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BRANDX
(1976-1997)
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Ivan Torrent Two Steps From Hell audiomachine Albums 1-5 of 5 Sort: Volume 15 Brand X Music. Stream or buy for £14.85. There is an abundant number of torrent websites available at your disposal but there only a handful that will deliver what you were searching for ranging from a wide degree of content such as movies, music, shows, games, sports, channels and a whole lot more (don’t forget the speed limit too). The four recorded Unorthodox Behaviour in September and October 1975 at Trident Studios with Jack Lancaster on saxophone. They were named Brand X after Island Records staffer Danny Wilding wrote down 'Brand X' to keep track of their activity on the studio calendar, and the name stuck.

1) Born Ugly (7:24) *
2) Look Out, It's Behind You (Tales Of Ancient Mysteries) (9:04)
3) Running On Three (9:23) **
4) Why Should I Lend You Mine... (6:14)
5) Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria - ? (11:36) ***
6) Kugelblitz (11:20)
7) band intro - Nuclear Burn (8:57) $
8) stage - Malaga Virgen (6:05) =

* [Cuts in on intro].
** 'A tune written by Mr. Percy Jones (...) and it's called Running On Three'.
*** [Cut at 8:17 on applause].
$ 'John Francis Goodsall (...) Mr. Percy Jones (...) Mr. Philip Collins (...)Andrew (...) Ward'. Fades out on applause.
= Encore. Fades in on applause.

Source:CDR>EAC>HD>FLAC.
[BRAND X London Nashville Rooms 20 February 1976] Shared astorrent on Dime by Kinebee.
TLHanalysis - Tracks in this torrent have 2 sec. gap and have SBE's. Needs editing.
'This is notable as the only Brand X performance to feature Andy Ward (from Camel) assecond percussionist.Also this is an excellant audience recording as well as the earliestlive Brand X show I've seen'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite (Andy Ward of Camel guested on percussion for this night only).

Disc 1:

1) Running On Three -talk & tuning (9:56) *
2) Tales Of Ancient Mysteries - talk & tuning (9:56)
3) Kug Elblitz (13:50) **
4) Why Should I Lend You Mine... - talk & tuning (9:10)
5) Born Ugly (7:55) ***

Disc 2:

1) Malaga Virgen - talk &tuning (11:47) $
2) Tunisian Faces (8:56) =
3) talk and tuning (1:38) &
4) Nuclear Burn - talk & tuning (9:30) #
5) Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria (8:47)

* 'Ladies & gentlemen BrandX'. [Cut at 0.55 on tuning]. 'This new song which you won't find on any album asyet'.
** [Cut at 13:02 on applause].
*** 'This one was written by Percy...Percy Jones our bass guitar here'. Fadesout on applause.
$ '...We're gonna do a song that we wrote yesterday (...) anything can happen...thisone is called Tunisian Faces...'.
= [Cut at 8:56 on applause].
& Band intro: 'John Goodsall, Percy Jones, Mr. Philip Collins, Mr. PrestonHeyman, Mr. Robin Lumley'.
# 'Ladies & gentlemen, the music, Brand X'. [Cut at 8:27 on applause].'We'll see you at Ronnie Scott's late August'.

Source:Torrent download (no further info).
[Brand X - Marquee Club, London - July 30th, 1976] Shared astorrent on Dime by Kingfrippson.
No SBE's - True lossless source.
'Quality: A-'.
'It was very hot and humid that night. The instruments,particularly the guitar, kept going out of tune'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite (this performance appears to have been played as a single show, not 2 sets).

Brand X Music Torrent

1) intro jam > Running On Three(10:43) *
2) 'loose little thing' > Kugelblitz (14:23) **
3) Why Should I Lend You Mine... (9:22)
4) Malaga Virgen (8:48) ***
5) Nuclear Burn (7:26)

* 'It's 20 to 5. You got a nicetwo days? Did you? We'll soon change that never mind...that was Running on Three...'.
** 'Three days in a rock festival'.
*** 'This next tune is written by Mr. Jones, Mr. Percy Jones who's playing on thebass guitar (...) Malaga Virgen'.

Source:Torrent download (no further info).
[BRAND X - Reading Festival - Reading, England 29 August 1976] Sharedas torrent on Dime by Kinebee.
No SBE's - TLHanalysis
Stereo recording.
Date and venue confirmed by programs (see above). Lots of info on the Festival UK Festivals website.
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite (Preston Heyman was still with the band at this point).

