Tommy (he's not really an Ultravox fan , just a fine drummer...)

And Finally (Esther )No - he can sense when we glare at him....

Three more Citrus live tracks up in the Media Archive... enjoy!

Vienna now up too.

Now I have seen and heard everything so far. GREAT! I especially liked "Sleepwalk" and "All Stood Still"!

From the pictures I like those the most:
Citrus 2 (nice difference between Mike in blue and Don in red)
Citrus 10
Citrus 15 (quite menacing)

Greenock 3 (great light)
Greenock 10 (the light seems to come out of the Yamaha)
Greenock 11
Greenock 13
Greenock 18 (suspense in the air )
Greenock 20 (the room reminds me of a scenery from David Lynch. Ari, when there's time please tell me some secrets of photography!!)

Mike: great guitar! Now that I've seen all the pics I also see that she (the guitar) is not grey but gold. Your wife has a very good taste!

Nils, dont let mike fool you, the gold strat used to belong to ABC circa lexicon of love. It was martin Fry's, to go with his gold lame suit.

Davy.

Only kidding Mike..

Dammit, I thought he was referring to my wife's taste in choosing me....

Nils,
the decor is not all that the place has in common with a David Lynch set, believe me....

Are you refering to backward walkin'/talkin' midget barman that clicks his fingers & plays the double bass @ the same time by any chance?

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Sleepwalker:
<strong>Are you refering to backward walkin'/talkin' midget barman that clicks his fingers & plays the double bass @ the same time by any chance?

A Martin Fry signature edition .

In Flensburg there's a book and comic shop. Last year I was there with my brother and it really felt as if we were part of a scene in e.g. "Twin Peaks" or "Mulholland Drive". No-one else was in the shop, only the dealer himself and his mum. He read some comics and his mum sat at the opposite side of the table and was telling weird stories to her son who didn't seem to listen. And everything else was totally quiet.
It was quite disturbing....


By the way, Mike: what effects did You use? "Only" single Boss-Effects or also a multieffect?

CONGRATULATIONS I have been listening the Monument Live tracks. You are doing very good work. I wish haven't seen your gigs, but thanks for those tracks. Maby one small day I would see your concert...
Hey!!! Visions in Blue, Sleepwalk and Slow Motion are super !!!! But the rest I also like. I'm waiting for more live tracks !!!!! I saw your photos. If I would be on your concert I would think "The Reunion..." .
I wonder what is the Foxx-era second song?
Really great band!!!!

All the best

Sly

Sly, if i understand you correctly, you ask, what was the second song after Slow Motion????? the bass drum intro is for Quiet Men, played live , BUT, with some over critical 'howlers', well, not exactly 'howlers', but, wee deviances from the original. Or, what we call in the trade as, 'Jazz Chords'.......

**** Our version of Quiet Men was based 0n John Foxx's Dominion Theatre, London, 21st October 1983 version. Or, was that the Lyceum, London on the 11th November 1983 ???? John?? Denis, answers on a postcard ...................................................

Davy.

Thanks guys for all your kind comments, there are certainly a few howlers in there, mostly caused by yours truly!!! :rolleyes:

Don't sweat it Don, if I remember rightly, when recording "Monument", howlers were pretty much the order of the day. (except for Warren, now that I think about it)It's amazing what a can of fairy dust and a day in Air Studios can do for a live recording.

As an aside, I've got to congratulate Ari on his fabulous photography. I wish someone had caught a snap of him when he was working away in front of the stage at Edinburgh. I've never seen anyone so happy at work. His face was a picture of pure elation. Nice one Ari!!

Just seen Ari's photo's from the Citrus gig etc,very well taken Ari! Can't remember if you took any of Global Citizen though,got to speak to them afterwards,nice folks! Absolutely right Danny,Ari did look ecstatic taking these photo's.Don,I'll be in touch soon when I've shaken off this bloody flu virus!!

Thanks everyone for nice comments about photos I did. It was absolutely my pleasure.

Mike, Davy.... Now you see what I was saying previously; if I´d sent photos for you (monument) to choose, before posting them here, you would be still choosing them....

Danny.... thanks for you kind word....you are very right. I love my work a lot. Besides photography is also my hobby, so I am very lucky to have job I can practice both at the same time.
But Monument gig in Citrus, well, I started to "enjoy" my day about midday, was very exited about gig and maybe worked "too professional" if ya know what I mean Shooting something like Monument is real pleasure...
But shooting something like CEO of big company who is not used to pose in front of the camera in his dull looking office and he (in 99 % case) refuses to left his office and the story is going to be 6 page long in magazine.....then my job is something else...

Dex....I indeed photographed Global Citizen as well in Greenock. I spoke to them also, and promised to sent some photos.... and I will. I have a few cracking ones of them, they had quite visual expression....

So I have been very silent for past week. My life is turning upside down, can´t focus anything right now (except my job - kind of have to focus )

Cheers, ari

Nils,
I only used BOSS 'stomp-box' effects at these gigs, although I wasn't happy with the distortion sound - I need something which can sustain and have controllable feedback. Ordinarily I would use the overdrive on my amp, but the new guitar has more powerful pickups which scream before I hit a note...so I have some searching to do....

What about getting a 'Big Muff' distortion pedal?
They're great!

There's the possibility of a stack of some multieffects. I have a Yamaha FX500 multieffect and since few weeks also a Boss ME-6 multieffect. I've switched them in a row, so that I can use the second effect unit on a "pre-mixed" sound. When both units deliver distorted sound the result is..... strongly distorted . Of course there has to be some altering in the settings to avoid feedback and noises. And there's no possibility of getting a straight, "clear" distortion. It's some kind of overload, it might sound a bit washed. But fat...... . And I nearly have recreated the "DWTIME" sound. But somehow Midge seems to play "real" chords there, no powerchords. I haven't got the sound for real chords yet... .

I think Danny may remember the setup and the stuff Midge had back then? There was a talk about it in this thread:
http://www.Ultravox.org.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=16;t=000053
(scroll the page down a bit)

When will the other tracks be uploaded? Would love to hear e.g. "Desire", "DWTIME" and the Intro!

Hi guys . Wat can I say . I took me back to my first uv gig at the Glasgow appolo 1982. If only if I was 15 years old again .let me know when the next show is.
Drew Lapsley.

Nils - the boys have decided to put more Citrus Club recordings up only on request, but have agreed to putting up Ari's whole recording of Greenock. I'll try to do that later!

OK

I am also waiting for Monument's recordings and photos

not wanting to sound thick or anything,but ive downloaded the music files but i cant get my pc to play them??im not exactly pc literate,ie i know where the on/off button is lol but thats about it
nearly made it to the gig too but all went pear shaped right at the last minute,but somewhere oxfordy/swindony would be good and i promise ya oxford fans i wont wear me 'we hate tommy mooney' t shirt!!!!lol

Hey Sly, I see you use Photoshop too !
Clever brushwork on ya avatar, it aint easy brushing out a noose

Just listened to all the tracks and they were excellent, looks from the pics and the brill music like a great night was had!