999 Punk Band Bootleg Tape Guide

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For the 999 fanactic that wants a little bit more.... This is a guide to recordings that are worthy of your attention. They all make great additions to your 999 listening. If a recording is of unlistenable quality, it's not included. These are not available via this website, but it's worth exploring the fabulous aural scultpures blogsite. It is by no means a complete guide, there are other 999 recordings out there. Get in touch :-)
30th August 1977 London, The Vortex Nasty Nasty / Pick It Up / Hit Me / Quite Disappointing / Jam Me Up / My Street Stinks / Emergency / I'm Alive / No Pity / Chicane Destination / My Street Stinks / Nobody Knows / Nasty Nasty / I'm Alive Notes: Rough audience recording but of historical interest due to date, venue, & inclusion of Jam Me Up, a song 999 didn't record until 1998 on Takeover.
18th October 1978 Reading, Bones Club Chicane Destination / Don't Deny / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Nasty Nasty / My Street Stinks / Emergency / Nobody Knows / Nasty Nasty / I'm Alive Notes: Average audience recording but of historical interest due to the inclusion of Chicane Destination & Don't Deny, which are electrifying. Nasty Nasty is played twice. Unfortunately only part of the gig has been preserved on tape.
16th June 1979 Boston MA USA, Paradise Theatre Soundcheck / Quite Disappointing / Let's Face It / Hit Me / Soldier / Me And My Desire / Feelin' Alright With Crew / Crazy / Nobody Knows / Made A Fool Of You / Lie Lie Lie / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Action / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / I'm Alive (cut) / Homicide (start cut) / Shake / My Street Stinks / Boiler / Homicide Notes: Good quality. The 'soundtrack' is a puzzle - it's an unknown song & is it actually 999? Apart from that, it's another exciting US gig.
2nd July 1979 San Francisco USA, Old Waldorf (2nd set) Pick It Up / My Street Stinks / Hit Me / Me & My Desire / Let's Face It / Action / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Lie Lie Lie / Nobody Knows / Inside Out / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Real Rean / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / Quite Disappointing / Boiler Notes: Excellent quality, recorded by KALK radio. The 1st set of the night is included on the brilliant 4CD Boxset, Bay Area Homicide, however this performance is not. This is another great performance.
25th January 1980 Scarborough, Penthouse Club Brent Cross / Let's Face It / Hit Me / English Wipeout / So Long / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Boys In The Gang / Me & My Desire / The Biggest Prize In Sport / Trouble / Emergency / Homicide / Nasty Nasty Notes: Reasonable quality. Exciting gig. I concure with the chap in the audience at the end; "We want more 999!"
13th March 1980 Portland OH USA, Euphoria Brent Cross / Let's Face It / Hit Me / English Wipeout / Stranger / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Boys In The Gang / Me & My Desire / The Biggest Prize In Sport / Hollywood / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Emergency / Homicide / My Street Stinks / Boiler (cut) Notes: Excellent quality, unfortunately Boiler cuts out just before the end.
20th April 1980 New York, My Father's Place Brent Cross / Let's Face It / Hit Me / English Wipeout / Stranger / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Boys In The Gang / Me & My Desire / The Biggest Prize In Sport / Fun Thing / Hollywood / Inside Out / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Crazy / Homicide / My Street Stinks / Stop Stop / I'm Alive / Boiler (fade at end) Notes: Radio broadcast - superb quality. Essential 999 recording.
Date ??? 1980 New Orleans Brent Cross / Let's Face It / Hit Me / English Wipeout / Stranger / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Boys In The Gang / Me & My Desire / The Biggest Prize In Sport / Fun Thing / Hollywood / Inside Out / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Homicide / I'm Alive / Boiler / My Street Stinks / Homicide Notes: Lovely recording includes two outings for Homicide
17th September 1980 London, Lyceum Ballroom Brent Cross / Let's Face It / Hit Me / English Wipeout / Public Enemy Number 1 / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Boys In The Gang / Me & My Desire / The Biggest Prize In Sport / Fun Thing / Hollywood / Slam! / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive Notes: Good quality. Lively gig includes Slam!