1) announcer (10:43) *
2) Unorthodox Behaviour (7:05) **
3) Malaga Virgen (9:46)
4) jam (Tito's Leg)(7:24)

* 'Phil Collins (...) Robin Lumley(...) John Goodsall, Brand X (...) exclusively for RATW at London (...) Ronnie Scott's.

Source:master LP>DAT>Soundforge9.0>Flac5.
[BRAND X 1976 - Ronnie Scotts - Sept. 1976 R.A.T.W] Shared astorrent on Dime by Kinebee.
'I have the Rock Around the World LP, one side of which is this Brand X performance.I transferred it to DAT about 14 years ago, and was able to find my copy, which was adaunting task in itself. The record sounded very good ...'.
Show and recording listed on Rock Around The World (show # 122 -broadcast on Dec. 5 1976) and Scotttradeswebsites.

Disc 1:

First show:
1) tuning - intro jam > Disco Suicide (10:36)
2) Why Should I Lend You Mine (9:50) *
3) Deadly Nightshade (11:46)
4) Nightmare Patrol (8:30)
5) intro of the band by Robin - Malaga Virgen (cut - tape flip) (7:04) **
6) Malaga Virgen (cont.)(4:15)

Disc 2:

Second show:
1) tuning - intro jam > Disco Suicide (20:19)
2) Why Should I Lend You Mine (12:47)
3) Deadly Nightshade (12:15)
4) Nightmare Patrol (cut - tape flip) (2:19)
5) Nightmare Patrol (cont.) (6:05)
5) Nuclear Burn (9:38)

* 'Welcome to Brand X'.
** Band: Morris Pert, John Goodsall, Kenwood Dennard, Mr. Percy Jones, Robin Lumley.[Cut].

Source:Maxell UD master cassettes> Teac A-550RX cassette playback> TASCAM CDRW-700>Trade CD-R> EAC> ...
Original audience recording by bpthree - Taping Gear: Sony TC-1100T with Sony ECM-16condenser microphone.
[BrandX1977-06-16ecm16(both-shows)Baltimore,MD] Shared astorrent on Dime by Jeff James.
TLHanalysis
Shows and recordings listed on Scotttradeswebsite.

1) Disco Suicide (9:56) *
2) Why Should I Lend You Mine (10:09) **
3) Deadly Nightshade (10:20)
4) Nightmare Patrol (6:52) $
5) Malaga Virgen (8:54)

* With 2 min. intro.
** 'Thank you (...) and try our new tune (...) it was written by (...) Mr. MorrisPert on percussion...'.
*** ...We never been to Brooklyn before...'.
$ [Cut at 6:42 on applause].

Source:1st (?) generation audience tape.
[BRAND X 1977 Smucker's Brooklyn, N.Y. June 19, 1977] Sharedas torrent on Dime by Kinebee.
TLHanalysis
'I got this about a quarter century ago from a guy who said he taped this, and I'dsay it sounds like a 1st generation recording. Some minor problems in part of the 1stsong, not very noticable, certainly not a high fidelity recording ...'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite.

1) Isis Mourning Pt. 1 / The GhostOf Mayfield Lodge (6:41) *
2) Disco Suicide (8:36) **
3) Nightmare Patrol (9:16)
4) Malaga Virgen (9:14) ***
5) Deadly Nightshade (10:55)

* [Cut at 0:19 before start. First songcuts in at start].
** [Cut at 8:34 on applause].
*** 'Merci encore' [Cut at 0:07 after thanks. Tune cuts in at start andcut on applause at 9:13].

Source:Master Cassette > Magnetic Tape 7 inches > computer Soundblaste live > Wav >flac8 stereo.
[BRANDX 1977 09 10] Shared as torrent on Dime byKingfrippson.
True lossless source.
'I do remember that day! Bit of a stunt, really. We had two setsof equipment, using the first to play Crystal Palace' (Lumley).
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite (late afternoon, supporting Peter Gabriel - A 45min recording has surfaced).
Peter Gabriel's set from thisfestival also circulates.

