World Party 1993-07-25 Wadsworth Theatre Los Angeles, CA

World Party
Wadsworth Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
July 25, 1993

JEMS Master
Sonic Studios DSM-6 > Denon DTR-80P

Master DAT > (Transit/Peak 5) > FLAC

01 Is It Like Today?
02 Mystery Girl
03 Sunshine (includes a snatch of "Getting in Tune")
04 Put The Message In The Box
05 Kingdom Come
06 Ship of Fools
07 Is it Too Late? >
08 Radio Days>Is It Too Late?
09 Love Street
10 Sooner or Later
11 Like a Rolling Stone (Dylan cover)
12 Way Down Now (includes a snatch of "Lust for Life")
13 Give It All Away

An abridged version of this show was broadcast later on radio; this is the complete audience recording.

I recall being somewhat disappointed in this show (my expectations were sky high having fallen hard for Goodbye Jumbo and to a lesser extent its follow-up, Bang!), perhaps because it ended abruptly with no encore. Listening again today for the first time in years, the performance is more interesting than underwhelming. Karl Wallinger does a lot of chatting and something was clearly on his mind, though just what never entirely becomes clear. Regardless, there's some inspired playing, and if memory serves I was in the first or second row right in front of the PA, which accounts for the relative lack of audience interruption throughout most of the recording. I think it sounds quite good. Check it out yourself in the sample below. Grant Lee Buffalo opened the show--first time I ever saw them--and I came away hugely impressed. JB was with me, I think. Can't remember who else.

What a great band for the first three albums, as this show reminds.

Butterking (for JEMS)

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