Cardiacs Live at The St Helen's Citadel 1993 PT1

This was Timmy's birthday on 3rd July 1993. The Alphabet Business Concern, not being too keen on parties and celebrations unless carefully planned and attended by the 'right people', decided that a concert should be held. So we all piled into the bus and headed north and landed in St Helens and a little place called 'The Citadel'. I was given a camera and was pointed towards a creaking dusty balcony in order to film and monitor the event. Here is part one with DVD EXTRA videos tagged onto the beginning. Get well, Timmy, we love you. The second delicious slice of this cake can be found here • Cardiacs Live at The S...

[@dorengarcia4761]

The Cardiacs. I don't understand really why some people don't "get" them. Well I do understand. I've been to hundreds of shows. Everything from Miles Davis to Gong to Hendrix to Dieter Mobius, to hundreds of obscure bands nobody has ever heard of. I'm not easily impressed. Four days after hearing about the Cardiacs they became my favorite rock band of all time. Its not just the incredible music... its everything. Swing, soul what ever you want to call it. Family. Humanity. Inspiration.

[@flooberbloob]

+doren garcia EXACTLY my sentiments! After hearing the Cardiacs for the first time three months ago, I haven't listened to much else since, trawling through their back catalog, Tims' solo stuff, Their amazing gigs. As a musician, Life really is very different for me after discovering Cardiacs. But HOW ON EARTH DID I MISS THEM? Tim is a genius. (and I'm in love with Sarah Cutts forevermore)

[@bustedfender]

Cardiacs. No definite article.

[@fcamiola]

Greatest band ever.

[@JohnShadeLIVES]

Cardiacs also quickly took over my entire world VERY shortly after discovering them. They became my all-time favorite band within days of listening to them. Before that, had you asked me who my favorite band was, I would only have been able to maybe narrow it down to a list of 10, tied for first place. I never thought I'd be able to definitively name an absolute favorite band if all-time. Then Cardiacs entered my world.

[@ancilodon]

Lmao! During the "difficult bit" of Ideal the most cheerful mosh pit I've ever seen all but stops to observe the musicianship before them.

[@geoffrichardson6286]

I promoted this gig.........was a proud day

[@TheMovieCreator]

That bit at 8:46, has remarkable similarities to the refrain of Norwegian children's song "Huttetuttetei" by Alf Prøysen. Prøysen was known for borrowing melodies from older local Norwegian folk tunes, so it's not unthinkable that it might have a common point of origin with what's used here if you can trace it far enough. Tim did also most likely, early on, used bits and pieces inspired from Norwegian traditional music. Take for example the the pentatone-scales in the break after the opening verse of "A Balloon For Bertie's Party", or even clearer, that keyboard with cowbell break in "It's a Lovely Day". Both of those lines remind me strongly of the traditional Halling style as played on the Harding-fiddle.

[@joejames4277]

My wife describes this as "wind up music" but I cannot get enough...Historic gems like these will be remembered forever

[@CharlieMounsey]

This really brings back memories of the tremendous show that was Cardiacs back then. I wasn't at this gig but I can almost smell the dry ice beneath this corrupted video tape. Love it, what a wonderful piece of music history. XXX thanks so much for the upload, though I know that loyalty demands!

[@CharlieMounsey]

A fabulous spectacle, no less, worthy of laudation.

[@alfredostock4362]

Thanks for the upload! I’ve corrected the a/v sync and put it on my channel, hope you don’t mind

[@wotan1943]

I saw them 35 times from the riverside club in fetcham to various places in london they inspired many a band god bless em

[@homegrowndave]

lucky you .im.48 see them first at 17.none of my mates hot em.only liked is the the life they missed out.so didn't sèe the except 1 more time still young.had all there early stuff including 12 inches. didn't listen for a while my mate took all my albums who stayed with me a while mixing them up with his. for some reason cat place the one at 30.17.any help.pls.cheers.

[@dubyadee1]

Thanks for uploading this.I was at this gig,it was the first time i ever saw Cardiacs live but certainly not the last.Again,many thanks.