Disc 1:

First set
1) radio intro - Disco Suicide (7:03) *
2) Why Should I Lend You Mine... (10:26) **
3) Deadly Nightshade (11:21) ***
4) Nightmare Patrol- band intro (9:06) $
5) band intro - Nuclear Burn (11:21) =

Disc 2:

Second set
1) announcer (0:55)
2) Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria (3:35)
3) Disco Suicide (8:08) +
4) Earthdance (7:22) #
5) Malaga Virgen (9:27) ?
6) Access To Data (11:47)
7) Why Should I Lend You Mine... (11:00)
8) Deadly Nightshade (12:34) ^

* 'Brand X in concert from theGlass Onion on CMF. [Cut] Brand X live from the Glass Onion at 81Marshall Street'.
** '...Welcome to Brand X (...) We have to commiserate with the Glass Onion for theirunfortunate baseball defeat...'.
*** 'A new tune that we haven't recorded on the album as yet (...) is called DeadlyNightshade composed by Morris'.
$ '...As this is our first time in this part of the world especially in Rochesteranyway, we got a Rochester England...'.
= band intro: (Mr. Morris Pert, Percy Jones, Mr. Kenwood Dennard, Mr. John Goodsall)[Cut].
& '...We'll introduce them even though they don't need an introduction, here isfrom England Branxd X'.
+ 'Hello welcome to Brand X once again and that includes all of you people out therewith radio sets too'.
# 'The next one isn't on any records and it won't break any either but it's a tunewiritten by Mr. Morris bashup Pert'.
? '...A tune which was on an album called Maroccan Roll...this was written by PercyJones it's called Malaga Virgen'.
^ 'A slight accident...you know Percy el basso player extraordinaire we'll he'sdone something to his finger...'.

Sourceset 1: cassette(2 gen) > nak dr-1 > audiophile2496 > soundforge remastering> cd > EAC > flac (sector align/verify).
Sourceset 2: Pre-fm ½ track master> cassette> wav> soundforge remastering>cd> EAC> flac (sector align/verify level 7).
[brandx_rochester_1977-09-29_2setsFM] Shared as torrent onDime by 123Relaxo321.
Stereo fm recording.
No SBE's - True lossless source.
Shows and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite (late afternoon, supporting Peter Gabriel).

1) tuneup & intro - DiscoSuicide (12:39) *
2) Nightmare Patrol (8:19)
3) intro & tuneup - Earth Dance (9:42) **
4) Malaga Virgen (11:05) ***
5) Access To Data (8:16)
6) Deadly Nightshade (12:09) $
7) Nuclear Burn (9:48) =

* 'This evening's entertainmentplease welcome to our stage Passport recording artist Brand X'. With 3 min. intro.
** 'This is not on any of the albums (...) by Mr. Morris 'percussion' Pertand it's called, he's called it Earth Dance...'.
*** '...Young Percy Jones (...) deserves some sympathy because he's got a horriblebreak blister on his finger...'.
$ 'Thank you very much and goodnight...Ladies and gentlemen, Brand X'.
= Encore. 'Ladies and gentlemen, Brand X!'.

Source: Maxell UDmaster cassette > Teac A-550RX cassette playback > TASCAM CDRW-700> TradeCDR>EAC > ...
[Brand X 1977 Oct 18 A remaster flac16] Shared as torrentremaster on Dime by Glasnostrd19.
Original master audience recording by Bpthree. Taping Gear: Sony TC-1100T with Sony ECM-16condensor microphone.
TLHanalysis
'It was out of balance, the left side was 1-2 DB louder than the right side so Iadjusted that to even both sides out'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite (Robin mentions Percy's recently blistered finger after the song ends).

1) Smacks Of Euphoric Histeriaintro > Disco Suicide (10:39) *
2) Access To Data (7:41) **
3) Malaga Virgen (8:50) ***
4) Earth Dance (6:53) $
5) Deadly Nightshade (10:39) =
6) Nuclear Burn (7:25)

* [Cuts in on emcee's intro]. '...And Radio Clyde are proud to present Arista Passport recording artist Brand X'.
** 'The next tune is one that you haven't heard before in fact we've only heard ittwice (...) called Access To Data'.
*** Fades out on applause.
$ 'We're gonna do another new tune that's written by Morris Pert, it's (...) EarthDance'. Fades out on applause.
= 'As yet to be committed to disc (...) written by Mr. Morris (...) Pert over there,and it's called Deadly Lampshade'.

