime Is At Home (Not Here)'
  5. To Go Off And Things

Clean recording, a bit thin but overall clear,
almost radio quality-ish. VG

* denotes these are tracks that haven't been officially released yet