Cocteau Twins HOLV Live 1990 w Soundboard Synch

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Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas Live in London with Soundboard synch (First version).
I've remastered the original Cocteau Twins London video and synched it to the superior remastered soundboard recording of the same show in Detroit. I was able to improve the video quality considerably and provide more depth to the colors. Fortunately, the video was shot well, by someone who knew the songs. Synching was possible because the Twins used backing tracks that played in perfect time. So enjoy, this is the closest thing we have to a live CT video.
Set:
0:00- Dials Intro
1:38- Blue Bell Knoll
4:45- From the Flagstones
8:21- My Love Paramour
11:56- Cico Buff
15:38- Pitch the Baby
18:51- Crushed
22:03- Iceblink Luck
25:28- Orange Appled
28:27- Wolf in the Breast
32:00- Mizake the Mizan
35:04- Aikea Guinea
39:07- Cherry Coloured Funk
42:50- Road, River, and Rail
46:05- A Kissed Out Red Floatboat
49:34- Pink Orange Red
54:31- Whales Tales
58:10- Heaven or Las Vegas
A Cybersufi Entertainment production.

[@PatrickGalbraith]

I saw them in this tour - Mazzy Star opened for them. It was like a dream!

[@Jack-zx1vq]

that must have been awesome, to have those two bands be playing on the same night, what I would give to have had this chance of seeing them😭😭

[@marcomino70]

I saw them on this tour as well! They played the Speckles Theater in San Diego. It was phenomenal! I still have an unused ticket from a friend who was a no show. 4th song in is when the emotions hit me... the visuals were something to behold. I met them before their sound check and they signed my Garlands LP. I also spoke to David Roback and he was quite delightful. I think Hope was offended when he and I started to talk about Opal. I still have the LP Happy Nightmare Baby he and Keith Mitchell signed...

[@carysfaerie]

Oh my word you lucky thing you!!!

[@sherinn3938]

@@carysfaerie an

[@Chazferretington]

I was 7 years old when you all attendedthis show. Wow!! I'm jealous, but it's an incredible experience, even from here. I found the Cocteau Twins when I was about 16. It took a little time, but they became one of my favorites and they have persisted. My top 3: Cocteau Twins (Elizabeth Fraser in general), Tool (MJK in general), The Birthday Massacre. They get to me. This is gorgeous.

[@keihnungm2011]

this is my first stop when they invent time travel

[@Rohme.33]

I'm in that good part of KZbin again.

[@fabianbaummann2052]

I L O V E C O C T E A U T W I N S

[@user-kg2th1vb2l]

Я ЛЮБЛЮ Cocteau Twins!

[@user-ti7zg1wx5f]

@@user-kg2th1vb2l А кто их не любит? ;)

[@hank1972]

my life will always be incomplete because I never was able to see them live.

[@sunchildtine]

:( aw...... i know that feeling.

[@markfrance6393]

henry stop kicking yourself they are not so great live, they are a great studio band

[@rudyzk]

I completely disagree with the comment of Mark France Cocteau T. are marvelous in concert as in studio.

[@mrpepperman]

Mark France I agree with you Mark, I saw them perform a couple of times firstly supporting OMD and they were stunning then a few years later, I was not so keen on Liz going off on a tangent sometimes loosing tempo.. whereas the guitars were consistently great..sorry to be negative. As for the albums faultless and will be with me forever.

[@cyrilcazalot770]

I saw them in Paris for the same tour. One of the best shows of my life. Thank you very much for this upload... I remember the show started with Blue Bell Knoll and ended with ... Blue Bell Knoll. Big success. I always remember

[@mazenbehnam4740]

I miss the night I was at this show…CHERRY COLORED FUNK…remember people around me crying …just beautiful… the best..,

[@BrianVanClough]

She's like a heavenly, ethereal, singing goddess dolphin x

[@rminter44]

nice description

[@waylobeat]

her vocals are always entrancing

[@LothlorienLament]

This band was, is, and will always be the most beautiful gift to us mortals.

[@fluidalchemist68]

so true.

[@waxlymolding]

I am the person who remastered the audio for the Detroit show. Thank for this, it was a cool idea and it worked well. Nice job!

[@seriskifotavrus6442]

I completely in a huge love with CT,especially,fall in love with in Elizabeth Fraser voice, from middle of nineteens!!!It is always be incredible and outstanding stuff FOREVER!!!Greetings to all CT fans of whole world from Russia!!!Ah,the sweetest memories of ours young days!!!Find this randomly,and if this video has even much more worse quality,I would cannot missed to listened and watched it!!!Pink Orange Red is my favorite!!!Her voice and those guitar riffs mmm...!!!!!!!!!!!!;-)))))))))))))))

[@777pusher]

Sorry about Detroit!!! What a cesspool

[@TheNeutralViewFromSwedenAKAHer]

You did a effin awesome job

[@WanderJagerGCSCS]

Thanks Dave...a historic recording you made!

