At the start of 2021, I revisited an old live recording of Bill at the old El Mocambo in Toronto Canada in 1984 which I attended. A small venue and amazing performance. Standout to me was Another Day, Another Ray of Hope. A fan from the 70s with BeBop Deluxe. Only time I had the pleasure of seeing him live. Here is a photo of him playing the E-Bow at the concert I thought I would share.
Was this Toronto show Ken mentioned above, actually 1984? Other mentions of this show I found online also say 1984, but out of the 7 songs I found from the setlist there were 3 that were not released until 1986 on the "Getting the Holy Ghost Across" album. Could Bill have been been trying them out 2 years before their release? Or is this a typo, if the gig was actually 1986? Also - Does anyone know who the live personnel was? (If it's 1984, I would like to think it included Ian Nelson, Mick Karn & Y. Takahashi, but I doubt it - the drums sound programmed). You can hear the 7 songs in 4 separate Youtube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheThomasOfficial