The Year In Review
Maurice takes a long look
at a year of highs and lows
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- 1. Official Releases
- 1.1 The Main Releases
- 1.2 Promo's, Collectors Fun (or Burden)
- 1.3 Bootlegs
- 2. Concerts
- 2.1 Europe
- 2.2 Australia
- 3. Other Performances: Sessions, TV appearances, interviews, ....
- 4. More 1997 Highlights
- 5. In Memoriam
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1. Official Releases
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1.1 The Main Releases
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- CDs Into My Arms/Little Empty Boat/Right Now, I'm Roaming
- CD The Boatman's Call
- CDs Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For?/Come Into My Sleep/
Black Hair (Band version)/Babe I Got You Bad
- CD September Songs- finally released on CD,
with Nick doing Mack The Knife.
- CD "Soho" Italian release of the "Mojo" soundtrack, contains
"The Big Hurt" (w. Gallon Drunk) and "Mojo". Anyone outside Italy
seen this EMI release? (EMI, 7243 8 23530 2 7)
- BK King Ink II. Has already been translated in Italian:
Re Inkiostro II by Arcana Editrice.
1.2 Promo's, Collectors Fun (or Burden)
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VID 1997 EPK promo "The Boatman's Call"
CD/LP 1997 "Pink Elephants", 2nd Serge Gainsbourg covers album by Mick Harvey
contains a version of "I Love You, Nor Do I", by Nick Cave and
Anita Lane, different from the version on "The World's A Girl".
Mute, CD Stumm 157
Mute/Pias 391.0157.20 (Benelux)
2CD 1997 "10 Jaar 2 Meter Sessies", compilation of VARA 2 Meter Sessions
has a previously unreleased acoustic version of "The Mercy Seat",
recorded 21/3/90.
CD 1997 Interview disc for The Boatman's Call. Answers on CD, questions on
the sleeve. Time: 20:24.
Mute LC 5834, cavespeak2cd
CA 1997 Promo cassette for "The Boatman's Call", with the following
tracks on each side of the tape:
Into My Arms
Brompton Oratory
Far From Me
Reprise,
CD 1997 "The Boatman's Call Australian Tour Nov/Dec 1977", free bonus
with Bad Seeds albums in Australia at that time.
Little Empty Boat
Right Now I'm A-Roaming
Come Into My Sleep
Black Hair (band version)
Babe, I Got You Bad
Mute, NICK1
CD 1997 "Scream II" soundtrack contains a remix by DJ Spooky
of "Red Right Hand" with some new lyrics.
book 1997 Tutti I testi Con Traduzione A Fronte, Italian book published by
Giunti contains all lyrics from Prayers On Fire to The Boatman's
Call, plus Italian translations
1.3 Bootlegs
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CD 1997 "Murderous Ends, Collaborative Odds", mostly good quality.
You Are Entering MTV Hell (MTV 1994)
Where The Wild Roses Grow (Top Of The Pops 5/10/95)
Introductions & Interview (KCRW, Santa Monica 3/3/89)
The Mercy Seat "
500 Miles "
I Love You Much Too Much "
Helpless "
The Carny (instrumental) "
Sonny "
Into My Arms (London 27/8/95, with Dirty Three)
The Willow Garden (London 4/5/95, with Dirty Three)
Running Scared "
Shivers "
500 Miles (Kicking outtake)
Rye Whiskey (Official flexi)
I've Been A Rover (London 17/3/94, with Pogues)
I Put A Spell On You (Official NME cassette)
Silver Wolf, Howl 2
CD 1997 "Where The Wild Live Roses Grow", Bendiksbukta, Kristiansand,
Quart Festival 4/7/96 - almost the complete show (it only
misses "Thirsty Dog"). Good audience recording.
Stagger Lee
From Her to Eternity
Do You Love Me?
Black Betty
Red Right Hand
The Good Son
Loverman
Jack the Ripper
Mercy
The Willow Garden
Where The Wild Roses Grow
The Weeping Song
The Mercy Seat
Christina The Astonishing
Brother, My Cup Is Empty
Spider Records 06
CD 1997 "The Ring Of Wild Roses" bootleg mostly from Koln, Bizarre
Festival 17/08/96, from the (incomplete) TV/FM broadcast.
Running time: 58'56''.