[@paulorobertoguimaraes7253]

Dave Backus i luv you mate

[@bloodcafe3923]

if an alien race invaded and told me they were going to destroy earth unless they showed me why humanity was worth saving, i'd make them listen to cocteau twins

[@Octoberstorm333]

Blood Café best comment and reason why I made a ‘vids I would show to aliens’ playlist lmao

[@douglash8377]

What if they preferred death metal

[@worldprojector7757]

Dude. Wouldn't need to. Aliens would just be like, oh Liz? Oh yeah she was one of our emissaries...

[@ckconey4083]

Brilliant! They should put CT music in a time capsule to send into outer space. "We come in peace!"

[@PolarisCastillo]

Dude I actually made a playlist on Spotify called "Songs to show aliens" and you best believe Cocteau Twins are on there first and foremost!

[@depressioncherries]

when she says thank you after every song..... thank YOU liz

[@MrJampot64]

Pink Orange Red is the most beautiful song I have ever heard. It should be sent out into space for the whole universe to hear. If there is a heaven the music will be by Liz Frazer and the Cocteau twins

[@ryszmansoundvision6572]

It’s my favourite of all time. Makes me weep

[@Ringside92]

Saw this tour when I was 17 here in Los Angeles at the Wiltern Theater and let me just say, it's still the best concert I've ever been to.

[@PlazaMoon]

+Ringside92 Cool. I 1st saw them when I was 15 yrs old in Liverpool UK (around 1986) in an old theatre called the Royal court. Not saying this to impress. Just really glad they had as much an effect on you as they had on me

[@Ringside92]

Cool. Yeah, got to see them perform my all time fave, Aikea Guinea. It's funny how, unlike other concerts. Seeing CT live is more like a life changing experience. Something you appreciate and will never forget!

[@blackk4694]

+Ringside92 I was there at the Wiltern show. Lush opened up. Great show! Nice to share that memory.

[@Ringside92]

+blackk We arrived late so we missed the opener. We got there and the house lights were on and people were hangin' in the lobby. Then just as we took our seats in the balcony, the lights went dark to that low, purple glow and the fog rolled over the stage...Blue Bell Knoll began to play...and the whole place went crazy!!! Best show ever!

[@tremolo1965]

+Ringside92 Saw them in Los Angeles around the same time period, for Heaven or Las Vegas - at the Palladium. Mazzy Star opened..memorable.

[@ZZ-pe3pp]

That setlist is killer.

[@bellastone-le9eb]

A sound I heard once 30 years ago and have never forgotten.

[@cameronmurphy7905]

cico buff is pure magic

[@cryptsub]

this is my depressed youth encapsulated in my soundtrack of the time. thank you.

[@jcasper2011]

THE most underrated band of all time. Cocteau Twins are amazing and Liz, you make me cry with that voice of yours.

[@rollandjoeseph]

My eyes fill with tears every time I listen to the Cocteau Twins

[@orianamoore8705]

I love it. Its complete gibberish and I want everything to do with it.

[@PetersPianoShoppe]

Blue Bell Knoll starts the show, and then Liz takes us to the deep deep past. What a setlist.

[@chrisjdgrady]

Those guitars sound massive. Beautiful.

[@petercarrington948]

And so emotional.

[@rickfeels]

holy shit the audio quality is impressive

[@themysticmuse1111]

this makes me so happy my heart could burst

[@Pookerly]

Know that feeling

[@mhurleymh]

15:46 when all the guitars kick in on Pitch the baby

[@KevlarVTX]

Simon's bass line in "Pitch the Baby" kicks; solid bass player. Great classic mid-driven tone as well, cuts through the mix.

[@KevlarVTX]

This comment needs far more upvotes than it has presently.

[@AshenRinglets]

Orange Appled comes on around 25:50.... Oh my gosh I'm crying Liz is singing SOOOO perfectly. I can't handle it... this band just blows my mind!

[@nikkifarrington-clarke9995]

Mind has been blown for nearly 40 years. I feel truly blessed to be able to appreciate this unbelievable music. I just adore the Cocteaus

[@alexandrucatalinciorap8977]

I cannot thank myself enough for discovering this band. I cannot thank themselves enough for creating such masterpieces. I cannot thank enough to the universe for making them get together.

[@robhaunui3343]

First time I've actually browsed through the comments on this (its the music that does it - you know that),and lo and behold,heres the next best to the Cocteaus commenting-should've known. Hope you guys are busy,been quite for a few months,you must be due to release another Cocteaus cover,or even one of your own originals.

