Dexys Live In '85: "This Is What She's Like" (Finale)

A little mid-week "bonus upload" for you this week - I've been meaning to sort this one out for ages - and I had a little bit of spare time for once, so I decided to make the most of it! Back in September when I uploaded an incomplete live version of "This Is What She's Like" (which fades out just before the climax), I mentioned that there was also a complete recording of the "Finale" from a different show which I would share at some point...

This recording features a raucous guitar solo performed by Jerod Minnies which is unlike virtually anything else within the Dexys repertoire as he embarks on a musical "duel" with Helen O'Hara's violin at the song's climax!

I can't say with certainty what the recording date of this performance was but it is very likely to have been one of the Dominion Theatre shows on either 11th or 13th of November 1985. The reason for this theory is that it was recorded over part of the Colston Hall mixing desk tape (sadly leaving us with an incomplete version of "The Waltz") and so it was clearly recorded in London - the only venue after Bristol on that tour. There is an incomplete "audience quality" recording of the London show from 12th November and I am fairly certain this is not that performance so it must be from either the previous night or the one after. There is something of a "last night of the tour" exuberance to Jerod's solo on this recording so I'm inclined to think it may be from 13th November!