Where else might you recommend, kind one...?

You could try Sendspace. A disadvantage is that uploads are deleted after a month.

What's the situation with Pulp Portfolio right now? Is there more material pending? Sorry, don't want to hurry you, just eager to hear this interview everyone keeps talking about.

Fans of the shambolic B-Hive gig can rejoice - the rest of it is coming soon. And it's even worse than the first five tracks here. HURRAY! I've patched the two best run throughs from the original master in order to best counteract the huge difference in recording levels from about 22 - 33 minutes into the gig. It is a bad gig. But it is one of the earliest in circulation. Well,it's about to be anyway...!

Goldwave hacked and cracked. Hurrah! Prepare for your ears to bleed shortly...

It's a really bad gig. Yet the crowd are loving it. Three encores.

Fascinating to see that, even in '84, Jarvis was taunting those who called out for My Lighthouse.

Also interesting in that gig #1 on this NEW DOUBLE CD PACK was 19th Dec, the second gig 28th (if memory serves - can't be arsed checking). Three new songs are featured in the 2nd gig that aren't featured in the 1st (or any previous gig), suggesting a hectic rehearsal/writing period in late December '84.

Now, if my home computer connection didn't keep cutting out every five mins, I'd be able to upload this behemoth...

Stephen wrote:

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Ah, disc 2's been circulating for quite some time so probably ain't much of a surprise. Disc 1 (the last eight songs or so) is the real rarity here. As far as I'm aware, the tape that I recorded it from was the only copy in existence.

Until now.

Fly my pretty, fly!

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Hmm, I must have missed the stuff on disc 2 the first time round. Just had a listen to the second half of disc 1, and the new stuff that has emerged is awesome, too. Currently having a listen to 'They Suffocate At Night', and it sounds great. Also had a listen to 'Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)' earlier, which also sounded really good. Although the gig has a reputation of being something of a disaster, the recordings of the two aforementioned songs still sound good (though a few people were rather drunkenly singing along).

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Ooh, cheers. I'll try and set it running tonight...

http://www.mediafire.com/?8yzp44f8n6ho5qr

Fuck YEAH!

I think it's just me that's given it that reputation :) Mind you, disc 2 is pretty shonky too. Again we get a very ratty Jarvis. Was December '84 a particularly bad time for him?

I think the B-Hive gig may well be where Paul Mills (who was in attendance) fell in love with Maureen. It was always one of his favourite Pulp tracks, although it doesn't feature in any gigs after this. He got the band to agree to him releasing it on Premspeak 1 a couple of years later.

Not sure if I've mentioned this before, but it's gonna break hearts if not. The chap who recorded disc 1 was one Clyde Hatter who used to be in various Sheffield bands around this time. Paul Mills mentioned that Clyde had had 'loads' of Pulp live stuff including an amazing one from...'82 I think? that Paul had heard. Myself and Mr. Sturdy managed to recently track down Clyde - now a hugely successful computer...person - to find out that all of the tapes are likely long since gone.

We wept.

Apparently Clyde used to take his tape recorded to pretty much anything. A bit like the Bridget Polk who never got the pay-off I suppose...

I thought it was Jarvis announcing 'My Lighthouse', but am happy to be persuaded otherwise. He seemed to take umbrage at the excitied, happy girls near the front (?) who kept shouting for it.

"How dare they request a song that is...a whole YEAR OLD?!" says The J (or the R) and launches into their second abandoned song of the night.

Yet the crowd do love the set...for some reason. There is a lot of yelling for the continual encores. Seems such a shame how Pulp weren't up for enjoying the experience themselves.