All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest explained

All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest
Type:video
Longtype:/ Live album
Artist:Cardiacs
Cover:Cardiacs Maresnest VHS.png
Caption:Original VHS cover
Released:1992 (video)
1 June 1995 (album)
Recorded:30 June 1990
Venue:Salisbury Arts Centre
Length:78:35
Label:Alphabet Business Concern
Director:Steve Payne
Prev Title:Seaside Treats
Prev Year:1985
Year:1992
Next Title:Some Fairytales From the Rotten Shed
Next Year:2017

All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest (also known simply as Maresnest) is a live album and concert film by the English rock band Cardiacs.[1] It is their third live album,[2] and was originally recorded in the afternoon in the Salisbury Arts Centre on 30 June 1990 with Napalm Death.[3] [4] It is the only Cardiacs album to feature guitarist Christian Hayes throughout. The album was released on VHS in 1992 and as a live album on 1 June 1995.[5] [6]

Napalm Death were recording their video Live Corruption (1992) at the same venue that evening, and seeing as both Cardiacs and Napalm Death shared the same manager, it was decided they could record two live videos in the same place for the price of one-and-a-half. The CD features two extra tracks ("Two Bites of Cherry" and "All Spectacular") that didn't appear on the video.

All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest is the only Cardiacs album to feature the band as a septet. The lineup of Cardiacs which played this concert did not entirely reflect the live touring band of the time as Sarah Smith had left the band the previous year.[7] [8] The show was Tim Quy's last performance with Cardiacs.

Video

The video was directed by Steve Payne and produced by Steven Malitsky, for Fotodisk.

Maresnest was officially re-released on DVD format on 2 September 2013, with improved video and sound quality.[9]

The last track of the Sea Nymphs' second album On the Dry Land (2016), "Wanky", first appeared in the 'on the tour bus' section of the film.[10] [11]

Future Cardiacs members Jon Poole and Bob "Babba" Leith can be seen in the crowd during some shots.[12]

The film was screened at the Barnes Film Festival on 20 June 2021, followed by an interview with keyboardist William D. Drake hosted by author and journalist Cathi Unsworth.[13]

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Smith unless otherwise indicated.

VHS (1992 release / 2013 DVD release)[14]

  1. "The Duck and Roger the Horse"
  2. "There's Too Many Irons in the Fire"
  3. "It's a Lovely Day" (T. Smith, Sarah Smith, Colvin Mayers, Mark Cawthra)
  4. "Everything Is Easy"
  5. "I Hold My Love in My Arms" (T. Smith, William D. Drake)
  6. "Arnald"
  7. "Baby Heart Dirt"
  8. "To Go Off and Things" (T. Smith, Cawthra)
  9. "The Leader of the Starry Skys"
  10. "Tarred and Feathered" (T. Smith, Drake)
  11. "Fast Robert"
  12. "Big Ship"
  13. "Visiting"
  14. "R.E.S."
  15. "Is This the Life?"

Personnel

Adapted from the Maresnest liner notes.

Cardiacs

Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sacher . Andrew . 8 April 2020 . John Prine, Sleater-Kinney & more live videos to watch at home . 28 July 2022 . BrooklynVegan.
  2. Web site: Leventis . George . Something Old Good and... Live to hear? . 28 July 2022 . MiC - GREEK MUSIC MAGAZINE . Greek.
  3. Web site: Smith . Kirstyn . 20 September 2016 . Preview: All that Glitters is a Maresnest . 25 July 2020 . The List . 24 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924043941/https://www.list.co.uk/article/84775-preview-all-that-glitters-is-a-maresnest/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Sacher . Andrew . 23 July 2020 . The Essentiality of Cardiacs' 'A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window' . 28 July 2022 . BrooklynVegan.
  5. Web site: Sgrignoli . Marco . 20 July 2022 . Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto . 23 July 2022 . . it.
  6. Web site: Cardiacs - All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest Album Reviews, Songs & More . 29 July 2022 . AllMusic.
  7. Web site: CARDIACS: THE ULTIMATE CARDIACS GIG LIST . 30 June 2022 . Pete's Cardiacs Site.
  8. Web site: Monroe . Jazz . 22 July 2020 . Cardiacs Singer Tim Smith Dead at 59 . 1 July 2022 . Pitchfork.
  9. Web site: 1 September 2013 . News . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015031216/https://www.cardiacs.net/news/ . 15 October 2013 . 18 September 2022 . Cardiacs.
  10. Web site: Kitching . Sean . 2 November 2016 . The Sea Nymphs . 28 July 2022 . The Quietus.
  11. Web site: Kitching . Sean . 3 July 2022 . The Strange (Parallel) World of… Tim Smith Of Cardiacs . 28 July 2022 . The Quietus.
  12. Web site: Quietus . The . 2013-02-05 . The Quietus Writers' 40 Favourite Live Albums . 2024-06-26 . The Quietus . en-GB.
  13. Web site: Worral . Sean . 17 June 2021 . ORGAN PREVIEW: A showing of Maresnest and a QandA with Cardiacs keyboard player William D Drake as part of the Barnes Film Festival this Sunday… . 18 July 2022 . Organ.
  14. All That Glitters Is a Maresnest . . 2013 . Alphabet Business Concern (Barcode: 5060331223283) . liner notes.

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