Fitting that Motley's very first show at the Starwood on April 24th and 25th is the first post in a series on the live bootlegs of the band. This first "project" will deal with the Too Fast For Love era shows (1981-1983). There are only around 12 video and audio boots of the band from these years.
The Starwood boot has been floating around collector's circles since the 1980s. I remember seeing it advertised for sale in the back of Hit Parader and Circus Magazines. I finally got a copy in the late '80s and could hardly believe what I was seeing and hearing. I had only heard Too Fast For Love in 1987 and had no idea the band had such a humble beginning. Motley Crue were always superhero big when I saw them in the mid to late 1980s. This young band bashing it out on a club stage was a revelation.
This is the only Too Fast For Love era show on video. Only a few brief clips survive otherwise. The rest of our 1981-1983 boot journey will will be almost exclusively in the land of Audio.
The Crue would have played a total of four sets over the two nights, early and late shows. What is represented on the bootleg is patchy and a mess! A complete and HQ copy of the show does currently exist in a collector's hands but Nikki is so litigious when it comes to the band's early history that this fan fears we will never see the whole show properly released. 2021 will be the 40th anniversary of the show and the band's beginning. What an opportunity to release this concert in a box set along with audio the band has never officially remastered or released at all. It won't happen, though.
Friday, April 24th, 1981 - Early Set
1. Mick Mars solo into Stick To Your Guns
2. Nobody Knows What It's Like to Be Lonely
3. Public Enemy#1 [Vince says "Goodnight" at song's end]
Friday, April 24th, 1981 - Late Set
4. starts in the middle of Toast Of The Town ["That's the b-side of our new single!"]
5. Too Fast For Love
6. ballad announced but cuts to end of Paperback Writer (The Beatles)
Vince says "We're Motley Crue! We're gonna be back tomorrow night!"
Saturday, April 25th, 1981
7. cuts into unreleased song Why You Killin' Yourself?
This is the only known recording of this song.
8. Tonight (The Raspberries)
9. Mick solo into Stick To Your Guns ["This is the A-side of our single"]
10. Public Enemy #1 ["Good night!"]
11. Eliteworks shared a complete HQ performance of the band playing Paperback Writer back in 2011. I do not know what night or set it's supposed to be from.