Source:1st generation audience tape.
[BRAND X 1977 Beacon Theater New York City, N.Y. October 30, 1977] Sharedas torrent on Dime by Kinebee.
TLHanalysis
'This recording is one of 2 I recieved from the taper when I asked him, send me any77 Brand X you have about 25 years ago, and is recorded (apparently) with the sameequipment. The sound here isn't quite as good because it's the Beacon Theater ...'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite ('I'm inclined to go with 77-Oct-13, though that is highlyquestionable'.).

1) Isis Mourning intro > DiscoSuicide (10:35) *
2) Access To Data (8:23)
3) Malaga Virgen (11:47)
4) Earth Dance (7:35)
5) Euthanasia Waltz (6:04) **
6) Deadly Nightshade (11:44) ***

* '...Welcome to another eveningof strange goings on with Brand X (...) reflects our feelings this end of thetour...'.
** Fades out on applause.
*** [Cut at 5:54. Cuts or skips at 8:03 and 8:06. End cut].

Source:SBD-fm? > CDR from trade > EAC > FLAC (Level 6).
[BRAND X 1977 - Old Waldorf San Francisco California USA 11-28-1977kb] Shared as torrent on Dime by Kinebee.
No SBE's - TLHanalysis
Tracks in this torrent have 2 sec. gap. Needs editing.
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite.
'San Francisco '77' listed in Brand X bootleg discography onGenesis japanese fan website.

Disc 1:

First show:
1) Access To Data (26:16)
2) The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge (20:36) *
3) Deadly Nightshadewith percussion solo and duet-band intro (25:45) **
4) The Poke (6:38)

Disc 2:

Second show:
1) The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge > Earth Dance>The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge (46:02) ***
2) Deadly (distorted) Nightshade (26:07) $

* 'Brand X includes a guitarplayer (...) Mr. John Goodsall (...) he's undergoing some treatment for acutetendonitis'.
** 'Chuck Burgi on drums and Percy Jones on bass...thank you very muchindeed...'
*** [Cut on applause].
$ [Cuts in on start]. 'Morris Pert on percussion...Chuck Burgi drums...Percy Jones onbass (...) Brand X...'.

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Source:Sony tc48 mono cassette deck (auto leveling) > TDK-AD cassettes > soundforge 4.5> FLAC 6 > torrent.
[BRAND X 1978 (sort of) Paradise Rock Club August 2, 1978] Shared astorrent reseed on Dime by Kinebee.
TLHanalysis
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite ('sometimes incorrectly listed as 78-Feb-8 - played w/o a guitar player!').

Brand X Music Torrent Download

1) Earth Dance (16:26) *
2) Access To Data (12:13) **
3) Deadly Nightshade (21:44) ***

* '...Earth Dance av Morris Pert(...) Access to Data av John Goodsall (...) Brand X'. [Cut at 13:14].
** 'Welcome to Stockholm (...) on bass Mr. Percy Jones (...) Morris Pert (...) ChuckBurgi (...) welcome Mike Miller'.
*** Fades out.

Source: FMBroadcast.
[BRAND X 1978 Karen, Stockholm 8-30-1978] Fixed torrentreseed on Dime by Dakotafrost (first seeded by Kinebee).
TLHanalysis
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite:
('This may be fr 78-Aug-20 as there is supposedly a 55m recording fr 78-Aug-30 whichmay be different from this').

1) Earth Dance (12:55) *
2) Access To Data (11:21)
3) Black Moon (end cuts) (21:44) **
4) The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge - Deadly Nightshade- encore call(18:32) ***
5) band introductions (after encore break) (0:52) $
6) Nuclear Burn (10:46) =

* [Cuts in].
** 'I'd like to present (...) Morris Pert, he's (...) changing instruments for awhile to play you a little piano'. [End cut].
*** [Cut at 1:11].
$ 'Brand X...Morris Pert on percussion...Percy Jones on the bass...Chuck Burgi (...)Peter Robinson (...) Mike Miller'.
= Encore.

Source:'I believe it's a sbd, if it's FM it's a clean one. (exact lineage unknown)'.
[BRAND X 1978 Rainbow Theater London, U.K. October 1, 1978] Sharedas torrent on Dime by Kinebee.
TLHanalysis
'I got this in trade years ago, no idea of any lineage for it, but it sounds prettyclean'.
Date and venue confirmed by ticket and ad for 'The Odd Couple Tour' with PeterHammill (above).
Reviews for this show from 'Van Der Graaf' website can be found hereand here.Show and recording listed on Scotttrades.

