Recorded in St. Louis, Missouri by Bruce A. Brown in April, 1982, this album gave fans a glimpse into a typical D.A. concert in the early 1980s. Having gone in a harder rock/new-wave direction, they abandoned the country-rock songs of their first two albums. This set (as seen on the "Uncut" edition) culled three songs from Horrendous Disc and nine from ¡Alarma!, both released the previous year, along with three songs from Doppelgänger which would not be released for a year and three songs never released on an album.
The album also includes their well-known "Surf Suite", which they had performed in differing fashions for several years. It led off with a new-wave take on The Beach Boys' "Surfin' U.S.A.", the instrumental surf classic "Wipe Out", followed by D.A.'s own surfing-inspired songs "Endless Summer" and "(Near Sighted Girl with Approaching) Tidal Wave".
Concert Originally Recorded and Mixed by Tom Brooks and Bruce Brown for KBK Studios, using a Yamaha console, Shure, AKG, and Neuman mics (Thanks Mark E.), and Otari 8-Track and 2-Track machines.
Notes
^This song also appears, in a newly recorded studio version, on the 1990 Miracle Faith Telethon album, a collection of previously released, modified and new music by Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies and Terry Scott Taylor.
