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01/xx/88, Foufounes Électriques, Montreal, Canada
Setlist: 1. The Holiday Song 2. Nimrod's Son 3. Levitate Me 4. Bone Machine 5. Isla De Encanta 6. Down To The Well 7. Break My Body 8. I’m Amazed 9. Ed Is Dead 10. Build High 11. Where Is My Mind? 12. River Euphrates 13. Cactus 14. Tony’s Theme 15. Subbacultcha 16. Weird At My School 17. I’ve Been Tired 18. Caribou 19. Something Against You (instrumental) 20. Hey 21. Gigantic 22. Vamos 23. In Heaven 24. Broken Face 25. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: 60 minutes, broadcast or soundboard, A.
Notes: Very good show overall - lots of rare songs, plus a unique instrumental version of Something Against You. Also includes the usual early version of Subbacultcha (with parts of d = r x t). Name of venue is occasionally misspelled as "Foufaine's Electriques".
02/02/88, La Locomotive, Paris, France
Notes: Perhaps wrong date.
02/17/88, 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Setlist: 1. Nimrod’s Son 2. Ed Is Dead 3. The Holiday Song 4. Levitate Me 5. Isla De Encanta 6. Caribou 7. River Euphrates 8. Bone Machine 9. Cactus 10. Break My Body 11. Gigantic 12. I’ve Been Tired 13. Vamos 14. In Heaven
Recording: 35 minutes, audience, A-, Aiwa CM-30 > WMD6.
02/27/88, Amsterdam, Holland
Setlist: 1. Bone Machine 2. Something Against You 3. Ed Is Dead 4. Nimrod's Son 5. Where Is My Mind? 6. Levitate Me 7. Brick Is Red
Recording: 15 minutes, broadcast, A-.
Notes: Not the entire show. Appears on the bootleg Pixies Live.
03/xx/88, WYNU Studio Session, New York, NY
Recording: 25 minutes, broadcast, A.
03/08/88, Mayo Session, England
Recording: 10 minutes, broadcast, A.
Notes: Perhaps wrong date.
03/14/88, VPRO Studios, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Setlist: 1. Bone Machine 2. interview 3. Gigantic 4. Isla De Encanta
Recording: 10 minutes, broadcast, A.
Notes: Perhaps wrong date, see 04/13/88.
03/18/88, Silver Dollar, Toronto, Canada
Setlist: 1. The Holiday Song 2. Nimrod's Son 3. Levitate Me 4. Bone Machine 5. Isla De Encanta 6. Down To The Well 7. Build High 8. Ed Is Dead 9. Where Is My Mind? 10. Weird At My School 11. River Euphrates 12. Tony's Theme 13. Brick Is Red 14. I'm Amazed 15. Subbacultcha (early version) 16. Break My Body 17. Something Against You (instrumental) 18. Hey 19. Gigantic 20. Broken Face 21. Caribou 22. I've Been Tired 23. Vamos 24. In Heaven 25. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: 65 minutes, audience, B+.
Notes: Date might also be the 14th.
03/18/88, ?, Turin, Italy
04/xx/88, Danish TV
04/04/88, The Loft, Berlin, Germany
Recording: 60 minutes, ?, ?.
04/08/88, Mean Fiddler, London, England
Recording: 50 minutes, audience, ?.
Graphics: Clipping.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
04/11/88, Elysee Montmarte, Paris, France
Recording: 45 minutes, audience, ?.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
04/13/88, VPRO Radio Session, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Notes: Perhaps wrong date, see 03/14/88.
04/13/88, Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands
Recording: 65 minutes, ?, ?.
Notes: First Dutch concert.
04/14/88, Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Setlist: 1. The Holiday Song 2. Bone Machine 3. Gigantic 4. Ed Is Dead 5. Nimrod's Son 6. Where Is My Mind? 7. Isla De Encanta 8. Broken Face 9. Down To The Well 10. Cactus 11. Break My Body 12. Tony's Theme 13. Something Against You 14. Hey 15. Subbacultcha 16. Levitate Me 17. Caribou 18. Brick Is Red 19. River Euphrates 20. I'm Amazed 21. Vamos 22. I've Been Tired 23. In Heaven 24. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: 65 minutes, audience, A-. Various edited broadcast recordings of this show also exist.
