The Saints '73-'78 - Live Nights In Venice Vol. 1 - LP

VERY LIMITED 2025 TOUR PRESSING ON RED VINYL

In 2024 Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay from the original line up of The Saints assembled The Saints ’73-’78 featuring Mark Arm (Mudhoney), Mick Harvey (Birthday Party/Bad Seeds) and Peter Oxley (Sunnyboys). The band’s mission was to play songs from the first three Saints albums by the original line up on an Australian tour. The tour was a massive success with all shows sold out and reviews being nothing short of raves. Now the band are bringing their show to Europe and the US so we’ve conspired with the band to do this very limited edition twelve inch four song EP that shows how blistering their performances are. This record will be sold exclusively at the band’s merch table, The Saints ’73-’78 website, the In The Red website AND Forte will have a VERY limited amount on red vinyl!!


In October 2024 The Saints ’73-’78 played a 3-night stand at Brisbane’s Princess Theatre. All 3 shows were recorded by long time Ed Kuepper affiliate Derek Bovill with 4 songs from night two mixed by 4ZZZ’s Branko Cosic. The result? 
 

“This wasn’t a tribute to the Saints … it was something else. It was eight guys on stage reaching for magic, devoted to the moment and delivering one of the greatest final furlongs I’ve seen in four decades of watching live music.” – Sean Sennett 


Nights in Venice Live… Vol. 1 features two songs each from The Saints first two albums; 1977’s (I’m) Stranded and 1978’s Eternally Yours sounding as vital and in-your-face as ever. For these recordings though, the band expanded to a full eight piece line-up featuring original guitarist / songwriter Kuepper, original Saints drummer Ivor Hay, bassist Peter Oxley, guitarist Mick Harvey, singer Mark Arm and a 3-piece brass section comprising Eamon Dilworth (trumpet), Julian Wilson (tenor sax) and Mark Spencer (baritone sax). 

Tracklist: 1. Nights In Venice 2. No Time 3. (I’m) Misunderstood 4. Know Your Product