An average audience recording. Band is bit distant but most things are audible.
Described as a "pantomime" at the time - not sure that it is quite accurate - more a sort of gothic tragedy. A very short gig which appears to have collapsed about half way through its very short length.
Nevilles' third gig, Adams' second gig. A rollicking mess with some seriously bad improv soloing from Mr Wilding in places. The concept of two Fall bass players - revisited again towards the end of 2006 - doesn't come over on this recording, unfortunately. However for a second/third gig together this is still pretty good in places with a lot of newer material having early airings.
Starts well enough with a bass led version of Calender which is mostly Smith-less - competent readings of "Ol Gang" and "Spencer" - but really gets moving with a solid delivery of "Touch Sensitive".
"Antidotes" has Smith howling balefully over Wildings hard rock guitar stylings - lost in a miasma of reverb and fuzz in places - not altogether unpalatable but extremely challenging. Band seems to struggle with "This Perfect Day" ...Mark has it down right but its mostly keyboards - some attempts at the riff and some noodling from Wilding at the end but generally peters out in an unresolved sort of way.
"Bound" rescues things with a bubbly infectious feel - however Mark is mostly inaudible unfortunately whilst the guitar is playing - and there is some strange synth tweaking in places, "Anecdotes" is mostly fuzzed guitar/bass in an inchoate dub like version and some Duane Eddy type twanging from Neville. "F-Oldin'" is mostly competent but seems to lack backing vocals and is tad overlong.
"Powderkeg" features a gnarled introduction from Mark and then the band sort of messes/muddles about for a while - Wilding is in the wrong key - the drumming is inchoate - the whole thing appears to be a completely under-rehearsed and it sort of gets going around the 1:30 mark but never really resolves into the actual tune. Mark appears to be chucking at the mess and Wilding plays a riff - its a good riff but it is not the riff the Powderkeg - its then all sort of fractures and collapses and the band then disappears for 8 minutes - the Free Range riff is played on the DAT (I assume) during this interlude as the crowd howls, mutters and chats.
"Shake Off" kicks things back off - but again its a little untogether/incoherent. The band manages to pull it off just - but I'm not sure Head and Wilding are on the same planet. "The Joke" suffers from the same problems - feels slightly under-rehearsed - again guitars and drums not locking together completely in sync.
At this point the audience appears to be getting a little annoyed.
"Pharmacist" starts - with a serious lack of Smith - and continues in that vein for some time completely Smith-less - Wilding cannot play the intervening riff and comps - at 2:07 it grinds to halt - various members of the crowd shout... "just carry on", "just play", "pull yourself together" etc
In summary a unique confection of a brilliant start and then total collapse with a clearly annoyed audience. Not the most memorable of Fall gigs.
Described as a "pantomime" at the time - not sure that it is quite accurate - more a sort of gothic tragedy. A very short gig which appears to have collapsed about half way through its very short length.
Nevilles' third gig, Adams' second gig. A rollicking mess with some seriously bad improv soloing from Mr Wilding in places. The concept of two Fall bass players - revisited again towards the end of 2006 - doesn't come over on this recording, unfortunately. However for a second/third gig together this is still pretty good in places with a lot of newer material having early airings.
Starts well enough with a bass led version of Calender which is mostly Smith-less - competent readings of "Ol Gang" and "Spencer" - but really gets moving with a solid delivery of "Touch Sensitive".
"Antidotes" has Smith howling balefully over Wildings hard rock guitar stylings - lost in a miasma of reverb and fuzz in places - not altogether unpalatable but extremely challenging. Band seems to struggle with "This Perfect Day" ...Mark has it down right but its mostly keyboards - some attempts at the riff and some noodling from Wilding at the end but generally peters out in an unresolved sort of way.
"Bound" rescues things with a bubbly infectious feel - however Mark is mostly inaudible unfortunately whilst the guitar is playing - and there is some strange synth tweaking in places, "Anecdotes" is mostly fuzzed guitar/bass in an inchoate dub like version and some Duane Eddy type twanging from Neville. "F-Oldin'" is mostly competent but seems to lack backing vocals and is tad overlong.
"Powderkeg" features a gnarled introduction from Mark and then the band sort of messes/muddles about for a while - Wilding is in the wrong key - the drumming is inchoate - the whole thing appears to be a completely under-rehearsed and it sort of gets going around the 1:30 mark but never really resolves into the actual tune. Mark appears to be chucking at the mess and Wilding plays a riff - its a good riff but it is not the riff the Powderkeg - its then all sort of fractures and collapses and the band then disappears for 8 minutes - the Free Range riff is played on the DAT (I assume) during this interlude as the crowd howls, mutters and chats.
"Shake Off" kicks things back off - but again its a little untogether/incoherent. The band manages to pull it off just - but I'm not sure Head and Wilding are on the same planet. "The Joke" suffers from the same problems - feels slightly under-rehearsed - again guitars and drums not locking together completely in sync.
At this point the audience appears to be getting a little annoyed.
"Pharmacist" starts - with a serious lack of Smith - and continues in that vein for some time completely Smith-less - Wilding cannot play the intervening riff and comps - at 2:07 it grinds to halt - various members of the crowd shout... "just carry on", "just play", "pull yourself together" etc
In summary a unique confection of a brilliant start and then total collapse with a clearly annoyed audience. Not the most memorable of Fall gigs.