tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37294647200192190272024-03-12T21:37:32.561-07:00Drambuie Gas Boilertonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-49196049388062385992009-11-07T15:48:00.000-08:002013-01-18T13:36:49.130-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/SvYHhjk2S5I/AAAAAAAAAG4/Lo1WVbtiJvE/s1600-h/1WesthillCommunityCentre.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401513076144360338" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/SvYHhjk2S5I/AAAAAAAAAG4/Lo1WVbtiJvE/s320/1WesthillCommunityCentre.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 274px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;">Mark E. Smith & Ed Blaney-Westhill Community Centre, </span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><st1:place st="on" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Brighton</st1:place></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;"> (14/02/09)</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><i>If you pegged this side-project as an inebriated and half-assed self-indulgence, your arrow could not have landed farther from the tree. While the studio recordings may display some of the aforementioned qualities, this intimate live document is nothing short of astonishing. Capturing Smith—for the first time in his career—in a relaxed acoustic setting before a handful of acolytes, he manages to steer the proceedings straight into a thicket of avant freak fringe weirdness, balancing some of his finest pure singing to date with toy keyboard and xylophone (!) overlays on the Blaney pieces that wholly recontextualize the material. Blaney’s old school melodicism is an ideal sauce for the main course of Smith’s absurdist utterances, and the pervasive d.i.y. ethos on display transforms “Real Good Time Together” into one of the few Velvets covers that avoids mimicking the sound but instead manages to net the esprit du corps of the original. But the real highlight here is “Mettle Claw,” as bleak and harrowing a view of contemporary English society as “New Puritan,” and every inch that songs equal. The recording on offer here is also a superb one. A soundboard of sorts from the Consortium, this is crisp, clear, with virtually zero audience noise. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-82536323442757472192009-09-08T10:48:00.000-07:002013-01-18T13:36:28.209-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9we4sVMirl4/SqaZTSTKeoI/AAAAAAAAAAk/2Kx1CXjInrE/s1600-h/Smith-Leeds.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379155361549417090" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9we4sVMirl4/SqaZTSTKeoI/AAAAAAAAAAk/2Kx1CXjInrE/s320/Smith-Leeds.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 214px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Fall-Fall In A Field (excerpts from two festival performances: Glasgow, Scotland 09/09/06 and Stradbally, Ireland 09/09/07).<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">To mark the end of my own summer holiday as well as the summer festival season, I thought I would post something a bit different (at least for me). Portions of two outdoor festival performances from the group, occurring exactly one year apart. The Presley lineup rocking hard in Glasgow, and the current lads in Ireland. Playing in a tent, I believe. The sound on these tracks is exceptional (much better than had you actually been there I'm afraid) as they are broadcast-sourced. The Glasgow tracks feature the added "bonus" of BBC commentary and a word or two from Smith himself.<br /><br />Tracklisting:<br /><br />01 Fall Sound<br />02 Theme From Sparta FC<br />03 My Door Is Never<br />04 chat / Theme from Sparta FC / Mr. Pharmacist<br />05 What About Us?<br />06 interview/ I Can Hear the Grass Grow<br /><br />01-03 Electric Picnic, Stradbally, 09/09/07 (Smith/Poulou/Greenway/Spurr/Melling)<br />04-06 Indian Summer, Glasgow, 09/09/06 (Smith/Poulou/Presley/Barbato/McCord/Spurr)</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225629615362447371noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-57766398535722988052009-06-28T13:47:00.000-07:002013-01-18T13:35:49.644-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9we4sVMirl4/SkfXLvkWEDI/AAAAAAAAAAc/40Km-u3ckV0/s1600-h/fallboscombe25.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352483278900564018" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9we4sVMirl4/SkfXLvkWEDI/AAAAAAAAAAc/40Km-u3ckV0/s200/fallboscombe25.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 133px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">The Fall- 93 Feet East, Brick Lane, London (11 Sept. 2006)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">In anticipation of the release of the "Last Night at the Palais" disc next month, here's the American Dudes blowing the walls out of a packed and steamy club on a sweltering London evening. Just the core of Tim, Rob and Orpheo but everyone is at their absolute peak. It also happens to be my all-time favorite Consortium recording. Truly stunning and essential.<br /><br />Lineup: Smith-Poulou-Presley-Barbato-McCord<br /><br />Tracks:<br />01 Intro > My Door<br />02 Bo Demmick<br />03 What About Us?<br />04 Fall Sound<br />05 Theme From Sparta FC<br />06 Reformation!<br />07 Pacifying Joint<br />08 Mountain Energie<br />09 Mr. Pharmacist<br />10 (encore call)<br />11 Blindness<br />12 (encore call)<br />13 60's Pop CIS<br />14 Systematic Abuse<br /></span>Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225629615362447371noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-69436072306396924682009-05-17T11:22:00.000-07:002013-01-18T13:35:21.966-08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">THE FALL- OPERATION DESTRUCT (cdr, unreleased, 2009, UK)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/ShBX1Qum3mI/AAAAAAAAAGw/coi46b91aJo/s1600-h/TheFall041.