04/15/88, Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Setlist:1. The Holiday Song 2. Bone Machine 3. Levitate Me 4. Break My Body 5. Isla De Encanta 6. Broken Face 7. Down To The Well 8. Nimrod's Son 9. Ed Is Dead 10. Where Is My Mind? 11. Cactus 12. Something Against You 13. Hey 14. Gigantic 15. River Euphrates 16. Tony's Theme 17. Weird At My School 18. Brick Is Red 19. I'm Amazed 20. I've Been Tired 21. Vamos 22. In Heaven 23. Caribou 24. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: 60 minutes, A-, audience. Occasionally noisy audience, tape flip between 17 and 18.
Graphics: Poster.
04/16/88, VPRO Radio Session, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Recording: ? minutes, broadcast, A.
Notes: Possibly (another?) broadcast date of 03/14/88 session.
04/16/88, Het Paard, The Hague, Netherlands
Setlist: 1. The Holiday Song 2. Break My Body 3. Levitate Me 4. Isla De Encanta 5. Broken Face 6. Brick Is Red 7. Down To The Well 8. Cactus 9. I’m Amazed 10. Nimrod’s Son 11. Ed Is Dead 12. Where Is My Mind? 13. Bone Machine 14. Tony’s Theme 15. I’ve Been Tired 16. Something Against You 17. Hey 18. Gigantic 19. River Euphrates 20. Caribou 21. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: ? minutes, soundboard, ?. Cut in 19 on master(?).
Notes: May also be circulated as Paardvan Troje, Den Haag.
04/17/88, Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Notes: End of first week ever in the Netherlands.
04/20/88, Markethalle, Hamburg, Germany
Setlist: 1. Holiday Song 2. Break My Body 3. Caribou 4. I've Been Tired 5. In Heaven 6. Wild Honey Pie
Notes: Found on the bootlegs The Pixies Gigantic: Live Amsterdam and Hamburg 1988. Not the entire show. Full recording is rumored to exist.
04/23/88, Batschapp, Frankfurt, Germany
Recording: 60 minutes, ?, ?.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
04/26/88, Burberries, Birmingham, England
Setlist: 1. Holiday Song 2. Nimrod’s Son 3. Bone Machine 4. Levitate Me 5. Isla De Encanta 6. Broken Face 7. Break My Body 8. Ed Is Dead 9. I’ve Been Tired 10. Something Against You 11. Hey 12. Gigantic 13. Caribou 14. Vamos 15. In Heaven 16. Tony’s Theme 17. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: ? minutes, audience, ?.
Graphics: Clipping.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
04/27/88, Riverside, Newcastle, England
Setlist: 1. The Holiday Song 2. Nimrod's Son 3. Bone Machine 4. Levitate Me 5. Isla De Encanta 6. Broken Face 7. Where Is My Mind? 8. Ed Is Dead 9. Break My Body 10. Something Against You 11. Hey 12. Gigantic 13. River Euphrates 14. Caribou 15. I've Been Tired 16. Vamos 17. In Heaven 18. Tony's Theme 19. Wild Honey Pie
Graphics: Clipping.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
04/28/88, Polytechnic, Leeds, England
Graphics: Clipping.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
04/29/88, International, Manchester, England
Recording: Supposedly one of this show exists.
Graphics: Clipping.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
04/30/88, Kamikaze Club, Northampton, England
Graphics: Clipping.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
05/xx/88, Rick's Cafe, Ann Arbor, MI
Recording: 45 minutes, ?, ?.
Notes: Date is probably 06/xx/88.
05/01/88, Town & Country Club, London, England
Setlist: 1. The Holiday Song 2. Nimrod's Son 3. Bone Machine 4. Levitate Me 5. Ed Is Dead 6. Where Is My Mind? 7. Caribou 8. Something Against You 9. Hey 10. Gigantic 11. I've Been Tired 12. Vamos 13. In Heaven 14. Tony's Theme 15. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: 40 minutes, pro-shot video, A.
