The Fall - BM's best of thread

Out on blue 6 said:
Forgot all about this. Just had a quick listen on YouTube and the first song is The Fall without Mark singing which sounds obvious but there's been plenty of pretenders music wise over the years. Thanks for the reminder
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It definitely sounds like it’s ‘of The Fall’, but at no point does it cross over into Fall-like. Early Blue Orchids and Marc Riley & The Creepers stuff definitely did, quite understandably, cross that line occasionally.
 
have i already posted this photo by my friend wolfgang webster?
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if you don't know his photographs check them out
made in the north
 
PinkFinal said:
louderthanwar.com

Damo Suzuki RIP

a free spirit who was like the ghost of music past and full of the possibilities of another time. a free spirit who was like the ghost of music past and full of the possibilities of another time.
louderthanwar.com louderthanwar.com
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Damn, didn’t know he’d died. I’ve always like the idea of Can, more than I liked their actual music, but you can’t deny their huge influence. As good a time as any to post this…

Also worth listening to the producer, John Leckie, talking about it’s recording. Even though he erroneously identifies the song as Drago’s Guilt.
 
Spent a lot of time recently listening to this astonishingly good gig. Band on the Wall, May 3rd 1982.

Spectre vs. Rector / Look, Know / Wings / Lie Dream of a Casino Soul / Deer Park / Tempo House / Joker Hysterical Face / Hexen Definitive / I'm into C.B. / Solicitor in Studio / Backdrop / Just Step Sideways / Prole Art Threat



Anyone off here lucky enough to be there that night?
 
Recently had a co-authored chapter entitled ‘Mark E Smith - Guru of Post-Punk’ published in this book:

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Still haven’t got around to reading the other contributions and it’s a bit pricey (£16.24 is the cheapest I’ve seen it advertised for online). Also, it’s not possible to read the first few pages on Amazon.

Mike Joyce liked it though, according to the blurb on the back cover, so thought it was worth a mention in passing.
 
roman totale said:
Spent a lot of time recently listening to this astonishingly good gig. Band on the Wall, May 3rd 1982.

Spectre vs. Rector / Look, Know / Wings / Lie Dream of a Casino Soul / Deer Park / Tempo House / Joker Hysterical Face / Hexen Definitive / I'm into C.B. / Solicitor in Studio / Backdrop / Just Step Sideways / Prole Art Threat



Anyone off here lucky enough to be there that night?
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Not bad for a Monday night!
Early quick tempo version of Wings.
 
Former Members Of The Fall Curate Live LP, ‘Grotesque Live!’

The Hanley brothers, Marc Riley and Craig Scanlon have pieced together the record from hundreds of hours of bootleg set recordings

Popstock Records, an outfit run by former members of The Fall, is releasing a “re-imagined” version of the band’s third album, Grotesque (After The Gramme), constructed entirely from live recordings of the tracks.

Paul Hanley, Steve Hanley, Marc Riley and Craig Scanlon from the classic Hex lineup of the group, said that they were dismayed at the lack of consultation and compensation from a variety of record labels regarding reissues, compilations and live recordings coming out. Riley added that they wished to “take back control” and had set up Popstock to shift some of the balance back in their favour.

The first release from the project, Slates Live!, in April of this year proved popular, so Grotesque Live! will now follow with the release set to be made across vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats. Like the previous release, this one has been carefully curated from hundreds of hours of live bootleg recordings of the band taken from a two-year period during the start of the 1980s.

Also featured in the physical release package are sleevenotes by The Fall mega-fan Henry Rollins, who said in a statement that it’s clear that the audiences to these shows are being given “no option other than to totally reconsider what music is”.

Popstock Records / Bella Union will release Grotesque Live! on October 25, 2024.
 
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