On The Waterfront (1992)
‘On The Waterfront’ was an RTE music programme from 1992. It was produced by Gerald Heffernan for Frontier Films and consisted of 14 half-hour rock music shows shot at the Waterfront Cafe in Dublin. The series was presented by stars from Alan Parker’s film “The Commitments”. I had a bunch of episodes on VHS but unfortunately ‘lost’ the cassette (aka I mistakenly recorded over it). I do however still have a partial tracklisting which I am posting. I kick myself I didnt record more RTE music output from the 80s/90s and can only hope that others who did find the time and energy to share what they have. Consider this another possible project.. I will gratefully accept any DVDs you might have and can offer a swap with what I have managed to get my hands on.
On The Waterfront YouTube playlist:
Blue In Heaven,
The 4 Of Us – ‘Baby Jesus’, ‘Love, Hate & Hope’
Sack
33rd Hurricane – ‘Shotgun Blast’
The Frames – ‘You Were Wrong’, ‘Before You Go’
Golden Horde – ‘Hell’ & ‘Lisa’
Shane Mc Gowan
The Would Be’s
Miss Black America x2
Toasted Heretic ‘LSD’
An Emotional Fish ‘If God Was A Girl’, ‘Junk Puppet’
IRS ‘Aint Nobody’
Azure Days x2
Doghouse
Housebroken ‘Sound Is The Colour’, ‘Hangin Around’, She Is The 1′
D-11 Runners x2
Hinterland ‘Hostility’
Dignam & Goff
Into Paradise ‘Sleep’, ‘The Pleasure Is Over’
Bird x2
The Precious Stones
Andy White
Engine Alley x3
Steel Reign x2
Tom McLaughlin
Harvest Ministers
Tiberious Minnows ‘Time Flies’ / ‘Whenever You Call’
Honey Thieves ‘The Only One‘
The Fanning Sessions Archive 
December 15, 2010 at 7:38 pm
I just found an old VHS and I see I recorded a couple of tracks from ‘On The Waterfront. I have the Harvest Ministers, Whipping Boy, Would Be’s, Golden Horde … will transfer it to DVD and YouTube in a few days. Not great quality but eh… it was recorded long play.
Mike
December 15, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Nice one Mike, look forward to seeing those. If I can help let me know.
January 15, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Watch The 4 Of Us ‘On The Waterfront’ performance here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf53v4c8_HA
February 17, 2011 at 12:59 pm
I received a DVD, thanks Mike!. Time permitting I will start posting a few clips on YouTube under the new fanningsessions account
August 17, 2011 at 2:10 am
The Cranberries ‘Linger’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OsJ1kA7WPw
December 31, 2012 at 11:36 am
Hi, I posted An Emotional Fish Live at the Opera House, Cork from 1991 on Youtube yesterday (30/12/12). You can find it under “An Emotional Fish Cork”. This was broadcast on RTE and as far as I can remember, they did a number of shows at the Opera House all recorded but this made the final cut. I also added a few “On the Waterfront” songs from The Frames, Engine Alley, An Emotional Fish, Montoya Sound, Sultans of Ping. I have The Stunning and a few others to post yet and also an acoustic Something Happens. R
November 28, 2014 at 4:12 am
I was in Bird at the time of this show. If you find a recording of it, please please let me know. Thank you for trying to put all these wonderful performances back together.
March 18, 2015 at 12:58 am
Hi there. I’d love to see the steel reign footage if possible. I’ve nothing recorded of a band I played in early 90s. Thanks
February 8, 2017 at 4:39 pm
I worked on this show , maybe there is a master tape .
February 8, 2017 at 9:30 pm
Fingers crossed
April 16, 2018 at 10:28 am
Guys, do you know if The Corrs’ first gig was recorded during this time??
August 8, 2020 at 4:17 am
I have a dvd somewhere of the candy apple red spot we did. Think it was 2 songs if memory serves. Let me know how to share.
August 9, 2020 at 11:17 pm
Sent you an email Damien, either upload to YouTube or email/post copy to me and I will do the rest. Was reminded of this post recently when I stumbled across this collection of ‘On The Waterfront’ recordings https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpY4HFofQnyLienVXBlfYsA
May 4, 2021 at 7:45 am
The way it is
1992 on the waterfront
Hi Dave
I was the Dummer and one of the founding members of this band . Later became Little sister sage .previously Chinadoll