04.12.1980
USA, Owings Mills, Painter's Mill Music Fair
Watching Me Fall
vg / exc. Audience

01. Intro [1:39]
02. Don't Stand So Close To Me [3:37]
03. Walking On The Moon [5:02]
04. Deathwish [4:05]
05. Fallout [2:39]
06. Man In A Suitcase [2:47]
07. Bring On The Night [5:49]
08. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da [5:16]
09. Truth Hits Everyone [2:33]
10. Shadows In The Rain [5:54]
11. When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around [4:06]
12. Bed's Too Big Without You [7:22]
13. Driven To Tears [3:47]
14. Message In A Bottle [4:42]
15. Roxanne [9:02]
16. Can't Stand Losing You (Cut)(Tape Jam) [7:12]

Total Running Time: [1:15:39]

Taper: bpthree
Taping Gear: Sony TC-1100T with Sony ECM-16 condenser microphone
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2 - Show description & comments follow:
"Painter's Mill Music Fair" was in the Baltimore suburbs. It was one of those theatre in the round joints, that had a rotating stage in the middle, although it never rotated for any of the shows I saw there. Being stationary likely made 20% - 25% of the seats unusable, as they would have been behind the stage, and the view obstructed. It would later be known as "Painter's Mill Star Theatre". I guess it held maybe a couple thousand folks. It burned to the ground years later. It was rumored that it had been torched for the insurance.
I was lucky enough to catch The Police at a fairly small venue, right before they went mega. The place was sold out. The Fleshtones, another I.R.S. act, was the opener. Much like the U2 show I saw, previously posted, these guys came out blasting, and wasted little time between songs. Really nice show, in my opinion. The only bummer was that my tape jammed on the encore, missing a section of "Can't Stand Losing You". While the crowd screamed for more, as you'll hear, the band did not return for a second encore. This one is for DrBBalls (Fabien). Enjoy! bpthree

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