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Early Smiths concert photos (1984 Leicester, England)

posted by davidt on Monday May 21 2001, @09:15AM
Thanks to Steve Orobec for scanning his photos (15 total) and also for doing the page layout.

The Smiths in Leicester, England (DeMontfort Hall, 1984)

Some background on the photos from Steve:

I managed to dig out some old photos I took in the old days circa 1984 while at University there. The gig was at Leicester DeMontfort Hall, England. This was the second of 3 times that I saw them, having missed their first gig at Leicester Polytechnic. I also managed to catch one of the carnations at the end!

Incidentally, the photos #5 & #10 were taken during 'Hand In Glove' with Morrissey holding the hand of some girl standing next to me in the audience. The photos were taken from left-centre of the front of stage, crash barriers weren't invented in those days and if you got to the front you had a good view and it was so much cooler.

tech details:
The photos were taken with an Olympus OM-1n on 400asa film and a 50mm f1.8 lens used in range of f1.8 to f4 at 1/30s to 1/60s. Scanned at 2700dpi and enlarged to 7x5 & 8x12 (and reduced to 100dpi). Cleaned in Photoshop.
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  • All I can say is WOW, those are great! Thanks for sharing, they are beautiful :)
    Claire -- Monday May 21 2001, @09:41AM (#11471)
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    • Re:Wow! by half-a-person (Score:1) Monday May 21 2001, @10:26AM
  • You have the best photo alblum I've seen.
    Smiths <reversethis-{moc ... a} {2eporhtdniw}> -- Monday May 21 2001, @09:46AM (#11473)
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  • It was nice going down memory lane!
    J. Razor -- Monday May 21 2001, @10:24AM (#11480)
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    I'm Alone
  • Thankyou steve for those brilliant photos. I first saw the smiths at newcastle city hall in 1984/5, but i didn't get to the front row until '86 at newcastle mayfair, carlisle (where i got on stage), and preston (where they had to stop half way through "the queen is dead" cos some dick threw something at morrissey and split his head open).
    Haven't you ever published these before? You've been sitting on a goldmine.
    Anyway they are some of the best live pic's i've seen and remind me so well of some of the most wonderful nights of my life.
    paulybob <[email protected]> -- Monday May 21 2001, @10:33AM (#11484)
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  • These are really wonderful pictures. Anybody who has ever tried to take photos during a concert knows how hard it is even to get a photo that is in focus - and these are about the best concert photos I've seen - certainly the best of the Smiths in their early years.
    Now I suppose somebody will tell me that Steve is chief photographer for the NME and that he has been taking pictures like these for the past 40 years . . .
    David T (different) -- Monday May 21 2001, @11:16AM (#11500)
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  • AMAZING.

    These are just sooooooo beautiful.

    Thanks for sharing them.
    PeteMoz -- Monday May 21 2001, @12:30PM (#11515)
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    I don't want to be judged. I would sooner be loved.

  • Well well well (Score:0, Redundant)

    excellent!
    To see such beauty in my old days ...

    thank you and very much obliged, though oblivious,

    Me.
    Anonymous -- Monday May 21 2001, @05:04PM (#11579)
  • The pictures are fantastic Steve.My favorites were the ones with Morrissey and the flowers.Thank you for sharing them with us.
    tibby -- Monday May 21 2001, @10:43PM (#11638)
    (User #2713 Info)
    ~I am a poor freezingly cold soul so far from where I intended to go ~I love Morrissey
  • These are some of the coolest around-it's so refreshing to see some new shots!
    captures everything so nicely, and what a classic shirt.
    association -- Tuesday May 22 2001, @02:17AM (#11655)
    (User #2805 Info)
    Am I really doing wrong?

  • thanks! (Score:1, Redundant)

    thank you for sharing! they are beautiful.
    prisoner of wombat -- Tuesday May 22 2001, @10:29AM (#11731)
    (User #54 Info)
    that's no hydroxolide...that's my wife!
  • Jean "Marais".

    Publishers are people who publish manuscripts. All it takes is a stamp and an envelope.

    And don't wait for their answer, just continue writing.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday May 23 2001, @12:06PM (#11874)
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