Cardiacs family & friends

celebrate the life and work of Tim Smith

Band on the Wall

Manchester, England

October 10th 2024

Remastered audience recording.

Brilliant stuff.

I suppose R.E.S. was too much to hope for.

regards

Titus

01 All His Geese Are Swans!

02 The Duck and Roger the Horse

03 There's Too Many Irons in the Fire

04 Everything is Easy

05 Arnald

06 As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea

07 Day is Gone *

08 The Leader of the Starry Skies *

09 Joining the Plankton *

10 Ideal ***

11 Tarred and Feathered

12 Is This the Life? **

13 To Go Off and Things

14 Anything I Can't Eat *

15 Big Ship **

16 Stoneage Dinosaurs *

* with Mike Vennart

** with Mark Cawthra

*** with Jo Spratley

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William D. Drake

Briny Hooves (2007)

Great solo album from the former Cardiacs keyboardist.

This is an mp3 copy.

regards

Titus

01 Wolves

02 Dark Ecstasies

03 Ugly Fortress

04 Serendipity Doodah

05 The Fountains Smoke

06 The Seashell Song

07 Sweet Peace

08 Requiem for a Snail

09 Seahorse

10 Melancholy World

11 January Night

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Cardiacs

Jibberish - A Live Collection

My compilation of wonderful live Cardiacs recordings culled from a range of sources.

Including one from just two days before Tim's heart attack.

All have had some remastering.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

Radio 2XS Barn Session - December 11th 2004

01 The Breakfast Line

02 Big Ship

03 The Duck and Roger the Horse

04 Fast Robert

Marc Riley's Rocket Science - October 15th 2005

05 intro

06 Hope Day

07 chat

08 As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea

09 talk

10 Will Bleed Amen

11 talk

12 Stoneage Dinosaurs/outro

Disc 2

Marc Riley's Brain Surgery - June 23rd 2008

01 Silvery

02 talk

03 Jibber and Twitch

04 talk

05 Gen/outro

BBC 'Inside Tracks' (aired June 13th 1999)

06 Signs

07 Firey Gun Hand

London Astoria - November 12th 2004

08 The Everso Closely Guarded Line

The Garage, London - October 18th 2003

09 Dirty Boy

Salisbury Arts Centre - June 30th 1990

10 Is This the Life?

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Cardiacs

Wulfron Hall

Wolverhampton, UK

December 15th 2004

Remastered audience recording.

Not the best quality I'm afraid but I did try!

What do you reckon Bambi?

A short set opening for The Wildhearts.

'Tim Speaks' takes me right back to those heady days.

He could freak a crowd out!

Ideal for DEKAdance fans I would have thought.

regards

Titus

01 intro

02 Tarred and Feathered

03 Fast Robert

04 Eating in Bed

05 Burn Your House Brown

06 The Breakfast Line

07 Is This the Life?

08 Tim Speaks

09 I Hold My Love in My Arms

10 The Duck and Roger the Horse

11 Big Ship

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Cardiacs/The Sea Nymphs

BBC radio sessions

1996/1998

Good quality recordings featuring the late/great Tim Smith.

Slightly remastered.

I've had these two short performances for ages

and it struck me recently that they could well combine nicely.

When Tim Smith switches to bass (as a Sea Nymph) he is amazing.

What do you mean you're not downloading it?

Me n Bambi like them!

My word...I've a good mind to take a birch to the lot of yer...hold me back!

(sigh...I'm holding him back...Ed.)

regards

Titus

Cardiacs

Mark Radcliffe

Radio 1

June 11th 1996

01 intro

02 Dog Like Sparky

03 Fiery Gun Hand

04 interview with Tim

05 Buds and Spawn

06 Nurses Whispering Verses

The Sea Nymphs

John Peel

BBC Radio 1

Maida Vale

October 4th 1998

07 Sea Snake Beware

08 Eating A Heart Out

09 Lilywhite's Party

10 The Sea Ritual

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Cardiacs

Roadhouse, Manchester

November 5th 1996

Newly remastered show from when the band was stripped down to a foursome:

Tim Smith - guitar and vocals

Jim Smith - bass and backing vocals

Jon Poole - guitar and backing vocals

Bob Leith - drums

So they were using a lot of triggered keyboard parts and sequencers.

I imagine the six piece line-up had been difficult in terms of income.

Good sound quality on this audience capture.

Highly recommended to all you Cardiacs fans out there.

'Is This the Life' never fails to stir great memories

of the Cardiacs gigs I was lucky enough to attend.

Roadhouse is no longer in business which is a shame

as this 200 capacity venue had some history.

Coldplay, Muse and the White Stripes all played Roadhouse in their early days.

Four members of Elbow served behind the bar

and are very possibly working during this recording.

Venue owner Kate Mountain has said that when Elbow were playing at the venue

it produced logistical challenges because it meant she had no staff.

regards

Titus

01 intro

02 Breakfast Line (part 2)

03 A Horses Tail

04 In a City Lining

05 Bell Stinks

06 Bell Clinks

07 Gatty the Goat Man

08 Dog Like Sparky

09 Spinney

10 Buds and Spawn

11 Manhoo

12 Cameras (except)

13 Insect Hooves on Lassie

14 Everything is Easy

15 The Duck and Roger the Horse

16 Firey Gun Hand

17 Icky Qualms

18 Is This the Life

Clink

Our castaway here is Steve Davis, yes, the snooker player.

For those who do not know, Steve is an avid music fan.

I believe he once hired Magma, one of his favourite bands,

to play at a private party.

Steve also DJs and presents a radio show called

The Interesting Alternative Show often with Kavus Torabi.

As an extra I have included a link to Steve's

tribute broadcast for the late Tim Smith.

regards

Titus

Desert Island Discs

Tim Smith Tribute show

Cardiacs
Whitelands College
London
November 15th 1985

I have great memories of seeing Cardiacs shows in the late 80s/early 90s.
Even back to when they only had self produced cassettes for sale.
They inspired the term Pronk. A mix of prog and punk.
Which I recall band leader Tim Smith was not happy with.
Tim was probably the strangest frontman I ever saw.
He had an unnerving stage persona where he would switch
from nasty aggressive cynic to little boy. Think Hywel Bennett in Twisted Nerve.
This is an early soundboard and pretty good quality.
You may see versions with three extra tracks
but they are poor quality, probably audience recordings
and possibly not even from this gig.
...that's the way we all go
regards
Titus

01 Icing on the World
02 To Go Off and Things
03 In a City Lining
04 Eating in Bed
05 Cameras
06 Is This the Life
07 A Little Man and a House
08 Hope Day
09 Whole World Window
10 Ice, a Spot & a Dot (aborted)
11 R.E.S.
12 Nurses

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