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01 CARMARTHEN YOUTH CLUB	8 FEB 91

Line-up:
John Lawrence (guitar & backing vocals)
Euros Childs (vocals)
Richard James (bass)
Steffan Cravos (violin)
Korg Drum Machine

Set:
Dafad Yn Siarad
Peanut Dispenser
Reverend Oscar Marzaroli
Pentref Wrth Y Mor
Ground
Mr Groovy
Lovely Lizzy
House Of The Rising Sun
Barbed Wire

Diary: Due to heavy snow the youth club had been cancelled. When it was time for the youth club to start we played anyway even though there were only 5 people there. People didn't even clap. Jeeeeesussss. The audience played ping pong and snooker. FIRST GIG IS YET TO COME.

Photo: Set list.

Soundclips: Dafad Yn Siarad

02 PEMBROKE YOUTH CLUB	6 MAR 91

Line-up:
As above.

Set:
Dafad Yn Siarad
Barbed Wire
Oscar Marzaroli
Josua Cnau (Peanut Dispenser)
Pentref Wrth Y Mor
Lwpian Gyda Anrheg 2
House Of The Rising Sun
Mr Groovy
Blessed Are The Meek

Diary: About four people dancing - fair play. Lots of the bastards were only 9-10 years old putting their fingers in their ears.

03 CARMARTHEN RUGBY CLUB	23 MAR 91

Line-up:
As above.

Set:
As above but in a different order. NB Blessed Are The Meek from this concert is on the CD/cassette 'Patio' (Ankst 055).

Diary: The organiser Spenser (sic) (Richard's uncle) refused to pay us although he paid us ten quid in the end. Richard's father kept coming on stage telling us to turn it down. John threw his guitar down in the middle of 'Blessed Are The Meek'. Cut short when Spenser told us to stop. Waste of bloody time. We've got to get a real gig not playing in front of our own bloody family.

Soundclips: Blessed Are The Meek

04 LLANELLI STEPNEY HOTEL (SUPPORTING Y GWEFRAU)	5 APR 91

Line-up:
John Lawrence (guitar & backing vocals)
Euros Childs (vocals)
Richard James (bass)
Steffan Cravos (violin)
Sion Lane (keyboards)

Set:
Oscar Marzaroli
Barbed Wire
Dafad Yn Siarad
Lladd Eich Wraig
Peanut Dispenser
Mr Groovy
Heywood Lane
Pentref Wrth Y Mor
House Of The Rising Sun
Blessed Are The Meek

NB Pentref Wrth Y Mor is on the cassette only release 'Allumette'.

Diary: Our first 'GIG'. Nia Melville and her husband turned up. I think they like us. Turn up was disappointing (about 35). The performance was much better than the Rugby Club shit.

Soundclips: Reverend Oscar Marzaroli

05 CARMARTHEN SHOWFIELD GROUND (SUPPORTING SOBIN A'R SMAELIAID)	25 MAY 91

Line-up:
As above plus Cenwyn Brain (rhythm guitar).

Set:
Dafad Yn Siarad
Oscar Marzaroli
Barbed Wire
Lladd Eich Gwraig
Peanut Dispenser
Heywood Lane
Pentref Wrth Y Mor
I Wanna Be Adored.

Diary: The argument was who played first, Diffyg Parch (the other band in school at the same time as us) or GZM. We lost, god knows how. The gig was awful. Diffyg Parch weren't much better, in fact they were shit.

Photo: Drum machine settings.

Soundclips: Pentref Wrth Y Mor (1) | Pentref Wrth Y Mor (2)

06 YSGOL BRO MYRDDIN SCHOOL FAYRE	10 JUL 91

Line-up:
John Lawrence (guitar & backing vocals)
Euros Childs (vocals)
Richard James (bass)
Steffan Cravos (violin)
Cennwyn Brain (rhythm guitar)
Sion Lane (keyboards)

Set:
Can't remember, but we did play The Beatles' 'Norweigan Wood'.

Diary: Everything was on full blast, couldn't hear the vocals, drum machine playing the wrong speed etc. Anyway, we decided that what we needed was a live drummer.

Photo: Gig poster.

07 BUCKLEY TIVOLI (SUPPORTING DATBLYGU & EIRIN PERYGLUS)	5 AUG 91

Line-up:
As above plus Osian Evans (drums) & Rhys James (Keyboards).

Set (not in order):
Heywood Lane
Siwper Heb Crys
Dafad Yn Siarad
Mefus A Chadno
Barbed Wire
Peanut Dispenser
Mr Groovy

Diary: Our biggest moment yet was a huge motherfucking disaster.

Photo: Flyer.

Soundclips: Heywood Lane

08 CARMARTHEN HOSPITAL CLUB (SUPPORTING AROS MAE)	16 AUG 91

Line-up:
John Lawrence (guitar & backing vocals)
Euros Childs (vocals)
Richard James (bass)
Steffan Cravos (violin)
Stephan Philips (drums)

Set:
Dafad Yn Siarad
Barbed Wire
The Scarecrow
Peanut Dispenser
Siwper Heb Grys
Entertaining Mr Sloan
Mr Groovy
Dwyfol Yw Y Gwan

Diary: It's going to be a while before we shall be appreciated. No one clapped by the end (that pissed me off).

Soundclips: Intro to Gig | Siwper Heb Grys

09 LLANDYSUL SCHOOL (+ CIA & DOM)	1 NOV 91

Line-up:
As above plus Cenwyn Brain (rhythm guitar).

Set:
Dafad Yn Siarad
Ti! Moses
Santos Flossy
Peanut Dispenser
Glas Ar Gwyn
Siwper Heb Grys
Tylwyth Mor Teg
Pentref Wrth Y Mor
Dwyfol Yw Y Gwan

Diary: We were dressed in black jeans, white shirts, black ties to keep our Jam fixation up-to-date.

Photos: Set list and gig poster.

Soundclips: Pentref Wrth Y Mor

10 LLANYBYDDER PUB GIG	16 NOV 91

Line-up:
As above except Osian Evans (rhythm guitar).

Set:
Dafad Yn Siarad
Ti! Moses
Santos Flossy
Peanut Dispenser
Siwper Heb Grys
Glas Ar Gwyn
Mefus A Chadno
Pentref Wrth Y Mor
Dwyfol Yw Y Gwan.

Diary: At the end no one moved, there were cries of 'mwy! mwy!' (more! more!). So we gave them Dafad Yn Siarad. I was exhausted, ready to collapse. At last! I started doubting our live performance and what exactly was the point, but I can't wait until 18 December with DOM, Diffyg Parch?????

11 CARMARTHEN HARVEY'S NIGHTCLUB	18 NOV 91

Line-up:
As above.

Set:
No setlist.

Diary:
No diary entry.

12 ABEREIRON THE FEATHERS (CYMDEITHAS YR IAITH XMAS DO)	27 DEC 91

Line-up:
John Lawrence (guitar)
Euros Childs (vocals)
Richard James (bass)
Osian Evans (drums)

Set:
Dafad Yn Siarad
Peanut Dispenser

Diary: We were supposed to turn up at 7.30 to play to people coming in, we turned up at 8.30 after everybody had walked in. Of course we were stopped from playing, but David Edwards (Datblygu) insisted we play.