
DEVO Live Guide - 1978
01/06/78 - Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA  |
Other Performers
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01/07/78 - Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA  |
Other Performers
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01/11/78 - Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, WA  |
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| ??/??/78 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
01/26/78 - Pirate's Cove, Cleveland, OH  |
| ??/??/78 - unknown venue, unknown location |
Set
Red Eye Express Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy Jocko Homo Smart Patrol
Mr. DNA Sloppy Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Too Much Paranoias
Mongoloid DEVO Corporate Anthem
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: Unofficial LP [Tigerwax]
- Length / Sound Quality: XX min / X.X
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03/09/78 - Eric's, Liverpool, United Kingdom  |
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03/10/78 - Leeds University, Leeds, United Kingdom  |
03/11/78 - Free Trade Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom  |
Other Performers
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias The Smirks
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03/12/78 - Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom  |
Other Performers
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias The Smirks
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05/27/78 - Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA  |
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06/24/78 - Knebworth Park Festival, Stevenage, United Kingdom  |
Set
DEVO Corporate Anthem Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too
Much Paranoias Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart
Patrol Mr. DNA Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 40 min / 7.0
- "Mr. DNA" is cut.
Other Performers
Genesis Jefferson Airplane Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Brand X Atlanta Rhythm Section
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| ??/??/78 - Coffee House, University of California, Davis, CA |
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08/28/78 - Roxy Theatre, Hollywood, CA  |
Notes
- I believe this to be the shooting date for the Come Back Jonee music video. (see scan)
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10/10/78 - Starwood, West Hollywood, CA  |
Set
Wiggly World Praying Hands Uncontrollable Urge Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr. DNA Words Get Stuck In My Throat Red Eye Express
Circulating Recordings
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PRO #1 - professional video
- Lowest Generation: Official VHS [The Men Who Make The Music]
- Length / Quality: 15 min / 9.0
- "Jocko Homo" & "Words Get Stuck In My Throat" are cut.
Other Performers
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10/14/78 - NBC Studios (Saturday Night Live), New York, NY  |
Set
Jocko Homo Satisfaction
Circulating Recordings
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PRO #1 - professional video
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 10 min / 9.0
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10/17/78 - The Bottom Line, New York, NY  |
Set
EARLY SET: Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias
Praying Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol
Mr. DNA Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy Sloppy Shrivel Up Come Back Jonee DEVO Corporate Anthem
LATE SET: Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias
Praying Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol
Mr. DNA Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy Sloppy Come Back Jonee Red Eye
Express Words Get Stuck In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: ANA(1)
- Length / Sound Quality: 80 min / 7.5
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10/18/78 - The Bottom Line, New York, NY  |
Set
EARLY SET: Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Smart Patrol Mr. DNA Gut
Feeling Slap Your Mammy Sloppy Red Eye Express Words Get Stuck In
My Throat
LATE SET: Pink Pussycat Too Much Paranoias Praying Hands Uncontrollable
Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr. DNA Gut Feeling Slap
Your Mammy Sloppy Come Back Jonee
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: ANA(1)
- Length / Sound Quality: 75 min / 7.5
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10/19/78 - Showplace, Dover, NJ  |
Set
Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying
Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr.
DNA Sloppy Come Back Jonee DEVO Corporate Anthem Red Eye Express Words
Get Stuck In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 40 min / 7.0
- Missing "DEVO Corporate Anthem," "Red Eye Express," & "Words Get Stuck In My Throat."
- The audio from this source may actually be taken from the video listed below.
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AMT #1 - amateur video
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Video - Sound Quality: 50 min / 7.0 - 7.5
- Footage is black and white.
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| ??/??/78 - Painters Mill Music Fair, Owings Mills, MD |
Set
Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying
Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Sloppy Smart Patrol
Mr. DNA Come Back Jonee Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy DEVO Corporate
Anthem In Heaven Everything Fine Red Eye Express
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: XX min / 7.5
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10/21/78 - Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, Washington, DC  |
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10/24/78 - El Casino, Metro Place des Arts, Montrιal, QC, Canada  |
Set
EARLY SET: Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias
Praying Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol
Mr. DNA Sloppy Come Back Jonee Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy DEVO
Corporate Anthem
LATE SET: Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying Hands Uncontrollable
Urge Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr. DNA Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy
Clockout
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: XX min / 6.5
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10/25/78 - El Mocambo, Toronto, ON, Canada  |
Set
Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying Hands Uncontrollable Urge
Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr. DNA Sloppy Come Back Jonee
Circulating Recordings
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SBD #1 - soundboard audio (FM broadcast)
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: XX min / 8.5
Other Performers
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10/27/78 - Punch And Judy Theatre, Grosse Pointe, MI  |
Set
Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying
Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr. DNA Sloppy Come Back
Jonee Red Eye Express Words Get Stuck In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Equipment: Teac M-100 > Sony TC-153SD
- Lowest Generation: ANA(M)
- Length / Sound Quality: 50 min / 7.5
- "Sloppy" is cut.
