The Cure - Live Essen 1989 - 2LP - Very rare
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🎵 The Cure – Live Essen 1989
📀 Double Black Vinyl – The Prayer Tour / Disintegration Era
Beautiful live recording by The Cure, captured in Essen (Grugahalle) on May 11th, 1989, during the legendary The Prayer Tour, the iconic tour supporting the masterpiece Disintegration.
💡 A period widely considered by fans to be the absolute artistic peak of the band — dark, emotional, atmospheric and deeply powerful.
🎤 The Concert
👉 Hypnotic and atmospheric live performance
👉 Robert Smith at the height of his inspiration
👉 Dark and emotional soundscape typical of the Disintegration era
The band delivers an outstanding performance here, moving seamlessly between haunting atmospheres and explosive emotional intensity.
🎶 Setlist Highlights
An exceptional selection including:
- Plainsong
- Pictures of You
- Closedown
- Kyoto Song
- A Night Like This
- Just Like Heaven
- The Walk
- A Forest
- Prayers for Rain
- Close To Me
- Let’s Go To Bed
- Why Can’t I Be You
- Boys Don’t Cry
- Homesick
- Faith
👉 A perfect balance between the dark beauty of Disintegration material and earlier classic songs.
⭐ Features
- Double black vinyl ⚫⚫
- 1989 pressing
- Live in Essen – May 11th, 1989
- The Prayer Tour era
- One of the band’s most iconic periods
📦 Condition
- Both records are in superb visual and playback condition
- Original sleeve shows some light “crackling” / wear marks due to age (see photos)
- Despite this, the overall condition remains remarkably well preserved for a 1989 pressing
💡 For a vintage pressing from 1989, this double LP remains in very beautiful overall condition.
🎯 A very special recording
👉 Perfect capture of the unique Prayer Tour atmosphere
👉 Legendary Disintegration 1989 period
👉 Robert Smith in one of his most iconic live eras
👉 Essential collector’s item for fans of The Cure
🖤 A fascinating document from The Cure’s golden era — filled with melancholy, atmosphere and pure emotion.
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