[@AshenRinglets]

@@robhaunui3343 We're about to release a cover and then I'm having a baby! But hopefully we can get back to recording fairly soon!

[@robhaunui3343]

@@AshenRinglets congrats on the upcoming baby,and look forward to more of your music

[@jinruigaku7775]

Robin Guthrie is amazing!

[@Pookerly]

Pure fuckin genius at work

[@TectumHouse]

Liz doesn't sound as nice without the music of Robin Guthrie

[@Robocoloku]

the vocals are even more incomprehensible live, I love it

[@jackenummelin6174]

fourty thousends guitars and a drum machine.Liz Frazier her Lovely voice on top of that.

[@spinglasshydra]

They were unbelievable in concert. Here's my story: So far, this is the best audio recorded, live performance on KZbin. All three members suffered from extreme forms of "stage-fright", which were almost debilitating at times, so, Robin and Simon always looked down at their guitar strings or around the room, almost as if they were lost children at a market. Elizabeth's coping technique was equally famous, where she would stare at one light above the audience, to avoid eye-contact and nervously swivel her body ---- Oh... my God, those icy-blue eyes... !!! Contrary to many bad websites with poor and incomplete research on all those KZbin mini-documentaries; they, are very wrong --- it was Elizabeth Fraser who coined the term "Dream-Pop", back in 83' with the release of "Treasure". Although, they were never very animated or expressive on stage; this derived from the severe panic-attacks and overall anxiety all three members suffered do to their extreme stage-fright. So, for those who discount them aa not a "live concert band" or "boring", it's because of their stage-fright: The Cocteau Twins did not, jump around like a group of ridiculous, lemur monkeys on holiday. That lush Cocteau sound, made live audiences become; intoxicated, mesmerized, and as hypnotized, as if, floating around on a "stoner's high". When the band began in the 80's their iconic stand-still bodies, combined along with a heavily controlled Post-punk sound due to Robin and Simon's abilities. They're stand-still performances, while focusing on their guitar strings -- certainly gave the audience's the impression they were looking at their shoes. If you add Elizabeth's almost stoic frame as well - you get "Shoe gazing". Their combined disadvantages' stemming from extreme stage-fright, is, what many thought was a handicap, became very emblematic. So much so, countless bands have adopted the Cocteau Twins stylized, "Wall of sound" technique and "Shoegaze" development, into another music artform. People often say, "Who are the Cocteau Twins, what did they ever do?", I'll say, "You hear it everyday". As the years went by I never saw a single large live performance, where they would always have between 4 - 7 additional guitar plays in perfect timing. This also included that one anonymous guitar player, who was assigned to pluck 2 - 3 notes, every so often; but he had better be absolutely in timing. That in itself was completely impressive: You'd know this if you tried to play a guitar among multiple guitars. Yet they, were always famous for the "beat-box" and the "backing-track" server, which usually had some spot on stage. They were refreshingly and completely honest, because of Robin's demand for perfection, which required Simon's seemingly, endless patience Even with the improved sound editing ["thank you, 'CocteauBuff' "], these recorded live performances never capture their "real" sound. They would pick venues, which had really good acoustics, so that, their sound would bounce off the walls in such a way, so those Heavenly reverberations, cascades, and echoes could fill every corner. On their "Milk and Kisses" tour, they selected an all concrete, 1927 Hollywood "Movie Place" one of only a handful of these relics from a bygone age, when old Hollywood still rolled out the red-carpet for anyone who could afford a ticket. However, these Movie Places -- Were Indeed Palaces. Movie goers dawned their best clothes: Women were glamour's in mink-coats and sparkling diamond, emerald, ruby, sapphire, and all manner of refinement; Men slipped into their tuxedo's and they wore hats and canes; People were driven by exotic cars like, Rolls Royce, Packard, Pace Arrow, and Duesenberg; Cocktail's with your cigars and cigarettes, were a necessity, especially when you needed to be seen and heard; This was the perfect location for Cocteau Twins concert, which echoed history's past "Dream Worlds" and the Native American People have a belief -- Our "Dream World's" are as real, as the waking world; except, there are infinite possibilities and many realities -- the first people on Earth to theorize a multi-verse. I was living in Los Angeles, California attending University, unraveling the mysteries of science and art. The Mayan Theatre, is an all concrete superstructure with 5 dance floors; but, it's aesthetic was in an Art-Deco, Mayan