The Mare's Nest

1995
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22 April at the Forum, London

  1. The Icing On The World
  2. Burn Your House Brown
  3. In A City Lining
  4. Is This The Life
  5. Bell Stinks
  6. Bell Clinks
  7. Joining The Plankton
  8. A Horse's Tail'
  9. Interlude'
  10. Dive
  11. Arnald
  12. Angleworm Angel
  13. Big Ship
  14. Bellyeye'
  15. Nurses Whispering Verses

Not a clean recording, very grindy and distorted.
Most instruments are somewhat audible, very blown out. G

24 April for Radio 1

  1. Ideal
  2. Is This The Life
  3. A Horse's Tail
  4. Joining The Plankton

Very clean recording, clear and full. E

24 May at the Milton Keynes Woughton Centre

  1. The Icing On The World
  2. Burn Your House Brown
  3. In A City Lining
  4. Is This The Life
  5. Bell Stinks
  6. Bell Clinks
  7. Joining The Plankton
  8. A Horse's Tail
  9. Dive
  10. Icky Qualms
  11. Arnald
  12. Big Ship
  13. Bellyeye
  14. Nurses Whispering Verses
  15. Home Of Fadeless Splendour

Clean recording, somewhat thin and muddy.
Tight but lightly brash and a bit quiet. VG

26 May for GLR Radio

  1. Arnald
  2. Two Bites Of Cherry [taken from Maresnest]
  3. A Horse's Tail

Very clean recording, lovely and wide. E

30 May at the Duchess of York, Leeds

  1. The Icing On The World
  2. Burn Your House Brown
  3. In A City Lining
  4. Is This The Life
  5. Bell Stinks
  6. Bell Clinks
  7. Joining The Plankton
  8. A Horse's Tail
  9. Interlude
  10. Dive
  11. Arnald
  12. Ideal
  13. Big Ship
  14. Bellyeye
  15. Nurses Whispering Verses

Fairly clean recording, very wide and full.
All instruments audible, if a bit muddy. VG

' denotes that this is the (as of yet) recorded live premiere of this track