David Sylvian - LIVE IN THEATRE - 1988 ( FULL CONCERT )

David Sylvian: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
David Torn: Lead Guitar
Mark Isham: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Soprano Saxophone, and Keyboards
Steve Jansen: Drums and Percussion
Ian Maidman: Bass and Percussion
Richard Barbieri: Keyboards
Robbie Aceto: Guitars and Keyboards
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Orpheus
Taking The Veil
Weathered Wall
The Boy With The Gun
River Man
The Grand Parade
The Ink in the Well
Nostalgia
Let The Happiness In
Gone To Earth

[@KUPHSER]

There isn’t enough live David Sylvian material out there. One of my favourite artists without question

[@vv247]

me too , amazing artist.

[@scarystardust6095]

June 15 '88 Edinburgh Playhouse 😀 arrived late with my gf a couple of songs in & almost tripped over going down to our seats... DS looked up from his keyboard & did that eyebrow thing...straight at me 😆😆 Thank U David. Still have the 'honeycomb' badge but not the gf 🐝

[@Voetsekhond]

I just don´t know where to start. I have seven brothers and we are all Sylvian fans. I have so many fond memories of when we were young and the world in front of us. We played David from sunrise to sunset. All our girlfriends became Sylvian or Japan fans. I feel happy when I think back to those daring years full of energy, laughter and tears. On summer days `Gone to Earth`was playing loud with open windows, God that was bliss! I just hope that he will again make music with good lyrics as that of `Gone to Earth` Some friends and myself went to the King Crimson Concert in Copenhagen 23/9/2016 and we discussed over some beers after the concert how lovely it would be to hear David Sylvian again make a proper album. I miss him and I wish him well.

[@rolandaniel]

nice story !!! you are a lucky man ! you saw King Crimson ??

[@WilmaJonson]

Same here, same epoque, same feelings, but I was in Italy!

[@limitlessmaxmode5668]

Me too Wilma,i saw him in may 88 in Bari first,and in Rome just one week after,and i've mengaed to make some shots after the Bari concert,one of them with Steve Jansen,but unfortunately,i photographed David just some meters separeted to me because too much people. I was 18 y.o.and i starded from Rome by train that unforgettable night,and thanks to my relatives in Bari i'menaged to have my ticket in a great place just few meters to the band. One of the best concert i've ever seen,of cours... But unfortunately Secrets of the beehive(not to mention the superb Gone to Earth,one of the best music album ever)was the last David masterpiece. I really can' t like almost all his works after them. Backing to that'88 concert i remember all the amazing musicians of the band,and even i love Mark Isham,i prefered Jon Hassel at the trumpet for that tour. Best regards to all of you,from Rome,MaxMode

[@HectorLopez-ct3kq]

He is an artist with no compromise with his fans ! he make that he wants !

[@gorecki4612]

I wish I was in your family

[@amdby]

Drove all the way home to Manchester from the south of France in a Renault 4 to see this. The power of the man.... one of a handful of artists for whom integrity is more important than money, or mass popularity. Peter Gabriel is another.

[@erictilley2018]

And Bill Nelson!

[@alfredrutz7830]

Anthony, In my book, you deserve a medal of Honour, for that challenge in your R4 !!! Cheers to you from a lifelong Sylvian admirer 💥

[@MarksGoneWalking]

Was there that night - pure art - ah the memories

[@teresaribeiro9886]

Totally agree with you. Love them both. Listenned so much to their music along the years and still do.

[@jroskott]

And The Blue Nile

[@johng2880]

Orpheas. A song so wonderful you never want it to end.

[@iesus68]

I've seen this tour in Rome, Teatro Olimpico. I was with my girlfriend, the venue was sold out and I've bought tickets weeks upfront. The show went over even my best expectations. And my expectations were very high. He was very shy with the audience, concentrated on his job. At the end of the last encore, some ladies sent him few flowers. My girlfiend become my wife. We are still together and love David.

[@minaprosdocimo175]

1 Orpheus 5:10 2 Taking The Veil 4:40 3 Weathered Wall 5:47 4 The Boy With The Gun 7:18 5 River Man 7:32 6 The Grand Parade 5:46 7 The Ink In The Well 5:19 8 Nostalgia 6:50 9 Let The Happiness In 6:42 10 Gone To Earth

[@steelcathedrals2112]

The most under-rated musician on the planet. A pure genius. We need more albums. Not poetry or installation pieces but classic Sylvian/Japan

[@matteobrunetti7142]

I believe that unfotunately we can forget that Sylvian... :(

[@MisAnnThorpe]

@@matteobrunetti7142 Have you heard "Do you know me now"?