conglomeration, who main hall stands at 30 meters high. On the center-stage back wall was an ever changing kaleidoscope of psychedelic splay of light, but between each Mayan-faced totem column, splayed sheets of "Milk and Kisses" light saffron-orange colored silk. They lingered onstage and the applause was deafening. The poor, under 21 year-old crowd were relegated to the upper galleries. An always nervous Elizabeth, was looking down at the floor, took the microphone in hand. I noticed earlier the "super-server", that performed the same tasks, as the old "beat-box", "backing track", and "Oomingmak" all in one (yes, there really is such a thing, as an "Oomingmak"), it's lights flashing red, green and orange -- in complete silence, then, that first guitar strum... !!! An explosion of mellifluent sounds, as industrial size fans blew upwards and the lights focused also upwards, literally caused a wave washed flurry of silk banners fled into the heights towards an enormous, Meso-American, Mayan-revival Aztec calendar. A supreme example or extremely ornate, cast-in-place concrete mega trope. The sound is simply unexplainable: Those sumptuous euphoric reverberations, bounced of the concrete structure, in fact, the structure magnified them, even more; The beat literally went through your body, which is a strange feeling, but so transcendent; Those Heavenly vocals by Elizabeth are indescribable, in a live performance, as she could quiver, rise, fall, run a full scale with a luscious purr, explode, and break her voice with unbelievable accuracy; and I was one of those people who were, all to often disappointed with live concerts. Not many other bands were exceptional, live; unless, I when attending the Cocteau Twins. I'm only illustrating, just one time, not-to-mention the other times. Earlier, my girlfriend (now wife) had sprinted to reserve a front row spot; security guards and elite drink servers took drink orders as, "the Voice of God" splendiferously uttered her one word --- "Now". Those eyes that smile, continuously glistened and sparkled, as she always did to avert panic, she'd pick out one distant light, somewhere in the upper galleries and gently sway her tiny frame, back and forth as another nervous idiosyncrasy she showed. Robin and Simon to her left but behind her, they were barely kissed with light and again, both men intently starring down at every string precisely plucking away; in both, their nervous attention fixed away, but for the occasional "look-see" around each other -- Simon's "Mona Lisa" smile, peeked around after a job, well done. Looking back, was an ocean of faces, with thousands of worshipping eyes, transfixed, gazing, and attempting to assimilate everything around us: fluttering silk walls, effortlessly changing angles, from pink, orange and red, which was literally happening, no pun intended; an evolving yet ever-changing milieu of colors, behind them all; some of the devotees were sitting on the shoulders of their boyfriends, swaying with Elizabeth; and most importantly nobody was, just watching a concert -- No, "we" were immersed in a total and complete "Dream World", as surreal as, life ever can get without drugs. Elizabeth, had said she really enjoyed the Los Angeles crowd, because we emphasized with the bands anxieties, so she relaxed at mid-concert, she introduced a gaggle of guitar players, to her right -- I counted seven extra guitar players and these men, didn't just stand around idle waiting to play in a particular song: No... !!!, No... !!! Each performer had a purpose, thanks to Robin's Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Even though, she had a heavy Scottish-brogue it was still great to hear her talk, as someone (me) had convinced (paid) a guard to place, two-dozen red roses at her feet. She said enthusiastically: "You're all so spoiled rotten. I can't believe how many people in LA, just relax and let us, see the city or go out to eat without interruption. You know, we're not really famous, you know, but we love it... !!! Especially, from you love" -- pointing at me. They finished all to soon. Everyone, respected the occasion, as if, it were an Easter-morning, sunrise sermon almost as if, we standing in the center of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. We "Super-fans" knew their next performance was in San Francisco, California as we seemed to caravan Northward on a 612 kilometer trek to the decadent Orpheum Theatre after a brief respite in a high-rise hotel. You truly, had to be a special "human-being" to understand them and their music. If you're here, listening to the Cocteau Twins in a dais -- Well Then -- I welcome you as a friend. After 38+ years of Cocteau dedication, I seem to psychically understand the quality of person -- you are.. !!! If the newbie fans have questions and want "real" answers, just ask anyone who been a "Super-fan" of the Cocteau Twins for 25 years or more. You will get "honest" answers. ---- Ciao

