If posting a crapton of their demos my first ICDT post is of any indication, Slowdive has been on the listening docket quite a bit lately. A truly sublime band.
When they released their second best album Souvlaki in 1993, their label not only delayed its release but also withdrew financial support mid-tour. The band then toured twice more on their own dime. It would be around this time, I'm guessing, that they released this Live in Oslo tape from their 1992 show at the Centrum in order to help with the money end of things. The setlist is solid-- three cuts from Souvlaki, supplemented by older EP and Just for a Day tunes. The song quality is in the B/B+ range-- the only real downsides are the occasional but incredibly brief tech difficulty (maybe once or twice) and the likely drunk guy yelling "I LOVE YOU!" at singer/guitarist Rachel Goswell between songs...and then Rachel eventually calls him out, which is pretty golden.
If you like My Bloody Valentine or any of their followers or just want spacey, relaxing music, check this tape out. And the aforementioned ICDT post, because most of those demos are as fantastic as anything the band released on an album.
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This was actually in 1993, late Nowember or early December. I know this because I was there. It was a double bill with Cranes. It was a great show but Slowdive did have some technical problems. The Cranes gig on the other hand was flawless. Cranes had just released "Forever", Norwegian radio recorded the whole thing and aired the Cranes part later. I'm not sure they aired the Slowdive gig. I was 20 back then and music was sweet.
The show took place on 18 October 1993. More info here http://www.slowdivedatabase.com/index.php/Slowdive/19931018Oslo
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