Graphics: Clipping, video stills, ticket.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
05/03/88, Royal Court, Liverpool, England
Setlist: 1. Into The White 2. Wave Of Mutilation 3. No. 13 Baby 4. Crackity Jones 5. Dead 6. River Euphrates 7. Monkey Gone To Heaven 8. Isla De Encanta 9. Gigantic 10. Hey 11. Caribou 12. Debaser 13. I Bleed 14. Levitate Me 15. Bone Machine 16. Gouge Away 17. Tame 18. Where Is My Mind? 19. Nimrod's Son 20. Vamos 21. Tony's Theme
Notes: Questionable as to accuracy of setlist - looks like the full 05/03/89 show.
05/13/88, Paradise Club, Boston, MA
Recording: 55 minutes, ?, ?.
05/15/88, The Rat(?), Boston, MA
Setlist: 1. The Holiday Song 2. Bone Machine 3. Break My Body 4. Levitate Me 5. Isla De Encanta 6. Broken Face 7. Caribou 8. River Euphrates 9. Nimrod's Son 10. Ed Is Dead 11. Something Against You 12. Hey 13. Gigantic 14. I've Been Tired 15. Vamos 16. In Heaven
05/16/88, The Living Room, Providence, RI
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
05/20/88, The Ritz, New York, NY
Setlist: Caribou was played.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
05/22/88, Rockets, Richmond, VA
Setlist: 1. Holiday Song 2. Nimrod's Son 3. Bone Machine 4. Break My Body 5. Broken Face 6. Isla De Encanta 7. Levitate Me 8. Caribou 9. Cactus 10. Ed Is Dead 11. Where Is My Mind? 12. I'm Amazed 13. Brick Is Red 14. Something Against You 15. Hey 16. Gigantic 17. River Euphrates 18. I've Been Tired 19. Vamos 20. In Heaven 21. Tony's Theme 22. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: 51 minutes, audience, B+. First track cut on master(?).
05/24/88, 9:30 Club, Washington DC
06/03/88 Northern Lights Records, Minneapolis, MN
Setlist: 1. Bone Machine 2. I’ve Been Tired 3. Break My Body 4. Nimrod’s Son 5. Isla De Encanta 6. Gigantic 7. Caribou 8. I’m Amazed 9. Where Is My Mind? 10. In Heaven
Recording: 20 minutes, audience tape, A-.
Notes: Semi-acoustic in-store performance. Charles plays acoustic guitar on all the songs giving them a rather unique sound. Charles breaks a string at the end of Where Is My Mind?
06/03/88, 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
Recording: 60 minutes, audience tape, A-.
06/04/88, Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL
Recording: 60 minutes, audience, ?.
06/06/88, Stache's, Columbus, OH
Graphics: Promo photo.
06/07/88, Peel Session, London
Recording: 12 minutes, broadcast, A.
06/18/88, Berkeley Square, Berkeley, CA
Setlist:
1. The Holiday Song
2. Nimrod's Son
3. Levitate Me
4. Break My Body
5. Bone Machine
6. Isla De Encanta
7. Broken Face
8. Cactus
9. Down To The Well
10. River Euphrates
11. Ed Is Dead
12. I'm Amazed
13. Caribou
14. Brick Is Red
15. Tony's Theme
16. Something Against You
17. Hey
18. Gigantic
19. Vamos
20. Lady In The Radiator Song
21. I've Been Tired
22. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: 60 minutes, audience, B.
06/20/88, I-Beam, San Francisco, CA
Graphics: Handbill.
Notes: Opened for Throwing Muses.
09/08/88, Simon Mayo Sessions, England
Setlist: 1. Here Comes Your Man 2. Down To The Well 3. Break My Body 4. Subbacultcha
Recording: 10 minutes, broadcast, A.
Notes: Subbacultcha twice interspersed with rudimentary version of d = r x t.
09/23/88, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Recording: 70 minutes, ?, ?.
