Setlist Included:

Here Among The Cats, Research (at Beach Resorts), Peaches en Regalia, Anna Lea, Blowing The Blues Away, Mash Moon In Hawaii, Marmalade Mama, Let Your Man Fly, Lady Let Me In, Only Your Nose Knows, Lip Service, Lily, Beyond The Moon, Toronto Tontos, Here Among The Cats, Summer's Up, Hangover, Coming Off The Moon, Hot Spots, Do You Or Don't You Want To Know, Howdy Doody Boogie

Details:

This setlist is of one of these four nights (but not the final night, as the setlist is taken from a recording where Kim says "we'll be here tomorrow" at the end of the gig). Here Among The Cats was played twice.

By this time, nearly the entire first album had been written (and recorded) and was being performed live, as well as plenty of material that would end up on later albums. Lip Service is particularly interesting during this era, as it sounds more like a disco song (Mike Tilka dedicates it to Average White Band on this night).

Tilka did the bulk of the between song banter in the early days, and on many nights he'd reveal that Marmalade Mama was about a prostitute in Toronto. It's one of the first songs Kim Mitchell and Pye Dubois wrote together.

These early versions of Let Your Man Fly have Terry Watkinson and Mike Tilka sharing lead vocals in the verses (Kim never sang the song live). Terry's songs Lady Let Me In and Do You Or Don't You Want To Know are featured in the show around this time, and contain lyrics that would eventually end up in Let Go The Line and Charmonium.

The version of Beyond The Moon played in the early years is much more embryonic. The lyrics are there, but the soaring coda is not. Instead the band just jam over the main progression again.

The intro to Summer's Up isn't in the arrangement yet. The song begins with the first verse.

Lineup

Kim Mitchell - Vocals/Guitar
Mike Tilka - Bass
Paul Kersey - Drums
Terry Watkinson - Keyboards

Audio:

• Lip Service