The earliest known recording of The Fall is well recorded and demonstrates the initial spiky anger of band. Unfortunately only two tracks from the set have survived.
The Electric Circus, a former Bingo Hall and Heavy Metal club, a mile north from the City Centre of Manchester was situated on Collyhurst Street, just off Rochdale Road. At the time the venue was famous for putting on gigs of the extant punk scene.
The place had to close in late 1977 and the Manchester bands put on a concert to celebrate (or indeed mourn) its closure.
"Steppin' Out" is a tour de force the band demonstrating a range of styles which belied the punk ethics of the time. "Last Orders" features heavy riffing from Friel and polyrhythms from Burns, and perhaps is more representative of the current scene. The musicianship here is exemplary.
A pity there isn't more of this available