Party Clowns: Live In London 1991

UK archive live release from the Sheffield pop swindlers. Recorded in 1991 at the tipping point of their fame throughout the 1990's, Pulp perform a glorious set at London's Town & Country Club in Kentish Town. As one of their first ever live performances on UK television, the band performed on a bill titled Class of 91. Along with other emerging talent, in association with the NME, Central Television took the brave decision to record the band at the very point at which they were about to explode onto the mainstream music scene. The NME wrote Pulp are the party clowns and wisely flaunt the metaphysical red noses with deadpanned glee. Singer Jarvis is to all intents and purposes Frank Spencer auditioning for Saturday Night Fever, and therein lies the essence of Pulp - sartorial catastrophes dressed in funk-splattered overcoats. When they're not getting groovy, the five-some are manufacturing an absurd brand of pop which is more sly than a fox with a crossbow. Furniture meets Chic and decides hey, maybe we can live together after all. This amazing gig is an insight to the eclectic roots of the band's musical style.