[@hardmarciacrush3338]

I loved reading this. (I used to listen to them on my walkman when I would take a 40-kilometer train ride and find myself lost in the winter alleys of Venezia.)

[@bluntdetto]

Good read, thanks for this, I'm a new fan.

[@mhurleymh]

I saw them live Feb 1994 Cardiff. And Robin live 2013 Bristol

[@theblueacorn]

I wonder if one day I will truly, be a special "human-being" to understand them and their music like I expect you are.

[@marshallthomas5691]

Thank you for a fascinating read! I wonder if I count as a super-fan? I saw them live, once and only once, back in 1983 supporting OMD. It was my first live concert. I have purchased everything they released. 😍

[@gregtraver]

30 some years later and I am still moved on an emotional scale unmatched by any other musical group.

[@enigmag9538]

I was there- I cried with joy when she came out singing blue bell knoll in her way. She and this band have gotten me through all sorts of trials and tribulations.

[@djmylesmatisse]

What in the world were 4AD thinking by never properly filming a live concert of Cocteau Twins? It's unfathomable to me how clueless they could be.

[@nathanisaacs76]

Even released something like they did with countless other bands. Press eject (Bauhaus) is a fantastic live album

[@nathanisaacs76]

Actually press eject was not a 4ad release I don't think, so take that bad.

[@rodrigoramos2167]

I was blessed to have a mom who drove me (16 years old then) to the palladium to see them. I was so excited I took a tape recorder and recorded it. Still cherish that tape, but this audio is excellent. Thank you so much to all parties who put this together. That was a magical night.

[@TheVideoLounge]

Rodrigo, can you upload it to Google Drive ? I could clean up the audio and re-master it if you put the link here ? do you remember the date ?

[@Itsyrm8]

​@@TheVideoLounge should i pop round to wake him up?

[@TheVideoLounge]

@@Itsyrm8 Would you mind ?

[@Itsyrm8]

Rodrigo mifriend wake up! wake up rodrigo dude bro dude..

[@TheVideoLounge]

@@Itsyrm8 Maybe we need to get his mom to wake him up.

[@Kkidzz]

I saw this Tour here in Chicago at the Riviera Theater. I'll never forget them walking on to the stage and Elizabeth sticking her tongue out at Robin and him just laughing it off......priceless

[@white.lodge.dale.cooper]

I saw so many incredible shows at the Riv. One of my faves; JAMC, Spiritualized and Curve. Curve blew everyone away. I never got a chance to see the Twins but I did manage to see Curve 6 times or so in three states. :)

[@fractaljack]

Okay. I can't comprehend how Robin could totally transform a song like Flagstones with the tone washes he would use live. Utterly gobsmacked with this version. Best. Ever.

[@MiloDC]

SRSLY. That and several other tracks on this tour were ON STEROIDS. I don't like the studio recording of "Iceblink Luck." Never have, never will. But this concert version? GIMME MORE. Robin Guthrie is just in a class by himself.

[@bluemooncollision]

Personally prefer iceblink luck recorded. She is mumbling so much and sounds like a dying seal at points. Not good

[@makaimaukahasopinions848]

Ohhhhhh the lovely, lovely memories. I saw them in St. Louis for this tour, it was one of the most beautiful musical experiences of my life. I hope that when I'm older and pleasantly confused, in my wheelchair in the nursing home that this is one of those things I can remember.

[@ryanholmes8781]

I'm with you.

[@mrhappysad]

28:27 Wolf in the Breast just melts my heart...

[@leonardsimonis2376]

It's my favourite song of theirs. Not the greatest Vocal Performance like in Alice, Oomingmak, or Fifty-Fifty Clown, but Liz is only half of the magic of the Band, Guthrie's guitar playing is the second half. I just love the melody of the guitar there. My second favourite song is "The Thinner The Air", because its so haunting and again because of the guitars. Liz once said that while listeners may feel joy and pleasure while listening to Cocteau Twins, she allways feels pain when singing, and you can see that's unfortunately true. She hits herself on some passages...No wonder she almost stopped singing after the Twins broke up.

[@charliez077]

imo Wolf is easily better in live versions btw!

[@christopherperezkuwahara1891]

You have no idea how grateful I am right now.

[@acmedata]

I was at the Detroit show where this soundtrack came from. I just remember it being a wall of sound coming from them. it was incredible.

[@acmedata]

Liz Fraser also yelled at us for not getting up out of our seats and dancing. Sorry, I was way too blissed out to stand.

[@_WARSAW_]

This version of My Love Paramour is drop dead gorgeous

[@MiloDC]

This version of "My Love Paramour" is bananas! Listen to that sound! Robin Guthrie is some kind of mad genius! This was the first time I ever saw my favorite band live. 1990, San Diego. Still the best show I've ever attended. Unforgettable!

[@lindamcnelis6374]

Milo Cooper I couldn't agree with you more about robins guitar work on this track it sounds like he's pulling sounds out of it making it more powerful sonicly

[@JimJWalker]

There is some serious phasing in that guitar track. It is like it is breathing. That is not an easy thing to achieve sonically. I would love to take to the front of house engineer.

[@slowuncle]

I saw them just up the I-5 from you the same week, UC Irvine show. My daughter Caillie was there, although she was one month shy of birth. She rolled & grooved in mama's stomach all through the show. She still gets goosebumps when she hears Liz's voice...

