THE LOST TAPES OF MANC-PUNK NEXUS THE ELECTRIC CIRCUS, FOUND AT LAST?

Ian Harrison

NORTHERN PUNK crucible the Electric Circus, a grotty venue in Manchester’s Collyhurst, lasted a year but saw performances from the Sex Pistols, The Damned, The Clash, Ramones, The Jam, Banshees and every major act of the day. The best-known audio document of it remains the 1978 eight-track 10-inch Short Circuit – Live At The Electric Circus, recorded during the venue’s last weekend before it closed on October 2, 1977. With Joy Division (still known as Warsaw), Buzzcocks, The Fall, John Cooper Clarke, Steel Pulse and The Drones recorded on Virgin’s multitrack mobile studio, the high-quality recordings were thrilling, if few in number. So what happened to the tapes of the groups’ complete performances? And what of Magazine, The Negatives and others who appeared at the venue’s last hurrah? The online…

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