[@jalenjagger6389]

I guess im asking randomly but does someone know of a way to log back into an Instagram account?? I somehow forgot the login password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me

[@franklinalonzo3657]

@Jalen Jagger Instablaster ;)

[@wayneb5481]

My thoughts exactly.

[@lucrezialoiacono2294]

Ricordi,emozioni,amori..un passato ormai lontano..ma la musica..ti porta li ... dove tutto è iniziato..ma mai cancellato ❤

[@martinhalstead5942]

THE best live Sylvian recording. Period.

[@carlosalomar7877]

Along with Damage (1994)!.....

[@ericbruyn]

There are many more🤗🤗🤗

[@guzmanhc]

@@ericbruyn Are there any other live recordings of this band out there? The playing here is out of this world

[@lawrencebinns3329]

Saw this show live in Toronto AND Montreal, drove from Toronto one night to Montreal the next night~! 2 nights of Sylvian back to back! Was a great show.

[@branzantis]

I still don't understand why David in the 90s, apart from a few pearls scattered here and there, recorded works I would dare to say embarrassing. however I will always be grateful to him for the fantastic first three albums that I will carry in my soul...

[@alfredrutz7830]

The most sensual and beautiful musician in my book!!! Been following his work for 40 years - first with Japan (light years ahead of their time), but adore his solo work even more!!! Thanks David - you're a divine blessing in music history

[@alexhuxley4399]

I saw Sylvian in March 1988 at Massey Hall in Toronto. Sublime.

[@user-cn5so7jj3z]

David Sylvian is a gentle Angel

[@juankgonzalez6230]

This version of Gone to Earth is immensely better than the album version

[@user-su8mt1vb3d]

Дэвид сделал мою молодость прекрасной! Слушаю его с 89 года. Его вещи растворены в воздухе моего любимого, самого лучшего города на свете - Владивостоке

[@visionaryape]

This man is a genius

[@carlosalomar7877]

Like Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, David Bowie to name a few!.....

[@littlenige]

Ian Maidman has got the touch on that beautiful bass.

[@wbertie2604]

British 80s fretless bass seemed to be all Palladino, Karn and Giblin, but this is surely right up there. Underrated.

[@jackcimino8822]

Don't forget Percy Jones, the man that influenced Karn's playing and did some bass for Ippu Do.

[@nadou1537]

My gosh, I was there. That was a birthday present from my sister for my 16th birthday.

[@andrevlasblom2411]

Musical art! Painting with music! And what a voice! One of a kind.

[@michaelsalisbury6976]

This is just about as good as it gets. The quality of the recording is as clear as a shot glass and the musicians playing is outstanding. A perfect live album.

[@stephenlynch5143]

Most definitely my friend Peace

[@alankirkby465]

I am Jazz, Classic music fan but love David track : Ghosts !!

[@kelvynification]

David Torn’s guitar playing is just supremely original, sublime and magical.

[@rolandaniel]

yes !

[@renaud_c_h]

Nah, it was way too loud and taking all the attention over DS's voice. Even Sylvian in hindsight complained about it ("I had great trouble hearing myself, and Torn loved to blare out that guitar, and I’m standing right next to him…” 1989 interview)

[@Grozeil]

@@renaud_c_h Probably live sound engineer's mistake then

[@renaud_c_h]

@@Grozeil i find it strange that if it was such a problem for me but more importantly to Sylvian, why didn't he have that fixed. Surely he would let the sound engineer know about it... in any case, as much as I like some of Torn's music, I thought he was way too much to the fore within that band of musicians and it was quite distracting.

[@rickdeckard1075]

@@renaud_c_h id rather hear torn and the other instruments over DS's verge-of-tears warbling

[@vv247]

Let the happiness in was incredible live in this recording.

[@kentborges5114]

Mr. Sylvian...LIKE NO OTHER. Love him.

[@vinnieblesi1009]

The amount of talent on stage is amazing. Truly a dream band.