[@daveparry6642]

Jesus this version is devastating

[@mancity2322]

@@slowuncle ,aww bless her.L0ve them too

[@vonhercynius9524]

I hope God gives us credit for this.

[@vonhercynius9524]

Andy Doney Some wise person said belief in God is first and foremost an exercise in humility. If humility is good then having it is a worthy pursuit. Truly humble people who believe in God are not fools, even if there never was a God. Actually, CT music puts me in a very peaceful, lovely, kindly mood. I can barely finish this hateful diatribe because the video is playing and I'm drifting along with about four barely visible angels whose very existence says a lot! Thanks CTs!!!! Love!!!

[@vonhercynius9524]

Andy Doney Oh gosh, you're probably right as usual. :-|

[@decoreh]

von Hercynius l got your point man, and l agree with you. This band is a sample of Humankind great potential. Art is in the end the proof that we're not just killing machines.

[@shastadjames1]

and you're just making a comment, bob. i guess, you don't get it.

[@ckg3362]

von Hercynius God doesn't exist, it's just another excuse for being insecure about your work

[@larrymonteleone1789]

her voice is like a diamond

[@georgesutton3870]

such pain healed by such music

[@CustomerServiceAssistant]

I can see Elizabeth's point about having to strain her voice to overcome the "wall of sound." But she still manages to sound great, as do the others.

[@breath888]

I just read about her saying that yesterday. Her voice fits with the music so perfectly.

[@javiceres]

I think a good sound production should prevent that.

[@StopMoColorado]

Javi G - Better in-ear monitors, perhaps. We've come a long way, in that respect, since that time, but she's brilliant here, anyway!

[@belverticale]

well you can get three guitars on stage but there's only one Liz, so they can't reproduce her amazing multitracked vocals live, and getting backing vocalists would be heresy.

[@diegodeaduriz]

she's kind of angel, isn't she?

[@diegodeaduriz]

yeahhhhh i know jajajajajajjajajajaj " the voice of god " hahahahahahhha

[@jaba10]

@Sluggo Bill liz is the best on this planet.

[@tryhades8636]

god's connect

[@SiouXsySiouXvideo]

Simply an amazing show. The guitars filled the air like butter!!

[@user-qy3yw7ln5n]

Every time I listen to her it feels like the first time. Her vocals are impressive and unique. She expresses so much when singing, you can kind of tell what she's saying even if you don't get the lyrics.

[@kendavid891]

Saw them in 93 in NYC,4 calendar cafe was awesome!!and she's so unpretentious you can't help but love Elizabeth!!

[@zero-x-music]

I was there that very night and the night after. Having seen hundreds of gigs - those two are the greatest I ever saw. Simply nothing else I've seen since has ever compared to this extraordinary wall of sound and babbled vocals. Even now, 32+ years later, it puts the hairs on my neck up. Thanks to whoever put this up! And thanks to Liz + Robin!

[@chrischung1973]

I saw them 3 times, this tour. I remember she backed off on a few vocal parts, or sang an octave lower partially in some songs. Watching this now, I realise how difficult it is to hit these notes so perfectly live, without too much reverb. I think it would affect her own vibrato. Bravo. The band was cued in to when she would restart a phrase mid-song. So cool.

[@JasonMcFly]

Holy crap they nail the album sound live! I am floored...

[@Sensabull]

omg cherry coloured funk is outrageous.......

[@megancollins5473]

Sensabull In a good way or bad way?

[@noeljohnson868]

It's just simply majestic...

[@noeljohnson868]

@@megancollins5473 Cherry Coloured Funk is always in A Good Way...

[@megancollins5473]

@@noeljohnson868 That's what I thought lol

[@noeljohnson868]

@@megancollins5473 30 years old and it's still awe-inspiring...

[@Nordicbooknook]

I will hold the life changing magic of seeing this at the Paramount, Seattle in my heart forever.

[@lysander432]

Yes! I was there...just a bit more magical than the next time at the Paramount {which is funny cuz you'd think it'd be so much better w live drums - which was awesome - but this show was extra spesh}. Turned me on to Galaxie 500 too who opened the show.

[@lysander432]

Oh yeah, and just for the sake of continuity, Luna opened the second time they played there. The whole room seemed to swirl in human emotion or something else which felt equally cosmic. Both shows really - to be fair. I was in heaven up in the balcony...and real close and center the 2nd time. What a treat for us fans.

[@jeffrp73]

This what I save for a rainy day

[@Vzyadokmoe]

Great job,the sound was spectacular. For me, Cocteau is one of the greatest bands of all time.

[@mancity2322]

OH yes,without doubt !!!!

[@regularSenseAppeal]

Heaven or Las Vegas is the PERFECT blend of super femininity and a mega masculine wall of sound, curbed and constrained to compliment Elizabeth. The product of men and women coming together is just pure heaven. Ultra groovy and head nodding material with that dreamy, light and soft touch. Magic.