1978-10-24:
1) walkon and tune up (1:18)
2) Earth Dance (13:55)
3) band introductions (1:23) *
4) Access To Data (11:29) **
5) Black Moon (33:47) ***
6) Masques (6:06)
7) Deadly Nightshade - encore call (24:42) $
8) Nuclear Burn (11:49) =

1978-10-25:
1) walkon and tune up (1:30)
2) Earth Dance (14:44) &
3) band introductions (1:13) #
4) Access To Data (11:16)
5) Black Moon> The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge > Masques> percussion + drums> The Poke (32:57)
6) Deadly Nightshade (21:08) +
7) Nuclear Burn (9:32)

* 'Morris Pert...from nowhere nearSouth Africa, Wales Mr. Percy Jones (...) Mr. Mike Clark (...) Mr. John Goodsall'.
** 'John Goodsall, ladies and gentlemen'.
*** '...A man who's doing a very fine job at...at taking Mr. Goodsall's place (...) Mr. Mike Miller' [Cut at 18:55].
$ 'Morris Pert, Percy Jones, Mike Clark, Mike Miller, John Goodsall and myself (...)see you tomorrow'.
= Encore. '...This is the first night of the...our new American Tour so Morris camestraight from London today...'.

& [Cut at 0:00 on audience. EarthDance cuts in on intro].
# 'Welcome to the Paradise we are Brand X our 2nd night here'. (Morris Pert,Percy Jones, Mike Clark, Mike Miller).
+ With drum solo. 'Thank you from Morris Pert, Percy Jones, Mike Clark, Mike Miller,myself...'.
^ Encore.

Source:master audience tapes.
Original stereo audience recording by Glasnost ('cheesymikes - the 10/24 was on Maxell UD, and the 25th on TDK-SA').
[BRAND X 1978 Two More Editions in Boston October 24 and 25, 1978] Torrentreseed on Dime Kinebee.
TLHanalysis
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades('78-Oct-24 was the first show of this tour - Goodsall joined the band for this datethough I'm unsure for how long - he's at least on Access To Data + Black Moon. Thisrecording is only 104.31m').

Disc 1:

1) Earth Dance (13:00) *
2) Access To Data> Black Moon (20:52) **
3) The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge (26:46) ***

Disc 2:

1) band introductions - DeadlyNightshade (27:46) $
2) Nuclear Burn (10:46) =

* 'Thank you, thank you you...goodevening...good evening, welcome to Kent University we are Brand X'.
** 'Our percussionist Morris is gonna do...is gonna thrash...'. [Cut at 2:40].Fades out on applause.
*** Fades out on applause.
$ Band: (Pert, Jones, Clark, Miller). [Cut at 18:35]. [Fades out at 27:31 on applause].[Fades out after goodnight].
= Encore. Fades out at 5:49, these fades back in.

Source: SBD>?>CD inlong ago trade>EAC>FLAC.
[BRAND X-Kent State Univ, Ohio- 11-7-78] Torrent reseed onDime by Gflorio (original seed by Mr_Mags).
No SBE's - TLHanalysis
'Some noticble surface noise on most of D1 T2 & all of T3. Signal Problems? Icould have edited out the 2 tracks affected but will give you the perogative/option,instead. Listen to the samples. I'm not sure how much could be done ...'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades.

1) Disco Suicide (5:33) *
2) Algon (6:57)
3) Phil Collins speaks - Don't Make Waves (6:44) **
4) car license joke - Dance Of The Illegal Aliens (10:59)
5) Malaga Virgen (5:34) ***
6) Earth Dance (5:12) $
7) Phil Collins speaks - And So To F (9:42) =
8) band intro - Nuclear Burn (11:49) &
9) Phil Collins band intro - Access To Data (17:04) #

* Starts with prerecorded collage using20th Century Fox theme. The theme starting the studio version is not played.
** 'Good evening Los Angeles, it is very nice to be back here you know (...) anotherdrink for Robin'.
*** 'From our unreleased album live at the Cardiff Rooms Libia we'd like to play anoldie (...) Malaga Virgin'.
$ [Cut at 5:03 on applause].
= 'So as I fall asleep on my feet...this is called And So To F Mr. (...) all myscripts are written by Mr. John Goodsall'. & 'Phil Collins, Percy Jones,John Goodsall, Robin Lumley and myself, thank you Los angeles...'.
# [Cut at 0:05 on applause]. 'Who is in Brand X': (Peter Robinson, Robin Lumley,John Goodsall, Percy Jones).