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| ??/??/78 - unknown venue, Cincinatti, OH |
Set
Satisfaction Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid
Circulating Recordings
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SBD #1 - soundboard audio (FM broadcast)
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 10 min / 8.5
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10/30/78 - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH  |
Other Performers
Willie Alexander And The Boom Boom Band Chi Pig
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| 10/31/78 - Akron Civic Theatre, Akron, OH |
Set
Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying
Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr.
DNA Sloppy Come Back Jonee Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy DEVO
Corporate Anthem
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 50 min / 6.5
- "Sloppy" is cut.
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11/01/78 - B'ginnings, Schaumburg, IL  |
Notes
- Commonly labelled as being in Chicago.
- An unofficial CD named "Future Of Rock Or Total Crock?" claims to feature
this show, but it's actually a recording of 11/03/78.
Other Performers
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11/03/78 - Walker Art Center Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN  |
Set
Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying
Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr.
DNA Sloppy Come Back Jonee Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy DEVO Corporate Anthem Red Eye
Express Words Get Stuck In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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SBD #1a - soundboard audio (Pre-FM broadcast)
- Lowest Generation: REEL(M)->REEL(1)
- Length / Sound Quality: 60 min / 9.5
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SBD #1b - soundboard audio
- Lowest Generation: Official CD [Recombo DNA]
- Length / Sound Quality: 6 min / 10.0
- Only includes "Words Get Stuck In My Throat."
- Higher quality than SBD #1a.
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11/06/78 - Dooley's, Tempe, AZ  |
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11/10/78 - Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA  |
Set
Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying
Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr.
DNA Sloppy Come Back Jonee Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy DEVO
Corporate Anthem Red Eye Express Words Get Stuck In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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SBD #1a - soundboard audio (Pre-FM broadcast)
- Lowest Generation: REEL(M)
- Length / Sound Quality: 55 min / 9.5
- "Come Back Jonee" cuts out.
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SBD #1b - soundboard audio (FM broadcast)
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 60 min / 8.0
- Complete, but lower quality than SBD #1a.
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11/11/78 - Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA  |
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11/15/78 - Kant-Kino, Berlin, Germany  |
Set
Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying
Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr.
DNA Sloppy Come Back Jonee Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy DEVO
Corporate Anthem Words Get Stuck In My Throat I Need A Chick
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: ANA(M)
- Length / Sound Quality: 65 min / 7.5
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11/16/78 - Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt, Germany  |
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11/17/78 - Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany  |
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11/19/78 - Theatre Le Palace, Paris, France  |
Set
Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying
Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr.
DNA Sloppy Come Back Jonee Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy DEVO
Corporate Anthem Red Eye Express Words Get Stuck In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: XX min / 8.0
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| 11/??/78 - unknown venue (Chorus), Paris, France |
Set
Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr.
DNA Come Back Jonee Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy Come Back Jonee DEVO Corporate Anthem Red
Eye Express Words Get Stuck In My Throat
Notes
- This may actually be 11/19/78. I need a copy of the audience recording to verify.
- Broadcast on the French TV station Antenne 2.
Circulating Recordings
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PRO #1a - professional video
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Video - Sound Quality: 30 min / 8.0 - 8.0
- "Satisfaction" & "Words Get Stuck In My Throat" are cut.
- Missing "Smart Patrol," "Mr. DNA," "Gut Feeling," "Slap Your Mammy," & "DEVO Corporate Anthem."
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PRO #1b - professional video
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Video - Sound Quality: 20 min / 7.0 - 7.0
- Only includes "Smart Patrol," "Mr. DNA," "Gut Feeling," "Slap Your Mammy," "DEVO Corporate Anthem," & "Words Get Stuck In My Throat."
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11/22/78 - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium  |
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11/26/78 - Odeon Theatre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom  |
Other Performers
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11/27/78 - Glasgow Apollo, Glasgow, United Kingdom  |
Other Performers
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11/29/78 - Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, United Kingdom  |
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11/30/78 - Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, United Kingdom  |
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12/01/78 - Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, United Kingdom  |
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12/02/78 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, United Kingdom  |
Other Performers
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12/03/78 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, United Kingdom  |
Other Performers
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12/04/78 - Free Trade Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom  |
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12/05/78 - BBC TV Studios, London, United Kingdom  |
12/06/78 - Empire Theatre, Liverpool, United Kingdom  |
Other Performers
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12/07/78 - Colston Hall, Bristol, United Kingdom  |
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| 12/27/78 - Agora Ballroom, Atlanta, GA |
Set
Wiggly World Pink Pussycat Satisfaction Too Much Paranoias Praying
Hands Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Jocko Homo Smart Patrol Mr.
DNA Sloppy Come Back Jonee Gut Feeling Slap Your Mammy DEVO
Corporate Anthem Red Eye Express Words Get Stuck In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: XX min / 7.0
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12/30/78 - Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA  |
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12/31/78 - Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY  |

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