[@eugenesheshenin2060]

Those, who gets David Sylvian will have allergy attack with anything musically contrived or derivative. His material original and uncompromisingly so. The fact that he never cared for popularity with fickle masses while risking to appear cold and snobbish is self-explanatory. Well, that is a good repellant from idiots. Once hooked on his atmospheric sound and haunting voice one is just staying put. It is a long-winded affair with David Sylvian's music for this fan since the Japan times. This otherwordly stuff was discovered by yours truly in then still looking solid Soviet Union. Instantly bolled over with his original sound and ironic words I found my spot of escape, the promise and the hope all at once. Never looked back ever since. Sylvian have has changed and mutated as an artiust in all these subsequent decades and so his listeners including this one. But Sylvian's canon is rich, diverse and compelling at every turn. So we are set. For life.

[@xxxxxtyhfrt]

I couldn't have put it better.

[@jroskott]

I was at this gig in Rotterdam. Breathtakingly good! Isham, Torn, Jansen, such an amazing line up! I even saw a glimpse of a smile breaking on David's face at some stage. Although I might have made that up.

[@LeviTate2000]

He was smiling a lot at the Hammersmith gig I saw. Almost overwhelmed by the response.

[@GerryFitzgerald]

Wow, that is spectacular! And sounds so close to Mick on bass.

[@rolandaniel]

yes !

[@marcelocarcamo]

Amazing Ian Maidma on fretlees bass and all that Sylvian's band..✨🙌🏼✨❤️

[@lucrezialoiacono2294]

Nn esistono più artisti così..capaci di trasportarti in spazi inesistenti..solo creati dalla mente, grazie alla sua voce ed alla sua musica meravigliosa ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pipihatadelstitel]

wow !!!!!!!! poetic , extremely elegant , exciting !

[@tomislavzdunic802]

Pure esoteric diamond in music sky.. 1978..22.2..2021..most beautiful voice in solar system... Croatia..

[@rolandaniel]

i agree !!!

[@tomislavzdunic802]

Thank you.. This voice..music..lirics...colors of may days.. 43..years...mesmerising..

[@hansOrf]

Such a special time musically.

[@branzantis]

Golden years....great concert ever....i regret this period😥

[@matteobrunetti7142]

minute 22:58....wonderful, deeply touching!! This live version of "River Man" always melt me; always touch my heart!! it takes me to distant worlds, deep in my thoughts, my feelings, my counciosness.

[@AnthonyBools]

Saw this tour in London, excellent recording, straight off the desk and it sounds great.

[@stephenlynch5143]

Great nights in 1988 @ the Hammersmith shows

[@jasonkingshott2971]

Although I was at the record store in 1984 on the morning of the Brilliant Trees release, I have never heard this particular recording, must say it is pretty awesome.

[@alfredrutz7830]

Still one of the greatest studio albums in music history!

[@user-cn5so7jj3z]

When I listen to the music of David Sylvian i Go closer to GOD the creater of The universe and PLANET EARTH 🌍🌎🌍🌎

[@raboultazieff4857]

Quel plaisir de découvrir un live de David Sylvian de cette époque. Et quelle époque ! Ma préférée. Merci merci merci !!!! Incroyable.

[@TheBritomart]

The sound is very good, wish there was a video of this tour. Saw them in L.A. and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. Got to meet the band afterwards and they were besotted because the monitor mix was crap. But I got to reassure them that the sound out in the house was incredible so they were relieved.

[@rolandaniel]

Ian Maidman on bass and percussion

[@thomaskaczmarek6628]

Isham was brilliant

[@carlosalomar7877]

Still is brilliant!...

[@antoniocarreira9743]

50:15 What an incredible moment! The percussion changing from the left channel to the right makes a spectacular effect, perhaps even better than the original.

[@aristidesargotpub2856]

Reencuentro con este talentoso y enigmático artista

[@davidraymer397]

I saw this tour in LA in 1988. It was really great. Love the fretless bass but it wasn't Mick Kairn as I always thought.

[@rolandaniel]

no ! it was Ian Maidman

[@user-qo1dx3le9y]

Thank you DR.David Sylvian star.

[@TombHermance]

I saw this concert in Boston (Berklee Music Hall) and it was brilliant. I remember after each song ended, there was a long pause as if to bring us back into the here& now. It was mesmerizing.

[@rolandaniel]

yes !!! the same in Paris ....

[@davecarty6503]

Ian (now Jennifer) Maidman's fretless bass playing is superb on this... of course its an 80's Wal which no doubt contributes to the magic 👌

[@stephenspring3194]

what a great band

[@monkeylovesjoe]

Went to see this tour at Hammersmith this year with a beautiful young lady was seeing at the time. One of the best gigs I ever want too 🙏🉐☯☮❤️💜💚🌹🎶🦄🌊🈳♒️🈹⚛

[@BarryPattersonnn]

I saw it there, it was a great show!

