"Christian Vander On Tour" is intended for those 'trainspotters' who are curious about when and where Christian Vander has performed. The following list is undoubtedly full of mistakes and omissions, but perhaps you "cher lecteur" can correct some of those for us? However, it may be of use to you to know if an official or "unofficial" recording of a show was made, so we have devised a simple legend. No attempt has been made to grade these recordings, since obviously only a few people could have a master tape for each concert, but the world wide network of such collectors could possess anything from a 1st generation copy to a 10th generation one. Neither is it a complete list. Obviously we only know about the recordings that are in general circulation. "New" recordings are constantly appearing
Please contact Ork Alarm! if you have any information that could be useful for future updates. Photographs probably exist for every concert. It would be great to set up a photographic concert history to compliment "CHRISTIAN VANDER ON TOUR". We would be delighted to publish them with your permission.
Legend:
[a] - Cassette tapes, or audio files of this are
in circulation - from poor to excellent
[u] - tapes exist or are rumoured to exist but are not in general circulation
[d] - DAT tapes exist among collectors
[r] - Radio recording in circulation - Sometimes "hi-fi" quality
[s] - Soundboard tapes are in circulation - often excellent quality
[v] - Video footage of all or part of this show known to exist
Colour Code:
Red = Uncertain information
Purple = Cancelled or Postponed
Christian & Stella Vander, Klaus Blasquiz, Gabriel Federow, Bernard Paganotti
(Bass) , Benoit Widemann, Jean-Pol Asseline, Didier Lockwood (Violin)
Köhntark, Kobaïa, Lïhns, Ëmëhntëht-Rê, Ptäh, Hhaï, MDK,
Mekanïk Zaïn.
1975-02-09 Châlons-en-Champagne
(51) Parc des Expos[a]
1975-02-13 Edinburgh (UK) St Andrews University
1975-02-14 Aberdeen (UK) University
1975-02-15 Manchester (UK) University, Union Hall
1975-02-17 Oxford (UK) Polytechnic
1975-02-18 Birmingham (UK) Town Hall
1975-02-23 London (UK) Chalk Farm Roundhouse (+ Ash Ra Tempel
+ Franco Battiato)[a]
1975-02-27 Brest (29)
1975-02-28 Rennes (35) Cinéma Le Paris, devenu cinéma
Le Gaumont (+ Adastra)(outside possiblity this took place
on 1975-02-26)[a][u]
1975-03-05 Paris (75) Gibus club
1975-03-07 Auxerre (89)
1975-03-08 Lyon (69)
1975-03-10 Brive-La-Gaillarde (19) (+ Léo Ferré)
1975-03-17 Bourges (18)
1975-04-08 Lyon (69) extract on "Christian Vander Korusz"
- AKT XIV [u]
1975-04-09 Montpellier (34) (or Hérouville
(95 or 14?))
1975-04-10 Montpellier (34)(or Drancy
(93)?)
1975-04-18 Lille (59) extract on "Christian Vander Korusz"
- AKT XIV [u]
1975-04-22 Bordeaux (33) Théâtre de l'Alhambra [u]
1975-04-25 Avignon (84) Théâtre du Chêne
Noir ("incidents" with a few spectators during "Ptah") [u]
1975-05-03 Digne-les-Bains (04)
1975-05-07 Dijon (21)
1975-05-08 Dijon (21)
1975-05-10 Beynes (78)[a]
1975-05-13 Nantes (44) Cinéma le Paris
1975-05-15 Marseille (13) Cinéma Roxy [a]
(Henry Cow did not play)
1975-05-17 Grenoble (38) Palais des Sports - Festival (+ Henry
Cow + Nico + Etron Fou)
1975-05-22 Orléans (45) [a]
1975-05-27 Roanne (42)
1975-05-28 Vichy (03)
1975-05-29 Dijon (21)
1975-06-01 Paris (75) Taverne de l'Olympia
1975-06-02 Paris (75) Taverne de l'Olympia
1975-06-03 Paris (75) Taverne de l'Olympia[a]
1975-06-04 Paris (75) Taverne de l'Olympia
1975-06-05 Paris (75) Taverne de l'Olympia
1975-06-07 Coursan (11)
1975-06-08 La-Celle-Saint-Cloud (78) Festival (+ Gong)
Christian & Stella Vander, Klaus Blasquiz, Gabriel Federow, Bernard Paganotti
, Benoit Widemann, Didier Lockwood
Köhntark, Kobaïa, Lïhns, Ëmëhntëht-Rê, Ptäh, Hhaï, MDK,
Mekanïk Zaïn.
Christian & Stella Vander, Klaus Blasquiz, Gabriel Federow, Bernard Paganotti,
Benoit Widemann, Didier Lockwood
Köhntark, Kobaïa, Lïhns, Ëmëhntëht-Rê, Ptäh, Hhaï, MDK,
Mekanïk Zaïn.
Christian & Stella Vander, Klaus Blasquiz, Gabriel Federow, Bernard Paganotti,
Benoit Widemann, Didier Lockwood, Patrick Gauthier
Köhntarkösz, Hhaï, Kobaïa, MDK
Jannick Top, Christian & Stella Vander, Didier Lockwood , Gérard
Bikialo , Sauveur Malia , Hervé Derien , Jean Schultes , Denis Lable
, Josselin Piccende , Philippe Briche , Kris Stanisnopoulos , Jean-Pierre Sabartet
, Georges Gasky , Michel Ripoche , Mohamed Larbi Ouchni , Frederique Gegenbach
, Martine Toureil
They played De Futura three times??
Christian & Stella Vander, Klaus Blasquiz, Gabriel Federow, Bernard Paganotti,
Benoit Widemann, Didier Lockwood, Patrick Gauthier
1975-10-18 Charleroi
(Belgium) Hôtel de ville (+ Univers Zero)
Christian Vander, Klaus Blasquiz, Gabriel Federow, Bernard Paganotti, Benoit
Widemann, Didier Lockwood, Patrick Gauthier
Not much from this tour seems to survive amongst the collectors, except a few
photos
1975-10-25 London
(UK) New Victoria Theatre (featuring the famous "Asba Metal drumkit"
that Christian Vander gave the nickname "Batterie de combat"!)
1975-11-04 Oldenburg (Germany) AStA
1975-11-05 Wuppertal (Germany) Borse
Christian Vander, Klaus Blasquiz, Gabriel Federow, Bernard Paganotti, Benoit
Widemann, Didier Lockwood, Patrick Gauthier
Recognisable pieces played included: MDK, Ptäh, Theusz Hamtaahk, Hhaï.
1975-11-07 Dortmund
(Germany) Covent Garden
1975-11-08 Hamburg
(Germany) Die Fabrik [a]
1975-11-09 Cologne (Germany) WDR II Radio (more
"Radiothek" interviews)[r]
1975-11-09 Osnabrück
(Germany) ASta
1975-11-11 Copenhagen
(Denmark) Saltlade
1975-11-12 Copenhagen
(Denmark) Saltlade
1975-11-14 Berlin
(Germany) Treibhaus[a](not sure if tape is from
14th or 15th)
1975-11-15 Berlin
(Germany) Treibhaus
1975-11-17 Munich
(Germany) Schwabinger Bräu
1975-11-20 Waldshut
(Germany) Stadthalle
1975-11-21 Delémont
(Switzerland) Salle Saint-Georges[a]
1975-11-22 Basel
(Switzerland) Basel Universität
1975-11-23 Sion
(Switzerland)
1975-11-25 Geneva
(Switzerland)
1975-11-29 Gifhorn
(Germany)
1975-??-?? Strasbourg (67) Wacken