[@lvrc]

OMG!!! Gorgeous! I saw this show. The same tour, same setlist. In the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. April, 1991.

[@josephsmall4270]

It's amazing how she "flubs" her vocals through the entire set of songs, and still sounds great.

[@cmoironi]

Crushed, omg omg omg omg

[@noeljohnson868]

A line up of 4 people playing guitars and yet it doesn't offend my senses in any way at all...that's a true mark of class, endeavor and quality...

[@ampheat]

not a bad sound for a band with no mortal drummer. some of the best drum machine programming I've heard. Great band. missed them when they came to Montreal in 1990. thanks for posting

[@ryszmansoundvision6572]

Agreed about the drum programming, it’s excellent. I done mine when I had a band & it’s hard to master it & sound authentic. I do play the drums but live in a small flat so it’s impractical to have a set.

[@ampheat]

@@ryszmansoundvision6572 another band with great drum machine programming is Tear for fears first album the hurting

[@fahrigonzo]

any idea what drum machine they were using for heaven or las vegas? i would assume it's not the roland series?

[@ryszmansoundvision6572]

@@fahrigonzo Akai MPC 60 MK1 (this is the one designed by Roger Linn), EMU SP1200

[@fahrigonzo]

@@ryszmansoundvision6572 ahh thanks man! i knew it wasn't the TR series or yamaha

[@dpcealla]

What a heavenly voice!

[@ryanholmes8781]

I have listened to this, probably a hundred times since finding it.....so much nuance and extension of emotion. I have listened to this band constantly since hearing them for the first time on cassette on the way to see The Cure live at the Greek Theater(1986?). What a treasure they have bee for me. Thank You for this!

[@andromedawins9849]

this not a band just low flying angels

[@EmanuelGaldr]

I love this music so so much it breaks my heart to know that I'll never see them live. It's almost like having lived through their love and breakup which I know nothing about. Their sound is gushing with emotion.

[@MiloDC]

You really missed out, man! I saw them live twice: this tour, and FCF. You just step into another universe, hearing them live. Better than sex!

[@chencharoo]

This sounds amazing! I've noticed that she is a well trained singer, with world influences. i hear Hindu, Arab-Hispanic feel, Gaelic and she probably used a pinch of her own salt and pepper to create a unique sound of her own. and the others are top notch musicians. what a legendary band!

[@jaimegutierrez2643]

In 2020, listening this heaven sounds... I don't know if smile or cry...

[@ryszmansoundvision6572]

I do both

[@Ilikeitlikethis]

Its makes you feels alive, and I think that's all that counts.

[@2true359]

Opera Singer + Amazing Band = Cocteau Twins

[@user-gw5ki5bu6x]

日本公演を観ました！素晴らしいライブでした！

[@bloodcafe3923]

I watch this often, and Dials never fails to give me chills. I'm imagining being in the crowd, the stage is dark, and we are all so excited as we see them fill the stage one by one, Liz last

[@coffeepuff4413]

That 'Crushed'..............wow.

[@napalegeK]

I WANT TO SEE THEM LIVE 😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭

[@afoolisharrangement]

What a soul shattering rendition of cherry coloured funk, the guitars just ooze sadness, she sounds like a being from another planet.

[@daveross434]

Also, after never playing Frou Frou Foxes live, Elizabeth Fraser finally performed it live in 2012 (at the Bath, England show) to a sizeable crowd. Think about it, after 30+ years, only about 350 of us have been able to hear that beautifully stunning song live. I remastered that show and I would urge anyone to track it down, it was intense and beautiful. Great work on this project - Was just riding my bike listening to a copy I have of this show.

[@mercurialmagictrees]

Wow I need to hear that.

[@DanielRamirez-it4wf]

Cico buff omg!!

[@spensert4933]

My top 10 ​1. 8:21- My Love Paramour 2. 54:31- Whales Tales 3. 49:34- Pink Orange Red 4. 15:38- Pitch the Baby 5. 1:38- Blue Bell Knoll 6. 39:07- Cherry Coloured Funk 7. 18:51- Crushed 8. 4:45- From the Flagstones 9. 35:04- Aikea Guinea 10. 25:28- Orange Appled

[@paulorobertoguimaraes7253]

Luv you mate

[@musicfant11]

Well done mines 18:51

[@rollandjoeseph]

Set list is way off , no heaven or Las vegas?

[@sashamonique3005]

I love pitch the baby!!!

[@jaybain4337]

@@rollandjoeseph that starts at 58:13!