Brother My Cup Is Empty
Loverman
Mercy
Your Funeral, My Trial
Where The Wild Roses Grow
The Weeping Song
The Mercy Seat
Nobody's Baby Now
Jack The Ripper
Stagger Lee (The White Room, 24/02/96)
Henry Lee (The White Room, 24/02/96, w. PJ)
Do You Love Me? (London 14/08/96)
Into My Arms (London 14/08/96)
Where The Wild Roses Grow (London 14/08/96, w. Kylie)
KTS 622 (Kiss The Stone, Italy)
CD 1997 "Red Rum" bootleg mostly from Koln, Bizarre
Festival 17/08/96, from the (incomplete) TV/FM broadcast.
Running time: 58'56''.
Brother My Cup Is Empty
Loverman
Mercy
Your Funeral, My Trial
Where The Wild Roses Grow
The Weeping Song
The Mercy Seat
Nobody's Baby Now
Jack The Ripper
Stagger Lee (The White Room, 24/02/96)
Henry Lee (The White Room, 24/02/96, w. PJ)
Moonraker 185
CD 1997 "Besides", B-sides and rare tracks. Shameless compilation of
officially released material. 73 minutes.
The Mercy Seat (acoustic)
The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltraine
Little Empty Boat
The Sweetest Embrace
Train Song
All The Pretty Little Horses
Patripassian (The Inmost Light)
Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Revertentum
(I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World
I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
Knoxville Girl
There Is A Light
Blue Bird
Rainy Night In Soho
Right Now I Am A-Roamin'
Helpless
Deanna / Oh Happy Day (acoustic)
What A Wonderful World
Mucki Maus Productions MM03, Germany
CD 1997 "The Backside of the Cave", another b-sides bootleg.
Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Revertentum
(I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World
The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane
The Willow Garden
Where The Action Is
Blue Bird
The Mercy Seat (7" version)
The Weeping Song (single remix)
The Train Song
Cocks 'n Asses
Helpless
What A Wonderful World
Rainy Night In Soho
Cassiel's Song
Sail Away
That's What Jazz Is To Me
Lucy #2 (incomplete)
BACA 001
CD 1997 "The Mercy Seat". Live from Vienna, June 6 1996, no details yet.
PPR NC 697
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2. Concerts
2.1 Europe
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Comments: European tour. Warren Ellis is the 7th Bad Seed and he adds
a lot! Shows are longer and quieter than usual. Stranger Than Kindness is
first performed since 1988. From The Boatman's Call, the following songs
have not been done live so far: "There Is A Kingdom", "Green Eyes",
"Where Do We Go Now...", "The Idiot Prayer". Kylie joined on 20/5.
Some setlists may be slightly incorrect.
25/04/97 - Marseilles, Theatre du Moulin
26/04/97 - Nice, Theatre du Verdure
28/04/97 Paris, Rex
29/04/97 Paris, Rex
30/04/97 Brussels, Forest National
02/05/97 - Hamburg, CCH1
04/05/97 - Munchen, Circus Krone
05/05/97 - Munchen, Circus Krone
07/05/97 - Stuttgart, Leiderhalle
10/05/97 - Bologna, Palazzo dei Congressi
11/05/97 - Milan, Rolling Stone, (not Palavobis)
19/05/97 London, Royal Albert Hall
20/05/97 London, Royal Albert Hall
22/05/97 - Warsaw, Kongressouwa
23/05/97 - Warsaw, Kongressouwa
01/06/97 Berlin, Friedrichstadtpalast
02/06/97 - Berlin, Friedrichstadtpalast
04/06/97 - Prague, Palace of Culture
05/06/97 - Prague, Palace of Culture
06/06/97 Vienna, Kurhalle
08/06/97 Zagreb, Lisinski Theatre
09/06/97 Zagreb, Lisinski Theatre
11/06/97 - Budapest, Erkel Theatre
12/06/97 - Budapest, Erkel Theatre
14/06/97 - Hultsfred Festival
15/06/97 - Amsterdam, RAI Congrescentrum
16/06/97 - Amsterdam, RAI Congrescentrum
27/06/97 Roskilde Festival, Green Stage
28/06/97 Turku, Finland, Ruisrock Festival
29/06/97 Oslo, Kalvoya, Isle of Calf, Festival
MONTH April May
DATE 25 26 28 29 30 2 4 5 7 10 11 19 20 22 23
TOTAL # OF SONGS 19 19 20 20 18 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
Far From Me 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lime Tree Arbour 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Stranger Than Kindness 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Red Right Hand 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Black Hair 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 5
The Carny 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
People Ain't No Good 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 7
West Country Girl 8 9 8 11 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Brompton Oratory 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
