Скачать или смотреть The Farriss Brothers, INXS - Live at the Alley Cat Wine Bar Full Concert, Australia (1979), Audio

Alley Cat Wine Bar
North Sydney, NSW, Australia
June 10, 1979

An early INXS concert (when they went by the Farriss Brothers). Originally recorded by Peter Toluzzi. Some hiss removed.

Thumbnail/tracklist art by me. Cover photo by Ian Greene.

Setlist:
Lucky Key Ring
Jet Airliner (Steve Miller Band)
Slipped My Disco (The Tubes)
Tuxedo
Funky Junk
Spanish Moon (Little Feat)
Long Train Running (Doobie Brothers)
Breakaway
Miss Shapiro (Phil Manzanera's 801)/You Really Got Me (Kinks)
Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music)
Falling
Watching The Detectives (Elvis Costello)
Pretzel Logic (Steely Dan)
Telephone
Hey, Lord Don't Ask Me Questions (Graham Parker and The Rumour)
We Are The Vegetables

Taper notes:
"The Alley Cat had a long, thin stage and narrow dance floor along one wall, so I set up fairly close to the band, with mics pointed widely apart. You'll hear Michael, Andy and Kirk (I think) strongly in the left channel, with Gary, Tim and Jon more prominent in the right. I wish Michael's voice was clearer - but this is a full and detailed recording of all the instruments, if a little unbalanced, quite respectable sound, made without Dolby onto a Maxell XL2 casette. I arrived late, so the tape starts in what was about the third song... You'll also hear a brief tape flip after You Really Got Me, and a late entry into Love Is The Drug.

The Farriss Brothers had just gotten back to Sydney after six months living in Perth and gigging and writing new songs. Their music was still heavily influenced by funk, pop and prog, and you'll hear lots of pub-standard covers on this recording. But they also kept current, and all around the New Wave was happening, and starting to affect their music. Kirk learned to play the saxophone. Right around this period they started finding new places to gig, and in October they changed their name to INXS and soon did a live-to-air gig on Sydneyís legendary 2JJJ. Next came a recording contract, and their first single sold quite well"