Reading Festival (Version 1) (aka "The Final Coming")

City: Reading, England

Date: 25th August 1996

Format(s): CD, Tape

Running Time (Approx): 70 mins

Price: £11 (CD) / £3.00 (Tape)

Tracklist:

  1. She Bangs The Drums
  2. Waterfall
  3. High Time
  4. Ten Storey Love Song
  5. Daybreak
  6. Love Spreads
  7. Made Of Stone
  8. I Am The Resurrection
  9. Ice Cold Cube
  10. Breaking Into Heaven

Sound Quality: A
Slightly muffled, but otherwise perfect.

Performance Quality: D
The Roses' last stand, and you can hear why. Ian Brown states into space whilst shouting out the songs without any hint of a tune. Combined with Aziz's emotionless guitar playing and Nigel Ippinson's "Put your hands together… come on!" antics, the Roses are killed off in front of your very own eyes.

Hear A Sample
For a 19-second mp3 clip of 'High Time' from this gig click here (226k). Please note that the mp3 is only a rough indication of sound quality as it is only 75% of CD quality. You must have an mp3 player on your machine to listen to this file.

Why should I get this bootleg?
If you enjoy putting your hands to your face in despair, or just laughing or, more seriously, if you want to own the last breath of The Stone Roses.

Customer Comments
"Wasn't as awful as I expected." - Simon Clements, England

"Not as bad as the papers made out. Lowest point of the gig is Resurrection, Ian is absolutely diabolical. I've got to admit that I like the two songs that were previewed at Reading." - Craig Elder, Scotland

Contact: will@stoneroses.net

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