[@vincenzospada7251]

Thnx.....it's beautiful....David Is a Genius

[@noelkenny5667]

Great stuff - saw him in Vicar Street in Dublin. One of the best I've seen. This is a real gem - many thanks.

[@MrMike0205]

Noel Kenny I was there too and also enjoyed it. As I did enjoy there, the band Yes.

[@petersimm9031]

Great recording of a wonderful show i was lucky enough to see this tour in Manchester.

[@jerrywallop5647]

Where was it Peter…??

[@roxannehillman8016]

​@@jerrywallop5647the Apollo Theatre, Manchester. The acoustics are stunning at that venue.

[@vv247]

thank you so much for posting this... 🎉 Fabulous recording.

[@rolandmarckwort]

What a great recording/show! Thanks for sharing

[@stephenspring3194]

thanks Daniel for the upload.... Its nice to know that there are still some people left on this planet with taste and integrity of music :-)

[@rolandaniel]

thanks to David Sylvian !

[@stephenspring3194]

@@rolandaniel and ian maidman(good friend of mine... now jennifer) steve janson mark isham david torn richard babieri robbie aceto.... what a great collection of musicians... ians bass playing on track 2 is just genius.. taking the veil sends goose bumps all the way through me.. :-)

[@marcellanormanno9607]

Of the two concerts of his I attended, the one just after Secrets of the beehive was mindblowing. 1988 I think. Got the ticket somewhere.

[@Aramanth]

Great concert! Love the live version of *Boy With the Gun!*

[@rolandaniel]

me too !!!

[@kyrilsolntsev2381]

in plain word - simply wonderful!

[@julieboarder1348]

The enhanced (From the Album version) vocals at the beginning of the outro of 'Let the Happiness In' are absolutely gorgeous.

[@giovannitriggiano8503]

Great

[@carlgaudet2056]

Wow! J'ai vu ce concert au théâtre St-Denis à Montréal. J'avais 18 ans.

[@fortinlukas786]

if it's in paris.i was there !!!happy

[@noelkenny23]

sorry - thought I'd replied to this. Sept 2007. The World is Everything Tour. Magic! No photos but did buy a beautiful booklet that had some of David's photography along with a samadhisound sampler CD.

[@willip51]

Fantastico

[@norisgazzoli451]

un a vocem che tocca ilcuore e fa vibrare il respiro portando alta l' a nima...grazie ....

[@mjosborne1133]

Fantastic, I wish I’d seen this, I’ve been a fan since the late 80s

[@chrismains6137]

Fantastic thanks for posting :-)

[@briz1965]

Since the beginning of Rock City, Nottingham from the very start had a big following at the time, a life-long Sylvian/Japan fan. At the Royal Concert Hall Notts for this tour. Quite funny as old Japan fans came out that night. Huge Jansen fan. Cheers

[@joannewilton5348]

frigin brilliant, I WILL SING!

[@darelsmith2825]

Wow!

[@thomasdixon1369]

What a Great Concert--and with Mark Isham to boot!

[@TheRosePhantom]

Amazing.

[@richardlew5316]

I was 18 in high school 1988 and saw David in Los Angeles but mostly went because his Japan affiliation. It was great see Steve Jansen and Richard Barberi live. I bought a nice t-shirt souvenir.

[@jenniferhollingsworth1275]

Where did you go to school in LA? I was 18 in 88 too and went to school in North San Diego county but went to LA often for drama festivals for school. First boyfriend was from Northridge who I met at a festival. It's just cool to see someone in SoCal here and from the same time, have a great 2020

[@richardlew5316]

@@jenniferhollingsworth1275 I graduated in Mission Viejo High School in 1988. A friend gave a copy of Quiet Life in 1985. I was hooked. Another friend that went to the concert with is a big Depeche Mode fan.