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336862130969173602" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/ShBX1Qum3mI/AAAAAAAAAGw/coi46b91aJo/s320/TheFall041.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 294px; width: 320px;" /></a></span></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Having spent the bulk of 2008 in the post-LP doldrums, with a scattered series of somewhat airless, claustrophobic gigs, the new Fall material that emerged in the first half of ’09 was like a jolt to the nervous system. Boxed-in has always been a position of strength for Mark E. Smith, and the lineup of Greenway-Melling-Spurr (now two years on) finally began to explore virgin territory. Veering from the college rock/acid glaze of the last half-decade, they inched away from traditional song structure towards a more post-modern remit, utilizing Greenway’s effects-rich guitar (heard to superb effect here on the extended runout to “Latch Key Kid”) and pushing the avant electronics of Elena Poulou even further to the foreground. New songs are discovered within the riffs of the back catalogue, such as the stunning new version of “Strangetown” included here, that incorporates musical elements of “Wings.” Nothing exemplifies this fresh approach better than the lead track here, the cavalry-charge of “Cowboy George,” which tears up “Mountain Energie” and rearranges the pieces, turning a gentle tumble into an avalanche. Another gem is “Bury,” welding girl-pop stomp with one of Smith’s classic takes on British provincialism.</span><br />
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tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-54763593588064735542009-05-13T11:22:00.000-07:002009-05-13T11:27:15.485-07:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A much-delayed collection of recent live Fall music will be posted this weekend. Also, should anyone have any uncirculated or previously unpublished recordings, writing or other material that may be suitable for inclusion here, feel free to contact us via the comments facility (any such comments received will not be made public). </span><br /></span></span></span>tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-88479924169779646412009-03-14T09:18:00.000-07:002013-01-18T13:40:32.896-08:00<div>
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225629615362447371noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-81242648366177231072009-01-31T09:45:00.000-08:002009-02-02T11:01:06.145-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9we4sVMirl4/SX38RTkOb6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/W0RWBphvyW4/s1600-h/81may09-photo2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 202px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9we4sVMirl4/SX38RTkOb6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/W0RWBphvyW4/s320/81may09-photo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295666111097761698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Fall - Queen Mary's College, London (5 February 1981)</span></span><span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />For my first post, I chose this excellent soundboard recording from '81, once planned for release on Cog Sinister. In addition to material from the previous autumn's Grotesque LP, the gruppe also performs the forthcoming Slates mini-LP in its entirety. Notable as well for an early version of Jawbone & The Air Rifle, which would not be released on vinyl until over a year later. A sprawling, clattering, thrilling performance from a pre-Karl Burns lineup featuring Paul Hanley on drums. A far more worthy document than the officially released show from Glasgow later the same month.<br /><br />Setlist:<br /><br />Your Heart Out<br />Totally Wired<br />Leave the Capitol<br />An Older Lover<br />New Face in Hell<br />Middle Mass<br />C n C's Mithering > Crap Rap #19<br />Fiery Jack<br />Jawbone and the Air Rifle<br />Slates, Slags etc.<br />Fit and Working Again<br />Prole Art Threat<br />Impression of J. Temperance<br />The Container Drivers<br /><br />lineup : Smith/Riley/Scanlon/S. Hanley/P. Hanley<br /><br /><a href="http://sharebee.com/4d59e9ab">Queen Mary's</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></span>Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225629615362447371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-887338022611354552008-12-24T11:04:00.000-08:002009-01-21T10:51:36.979-08:00<em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Happy holidays and many thanks to all who have supported this blog over the past year. Fresh posts both from me and new contributor Hannah will be forthcoming in the new year.</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em><br /><br /><em><span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;" ></span></em>tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-27564202114975797762008-09-22T07:28:00.000-07:002013-01-18T13:37:14.554-08:00<span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">THE FALL- ICE MOUNTAIN (CDR, unreleased, UK, 2005)</span></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">03 Bo Demmick</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">04 Breaking the Rules</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">05 Early Days of Channel Fuhrer</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">06 What About Us?</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">07 Midnight in Aspen</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">08 Blindness</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">11 Higgle-Dy Piggle-Dy</span></em></strong></div>
