Secret Chiefs 3 Live @ Slims, San Francisco 08-17-1998

August 17th 1998 Source: Audience - DAT(M) - WAV - FLAC Flac provided by Lord Ohtu Soo glad I was able to finally get my hands on this show. This is with out a doubt one of their best live performances. Really great rec of the Surf set and the best recordings of the FORMS tracks, probably the best sounding set from 98 in this case. Band Line Up: Danny Heifetz: Drums, Percussion, Keyboards. Phil Franklin: Percussion, Drums. Bär McKinnon: Flute, Keyboards, Clarinet, Percussion. John Wayne Law: Bass. Eyvind Kang: Violin, Guitar. Trey Spruance: Guitar, Keyboards, Trumpet. Set One: 1. Book T: Waves of Blood (The Astronauts cover) (00:20) 2. Book T: Exodus (Ernest Gold Cover) (02:57) 3. Book T: Broken Glass Hearse (The Astronauts cover) (06:20) 4. Book T: Orbital Ballroom in the Hall of Resurrection (The Astronauts cover) (09:05) 5. Hurqalya (11:54) Set Two: 6. Medley: Adept Chamber of the Magian Tavern (RD Burman Cover) (15:23) Inn of Three Doors (RD Burman Cover) (17:32) Theme of 23rd NADE/Jewel of the NADE (Eyvind Kang cover) (18:44) Inn of Three Doors Continued (RD Burman Cover) (19:38) Horsemen of the Invisible (Skull And Bones) (19:56) Combat for the Angel (22:08) Theory of the Supreme Ones (Eyvind Kang cover) (31:04) Mary of Magdalen (Eyvind Kang cover) (32:43) 7. Rose Garden of the Mystery (RD Burman cover) (37:00) 8. Assassin's Blade (40:01) 9. Renunciation (Ananda Shankar cover) (45:23) 10. Jabalqa / Jabarsa (51:09) 11. Zulfikar (57:55) 12. Ciocarlia (Fanfare Ciocarlia cover) (1:05:25) AUDIENCE/Band Chat (1:08:16) Encore: 13. FORMS: Welcome to the Theatron Animatronique/Black as the Night (1:10:16) 14. FORMS - ??? (Slow) (1:13:26) 15. FORMS - ???? (Fast) (1:18:19) Notes: This was the last show of the 1998 tour. Tracks 6-12 were released on the CD titled "Eyes of Flesh · Eyes of Flame" (WoM-002) (1999). The recordings on this released come from a botched SBD tape of the set where sets 1 and the encore are currently lost media (according to Lord Ohtu). This was the last time secret chiefs 3 had ever played Welcome to the Theatron Animatronique live Tracks 2 and 13 predate Book of Horizons' release Tracks in Track 6 predate the release of Book M This was the last time John Wayne Law (An Underground San Francisco bassist) ever played with the secret chiefs.