All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest

"Maresnest" redirects here. For the Cardiacs song, see On Land and in the Sea. For other uses, see Mare's nest.
All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest
Original VHS cover
Video / Live album by
Cardiacs
Released1992[a] (video)
1 June 1995 (album)
Recorded30 June 1990
VenueSalisbury Arts Centre
Length78:35
LabelAlphabet Business Concern
DirectorSteve Payne
Cardiacs chronology
Seaside Treats
(1985) 		All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest
(1992) 		Some Fairytales From the Rotten Shed
(2017)
1995 Re-release
Cardiacs chronology
Heaven Born and Ever Bright
(1992) 		All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest
(1995) 		Sampler
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest (also known simply as Maresnest) is a live album and concert film by the English rock band Cardiacs.[2] It is their third live album,[3] and was originally recorded in the afternoon in the Salisbury Arts Centre on 30 June 1990 with Napalm Death.[4][5] It is the only Cardiacs album to feature guitarist Christian Hayes throughout. The album was released on VHS in 1992 and as a live album on 1 June 1995.[6][7]

Napalm Death were recording their video Live Corruption (1992) at the same venue that evening, and seeing as both Cardiacs and Napalm Death shared the same manager, it was decided they could record two live videos in the same place for the price of one-and-a-half. The CD features two extra tracks ("Two Bites of Cherry" and "All Spectacular") that didn't appear on the video.

All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest is the only Cardiacs album to feature the band as a septet. The lineup of Cardiacs which played this concert did not entirely reflect the live touring band of the time as Sarah Smith had left the band the previous year.[8][9] The show was Tim Quy's last performance with Cardiacs.

  1. ^ a b Larkin, Collin (2006). "Cardiacs". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. Muze. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. Note: Search "Alphabet 1993" (with quotation marks).
  2. ^ Sacher, Andrew (8 April 2020). "John Prine, Sleater-Kinney & more live videos to watch at home". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. ^ Leventis, George. "Something Old Good and... Live to hear?". MiC - GREEK MUSIC MAGAZINE (in Greek). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  4. ^ Smith, Kirstyn (20 September 2016). "Preview: All that Glitters is a Maresnest". The List. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  5. ^ Sacher, Andrew (23 July 2020). "The Essentiality of Cardiacs' 'A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window'". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  6. ^ Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock [it] (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Cardiacs - All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. ^ "CARDIACS: THE ULTIMATE CARDIACS GIG LIST". Pete's Cardiacs Site. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  9. ^ Monroe, Jazz (22 July 2020). "Cardiacs Singer Tim Smith Dead at 59". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 July 2022.


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