I Let Love In 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 10
Mercy 11 12 11 16 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 11
Into My Arms 12 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12
Henry Lee 13 13 13 15 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 13
The Weeping Song 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 14
Where The Wild Roses Grow 17 18 16 19 15 * * * 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
The Mercy Seat 15 16 17 17 16 * * * 17 17 17 17 17 18 18
Plain Gold Ring 17 18 13 17 * * * 15 15 18 15 19
Stagger Lee 15 19 20 18 * * 19 17 19
Are You The One... * * 15 8 * 18 18 18
Nobody's Baby Now 18 20 * 11 15 10 11
Come Into My Sleep 16 18 *
The Ship Song * 19 19 15 19 17
Do You Love Me? * 18 19 15
Jack The Ripper *
MONTH June
DATE 1 2 4 5 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 27 28 29
TOTAL # OF SONGS 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 21 18 19 20 14 14 13
Far From Me 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lime Tree Arbour 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Stranger Than Kindness 3 3 3 3 3 9 3 3 3 3 9
Red Right Hand 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 7 7 7
Black Hair 5 7 5 7 5 5 7 5 5 10
The Carny 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
People Ain't No Good 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 7 5 6 6 6
West Country Girl 8 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 4
Brompton Oratory 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 8 4 4 4
Nobody's Baby Now 10 10 7 10 7
I Let Love In 10 11 10 11 10 10 10 11 10 10 11 8 8 8
Mercy 11 11 11 11 11 11
Into My Arms 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10
Henry Lee 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 11 11 11
The Weeping Song 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 12
Plain Gold Ring 15 15 15 * 15 15 14
Are You The One... 15 15 15 * 15
Where The Wild Roses Grow 16 16 16 16 16 16 * 20 16 16 16 9 9 9
The Mercy Seat 17 17 17 17 17 14 * 15 17 17 17 13 13 13
Do You Love Me? 18 18 18 19 21 18 19 3 3 3
Stagger Lee 18 17 19
Thirsty Dog 18
Jack The Ripper 16
Your Funeral, My Trial 18 17 18
The Ship Song 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 18 18 19 20 14
2.2 Australia
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Comments: Australian tour - same setlist, except that Brompton Oratory
has been dropped. Black Hair is now a piano solo version.
On November 26, Kylie joined for Wild Roses, and the new
song which is "Still Your Face Comes Shining Through".
21/11/97 Melbourne, The Forum
22/11/97 - Melbourne, The Forum
23/11/97 - Melbourne, The Forum
25/11/97 - Sydney, State Theatre
26/11/97 - Sydney, State Theatre
27/11/97 - Sydney, State Theatre
29/11/97 - Brisbane, Festival Hall
01/12/97 - Perth, Belvoir Amphitheatre
03/12/97 - Adelaide, Thebarton Theatre
06/12/97 - Melbourne, The Regent Theatre
MONTH November December
DATE 21 22 23 25 26 27 29 3 6
TOTAL # OF SONGS 19 19 18 18 18 19 17 18 19
Far From Me 1 1 1 1 5 1 5 5 5
Lime Tree Arbour 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1
Stranger Than Kindness 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Red Right Hand 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Black Hair 5 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
The Carny 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
People Ain't No Good 7 5 7 5 2 5 2 2 2
West Country Girl 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Nobody's Baby Now 9 9 9
Are You The One... 9 9
I Let Love In 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Mercy 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Into My Arms 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Henry Lee 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
The Weeping Song 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Where The Wild Roses Grow 16 16 * 15 13 15 15 15 17
The Mercy Seat 18 17 * 16 17 16 16 16 18
Do You Love Me? 17 18 * 16 18 17 15
The Ship Song 15 19 18 18 19 18 19
Plain Gold Ring 15 17 9 9 9 9
Stagger Lee 19 17
Your Funeral, My Trial * 17
Still Your Face Came... 15
Black Betty (part) 16
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3. Other Performances
early 97 MTV News, various, inparticular one about Rhino Hunting In Budapest