Source:Master tape>dat>Tascam Professional EQ>cd-r>Bias Peak Pro 5 (songindexing)>XACT>flac.
[Brand X 1979-09-21 Roxy, Los Angeles] Shared as torrent onDime by Turbogrande.
No SBE's - TLHanalysis
'This comes right from a remaster of the master tape. The quality is excellent. Mypal, Panhandle Slim, sent me this. He also did the remaster. The band is promoting their'Product' album at the time of this concert, which is my favorite Brand Xalbum'.
Show listed on Scotttradeswebsite.

1) fanfare (0:48) *
2) Disco Suicide (5:03) **
3) Algon (7:52) ***
4) Dance Of The Illegal Aliens - 'welcome to the Roxy' (11:35)$
5) Don't Make Waves - 'a hand for Diamond' (7:09) =
6) Malaga Virgen- 'are you early for the next show or latefor this one?' (12:12) &
7) And So To F- Phil Collins band intro (9:50) +
8) Access To Data > The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge> Access ToData (20:16) #

* Prerecorded collage using 20thCentury Fox theme.
** The theme starting the studio version is not played.
*** 'Saturday night so let's get loose here, ah...sorry for the slight delay (...)this is another one written by Mr. Jones'.
$ 'Welcome to the Roxy (...) our 3rd show again, this is the 2nd night (...) Brand Xhas aquired a song (...) by John'.
= 'How about a hand for Diamond (...) from our album called Maroccan Roll featurin'Percy Jones'. Dropout at 6:05.
& [Cut at 10:33 on applause]. '...We can come back and play another tune (...) wenever know (...) if Percy Smiles...'.
+ [Cut at 7:42 on applause]. Band: (Mr. Peter Robinson, Mr. Robin Lumley, Mr. JohnGoodsall, Mr. Percy Jones).
# Encore. 'Thank you...Phil Collins, Percy Jones, JohnGoodsall, Robin Lumley and myself...thank you Los Angeles'.

Source:1st. Gen. Cass. > CD > CDWave > Flac8. - CDWave for re-tracking , TLH for Flac 8- Verified / Aligned / Tested.
Original audience recording by deadbman (Sennheiser MKH 404's > Teac PC-10).'Recorded from our favorite table ...'.
[Brand X 1979-09-21 Roxy, Los Angeles] Shared as torrent onDime by Deadbman.
No SBE's - TLHanalysis
'The first 1:28 is 'mono' until we securely plugged in the mike cable. -Tape flip between tr06 and tr07 , no music is missing'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite.

1) Dance Of The Illegal Aliens(8:50) *
2) Don't Make Waves (5:41) **
3) Malaga Virgen (12:23) ***
4) And So To F (8:33) $
5) Access To Data > The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge (24:35) =

* 'Next tune is another one fromthe Product album (...) features (...) John Bookstall (...) & also Mr. PhilipBollins'.
** 'You who may have picked up a bootleg album of ours called Live At The CardiffRooms Libya will recognize this'.
*** 'WXRT with Brand X caught live at the Park West tonight Sunday Night Un-concertis brought on XRT by 7Up'.
$ Dropout at 3:28. Fades out at 8:17 on applause then fades back in on encoreannouncement.
= Encore. [Cut at 9:59]. Band intro: 'Mr. Philip Collins, Mr. Percy Jones, Mr. JohnGoodsall, Mr. Peter Robinson...'.

Source:sbd (radio broadcast?) - Ex- (hissy) - Silver>EAC>SHN.
[BRAND X 1979 Dance of the Illegal Aliens Chicago USA 1979-09-25] Sharedas torrent on Dime (unsigned info).
No SBE's - TLHanalysis
Show listed on Scotttradeswebsite (60min: WXRT FM: 2 shows?)
'Dance Of The Illegal Aliens' (different setlist and timing) listed in Brand X bootleg discography on Genesis Japan fan website.

1) Disco Suicide>Algon (12:21) *
2) Dance Of The Illegal Aliens (10:16) **
3) Don't Make Waves (5:49)
4) Access To Data / The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge / Access To Data (17:58)**
5) Malaga Virgen (13:53)

* Starts with prerecorded collage using20th Century Fox theme.
- 'Disco Suicide': the theme starting the studio version is not played here.
** Fades out on applause.