[@agghjjhgdhvfgjngggh2381]

I was at this gig, thank you so much for the upload. They loved playing here and believe it or not the Citadels sound system was amazing. They were fabulous live.

[@synchromystici5m]

Dominic Luckman's the best drummer Cardiacs have ever had

[@IntellectTheOwl]

My friend... I am SO happy you uploaded this video - I've NEVER come across a live version of 'March', I can't believe this setlist! I wish I'd seen them live so much.

[@axolotl84]

why the fuck did it take me till i was 30 years old to discover cardiacs.

[@keithadvice]

40 years old for me lol love them

[@JohnShadeLIVES]

I was in my mid-thirties and wondered the exact same thing once I finally discovered Cardiacs in all their brain-melting glory.

[@ginamcgill7054]

Just......wow.

[@davidmurphy1896]

I saw them a couple of times first at the Riverside Fetcham, I used to live in Leatherhead, saw them a London college, Reading fezzy and a couple of times at this venue The Citadel (now closed) which is in my home town St Helens, its me screaming AAAAAAhHHH, ha

[@johnqdarwin]

and double fucking wow . also its 22/07/2020 . 11.41 am . im crying like fuck watching this . so glad i kinda got to talk to him .

[@seasider1962]

Thanks for posting this. I'd always ignored it in the past as the first 10 minutes is compilation, but I got told to flick to the start of the gig, and it's a belter, the lads are on top form as ever

[@ducksdeluxxe]

This is marvelous. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@mioluce]

this absolutely fantastic! I've never heard of this, well it was about half a year before I was born, but I would still drag me pregnant mom there to suffer from the awful noise!

[@payphones]

The actual live portion starts around ten minutes into the video

[@kleemusic546]

Fucking brilliant!

[@ExLionTamer2]

Love the middle section of Baby Heart Dirt

[@IntellectTheOwl]

Fantastic video, thank you! However - I can tell you that Timmy's birthday is actually 3rd July - same as me, as confirmed by Mr. Kavus Torabi :) unless he was lying - I'll happily be corrected!

[@CharlieMounsey]

THis must have been such fun to edit.

[@grimblegrumble]

could you imagine sitting on all of that raw footage :3 god, I would've had an accident in me trousers...

[@homegrowndave]

@@grimblegrumble it's a shame though init that a lot is bad mobile phone taken the sound it a bit of a mess.in all there years I wonder why they didn't have proper camera work.it costs money and I doubt they were rolling init they played for the love of.but I'm sure there were offers of fans in the know of sound engineering and had pro or semi pro work who would of paid for the privilege of filming and editing to distribute on there behalf .you have maresnest which is ok.not the greatest choice of there body of work.would of lover to see _ watch from early seaside on stage when dressed as mad going crazy across the board and to a proper visual of the garage concerts which I luv.better musicians by then and a lot of classics. just bought a couple s of t shirts as they were half price from website of tim pic with the alphabet business concern on with red yellow on black hadn't seen them .don't no if any left.

[@fab1651970]

Opening with Baby Heart Dirt. Any band would close the concert with that...

[@prowlergrig]

greatness! too bad a/v are out of sync..

[@Monkeyhead75]

and your point is? no one cares its Cardiacs ffs...this is all you need to know.Cherish every second :)

[@hopstepgyokusai]

March??

[@magicalbilly]

what song is after ideal?

[@vadzikvadzik2204]

Ништячок

[@mioluce]

@littlestouffer Well it would've gotten to me alright but my mom would probably throw me out of there if she would've needed to stay there, then I would be raised by a pack of savage Cardiacs fans until I'd discover the modern Western world!

[@BDATEZ]

Whats the song that starts at 26:30 called?

[@m4r35n357]

"March", from Heaven Born and Ever Bright

[@adelamere1]

Non of this is live let alone from The Citadel.

[@stevearkwright]

As someone else kindly said (further up this thread): The actual live portion starts around ten minutes into the video. Part 2 is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/n32ofZyeobpkotk