"Hey Martha, quit wailing in my EAR!" :) Seriously though - this is very interesting. This footage was part of a promotional film made by New York-based director Michael Chumburg circa September 1980 and is also available on the recent CD "Early" It should be noted that at this point ACR were rather publicity shy after a certain UK journalist made up that salacious story about Tony Wilson giving Simon and Jeremy thigh massages before every performance.

A film from Michael H. Shamberg (1952-2014) "The tangible legacy he leaves is impressive enough, including music videos featuring such artists as New Order, Patti Smith, the B-52s and REM, as well as directing a feature film, "Souvenir," that Indiewire.com praised as "a feast for the senses" that "deserves a look by anyone interested in seeing how far the film medium can go." "Souvenir" played the inaugural Maryland Film Festival in 1999; 12 years later, his short film "Tribeca," an early chronicle of the post-punk band A Certain Ratio, was screened at the festival."

@tie32101 That was American singer Martha Tilson who briefly joined ACR in 1982. She was "discovered" by the band while they were touring the East Coast.

Wow....so many great memories, nostalgia looms heavy on this time. Iconic....the blackest white dudes of the north who paved the way for so many more to follow.

UK, LATE 70'S, THE BEST MUSICAL ERA FOR MODERN MAN, MAY I BE REBORN TO JUST BE THERE, IT CHANGED MY NORMALITY FOREVER..

Never saw this before but this is awsome.

'Tribeca' is a film by Shamberg about ACR 1980

@zombiekicker You're exactly right about that. They did. The film "24 Hour Party People" makes it clear that within the Factory Records circle (I hesitate to say offices), ACR was considered the equivalent of the Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight. It's a shame. Perhaps if they'd been supported when they needed it most, the band wouldn't have been encouraged to pursue the darker, grittier, edgier sound they demonstrated so well here.

good description: the blackest white funk;), I've been just discovering them - amazing, I'd never thought so much had been already said and played in music, they're so modern, so contemporary...

Beautiful synergy. I learnt to move beyond whiteness thanks to ACR and 23 Skidoo, amongst others. Indie was a very white age in the 8Ties! 🐼

UK . LATE 70'S, AWESOME FUCKIN SCENE, MY I BE REBORN TO REALLY GROOVE AGAIN.

@atomise2010 He moved to Washington DC and NYC for a while in the mid-1980s, then came back to the UK and has been involved in various aspects of the classical music scene over there.

I think Martin Hannett mixed the sound at this gig, giving it his own unique flavour.

Who would give this a thumbs down??

His last name is in fact spelled "Shamberg". I apologize for the confusion.

Forced Laugh is SO good

been working at martins house today..legends. fac for life..

so fucking awesome

thank you

so damn good

FAVORITED. Thanks for uploading this....yeah, where is this from?

Whoaa!! Where is this shit from? ACR are part of my foundation of life (w/ Tackhead, No New York - Liquid Liquid, Material, James Chance, Defunkt etc.), so Thanx! Thanx! Thanx! Thanx! How cool were they, man! ;)

THANK YOU

pudding

they are at their top !!!!!! i think the performance is in NYC. at Hurrah's maybe…. is it the time Madonna opened for them??? she did.

@philippebruneau00

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ramène ta trompette, qu'on se fasse un bœuf !

@gillesleguen7762

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I think Martin Hannett mixed the sound at this gig, giving it his ow unique flavour.

Errr... isn't this Oceans from the 1981 album To Each... not Tribeca from 1990?

ill second that with fucking FUCKING amazing!

spellbinding

@binkhalidsonic my god, it totally sounds like Ian

Is that Ian Curtis singing around 1:12?

that sounds like joy division doesn't it

Who was the girl?

thank you