The exact date of this recording is unknown but it is assumed it is somewhere between the 18th and 26th May.
A very poor audience recording. Drums are mostly inaudible, the rest is a sludge, and Mark is sort of audible. Some very bad peaking. Guitar and keyboards occasionally poke through the murk. The bass is mostly missing in action. There is some audience noise but that's badly recorded as well (!).
The earliest recording of a gig with Craig and Paul in the line up and the only recording of this iteration of the band as far as we know so for the serious Fall collector this is a must. However the capture is so dire as to make it only just about tolerable to listen to.
I assume this is a short set because of the five band line-up that was on this tour (Users, Dolly Mixture, Transmitters, Sinix being the other turns on the programme)
A fascinating transition between the Bramah Fall and the emerging two guitar line-up of Scanlon and Riley which would stay together for another three years. It is not clear from the recording who is picking up the Bramah parts but I would guess from the tone that it is Marc. Interestingly, whilst he is playing the Bramah lines, the tone is less spiky and the exposition is more fluid and less spidery than his predecessor. Also an interesting dual guitar approach on "New Thing" which has a wonderful chiming feel. There is some serious guitar noodling on "Two Steps Back" which has a real Can like feel to it.
It is difficult to assess the bands performance given the sound quality but I did notice some minor off moments in what generally is an up tempo and brash performance. The audience seems generally unresponsive, but that could be the recording.
Another unique point about this gig is the performance of "Let's (Pop Stickers) " which was only ever played live and eventually morphed into "Choc Stock". This is its last known recorded appearance. It's a basic pop tune with an ascending riff that collapses into some serious atonal guitar nonsense with interlacing riffs in the middle that appears to enrage sections of the crowd. Elements of "Choc Stock" are there lyrically but its a pretty poor affair and it's not suprising it was eventually ditched.
The closing "Psycho Mafia" feels like it was pretty immense on the night but is lost in a wall of dense splurge and cuts out for about a second half way through.
Only the most avid Fallite should apply.
A very poor audience recording. Drums are mostly inaudible, the rest is a sludge, and Mark is sort of audible. Some very bad peaking. Guitar and keyboards occasionally poke through the murk. The bass is mostly missing in action. There is some audience noise but that's badly recorded as well (!).
The earliest recording of a gig with Craig and Paul in the line up and the only recording of this iteration of the band as far as we know so for the serious Fall collector this is a must. However the capture is so dire as to make it only just about tolerable to listen to.
I assume this is a short set because of the five band line-up that was on this tour (Users, Dolly Mixture, Transmitters, Sinix being the other turns on the programme)
A fascinating transition between the Bramah Fall and the emerging two guitar line-up of Scanlon and Riley which would stay together for another three years. It is not clear from the recording who is picking up the Bramah parts but I would guess from the tone that it is Marc. Interestingly, whilst he is playing the Bramah lines, the tone is less spiky and the exposition is more fluid and less spidery than his predecessor. Also an interesting dual guitar approach on "New Thing" which has a wonderful chiming feel. There is some serious guitar noodling on "Two Steps Back" which has a real Can like feel to it.
It is difficult to assess the bands performance given the sound quality but I did notice some minor off moments in what generally is an up tempo and brash performance. The audience seems generally unresponsive, but that could be the recording.
Another unique point about this gig is the performance of "Let's (Pop Stickers) " which was only ever played live and eventually morphed into "Choc Stock". This is its last known recorded appearance. It's a basic pop tune with an ascending riff that collapses into some serious atonal guitar nonsense with interlacing riffs in the middle that appears to enrage sections of the crowd. Elements of "Choc Stock" are there lyrically but its a pretty poor affair and it's not suprising it was eventually ditched.
The closing "Psycho Mafia" feels like it was pretty immense on the night but is lost in a wall of dense splurge and cuts out for about a second half way through.
Only the most avid Fallite should apply.