[@jenniferhollingsworth1275]

@@richardlew5316 ha, just Camp Pendleton in between, I graduated from Carlsbad High in 88. Love Depeche Mode too, but I arrived at David Sylvian and Japan in a backwards kind of way, in 83/84 my friends got me into Duran Duran but I liked their earlier and more ambient music and started to read a lot about music. When I saw they claimed to be influenced by Japan, Bowie, and Roxy Music, I had to hear it, well, walked towards the influences and scarcely looked back. Add Bauhaus and you have my top 5💜

[@richardlew5316]

@@jenniferhollingsworth1275 I saw 3/4 of Bauhaus in 1986 which was L&R that was the best concert ever it was with The Lucy Show and The Bolshoi. I seen Roxy Music and that was carbon copy David Sylvian stage set up. Those concerts were mirror of each other. Bauhaus/Japan were #2,#3 but my fave was The Smiths I got to see them live too.

[@jenniferhollingsworth1275]

@@richardlew5316 The Smiths definitely in my top 10, saw New Order with Echo and the Bunnyman, in the downtown sports arena, Echo was better live but prefer New Order. Saw the Cure twice in the 80s and they were always a great concert. Never saw Ministry but they're touring this year and the new acoustic version of Everyday is Halloween is excellent. Hoping to get back into concert going this year, really hoping Bauhaus makes it back to the westcoast and that Voltaire plays after San Diego Comic-Con💜 have a good Thursday

[@bryanb2636]

Best concert I've ever seen.

[@rolandaniel]

Bryan Baldwin for me too !

[@Maxiclaudi]

+Bryan Baldwin I think I went to this concert too, but I'm not sure. Do you have a playlist? Does it include Eindhoven? I can't seem to find this on line. I went to see David in Eindhoven in 2007 but I'm sure I watched him perform at the same theatre before. I know I went to see his show in 1993 at the Royal Albert, but I'm not sure about the exact date of the tour which I went to see in Eindhoven before. Chucked away the ticket stubs of course....

[@bryanb2636]

Playlist is in description I think

[@prettyprettypumpkin8450]

+Bryan Baldwin I wish I was old enough to have gone . I just discovered this man from "Monster" anime ost. Oh his voice is from heaven !!!!

[@SinatraDoctrine]

Wonderful. Thank You.

[@TheOrzabalsixty]

Thank you, thank you so much for uploading this wonderful concert!!! God bless you Daniel!

[@rolandmarckwort]

Brilliant!

[@nt559]

I was there in Treviso in Northern East of Italy, unforgettable night.

[@FABCELLI]

The Voice of the XXI Century and before..

[@jorgecarrasco8088]

Maravilloso. Un sueño hecho realidad.

[@rolandmarckwort]

Love this recording...

[@Floating_Lotus]

Pure brilliance!!!

[@JoyDivision88]

You know its gonna be good if Mark Isham is in the band. Fantastic musician. Saw him with Van Morrison too and he only works with the best around.

[@Maxiclaudi]

Thanks ever so much, I was living in Ankara, Turkey at the time so never got round to see this concert! For such a fervent fan, this was almost sacrilege!

[@myroughdraft]

wonderful!

[@thomaskaczmarek6628]

Saw this show Minneapolis. Theatre was 2/3 full. Prince was playing the same night.

[@MisAnnThorpe]

I shouldn't imagine that there were too many people who attended the Prince concert who would otherwise have gone to see Sylvian but I could, of course, be wrong!

[@TheSalinski]

I was there too, at the original Guthrie Theater.

[@Shadders5]

Saw this tour at the Hammersmith Apollo around Easter time. Had 2nd row seats. What a fabulous evening

[@christiankrevsel1173]

merci,tolle conserve,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@patrickcappelli5250]

je l'ai vu à Paris à la Cigale je crois que c'était en 1988 aussi. Ou en 2007 ? ma mémoire est chancelante. ce qui est sûr c'est que c'téait magistral

[@aleimata6271]

all but happiness in and gone to earth made me cry

[@copleyvalleyguy]

Love his songs

[@jeanpierrelaufer5171]

J'y étais !

[@rolandaniel]

moi aussi

[@rainerrutten1101]

my only and best friend and me , went to the Sahara in a upfuckt R 4 in 82. we all knew

[@christoofart]

Was VERY fortunate to see this show @ the Wiltern in LA. One of the best concerts I've ever attended.

[@rolandaniel]

me too ( in Paris )

[@ursulaschlapbach311]

Great!

[@alexfrias8952]

Love this concert...

[@gavinreid5387]

I saw him on this tour, in Newcastle.

[@petersfds]

bass playing wonderful as mick karn .

[@paradisetobeginning9133]

big band ...

[@Genshi]

I saw this tour back in 1988. WIsh there was video of it. One of my favorite experiences back in the day!