Thank you a lot!! The quality does make a difference. I had a dozen live bootlegs and because most of them sounded so awful, I never really listened to them. What also always puzzled me is how in the world the Retro live disc had such a low quality - I mean it sounded just a little better than an average Pistols bootleg from 1985. Didn't they have any good-quality soundboard recording for such a project?? Apparently they did but God knows how it ended up so fucked up.
Bernard was in a strange mood in Hollywood: "You get so excited... I wish we could get as excited as you, Americans... You know, I always wanted to be American, like you..." - only a song later to tell the audience "Alright, motherfuckers!". I guess, first he thought how great it was to be in subtropical California, which was such a contrast to rainy, smiths-ridden Manchester in November. And a few moments later he got enraged just thinking about all the money they had been making only to support the Hacienda and see none of it.
For the first time I liked Shellshock (in its Hollywood rendition). Strangely they played the 3-minute version of Thieves Like Us. Everything's Gone Green on the Studio 54 tape is awesome. Sub-culture from Slough is great, too.
You realize how Peter Hook was essential to the whole NO live experience. He was the punk.
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