Recorded live at The Caldecott Arms, Long Lawford, near Rugby on 3 August, 1985.
Natty Brooker - drum, tambourine
Peter Kember - burns jazz guitar, tremelo
Jason Pierce - telecaster & dalek reverb vocal effects
This gig was held in the back room of the pub for someone’s party. The band played 3 songs; Street Hassle, Mary Anne and Things'll never be the same. This was the first public performance of Mary Anne, a cover of a song by Juicy Lucy. The third song featured Kember playing Sazz.
Pete Bain, Bassman, said of this gig in the second (and last) edition of ‘The Outer Limits’ magazine,
“They played a gig in Lawford. That gig really, really inspired me. They were practicing regular, they’d got the songs together, the words, everything. It was good, very, very inspiring. I listened to it and thought – ‘Where’s me?’ The only person it was missing was me. And Jason said to me when I was in ‘The Push’ (another Rugby band) – ‘You look like a Spaceman, you play like a Spaceman, you are a Spaceman.’
He then re-joined the band soon after.
Recorded using a white Sony Walkman TCM-12 & a BASF 60 LH SM cassette.
Mary Anne
Mary Anne, hold my hand
Pretty babe, I understand
You say it's time to grab it blind
Cheering crowds they screw my mind
Just one time, I tell you now
Do your thing girl and do it loud
The desert sand, the secret plan
Lord's own knowledge is in your hand
Grab a hold and ride that freight
Be yourself, don't hesitate
Mary Anne, hold my hand
Pretty babe, I understand
You say it's time to grab it blind
Cheering crowds they screw my mind
Just one time, that's all I ask
To do my thing, girl, and do it fast
The desert sand, the secret plan
Lord's own knowledge is in your hand
Grab a hold and ride that freight
Be yourself, don't hesitate
Mary Anne, hold my hand
Pretty babe, I understand
You say it's time to grab it blind
Cheering crowds they screw my mind
Just one time, I tell you now
Do your thing girl and do it loud
The desert sand, the secret plan
Lord's own knowledge is in your hand
Grab a hold and ride that freight
Be yourself, don't hesitate
lyrics: Glenn Ross Campbell/Juicy Lucy