LEONARD COHEN
London, England - (Royal Albert Hall)
June 1, 1988


1st set:
1. Dance Me To The End of Love
2. Ain't No Cure For Love
3. Who By Fire
4. Bird On The Wire
5. I'm Your Man
6. Sisters Of Mercy
7. Coming Back To You
8. First We Take Manhattan

2nd set:
9. Avalanche - solo
10. Chelsea Hotel #2 - solo
11. Tower Of Song
12. The Stranger Song - solo
13. Everybody Knows
14. Joan Of Arc
15. Hallelujah
16. There Is A War
17. Take This Waltz
18. The Partisan
19. Suzanne
20. Heart With No Companion
21. I Tried To Leave You
22. The Gypsy's Wife
23. So Long, Marianne
24. Whither Thou Goest

Soundcheck:
1. Bird On The Wire
2. First We Take Manhattan
3. Dance Me To The End Of Love
4. Famous Blue Raincoat
5. Avalanche
6. Dance Me To The End Of Love
7. A Singer Must Die
8. Instrumental

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(2 known source recordings)


[lc880601-1]
source:
audience (ECM-155? > Sony WM-D6)
length: 140 minutes (complete)
details: -.


[lc880601-1(SK)]
length: 40 minutes
details: soundcheck material.


[lc880601-2]
source:
pro-shot video
length: 45 minutes (incomplete)
details: 11 songs (most are incomplete) filmed by the BBC for the documentary Songs From The Life Of Leonard Cohen (©1989 BBC-TV).

1. Dance Me To The End of Love
2. Ain't No Cure For Love (incomplete)
3. Who By Fire (incomplete)
4. Bird On The Wire (incomplete)
8. First We Take Manhattan
10. Chelsea Hotel #2 - solo
11. Tower of Song (incomplete)
15. Hallelujah (incomplete)
17. Take This Waltz
19. Suzanne (incomplete)
23. So Long, Marianne (incomplete)


[lc880601-2A]
length:
38 minutes (incomplete)
details:
bootleg CD Last of The Bohemians (©1993 Beautiful Losers Records), tracks 1-5, 7, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21. Taken from the soundtrack of the BBC film, missing the intro to "Chelsea Hotel #2" and recitation of Frederico Lorca's poem before "Take This Waltz". Source is MISSLABELED on the bootleg CD cover as being from Lykabettus Theatre, Athens, Greece (June 19, 1988).

DISC 1 - (76:36)
01- First We Take Manhattan (4:01)
02- Dance Me To The End of Love (5:10)
03- Chelsea Hotel #2 (3:58)
04- Who By Fire [fragment] (2:20)
05- Take This Waltz (5:51)
06- Famous Blue Raincoat (rehearsal) (2:04)
07- Hallelujah (4:31)
08- So Long, Marianne (6:38)
09- The Window (6:23)
10- Famous Blue Raincoat (6:12)
11- Memories (5:49)
12- The Guests (6:12)
13- Suzanne (4:02)
14- Minimal Art (solo on harmonica) (0:22)
15- Poem ("The Genius") (1:10)

16- Bird On The Wire [fragment] (2:35)
17- Second poem ("Beneath My Hands") (0:45)
18- Suzanne [fragment] (2:09)
19- So Long, Marianne [fragment] (3:30)
20- Tower of Song [fragment] (1:50)
21- Ain't No Cure For Love [fragment] (1:14)


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