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tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-75837001400059118602008-08-20T10:16:00.000-07:002008-08-20T10:26:55.242-07:00<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Due to the recent collapse of the Massmirror file sharing site, the links for the first three titles posted here (San Rococco, Mud On The Ground and Lotus/Cactus) were no longer functional. These links have been removed and, for now, will not be replaced.<br /><br />Fresh posts will resume shortly, with a compilation of live material circa "Fall Heads Roll." Also under consideration is the addition of a new contributor who will focus on noteworthy single-gig recordings.<br /></span></span></span>tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-14711792942964714922008-07-06T01:52:00.000-07:002013-01-18T13:37:52.334-08:00<span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: trebuchet ms;">THE FALL-MYSTERY AIR (CDR, UNRELEASED, UK, 2008)</span></strong></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Fall's March 2008 UK tour was something of a strange affair. Supporting an album that had yet to be released, the Greenway-Spurr-Melling lineup didn't really coalesce until the later gigs, finally acheiving a sui generis hybrid of metallic-pop and hard rock that was closer to the hi-octane approach of the Pritchard group than the heavy, acid-peak remit of their predecessors. Greenway's freeform tendencies on display during the early gigs were eventually reigned in and his skittery guitar constructs, along with Spurr's monstrously huge, percussive bass sound, provided the framework for disciplined readings of catalogue material from the two previous studio LPs. On the new "Imperial Wax Solvent" tunes, the recorded takes were the starting points for live versions that were both expansive and focused, with Elena Poulou's tart elektro-synth pop motifs the cherries in the custard. Aside from some head-scratching vocal interjections from a member of the road crew (such as the untitled spoken-word piece that typically opened each performance), on most nights Smith plumbed a loose but brilliant idiosyncratic lyrical trajectory. Among the many high points on this disc are a cavernous, atmospheric "Alton Towers;" a very loud and percolating "I've Been Duped;" "Totally Wired" reconfigured as glam stomp; and "Tommy Shooter" featuring lead vocals from both Poulou and Smith. </span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">01 Latch Key Kid</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">02 Strangetown</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">03 Alton Towers</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">04 I've Been Duped</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">05 Totally Wired</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">06 Exploding Chimney</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">07 Pacifying Joint</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">08 Wolf Kidult Man</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">09 "The Empresario of The Fall"</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">10 50 Year-Old Man</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">11 Is This New?</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">12 Mountain Energie</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">13 Tommy Shooter</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">(Many thanks as always to The Consortium, and Pike1957 for the absolutely superb live recordings)</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">(Source gigs in comments)</span></em></strong></div>
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tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-12667820581421280672008-05-17T08:14:00.000-07:002013-01-18T13:38:18.959-08:00<strong><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;">THE FALL, GLITTERING BEACH (CDR, UNRELEASED, 1990, UK)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The re-addition of Martin Bramah to The Fall in mid-1989 meant the group's sound would subtly shift, with many of the aesthetics espoused by Bramah's own project The Blue Orchids reflected both in Fall vinyl product (now being issued by Phonogram) and in live performances from the period. Smith's "snap-together surrealism" was augmented by Bramah's thick, impasto slabs of lead guitar (a rarity for the group) and Marcia Schofield's synth-string orchestrations. At gigs, as an ensemble they were "post-punk neurodelica" given a veneer of bitter, contemporary pop. Also involved was Charlotte Bill, who added baroque oboe and flute ornamentation. Grittily brooding, unexpectedly labrynthine, and gleamingly commercial--thanks in no small measure to Smith's Velvety crooning--their full-length studio piece, "Extricate," was a rich though decidedly overground affair. These live tracks evince a decidedly heavier methodology, beginning with a blistering, pre-release "The Littlest Rebel." Elsewhere, the focus is on the considerable heap of quality non-LP material from this period, such as a brittle and queasy "Arms Control Poseur," featuring 70's cheeseburger guitar leads from Bramah, and a primordially oozing "Error Orror."</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">01 The Littlest Rebel</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">02 Butterflies 4 Brains</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">03 And Therein</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">04 Arms Control Poseur</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">05 Popcorn Double Feature</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">06 I'm Frank</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">07 Black Monk Theme Part 1</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">08 Zagreb</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">09 Bill Is Dead</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">10 British People In Hot Weather</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">11 Telephone Thing</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">12 Hilary</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">13 Error Orror</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">14 White Lightning</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">15 Sing! Harpy</span></em></strong></div>
