LP - LURKERS, THE - LIVE AT THE QUEENS HOTEL

A live recording from 1977! First time on vinyl! "It was 1977 and things
were progressing extremely well. We had signed to Beggars Banquet and
our first single `Shadow' b/w `Love Story' had been released. John Peel
had been playing both sides of the single most nights on his radio show, so
we were getting heard by a lot of people. But we didn't yet have a "proper"
tour bus, so we all piled into a transit for the trip down to Margate with our
tour manager Mike Stone in the driving seat. The Queens Hotel turned out
to be a pretty good venue. There was a nice high stage which we much
preferred over the low-slung platforms of some of the places we played. It
meant that the crowd wasn't totally swamping us the whole time, although
there would still be a constant stream of people jumping on and off stage,
bumping us, knocking equipment over and so forth. We weren't sure if
many people would turn up on a cold and windy night so close to
Christmas, but it was a good turnout, and they were out for a good time too.
There was none of the aggro stuff which would become a problem later on
at our shows. The actual gig was typical of a Lurkers show at that time,
being fairly chaotic with a lot of crowd "interaction". There is a recklessly
fast version of `Pills' on the recording, and I think we were playing `It's
Quiet Here' for the first time live. Howard was on good form too; it would be
his birthday on Christmas Day. My favourite quip from him is towards the
end of the show when he says "eat your heart out Hank Marvin" after one of
my more eccentric Shadows guitar intros." - PETE STRIDE 2022

TRACKLISTING: 01. AIN'T GOTTA CLUE 02. SELF DESTRUCT 03. LOVE STORY
04. FREAKSHOW 05. PILLS 06. IT'S QUIET HERE 07. I LOVE THE DARK 08. BE MY
PRISONER 09. THEN I KISSED HER 10. TOTAL WAR 11. TIME OF YEAR 12. OOH
OOH I LOVE YOU 13. I'M ON HEAT 14. SHADOW 15. BE MY PRISONER
16. SHADOW