| Ref No | BSUCA/JH/AUD/7/7 |
| Collection | Jeremy Hardy Collection |
| Title | Jeremy Hardy Assembly Edinburgh |
| Name of creator | Jeremy Hardy |
| Date | 02/09/1989 |
| Extent | 1 audio cassette |
| Description | Written on tape: Mike, insulating tape, cabinet, water, funerals, Welsh, cunts!, religion, comedians, America, dicks, fin.
Side A: [0.12] JH introduces himself on stage and changes his microphone stand [2.21] JH thanks the audience for coming [4.28] JH talks about there being no insulating tape on the stage [5.24] JH talks about being Scottish [5.48] Edinburgh & it being too polite for him [6.30] Glasgow [6.57] Cabinet re-shuffle, Thatcher & water shortages [7.45] Getting a taxi in Scotland [8.02] Hose-pipe ban [8.07] Grandmother dying [9.09] Cook/chill products in supermarkets [10.14] Making mistakes in comedy [11.05] Food scares [14.01] Thatcher [14.35] Royal family being environmentally friendly [15.10] Monarchy being political [18.04] Princess Anne separating from husband [19.21] Royal family watching weddings [20.47] Army in Northern Ireland [21.57] Salman Rushdie [25.39] Church of England [28.08] Labour & the blasphemy law [30.30] Religion [33.43] Christians & blasphemy [34.56] Christian funerals [37.48] Acceptance of death at an old age [39.32] Welsh language
[41.12] New selfish religions [42.11] Labour stealing policies from the Tories [43.06] Comedian being post-feminist [43.32] Student protests [44.15] Strikes |
| Side B: [2.51] Recording begins with JH talking about sociologists [4.30] Toilets in the venue [5.15] Working class Tories [7.30] Stopping swearing [10.57] America [15.28] English politeness compared to New York [16.02] American food [17.51] Fish in Scotland [18.42] Sex – the difference between the UK and America [20.32] Liverpool comedians & showbiz personalities [22.34] Trend of wanting to know everything about celebrities [24.48] Radio 4 Psychologist Anthony Clare[28.50] Men’s ‘natural’ violence [33.10] Troops in Ireland [37.00] Phallic symbolism [39.57] JH talks about his upcoming Nicaragua benefit show [41.15] JH thanks the audience [42.28] Show ends |
| Notes | 1 sound cassette, digitised to LPCM wave 24 bit 48kHz. Digitised using Denon Cassette Deck DN-790R, Roland Edirol UA-55, and Adobe Audition CC 2014. 2016-01-18/19 |
| Category | Audio recordings |
| Access conditions | This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent’s Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk). |
| Level | Item |