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Live at the Y.M.C.A 27-10-79 is a live album by industrial/post-punk band Cabaret Voltaire, recorded in 1979 and originally released in 1980 by Rough Trade. It was re-released on CD in 1990 on Mute Records in the UK and on Restless Records in the US. The album contains a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Here She Comes Now" from their album White Light/White Heat.

Live at the Y.M.C.A 27-10-79
Live album by Cabaret Voltaire
Released	1980
Recorded	October 27, 1979
Genre	Industrial, post-punk
Length	39:19
Label	Rough Trade
Producer	Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire chronology
Mix-Up (1979) Live at the Y.M.C.A 27-10-79 (1980) Three Mantras (1980)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Smash Hits	7/10[2]
Trouser Press	favourable[3]

Wilson Neate in AllMusic said, "Although this album isn't easy listening -- and of course it wasn't intended to be -- it documents Cabaret Voltaire's role as electro-industrial pioneers.[1] Marc Ross at Trouser Press asserted that Live at the YMCA was more accessible than their debut album Mix-Up, going on to say: "There are strong intelligences at work here. What's fascinating is that live they maintain the style and imagination displayed in the studio... and absorb ambient sounds (audience, hall) into their music."[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Cabaret Voltaire except for "No Escape", by Sky Saxon and "Here She Comes Now", by Lou Reed.

1. "Untitled" - 5:51
2. "On Every Other Street" - 4:16
3. "Nag, Nag, Nag" - 4:55
4. "The Set Up" - 4:13
5. "Expect Nothing" - 6:18
6. "Havoc" - 3:02
7. "Here She Comes Now" - 4:12
8. "No Escape" - 3:42
9. "Baader Meinhof" - 4:10

Notes

Recorded on a cassette player October 27, 1979 and cut at Portland Recording Studios.
Track 1 was later recorded and included in the LP The Voice of America under the title "Damage Is Done."

Personnel

Cabaret Voltaire

• Chris Watson - electronic tape
• Stephen Mallinder - bass, percussion, vocals
• Richard H. Kirk - guitar, wind instruments

References

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