[@slowdiver5732]

I am in heaven! Thank you so so much for this!!!! 😂

[@slowdiver5732]

Positive. ;)

[@JanForsker]

CT are still one of my top fave bands, following them since Garlands. Robin is father of shoegaze and dreampop. Listening to this fantastic and emotional music makes one negative thing to me - understanding that I am old. But my memories and mind are still fresh like then. Thank you CT for great music that inspired and influenced many of later bands.

[@jorgearrieta6641]

Pure Heaven! I Saw them Performing this Tour in San Diego ,CA. Gracias !!!!!!!!

[@spensert4933]

Looking back on it these guys were the best thing going at the time. What other band cannot be covered, simulated, borrowed from, recreated in anything but tiny bits? How can you start a genre and end it at the same time? They did it. Looking back on it it is also not just the sound of the voice but how creative she is and how every syllable has a different "spin" on it. For that reason, she's up there with the true greats in my book like Edith Piaf and Ella Fitzgerald. The bedding Robin provided her was unbelievable pairing, sort of like Smiths, X, etc. Also she sounds better on the live stuff than the records. It seems like she matured somewhat in her artistry or something. And imagine such a shy person getting up there and singing like that! Not easy but she looks so at home with herself here. Thanks for posting this is invaluable!!

[@Shannmeister]

+Spenser T So so true. They created a genre that is theirs and theirs alone. Only the music press couldn't deal with that idea and had to try and put it in a category. We are lucky to have been around when they were together.

[@spensert4933]

Shannmeister I am glad someone else thinks so. it's a weird freak of nature; and pretty amazing robin and liz met eachother in such a small place. The press had a hard time. I read the review of this concert or similar dates in the new york times talked about the inscrutable lyrics mostly.

[@Shannmeister]

Spenser T It's also amazing that music that defies being pigeonholed should come from a place like Grangemouth which is really only know for having a huge petrochemical plant. BTW I understand that Prince (RIP) was a fan.

[@widgeonteal7435]

+Spenser T I totally agree. It always amazed me to see how both down to earth they both appeared in interviews. Both lived for their art, with no artifice. A truly unique and inspirational band.

[@josepinedaclases]

Start a genre and end it at the same time ¡ Brilliant way to describe what Cocteau Twins created.

[@nikkifarrington-clarke9995]

Oh what a joy this is after all these years. CT forever. Unrepentant mad fan always and forever.

[@stephenmorris8569]

The guitar on From the Flagstones gives me goosebumps.

[@linjusan]

I´ve literally just discover their music and I feel like the luckiest human on earth, I´m just purely connected to their sound, I don´t know why it took me so long, what I would give to see Liz Fraser perform live again

[@podfunk]

Ah, I saw this tour in Bristol. Simply enormous.

[@calliemiller3956]

Saw this, the Heaven or Las Vegas tour, in 1990 in actual Las Vegas, at the Aladdin theater of all places. It was as if magic, synchronicity, and all good things converged in one moment and everything was perfect. GRATEFUL!!!

[@Pookerly]

Thanks so much to Buff for this! Pink Orange Red just blew me away, this is MUSIC HEAVEN

[@amptech2187]

Thank you so much! I love this video, it may be the holy grail for CT fans......

[@WhiskeyPieSometimes]

This is amazing. I cherish my vintage copy of 'Echoes In A Shallow Bay' on vinyl that I got from some random record store. Wish I owned more of their stuff...

[@noelvirano5909]

From the Flagstones is simply exquisite in this performance.

[@petercarrington948]

What a great band they were! Nobody else like them, absolutely unique.

[@frostytoes686]

damn what a setlist. lucky souls who got to see this

[@mrhappysad]

Very impressive. Your remastered material/transfer is immaculate. I've seen them twice and this brings back many fond memories indeed. Thank you so much for sharing the love.

[@alex.sunders]

Heaven or las vegas é um dos discos mais importantes da minha vida! Amoooooo!

[@summerhead9295]

genius---- what a gift from your heart, man. these soundboard recordings are brilliant diamonds. thanks for the blood and sweat to sync the Detroit soundboard to the London performance- bravo! this concert slips in just before Liz slipped into the ubbi dubbi phase :O.

[@ckconey4083]

It's skat singing. It's a jazz style. She was experimenting...as a true artist does!

[@mrblaoblao6981]

My jaw dropped to the floor! Thank you for this incredible material

[@QuicoReed]

I can't believe that this is the only and the best Cocteau Twins concert video! They were such an innovative sound in the 80s, it is stunning we never captured their live performance better. What a loss. Thanks for the effort on this one, it is great to see something...but wow.

[@JRStephens5005]

Wolf In The Breast is my favourite song. Always has been. It's just beyond words.

[@erikhoolihan92]

So glad to land back in the land of greatness after all this time.