Attention, I will say in advance that this publication is intended only for Bootleg collectors. If you find it boring, do not continue, do not waste your time, I recognize that it may be boring for those who are not used to what I will TRY to explain in a language that is not mine.
On April 08, 2017 I published a topic here on the forum with the title: "Deciphering an enigma- Bootleg "Paris 22/06/1983", where I brought a discovery I had made about this bootleg and started a debate that must have been especially interesting for bootleg collectors,
https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=5824.0Today, I will do the same, this time, about the bootleg 1983.05.30 - Luxembourg 1983 (Centre Sportif, Differdange), later, some light on an obscure bootleg with the title: 1983.xx.xx - Once upon a time in 1983 (Unknown date and place).
There is an anachronism in the Bootleg Luxembourg 1983.
The recording "Luxembourg 83" has a false place and date, it cannot be on the date 1983.05.30, because the recording contains all the characteristics of the bootlegs that precede the Frankfurt bootleg 21-05-83. The version of Portobello Belle on the recording "Luxembourg 83" has a pattern WITHOUT a bridge with Tunnel of Love, therefore, it is a recording that precedes the way the band was playing on 1983.05.30.
This will require a little attention and knowledge of some details and characteristics that are scattered in bootlegs of the LOG tour 83, but I should leave here a small script to guide and explain how I reached certain conclusions.
Taking into account THREE FACTS that I identified:
(ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO THE DATES and the format of the songs, this is fundamental to understand)
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1- The versions of Portobello Belle during the LOG tour 82-83 have the following variations and characteristics: 0.1-Live in 1982: When Mark sings the last phrase of the song, always starts with a guitar solo by Hal Lindes, followed by Hammond by Alan Clark, (absence of sax); 0.2-versions in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, after singing the last phrase of the song... a guitar solo by Hal Lindes, followed by a sax solo by Paul Williamson and Hammond by Alan Clark;0.3- between Kassel 1983.05.15 and 1983.05.31 - Brussels, guitar solo by Hal Lindes, followed by a Hammond solo by Alan Clark and a sax solo by Mel Collins; The bootleg 1983.06.13 -0.4 Den Bosch 1983 is the first recording to contain the definitive DEFINITIVE adjustment for Portobello Belle - HAMMOND solo + GUITAR + SAX, (better known format, due to the version on the MFN compilation RELEASED IN 1988) and follows this pattern until the end of the tour, at Alchemy.
2- The bootleg Frankfurt 21-05-83 is the last recording to contain a version of Portobello Belle WITHOUT a bridge with Tunnel of Love. Up until now, Tunnel of Love started with Terry Williams and then Alan on his piano, there is literally a pause between both songs up until this point in the tour, that is, between the first bootleg available from the beginning of the LOG tour, live in Sheffield 01.12.82, until Frankfurt 21-05-83, Portobello Belle has an ending without the famous bridge that we know from famous bootlegs like Paris 83, which makes a transition full of atmosphere, quite inspired with a sax solo extending at the end of PB to create a transition to TOL.
3- The Bootleg Zürich 1983.05.24 is the first recording to contain a bridge that transitions between Portobello Belle and Tunnel of Love and this continues until the end of the tour with Alchemy.
Now that I have shed light on these small details, but whoever analyzes them will see that they are decisive, I hope to have made it easier to understand the paths I took in my "die hard" research, to confirm what I discovered about the bootleg 1983.05.30 - Luxembourg 1983 (Centre Sportif, Differdange), which was named and dated incorrectly.
Based on the tour dates on the wonderful On Every Bootleg website
https://www.oneverybootleg.nl/tourdates_1982_1983.htmMy guess is that this recording is possibly one of these shows:
11.05.1983 Ernst Merck-Halle Hamburg Germany
12.05.1983 Broendbyhalle Copenhagen Denmark
14.05.1983 Deutschlandhalle Berlin Germany
16.05.1983 Sporthalle Cologne Germany
Maybe even 22.05.1983 Eisstadion Mannheim Germany
These concert dates above predate the Zürich 1983.05.24 bootleg, which is the first recording to CONTAIN a bridge that transitions between Portobello Belle and Tunnel of Love, they have not yet been catalogued as bootlegs, but are strong candidates for being the recording misnamed as 1983.05.30 - Luxembourg 1983 (Centre Sportif, Differdange). There is definitely no actual recording of the show on 1983.05.30 - Luxembourg 1983 (Centre Sportif, Differdange).
I also noticed about the recording named 1983.05.30 - Luxembourg 1983- false place and date:
There is a version that contains Tunnel of love (cut) at 11:56 min and another version with Tunnel of love (cut) at 12:04 min.
There is also a version of this recording that was wrongly named Frankfurt 21-05-83.
Anyway, you should realize that for it to be 1983.05.30 - Luxembourg 1983, it would have to have other characteristics.