Source:Unknown.
[Brand X - Don't make waves - 1979-09-26 - Botton Line, NYC, USA] Sharedas torrent on Dime (unsigned info).
No SBE's - TLHanalysis
'Quality: B'.
Show listed on Scotttradeswebsite (possibly two shows played).
'Don't Make Waves' listed in Brand X bootleg discography onGenesis japanese fan website.

1) Disco Suicide>Algon (15:18) *
2) Dance Of The Illegal Aliens- 'welcome to Brand X'(12:59) **
3) Don't Make Waves (6:09) ***
4) And So To F (9:30) $
5) Malaga Virgen (11:41) =

* Disco Suicide's starting theme notplayed. 'Philadelphia (...) welcome to Brand X (...) our last gig tonite of ourtour'.
** 'Welcome to Brand X (...) Phil Collins (...) and Mr. John Bookstall (...) betweenthe 2 of them they're gonna sing...'.
*** Fades out on applause.
$ [Cut in on Phil intro]. 'I wrote if you like it (...) if you don't like it PeterRobinson wrote it'. Fades out on applause.
= Encore. Fades out at 1:34 then fades back in. Drum solo. Band: (P. Collins, P. Jones, R.Lumley, J. Goodsall).

Source: 1stgeneration cassette > Kyocera D-801>SB X-Fi Platinum > Sony Sound Forge 8.0 >Guitar Tracks Pro 3.0 > ...
Original audience recording by ('I think his namewas') Tom.
[BRAND X - 30 SEPTEMBER 1979] Shared as torrent on Dime by123Relaxo321.
No SBE's - TLHanalysis - Sounds slow.
'The recording is not the greatest but more than enough to give a taste of what thisband was capable of performing live'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite ('I don't think the above setlist is the complete recording').

1) Algon (6:47) *
2) 'our last of four shows' - Dance Of The Illegal Aliens(13:25) **
3) car license joke - Don't Make Waves (8:11) ***
4) 'a light on this guy' - Malaga Virgen (Part 1) (12:51) $
5) Malaga Virgen (Part 2) (3:27) =
6) And So To F (9:55) &

* [Cuts in].
** 'Last of 4 shows at this lovely place (...) last song was (...) by (...) Mr.Lumley (...) another (...) by Mr. Percy Jones'.
*** 'Vocals of Mr. Philip Collins & Mr. John Bookstall'. Dropout 3:32. [Fadeout - cut back in at 8:10 on applause].
$ 'If anybody bought the album (...) Cardiff Rooms Libia can recognize Malaga Virgin(...) those of you in radioland'.
= [Cut at 2:35 on applause]. 'It's a song what I wrote on the way (...) everybody'slearning it (...) Percy wants a lift'.
& '...Anybody here going to Los Angeles? Ok, would you give Percy a lift home?Actually does live in New York...'.

Source:Type: FM.
[BRAND X 1979 Long Island, NY 1979-10-28] Shared as torrenton Dime (unsigned info).
TLHanalysis
'Seems to be the last Brand X concert of 1979, and therefore the last time PhilCollins played with this great band'.
Show listed on Scotttradeswebsite (this might be the b'cast of the 79-Oct-28 show).
This show was broadcast by WLIR-FM - Hempstead, NY on Jan. 15th, 1980 as part of the'Tuesday Night Concert Series'.

1) intro-tuning(1:11) *
2) ...And So To F... (7:55) **
3) Stellerator (6:27)
4) Birds Of Fire - 'new guitar they just gave me' (10:47)
5) Operation Heart And Mind (5:14)
6) drum solo > Virus (13:22)
7) Drum DDU(6:30)
8) True To The Clik - band intro (16:08) ***
9) Macrocosm (7:18) $

* '1st time at the Middle EastCafe alright...but it's not our 1st time in Philadelphia (...) Tower, not the Foxtheater'.
** '...We got a new record coming out (...) this is one of the songs off it writtenby Percy Jones it's called Stellerator'.
*** 'Percy Jones on the bass, Frank Katz (...) Mark Wagnon (...) this is a midiguitar, my name is John Goodsall'.
$ 'Brand X, listen ah, there'd been a lot more people here (...) if they'd allbelieved that we really had this band here'.

Source:SBD>DAT>Cass>Peak>Xact>flac.
[BRAND X 1996 The Middle East Philadelphia PA May 30 1996] Torrenton Dime by Kinebee.
No SBE's - TLHanalysis
'This version of Brand X really misses that Python-esque humour that Phil Collins,and especially Robin Lumley, brought to the band. - All that said, this is still a decentfusion band, and the recording is excellent....so.....'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite.

