Browse by Artist: FALL, THE

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Live In Zagreb
Label:	COG SINISTER (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	COG 109 CD

"A top quality live recording of the Fall at their stunning, swaggering best. The band, had been given the chance to perform material that's related to the rest of the rock music family that is where tune, instruments and musicians melt into one. Mark E Smith of course, has no time for such frippery and exhibits his traditional disregard for the 'right' note from start to finish. Formed mainly from the Extricate and Frenz Experiment sets, this recording boasts an overwhelming reading from the 'MES Mad Epic' school. 'Hit The North' and an equally inspired take on The Monks' lost classic 'Black Monk Theme' which is a song so out there that it could have dropped from the claws of the same disturbing muse that grips Smith's shoulder. They top these off with the thoughtful traditional music arrangement that characterises 'And Therein', the traditionally deranged 'Carry Bag Man', the funky electronic paranoia of 'Telephone Thing' and the drugged-up squalor of 'Hillary'. The result is a hot and steaming slice from the only band in the world that's provided solid nourishment for the last two decades. Top Gig, Top Class."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Live 1977
Label:	COG SINISTER (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	COG 114 CD

"This is the earliest known recording of John Peel's all-time favorite band. Hidden at the back of Mark E. Smith's bedroom cupboard for the last twenty odd years, this was never a high-fidelity recording, even after the tape has been cleaned up it still sounds like a bootleg made on a first generation cassette recorder. Having said that, it's priceless, awe inspiring, raw, grinding punk-rock stuff, full of bile and humor in roughly equal amounts. This is vintage Mancunian crap- rapping, live and dangerous. Nothing from this early gig has ever been released elsewhere: 'Dresden Dolls', 'Hey Fascist', 'Cop It', and the Fall's masterful take on 'Louie Louie' have never been available anywhere until now."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Live in Liverpool '78
Label:	COG SINISTER (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	COG 118 CD

"This recording captures the essence of The Fall's early sound back when the band were on first name terms with a good percentage of the crowd. Whilst the charts were full of half-assed lovesongs and three minute punk rock anthems, The Fall were writing marathon epics of alienation, paranoia and mystery. This recording was made apparently without a drummer, so the percussion is there but hidden deep down in the mix until half way through the recording. The first couple of tracks sounds as if Mark. E Smith has sacked the band performing a solo set. If anyone has ever wondered what Mark E Smith was yelling then all will be clear on this recording. The set has an early shambolic, still gelling charm for example the track 'Psycho Mafia' sounds as though it was played while the band were falling down a long flight of stairs whilst Mark is thanking the audience and making jokes. Early rarities 'Stepping Out' and 'Mess Of My', get a thorough work out with Mark's unique vocal style showing through. On 'Music Scene' the whole thing comes together brilliantly for a whole nine and a half minutes dripping venom, contempt and twisted wry amusement with gold in every groove. This is far from the usual pristine studio recording but is a gorgeous slide show from a disturbing, experimental past life which will appeal to the band's large and loyal fanbase."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Backdrop
Label:	COG SINISTER (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	COG 127 CD

"Backdrop is a unique collection of studio out-takes and different versions of classic Fall tracks. It was originally released as a bootleg in 1994 and contains virtually all the impossible-to-find tracks spanning the first 12 years of The Fall. 'Dresden Dolls' is a gloomy but insistent recording of a rehearsal and is the oldest track on the album, dating back to 1977. After powering through 'Plaster On The Hands' from 1983, the bulk of the remaining tracks cluster around the end of the 1980s which was one of the band's most fertile and inventive periods."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Code:Selfish
Label:	COG SINISTER (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	COG 133CD

"Originally released on Fontana in 1992 and unavailable for a number of years, Code:Selfish saw David Bush (keyboards and machines) joining Mark E Smith, guitarist Craig Scanlon, Steve Hanley on bass and Simon Wolstoncroft on drums. The album received great reviews and was treated with respect by the press of the time, and again was a UK chart album for the band. Included on the album is the single 'Free Range/Everything Hurtz' as well as two bonus tracks from the Ed's Babe EP released in the same year."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Shift-Work
Label:	COG SINISTER (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	COG 134CD

"Long unavailable and originally released on Fontana in 1991, Shift Work was the Fall's highest UK chart placing to date (No. 17) and captured the line-up of leader Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanlon on guitar, bassist Steve Hanley, Simon Woolstoncroft on drums and fiddle player, Kenny Brady, this fantastic album included the classic White Lightning, the channel hopping A Lot of Wind and the single High Tension Line. This reissue now includes 2 bonus tracks: Xmas With Simon, the b-side of 'High Tension Line' and 'Blood Outta Stone', the b-side of 'White Lightning."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Idiot Joy Show
Label:	DYNAMIC (ITALY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	DYNA 011CD