28th October 1980 Hamburg Germany, Markthalle Let's Face It / Hit Me / English Wipeout / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Public Enemy Number 1 / Me & My Desire / The Biggest Prize In Sport / Fun Thing / Hollywood / Inside Out / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Boys In The Gang / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / My Street Stinks / Boiler Notes: Reasonable quality. Exciting gig. Nick tries his German!
3rd May 1981 London, Lyceum Ballroom Obsessed / Hit Me / So Greedy / Let's Face It / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Fun Thing / Don't You Know I Need You / No Pity / English Wipeout / Mercy Mercy / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / My Street Stinks / Obsessed / I'm Alive Notes: Decent quality audience recording. Exciting London gig with sound effects! Current single Obsessed played twice.
14th June 1981 New Jersey, Dirt Club Obsessed / Hit Me / So Greedy / Let's Face It / Inside Out / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Boys In The Gang / Don't You Know I Need You / Fun Thing / English Wipeout / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Emergency / / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / My Street Stinks / Boiler Notes: Excellent quality, another brilliant show.
27th June 1981 Toronto, Hamilton Hit Me / Let's Face It / Inside Out / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Hollywood / Boys In The Gang / Fun Thing / That's The Way It Goes / English Wipeout / Nasty Nasty / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive / Boiler Notes: Excellent radio broadcast with a rare outing for That's The Way It Goes. Nick's comments indicate some trouble with the Police preceeded the show.
16th November 1981 Ann Arbor, Second Chance Hit Me / Obsessed / So Greedy / Inside Out / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Hollywood / Boys In The Gang / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Let's Face It / Dead Or Alive / English Wipeout / Homicide / My Street Stinks / Boiler Note: Good quality. Enjoyable gig which includes a solid performance of Dead Or Alive which is only available as a demo on The Cellblock Tapes. Listen out for a great Obsessed.
8th August 1982 London, Lyceum Ballroom Inside Out / Let's Face It / Obsessed / Arabesque / Boys In The Gang / Custer's Last Stand / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Blaze Of Noon / Don't You Know I Need You / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / English Wipeout / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / Wild Sun / My Street Stinks / Hit Me / I'm Alive Notes: Good quality, albiet hot/distorted at times with speed issues on I'm Alive. Notable for including the rarely performed Arabesque and Custer's Last Stand from 13th Floor Madness album, along with Blaze Of Noon which only saw the light of day on the compilation LP Identity Parade. Also good to hear 999's contemporary single Wild Sun live.
20th February 1985 Cardiff, Ocean Rooms Intro / Hallelujah / Inside Out / Hit Me / Obsessed / This Is Just A Lie / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / No Pity / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / 20 Years / Boys In The Gang / Let's Face It / Emergency Notes: Excellent recording from the Face To Face tour, it includes 3 songs from the album. The recording is the first 45 minutes, leaving you wanting to hear the rest of the set!
9th March 1985 Retford, Porterhouse Intro / Hallelujah / Inside Out / Hit Me / Obsessed / This Is Just A Lie / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / No Pity / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / 20 Years / Boys In The Gang / Let's Face It / Emergency / English Wipeout / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive Notes: Good recording from the Face To Face tour.
11th May 1985 Glasgow Hallelujah / Inside Out / Hit Me / Obsessed / This Is Just A Lie / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / No Pity / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / 20 Years / Let's Face It / Emergency / English Wipeout / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive Notes: Excellent recording from the Face To Face tour. The safety barrier undergoes some punishment during the frenzy.
28th October 1985 Trenton New Jersey, City Gardens Pre Gig Chat / Intro / Hallelujah / Inside Out / Hit Me / Obsessed / This Is Just A Lie / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / No Pity / 20 Years / Don't You Know I Need You / Boys In The Gang / Let's Face It / Emergency / English Wipe Out / Nasty Nasty / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive Notes: The Face To Face tour hits the USA. Taken from the superb video uploaded onto YouTube.
