Taking It Easy in '93 & '94


?? Aug 1993   Leeds Town & Country Club
31 Aug 1993   Mean Fiddler, London (as The Groovey Tubes)
1 Sept 1993   Borderline, London (as The Groovey Tubes) [More]
3 Sept 1993   Coatham Bowl, Redcar
4 Sept 1993   Edinburgh Castle (supported by Aztec Camera and Gary Clark)
12 Oct 1993   Renfrew Ferry, Glasgow [More]
23 Dec 1993   Justin joins Texas onstage at the Barrowlands, Glasgow [More]
?? July 1994   Dublin
?? July 1994   Dublin
?? July 1994   Feile Festival, Ireland
31 July 1994   T in the Park Festival, Glasgow  [More]
13 Aug 1994   Woodstock Festival, Saugerties, NY  [More]
1 Oct 1994   Jersey, Channel Islands

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Borderline, London - 1 September 1993

A "secret" gig played under their alter-egos the Groovey Tubes.

Audience recording: Full show, 80 mins, Quality B-

It Might As Well Be You
Kiss This Thing Goodbye
When I Want You
Roll To Me
Crashing Down
Hatful Of Rain
Spit In The Rain
Never Enough
Drowned On Dry Land
Just Like A Man
Surface Of The Moon
The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere
Always The Last To Know
Move Away Jimmy Blue
This Side Of The Morning
Stone Cold Sober
Crazy Horses (coevr of the Osmonds song)
Being Somebody Else

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Renfrew Ferry, Glasgow - 12 Oct 1993

A lengthy and superb set featuring a combination of new songs that would later appear on Twisted and a a selection of covers.

It Might As Well Be You
Kiss This Thing Goodbye
When I Want You
Roll To Me
Empty
Wild Side Of Life  (cover)
Lucky Guy
Surface Of The Moon
Hatful Of Rain
Spit In The Rain
Being Somebody Else
The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere
To Last A Lifetime
Never Enough
Just Like A Man
Crashing Down
Drowned On Dry Land  (early version with different lyrics)
Be My Downfall
Ruby  (cover of the Kenny Rogers hit, with guest singer the Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson)
The Return Of Maggie Brown
Gone Dead Train  (cover of the Crazy Horse song, later covered by Nazareth)
Would I Lie To You (cover of the Charles & Eddie hit, with guest singer Ken McCluskey formerly of the Bluebells - do you remember Young at Heart?)
Always The Last To Know
Stone Cold Sober
Move Away Jimmy Blue  (inc. snippet of You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones)
Crazy Horses  (cover of the Osmonds song)
Nothing Ever Happens

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Texas at the Barrowlands, Glasgow - 23 December 1993

Not a Dels show, but an interesting one all the same, as Justin joins Texas onstage for two of the encore songs. The setlist is from a bootleg recorded from a radio broadcast.

I Don't Want A Lover
So Called Friend
Hear Me Now
Everyday Now
Fade Away
Tired Of Being Alone
Return
Thrill Has Gone
Why Believe In You
Jingle Bells (Traditional)
You Owe It All To Me
So In Love With You
The Weight (cover of The Band song with Justin Currie on co-vocals)
Stay With Me (cover of the Faces song with Justin Currie on co-vocals)
Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones cover)

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T in the Park Festival, Strathclyde, Glasgow - 31 July 1994

This is a partial set list that was first broadcast on Radio 1 on 17 Sept 1994. The starred songs were also later released on the second CD single of Here & Now.

Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Just Like A Man
When I Want You *
Food For Songs
Spit In The Rain
Start With Me
Crashing Down
The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere
Always The Last To Know *
Being Somebody Else
Stone Cold Sober *
Move Away Jimmy Blue

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Woodstock Festival, Saugerties, NY - 13 August 1994

Don't know very much about the Dels performance at this show, although interviews tend to suggest they were less than impressed by the whole event.

One of the tracks they performed, Just Like A Man, surfaced on a compliation CD of the Festival:

 

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