A reasonable audience recording. Some volume phasing and the guitars tend to dominate. Vocals generally audible.
That The Fall should only play a handful of gigs in 1989 is still a mystery in the great pantheon, that they should take one of these dates at John Keenan's Futurama 6 is a little perplexing, and that the band does not appear on the video release of the event is another conundrum. However these were the days of pseudo hippydom with the peace-niks of James advising us to "sit down" and cuddle each other. Papier-mache headed Timperley rock god Mr Frank Sidebottom was also at the event - but that's another story.
So maybe the future rock intensity and yelping of The Fall did not sit well with the likes of "The Man from Delmonte" and "Cud" - hard to tell as this reviewer has not heard any of the contemporaneous music from the day. Hard to imagine though that the gruppe were anything more than their usual self.
This is a hard rock Fall with Bramah dominating Scanlon's stylings with heavy chords. There are some notable moments of newness to the three new tracks from the forthcoming "Extricate" with some serious cock-ups on "Black Monk Theme" (aka I Hate You) - some bad notes from Marcia and some aweful timing mistakes including a dodgy ending. Not suprising given this is its first appearance live.
Similarly the couple of gigs old "Bill is Dead" fails to find its rhythm and feels a little spasmodic. "Ghost" is good with some interesting changes in the chord but again feels a little constipated in parts as if Bramah is struggling to keep up with Wolstencroft - feels a bit showbandish in places.
A very short "And Therein" is soon cut off in its prime as the band comps for a bit and MES terminates it...... a precursor to a mighty "Pseud Mag" with wall of sound from Martin and Craig. "Hit the North" is delivered with some venom and the band finally starts to lock the funk into the groove. It finishes with a rousing "Baghdad State Cog Analyst" with some memorable Fall moments.
A good gig - new line up still finding its feet on some of the material - but generally a good representation of the limited material from this quietest of Fall years
That The Fall should only play a handful of gigs in 1989 is still a mystery in the great pantheon, that they should take one of these dates at John Keenan's Futurama 6 is a little perplexing, and that the band does not appear on the video release of the event is another conundrum. However these were the days of pseudo hippydom with the peace-niks of James advising us to "sit down" and cuddle each other. Papier-mache headed Timperley rock god Mr Frank Sidebottom was also at the event - but that's another story.
So maybe the future rock intensity and yelping of The Fall did not sit well with the likes of "The Man from Delmonte" and "Cud" - hard to tell as this reviewer has not heard any of the contemporaneous music from the day. Hard to imagine though that the gruppe were anything more than their usual self.
This is a hard rock Fall with Bramah dominating Scanlon's stylings with heavy chords. There are some notable moments of newness to the three new tracks from the forthcoming "Extricate" with some serious cock-ups on "Black Monk Theme" (aka I Hate You) - some bad notes from Marcia and some aweful timing mistakes including a dodgy ending. Not suprising given this is its first appearance live.
Similarly the couple of gigs old "Bill is Dead" fails to find its rhythm and feels a little spasmodic. "Ghost" is good with some interesting changes in the chord but again feels a little constipated in parts as if Bramah is struggling to keep up with Wolstencroft - feels a bit showbandish in places.
A very short "And Therein" is soon cut off in its prime as the band comps for a bit and MES terminates it...... a precursor to a mighty "Pseud Mag" with wall of sound from Martin and Craig. "Hit the North" is delivered with some venom and the band finally starts to lock the funk into the groove. It finishes with a rousing "Baghdad State Cog Analyst" with some memorable Fall moments.
A good gig - new line up still finding its feet on some of the material - but generally a good representation of the limited material from this quietest of Fall years