4th June 1987 Portsmouth, Basin's Nite Club Inside Out / Hit Me / Don't You Know I Need You / White Trash / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Obsessed / No Pity / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Boys In The Gang / Nasty Nasty / Let's Face It / Emergency / Homicide / Lust Power & Money / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive Notes: Good quality. This gig shows that even while they were being ignored by the music press, they were still bang on form live. There's reference to the general election of '87.
8th June 1987 Newcastle, The Riverside Inside Out / Hit Me / Don't You Know I Need You / White Trash / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Obsessed / No Pity / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Boys In The Gang / Let's Face It / Emergency / English Wipeout / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / Lust Power & Money / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive Notes: Reasonable quality. Four days after the Portsmouth gig, 999 are caught in action once more. Another exciting gig to promote live album Lust Power & Money.
19th December 1991 Birmingham, Hummingbird Hit Me / Inside Out / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Boys In The Gang / Lil Red Riding Hood / Let's Face It / Don't You Know I Need You / English Wipeout / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive Notes: Reasonable quality. Early Arturo performance with the band on a upward curve.
Summer 1992 Fulham, The Swan Lust Power & Money / Inside Out / Hit Me / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Boys In The Gang / White Trash / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Lil Red Riding Hood / Don't You Know I Need You / Emergency / English Wipeout / Homicide / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive / Nasty Nasty / People Who Died Notes: Excellent recording. This is Dave Ferguson's 'We're Alive' tape. Recorded at Pablo's local pub. Includes unreleased song People Who Died.
4th November 1994 Dusseldorf Germany, Haus Der Jugend Black Flowers For The Bride / Inside Out / Hit Me / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / (There Is No Glory In) Mary's Story / Titantic (My Over) Reaction / Crazy Crazy Crazy / Boys In The Gang / White Light / Lil' Red Riding Hood / Chicane Destination / Don't You Know I Need You? / Let's Face It / The Biggest Prize In Sport / Absolution / Homicide (cut) / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive / English Wipeout / Boiler Notes: Excellent recording featuring a good selection of songs from You Us It!
25th February 2010 Bournemouth, Champions Bar Black Flowers For The Bride / Inside Out / Hit Me / The System / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Gimme The World / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Lie Lie Lie / Lil Red Riding Hood / Really Like You / Don't You Know I Need You / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive Notes: Excellent recording. Peppered with gems from throughout 999's career, from debut LP through to Death In Soho.
25th October 2019 New York USA, Bowery Electric Boys In The Gang / Inside Out / Hit Me / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Let's Face It / Lie Lie Lie / Rael Rean / Subterfuge / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / Lil Red Riding Hood / Really Like You / The Biggest Prize In Sport / No Pity / Last Breath / Don't You Know I Need You / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / My Street Stinks / Boiler / English Wipeout / I'm Alive Notes: Excellent clear distortion free recording from possibly the last ever 999 tour of the USA.
6th August 2022 Blackpool, Rebellion Festival Inside Out / Shoot / Hit Me / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / My Dad Trashed My Submarine / Boys In The Gang / The Biggest Prize In Sport / Don't Wanna Know / Let's Face It / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / I'm Alive Notes: Excellent clear audience recording includes 3 songs from Bish Bash Bosh.
15th January 2023 London, 100 Club, Resolution Festival Black Flowers For The Bride / Inside Out / Hit Me / Boys In The Gang / My Dad Trashed My Submarine / Feelin' Alright With The Crew / Let's Face It / Lil Red Riding Hood / Lie Lie Lie / No Pity / Don't Wanna Know / Titanic (My Over) Reaction / I Really Like You / Emergency / Nasty Nasty / Homicide / My Street Stinks / I'm Alive Notes: Excellent clear audience recording.
Compiled by Phil Singleton

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