1) Manifest Destiny (4:41)
2) ...And So To F... (8:25)
3) Virus (6:03)
4) Noddy Goes To Sweden (4:02)
5) Lila's Dance (4:58)
6) True To The Clik (6:01) *
7) Once Upon A Time In The West (4:11) **

* Ends with Italian radio announcer.'Allora i Bra...Brand X dal vivo che...sono finalmente...pronti...eccoli qua'.
** Ennio Morricone's soundtrack theme. Digital error at 1:45.

Source:Torrent download (no further info).
[Brand X RAI studios Rome Italy 1997-06-04 1 CD FM A] Torrenton Dime (unsigned info).
No SBE's - Trader's Little Helper detects lossy source.
The intervew segments are not present in ths torrent.
Radio session and recording listed on Scotttradeswebsite.

Disc 1:

1) Disco Suicide (8:45)
2) ? (5:50)
3) ? (6:50)
4) 'remember the album Masques?' - The Poke (6:35)
5) Virus (7:13)
6) ? (2:32)
7) ? (4:54)
8) Percy Jones solo > Pierre Moerlen solo (10:00)

Disc 2:

1) John Goodsall solo - True To TheClik- encore call (20:20) **
2) ...And So To F... (8:53) ***
3) 'what are we gonna do now?' - Lila's Dance (6:50) $
4) Birds Of Fire (5:46) ***

* '...John Goodsall (...) PercyJones (...) Kris Sjobring (...) from France Pierre Moerlen on drums, the new BrandX'.
** Fades in on applause.
*** Encore.
$ Encore '...You ever heard of a guy called (...) John McLaughlin? He was a biginfluence on us a long time ago...'.

Source: aud>CDr fromtrade>EAC>FLAC.
[Brand X w Pierre Moerlen-Teatro Albatros-Genoa, Italy-6797] Torrentreseed on Dime by Gflorio (original seed Mr_Mags)
No SBE's - TLHanalysis
'NICE aud (I think) but low levels - A-/B+? Samples in comments. - Glad I dug thisone out. I forgot about how good it was. Pierre Moerlen is with them. I guess he touredJapan with them & hung around for the Euro Tour as well'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades('The New Brand X' - unsure if the above setlist is the complete recording).

Disc 1:

First set:
1) intro (1:55)
2) Born Pretty In A Disco (Disco Suicide)(8:35)
3) ...And So To F... (10:06)
4) talking (1:53) *
5) Empty Guff (6:16)
6) Access To Data (5:06)
7) Isis Mourning (17:10)
8) Nuclear Burn (8:49) **

Disc 2:

Second set:
1) Liquid Time (7:28)
2) Lila's Dance (Part 1) / It's All Too Much (5:17)
3) Lila's Dance (Part 2) (6:40)
4) talking (4:14) ***
5) Virus (6:25)
6) Improvisation (Part 1)(6:03)
7) Improvisation (Part 2) (6:06)
8) Improvisation (Part 3)('miniaturized multiplewarhead nuclear bomb')(11:03) $

* 'This is a Brand new tune byKris Dynamite...formerly, formerly Captain Dynamite (...) it's called Empty Guff'.
** 'Alright, thanks for coming...we'll be doing another show in about thirty or fortyminutes and gonna stick around'.
*** 'Kris Sjobring (...) Cpt Dynamite (...) Brand X (...) John Holmes (...) MickStevens'. [Cut at 2:01 (2mins. repeat)].
$ 'Kris Sjobring...Mick Stevens (...) new Brand X...John Holmes (...) House Of Bluesin a couple of weeks with Gong'.

Sourceset 1: AUD > ?? > CDr > EAC (Secure Mode/offset corrected) > .WAV >FLAC (L5/SBA) > DIME > You.
Sourceset 2: AUD > ?? > CDr > EAC (Secure Mode/offset corrected) > .WAV >FLAC (L5/SBA) > DIME > You.
[BRAND X 1999 Baked Potato LA california USA May 17, 1999 First Set]Torrent reseed on Dime by Kinebee.
No SBE's - TLHanalysis - needs editing.
'Yes, it's not the 'real' Brand X without Percy, but it's still realfusion. - Set two to come. Rarely circulated'.
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades.

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