"After a couple of albums on Matador (the interesting and positively reviewed The Infotainment Scam and Middle Class Revolt, for which Karl Burns rejoined the band), sales began to dwindle in the U.S. prompting a switch to Permanent in 1995 with the return of Smith's ex-wife Brix on Cerebral Caustic. This live album, recorded at The Junction, in Cambridge on Oct. 24th, 1995, finds a completely revitalized new band which after more than 20 years is still capable of putting out amazing new studio albums as well as strong live performances."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	How I Wrote Elastic Man/City Hobgoblins
Label:	EARMARK (ITALY)
Format:	7"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	EAR 40014-1

"A sensational batch of 7-inches directly from the Earmark archives for your collecting pleasure. Don't miss these faithful re-releases of some of the purest gems in the entire history of music. Each picture sleeve single is barcoded with removable stickers so they are nearly identical to the originals." This was the Fall's first single on Rough Trade (RT 048), originally issued in July, 1980. Includes the tracks "How I Wrote Elastic Man" and "City Hobgoblins."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Rough Trade Singles Collection
Label:	EARMARK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	EAR 40014LP

"By the time The Fall arrived on Rough Trade's doorstep in 1980, Mark E. Smith & co. were already well known for their unique brand of disjointedly angular pop punk, having left behind a steady trickle of inimitably brilliant singles and LPs since the band's inception in 1977. During their roughly 3 years with the label, the band proved itself to be at the height of its creativity, releasing a flurry of singles that included some of their best work to date." 180 gram vinyl.

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Live at the Witch Trials
Label:	EARMARK (ITALY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$29.00
Catalog #:	EAR 40035LP

"Their 1979 debut LP Live At The Witch Trials contributed to transforming music from a simple form of entertainment into a weapon of mass dissent. Co-written with Martin Bramah, whose acid guitar style matches perfectly a somehow Krautrock oriented Smith, this album features an incredibly modern sound approach that still resounds in many current groups of the so-called post-rock scene. Songs like 'Rebellious Jukebox' and 'No Xmas For John Quays' sound as immortal and fresh today as they were 25 years ago, now featured on a double album set with the second LP containing 10 bonus tracks from their early 7" and 10"s."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Dragnet
Label:	EARMARK (ITALY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$29.00
Catalog #:	EAR 40036LP

"Second album by The Fall, released only 9 months after their debut, Dragnet has been a hard to find item on vinyl until reissued by Turning Point Music (TPM02209) in 2002. Now Earmark is proud to present an enhanced double LP version containing 11 bonus tracks including the two 7" singles 'Rowche Rumble' (Step Forward 11) and 'Fiery Jack' (Step Forward 13) and six alternate takes of the SF11 . Featuring Craig Scanlon on guitar and two of the band's most electrically schizoid tracks, 'Muzorewi's Daughter' and 'Spectre Vs. Rector'."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Totale's Turn
Label:	EARMARK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	EAR 40037LP

"The Fall's full length debut on Rough Trade was not the expected new studio follow up to Dragnet (the brilliant Grotesque, to be released later in 1980) but a dissonant mixture of live tracks and home demos. Yet, this is the Fall running at 100% and putting out a beautiful lo-fi patchwork that catches Mark E. Smith's quiet fury and the band's true attitude and sound through intimate and funny versions of their most convincing tunes such as 'Fiery Jack', 'Rowche Rumble' and 'No Xmas for John Quays'."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	Grotesque (After the Gramme)
Label:	EARMARK (ITALY)
Format:	LP/12"
Price:	$29.00
Catalog #:	EAR 40038LP

"Originally released on Rough Trade in 1980 under the magic spell of Geoff Travis and Mayo Thompson, Grotesque is the first Fall studio album after their awesome beginning on the Step Forward label. A further claim to 'Northernness', the new album defines even better the characteristics of the Fall's northern British and Mancunian identity through their ever-sardonic lyrics and juxtaposition of poetry and social issues. This release is enhanced with a bonus 12" containing of their two very first singles on Rough Trade (RT048 and RT056)."

Artist:	FALL, THE
Title:	The Idiot Joy Show
Label:	GET BACK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	GET 123

Recorded in Cambridge UK, 10/24/95. "After a couple of albums on Matador (the interesting and positively reviewed The Infotainment Scam and Middle Class Revolt, for which Karl Burns rejoined the band), sales began to dwindle in the US prompting a switch to Permanent in 1995 with the return of Smith's ex-wife Brix on Cerebral Caustic. This live at The Junction, Cambridge on October 24, 1995, finds a completely revitalized new band which after more than 20 years is still capable of putting out amazing new studio albums as well as strong live performances."

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