One record at a time: 376. Pet Shop Boys - Heaven

On 15th October 1991 Pet Shop Boys performed at Heaven nightclub in London as part of the launch party for the Derek Jarman film "Edward II". This event was billed as a benefit to raise funds for AIDS research at St. Mary’s Hospital in London and saw the boys play a short set of eight songs alongside guitarist J.J.Belle and three backing singers.

This record is a bootleg recording of the show and was released sometime in the early nineties. I seem to think I acquired this particular copy from a record shop in Manchester about ten years ago. People will try to sell you this record online for crazy prices as it is relatively rare, but it is not official and the sound quality isn't very good.

For this show Pet Shop Boys decided to play for about forty minutes and concentrated on, “Good dance tracks, so people could jump around a bit.” Despite wearing costumes from "Performance" on the sleeve of this record, only two songs from that tour were played and the nightclub atmosphere lends itself nicely to newer pieces like "Music for Boys" and "DJ Culture".

This concert also seems to have been the premier of the new song "Was It Worth It?" and footage form this performance was even worked into the subsequent video for the single release. Unfortunately the sequencers seemed to break down during "It's Alright" and it can be no coincidence that programmer Lawrence Cedar doesn't seem to have worked with the Pet Shop Boys since. 2/5