Playing Vol. II, forgot to adjust speed to 45rpm, sounds killer at 33! plus huge thunderclap outside right now. I'll hafta get that issue of the Wire.
"exclusive" travelogue/performance/ghost story video at Wire site:
http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/8503/
I saw Sir Richard Bishop play that hotel a few years ago during his Freaks of Araby tour, didn't realize it had burned since then, beautiful weird old place then, more so now maybe.