Shows/1978-11-18

November 18, 1978
Acklam Hall
City	London
Tour
Event
Billing	The Red Crayola Scritti Politti pragVEC Cabaret Voltaire

Reviews

NME

Ian Penman

Excerpt:

Scritti Politti played out their first gig in a maze of nervousness without a proper set.

Not properly consulted (they claim) over their billing and not properly prepared themselves, they asked the audience to regard their appearance as an "open rehearsal". They won sympathetic respect and three offers of support slots on projected national tours.

Highly strung but low-key is an appropriate description of both Scritti Politti and Red Crayola.

The Crayola duo slipped on discreetly after an interval about as long as Politti's 15 minute set. [...]

Photos

Photos by Shirley O'Loughlin

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  Mayo Thompson
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  Jesse Chamberlain

Cabaret Voltaire

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  Cabaret Voltaire by the show poster

Recording

Scritti Politti

• Art Forever

Ephemera

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  Print ad
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  Poster