Is this the oldest live recording of "I Will Follow" ?

[wolf]

Is this the oldest live recording of "I Will Follow" ?

September 12, 1980
Scarborough, United Kingdom
Taboo Rock Club

Set List:

11 O'clock Tick Tock
I Will Follow
Touch
An Cat Dubh
Into The Heart
A Day Without Me
Twilight
The Electric Co.
Things To Make And Do
Stories For Boys
Boy-Girl
Out Of Control
11 O'clock Tick Tock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ykBVVAA9Oo&spfreload=10

 

[BVS]

Is it of legal age yet?


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[LemonMelon]

9 years, 2 months, 25 days and 37 seconds.

 

[Registered Dude]

it looks like it.. they only started playing IWF in 1980 right?

 

[Galeongirl]

it looks like it.. they only started playing IWF in 1980 right?

Correct. According to U2gigs, this recording is apparently the fifth performance ever, so it could very likely be the earliest recording:

11 O'Clock Tick Tock Tour
1980-05-31 - Manchester, England - Polytechnic
1980-07-10 - London, England - Clarendon Hotel
1980-07-13 - London, England - Marquee Club

Boy Tour
1980-09-07 - London, England - Lyceum Ballroom
1980-09-12 - Scarborough, England - Taboo Club

 

[Axver]

Correct. According to U2gigs, this recording is apparently the fifth performance ever, so it could very likely be the earliest recording:

I've tried to pin down when I Will Follow came into the setlist. As best as I can tell, it did not appear until after the Irish leg of the 11OTT Tour in early to mid-May 1980. The one fully known set from that leg does not include it, nor do any of the incomplete sets. But it's in the set for the second leg of the 11OTT Tour in England. Unfortunately we lack recordings from then, so all we have are a smattering of very incomplete setlists! Hence IWF doesn't show up on any tape until the Boy Tour gets under way.