early 97 Triple J Sydney, interview22/02/97 "MTV News", Nick about "Into My Arms" clip
?/2-3/97 "J File", Recovery, ABC TV Australia, special
02/03/97 BBC Radio 1, interview by Stuart Maconie
04/03/97 "Nulle Part Ailleurs", Canal plus, Into My Arms
05/03/97 "Recovery", ABC TV Australia, int. & Into My Arms
09/03/97 "Jam", VIVA TV Germany, 1 hour special
17/03/97 "Kult und Kaos", Radio Eins Live, Germany, 1 hour special
18/03/97 "Marginaali", Radiomafia Finland, int. I Mattila
24/03/97 "The Ticket", NBC, announcing new album & clip
24/04/97 "Willemsens Woche", ZDF Germany, int & Brompton Oratory
05/97 "360 Grad", VH-1 TV, Germany, included live footage of Hamburg
08/05/97 2JJJ, Special on Dylan, Cave interview
16/05/97 "V", Australia TV, Newsitem on Nick, apologizing to women
18/05/97 "Live & Loud", MTV, session, (date = recording date)
Into My Arms - Brompton Oratory - West Country Girl
Far From Me - The Carny
20/06/97 "Music Legends", NBC Europe, interview
03/07/97 "Jyrki", Finnish MTV3 Ruisrock interview 28/6/97
??/08/97 New Zealand, News item with Nick
04/09/97 Skibbereen, Ireland, Liss Ard festival, "Songs & Poetry"
Dead Joe - The Mercy Seat - parts from "And The Ass..." -
Time Jesum Transientum Et Non Riverentum (reading) - Black Hair
People Ain't No Good - West Country Girl
04/09/97 Skibbereen, Ireland, Liss Ard festival, reading
The Carny - Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams)
05/09/97 Skibbereen, Ireland, Liss Ard festival
Lime Tree Arbour (aborted)- The Flesh Made Word (reading) -
Brompton Oratory - Little Empty Boat
05/09/97 Skibbereen, Ireland, Liss Ard festival
Nick, Mick Harvey & members from Patti Smith band:
People Ain't No Good - Stagger Lee - Henry Lee - Into My Arms
The Mercy Seat - Rainy Night In Soho - Black Hair
11/10/97 London, Camden, Jazz Cafe, (with Warren Ellis & Kylie)
Dead Joe - The Mercy Seat - Ass readings -
Time Jesum Transientum Et Non Riverentum (reading)
Still Your Face Came Shining Through (duet w. Kylie) -
Black Hair - Into My Arms - People Ain't No Good
11/10/97 RTE Ireland, interview w. Nick and Patti on Liss Ard
26/10/97 Rome, "World Food Day", FAO benefit
Into My Arms (with Warren Ellis on violin)
26/10/97 RAI Italy, Rome, "World Food Day", FAO Benefit, Into My Arms
29/10/97 Network 2, Ireland, special on Jack L. features Nick@Jazz Cafe perf.
31/10/97 London, Barbican Centre, Benefit f. La Monte Young and M. Zazeela.
Dead Joe - The Mercy Seat - West Country Girl - Into My Arms
Black Hair (all this with Warren Ellis) - Time Jesum Trans... (solo)
11/97 Northern Irish TV about Nick & Kylie in Belfast
14/11/97 Belfast, Elmwood Hall, Belfast Festival
The Flesh Made Word - Dead Joe - The Mercy Seat - readings from
The Ass: The Birth, The Atra Virago - Into My Arms - Black Hair
Time Jesus Transientum Et Non Riverentum -
Still Your Face Comes Shining Through - Little Empty Boat
27/11/97 Sydney, St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Michael Hutchence funeral
Into My Arms
20/11/97 JJJ Sydney, J Files & telephone quiz
/11/97 JJJ Sydney, interview
26/12/97 "Loladamusica", VPRO documentary, sessions, ints, 50 minutes
4. More 1997 Highlights
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* Neubauten tour
* Mick Harvey's Pink Elephants
* Second Nick Cave tribute tape by goodsoners
* Some 1997 covers of Nick Cave songs:
- Spurs for Jesus have covered "Shivers" on the compilation album
"Cop It Sweet - An Antfarm Compilation" CD. Antfarm ANT002 (1997).
- Atomopel have covered "Zoo Music Girl" and "King Ink" on their
1997 album "Bruxelles".
- Howard New has released "Straight To You" as a single in May 1997.
- Gene has released "The Ship Song" as the b-side to the single
"Speak To Me Someone", 1997.
- Stromkern has covered "The Mercy Seat" on the CD "Flicker Like A Candle",
which also contains a remix of this song by Attrition, released in 1997
on CD on the German KODEX/SUSHIA LIGHT label, EFA CD 12 977.
* Video clips to Into My Arms and Are You The One...
* Theatre plays of And The Ass Saw The Angel in Belgium and Australia.
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5. In Memoriam
Michael Hutchence, Epic Soundtracks, and Inbal Permuter,
lead singer of The Witches...
Let's hope 1998 doesn't include this section...
Best wishes to everyone.
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