Date:  February 20, 1978 Venue:  Hammelenhalle Grade:  C Sound:  Remastered Total Running Time:  80 minutes 37 Seconds Source:  Audience Artwork:  Unknown

Track Listing:

Disc One:
1. Free N' Easy
2. Sympathy
3. Stealin'
4. Look At Yourself
5. Free Me
6. The Wizard 
7. July Morning

Disc Two:
1. Lady In Black
2. Cheat N' Lie
3. Who Needs Me
4. Easy Livin'
5. Gypsy
6. Sweet Lorraine

Lineup / Credits:  Mick Box (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals) / John Lawton (Lead Vocals) / Ken Hensley (Keyboards, Guitar, Backing Vocals) / Trevor Bolder (Bass, Backing Vocals) / Lee Kerslake (Drums, Backing Vocals)

Comments:  

Circulated as the silver disc bootleg titled Victim Of The Snake.  Curiosity about this title gave it an intriguing mystical type feel to it until the chance came to listen to it, then the reason was apparent.  Disc two was so full of hiss that it made the recording difficult to listen to.  After remastering we were able to remove about all of the noise to make a somewhat enjoyable listening experience.

This is a complete Innocent Victim tour show.   Some great renditions of certain tracks such as Free N' Easy, Sympathy, Cheat N' Lie and Who Needs Me.  Several things come into mind listening to the recording.  One, Lawton has started speaking more freely in German to the audience, which was rumored to be one of the main friction causing problems between he and Ken.  Two, Hensley sounds a bit stoned on his introduction to Lady In Black, his voice is more high pitched then normal and some of what he says is hard to make out. 

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