09/24/88, Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands
Setlist: 1. Dead 2. I'm Amazed 3. Nimrod's Son 4. Broken Face 5. Isla De Encanta 6. Cactus 7. River Euphrates 8. Holiday Song 9. Mr. Grieves 10. Where Is My Mind? 11. I've Been Tired 12. Vamos 13. Ed Is Dead 14. Hey 15. Down To The Well 16. Tony's Theme 17. In Heaven 18. Monkey Gone To Heaven 19. Tame 20. Gigantic 21. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: 50 minutes, audience, A-.
Notes: An unusual performance of Monkey Gone To Heaven before it was recorded for the Doolittle album.
09/25/88, Futurama Festival(?), Deinze, Belgium
Setlist: 1. Bone Machine 2. Break My Body 3. Levitate Me 4. Caribou 5. Isla de Encanta 6. The Holiday Song 7. Where Is My Mind?
Recording: 17 minutes, broadcast, A. Not the full show - a full audience recording might also exist.
Graphics: Poster.
09/27/88, Rock City, Nothingham, England
Notes: Supposedly a recording exists.
09/28/88, Irish Centre, Birmingham, England
Notes: My Bloody Valentine opened.
09/29/88, Town & Country Club, London, England
Setlist: 1. Bone Machine 2. Break My Body
3. Broken Face
4. Isla De Encanta
5. There Goes My Gun
6. Ed Is Dead
7. Nimrod's Son
8. I'm Amazed
9. Where Is My Mind?
10. Something Against You
11. Levitate Me
12. Dead
13. Caribou
14. Cactus
15. River Euphrates
16. Tony's Theme
17. Manta Ray
18. Hey
19. Monkey Gone To Heaven
20. Tame
21. Mr Grieves
22. Vamos
23. In Heaven
24. Holiday Song
25. Gigantic
26. I've Been Tired
27. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: 64 minutes, audience tape, B. Tape flip between 19 and 20 on master(?). A video recording also exists (good sound, poor image).
Graphics: Ticket.
Notes: My Bloody Valentine and Perfect Disaster opened.
10/01/88, Nighttown, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Setlist: 1. Bone Machine 2. Break My Body 3. Broken Face 4. Isla De Encanta 5. There Goes My Gun 6. Ed Is Dead 7. Nimrod's Son 8. I'm Amazed 9. Where Is My Mind? 10. Something Against You 11. Levitate Me 12. Dead 13. Caribou 14. Cactus 15. River Euphrates 16. Tony's Theme 17. Hey 18. Monkey Gone To Heaven 19. Tame 20. Mr. Grieves 21. Vamos 22. In Heaven 23. Holiday Song 24. Gigantic 25. I've Been Tired 26. Wild Honey Pie
Recording: 60 minutes, B+, audience. Short break between 18-19 on master (?), good sound quality marred by chatty audience
10/02/88, Bierkeller, Bristol, England
Notes: My Bloody Valentine opened.
10/03/88, International 2, Manchester, England
Setlist: 1. Bone Machine 2. Break My Body 3. Isla De Encanta 4. Broken Face 5. There Goes My Gun 6. River Euphrates 7. Nimrod's Son 8. Ed Is Dead 9. I'm Amazed 10. Where Is My Mind? 11. Levitate Me 12. Dead 13. Cactus 14. Caribou 15. Something Against You (instrumental) 16. Manta Ray
Recording: 30 minutes, ?, ?. Track 10 might be Wave Of Mutilation instead, end of Manta Ray cut on master (?).
Notes: My Bloody Valentine opened.
10/04/88, Kamakazi Club, Northampton, England
10/05/88, Mean Fiddler, London, England
10/14/88, The Ritz or The World, New York, NY
Recording: 30 minutes, ?, ?. Start cut on master(?).
11/29/88, Peel Session, London, England
Recording: 12 minutes, broadcast, A.
Notes: Perhaps wrong date.
12/20/88, Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA
Setlist: 1. Gigantic
Recording: 6 minutes, soundboard, A.
Notes: With J. Mascis on guitar, Christmas party.