Friday 17 June 2011

Capital Models 2011 (Pt 4)

Tonight, Capital Models played for the fourth time in 2011 - they originally split in August 1980...


Three songs were played for the first time - two Velvet Underground classics and a Cloudland Blue Quartet song from 1999...

Capital Models - The Music Box 17 June 2011
Keith Apter - Drumkit
Angus Bolton - Lead Guitar
Jamie Frain - Bass, Backing Vocals
David Reilly - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

Setlist
Second Generation (Bolton/Merrill/Park/Reilly)
A Nice Job in a Small Town (Reilly)
Orifix (Merrill/Bolton/Reilly)
Rock'n'Roll (Reed)
Sweet Jane (Reed)
Computer Operator (Bolton/Merrill/Park/Reilly)

Also played but not recorded
Wall to Wall Carpeting
Breaking Silence
Stuntman
So You Think You Can Dance
Carefree
Dice With Death
Paranoia’s Got You
Keith’s Song
Welcome to This World

However, Angus did capture "Welcome to My World" on video...

Tuesday 22 March 2011

Capital Models 2011(Pt 3)

The third sessions of Capital Models 2011 took place tonight.  The evening commenced with the quartet of Apter/Bolton/Frain/Reilly, later expanded to a quintet with the addition of Jim Park...


Left to right:
David Reilly - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Angus Bolton - Electric Guitar
Jim Park - Drum Kit & Percussion
Keith Apter - Drum Kit & Percussion
Jamie Frain - Electric Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals

A 48 minute recording of the tunes played tonight was recorded but is currently unavailable...

1st Set (Quartet, *Quintet)
Drum Solo
Jam #1
So You Think You Can Dance
The Black Room
Orifix
Stuntman
Carefree
Dice With Death*

2nd Set (Quintet)
Second Generation
Jam #2
Share this Faith
Wall to Wall Carpeting
Paranoia’s Got You
Breaking Silence
Dice With Death
Orifix

After tonight's session, there are no plans at present for the band to reconvene...




Friday 25 February 2011

Capital Models 2011 (pt 2)

The second of two planned sessions took place tonight and Capital Models was a quintet which had never previously played together in this format...


Left to right:
David Reilly - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Keith Apter - Drum Kit (Percussion on "No Wallpaper in This House")
Angus Bolton - Electric Guitar
Jamie Frain - Electric Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jim Park - Percussion (Drum Kit on "No Wallpaper in This House")

The second set played tonight was previously available to download and may return here at some point ("Computer Operator" is from the first set)...
The band may perform again in a few weeks time...

At present no public performances are planned but here's a wee video clip...




Friday 18 February 2011

Capital Models 2011...

On 18 February 2011, Capital Models finally reconvened after a break of 366 months - 26 August 1980 was their last performance...

The quartet played 14 songs...

Keith Apter - Drum Kit
Angus Bolton - Electric Guitar
Jamie Frain - Electric Bass
David Reilly - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

L-R : David, Jamie, Angus, Keith



Top Down : Jamie, Keith, Angus