In Cahoots
Vienna, Szene
27 November 1987

In the Eighties, In Cahoots European were, for a while, extensive affairs which took in such distant lands as, in this case, Austria. This is from a cassette I found in Pip's archives back in the day and which he kindly let me borrow and transfer. It was, I discovered, fairly well preserved, and the recording is evidently a soundboard, which is a plus for this comparatively less documented period where Steve Franklin had just joined and Hugh Hopper was still in the band, making this one of the last times his "Wanglo-Saxon" was performed by In Cahoots. Along with Steve's unreleased "Small Creatures", there is also a version of Elton's "Small Strides", the 'cockney slang' title of which received a translation in proper French when it was released as "Petit Pantalon" on Equip'Out's second album in 1991.

Phil Miller - guitar, guitar synth
Elton Dean - saxello, alto sax
Steve Franklin - keyboards
Hugh Hopper - bass
Pip Pyle - drums