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tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-77471079994904850972008-04-26T06:42:00.000-07:002013-01-18T13:40:56.743-08:00<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Fall- Cyber Insekt (demo), Midwatch (demo) (cassette tape, unreleased, 1999)</span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/SBHuzoxeSLI/AAAAAAAAADk/uOauvEcyofw/s1600-h/trees-shockwave3a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193194416220555442" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/SBHuzoxeSLI/AAAAAAAAADk/uOauvEcyofw/s200/trees-shockwave3a.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">These two brief instrumental tracks were included on a work tape given to Mark E. Smith by Fall keyboardist Julia Nagle in late 1999. The first is a sketch for "Cyber Insekt," one of the centerpieces of "The Unutterable" LP released the following year. Furious, buzzsaw punk-guitar-and-drums with sporadic synthesizer bursts, it is the sound of the group stripped to its essence. The second would have a suitably enigmatic and sparse vocal added by Smith in its finished studio version, but here is an aphotic experimental piece, comprised of submerged sonar pulses and melancholic keyboard overlays, similar in approach to both dark wave and the later bloopbeat extravaganza "Das Boat."<br /><br />(Julia Nagle has kindly permitted these demo recordings to be posted here. More of her gems can be found at <a href="http://www.invisiblegirl.co.uk/">http://www.invisiblegirl.co.uk/</a>.)<br /><br />(Painting by Joy Garnett)<br /><br /></span></span></span>tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-6184049189170645902008-04-07T06:26:00.000-07:002013-01-18T13:38:57.366-08:00<strong><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;">THE FALL, EXTENSION CITY (CDR, UNRELEASED, 2007, UK)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Blasting into the stratosphere at full throttle, on the night of Mark E. Smith's fiftieth birthday, the "American lineup" of The Fall began a series of twenty dates across the UK to promote the kaleidoscopic and brilliant Reformation Post-TLC album. Creating a massive, swirling sound that incorporated huge washes of reverbed guitar, and a thick gauze of continuous bass fuzz, all marbled with spiky, avant minimal synth squalls from Elena Poulou and Tim Presley's pure, glistening higher-key leads, the performances reached a heady peak early on and never relented. This was a band that, simply put, understood how to make bracingly modern and compelling sounds, with each of the participants bringing a deft touch to the proceedings. Barbato's work is never less than astounding, with a fusillade of bass effects driving the ferocious acid groove, and occasional second keyboard adding warmth and complexity. McCord's drumming is pure genius, superbly employing the cymbals to signal propulsive shifts. Smith, as well, is engaged and inspired throughout, offering a fresh set of lyric motifs (the "victory roundabout," "Green/grey mountains"), his bent poetic recitations beaming quasar-like from beneath the furiously charged canopy. </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Half of the gigs are represented on this disc, and the quality never drops below the transcendent, from a slow-rising and definitive "Senior Twilight Stock Replacer," with its deft sense of momentum and suspense, to "Systematic Abuse" reshaped as spacerock, and an exhuberant, brainwarping "My Door." Also included are the one-off Bilston performance of "Wolve Kidult Man," featuring a stone heavy bass riff and unheard Smith lyric referencing the "Seattle Six," and a skewed, churning "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" incorporating a vocal drop-in from Beefheart's "Plastic Factory."</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">02. Hungry Freaks, Daddy</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">03. Fall Sound</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">05. My Door Is Never</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">06. The Wright Stuff</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">07. Over! Over!</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">09. Insult Song > The Bad Stuff</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">10. Systematic Abuse</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">11. Reformation</span></em></strong></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Source gigs in comments. Thanks to the Consortium for the magnificent audience recordings, and to Mike Cotgreave for the photograph.</span></em></strong> </div>
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tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-22243084144503640052008-03-16T07:53:00.000-07:002008-08-20T10:15:24.830-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >THE FALL, LOTUS/CACTUS (CDR, UNRELEASED, 2006, UK)</span></strong><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/R9qTTrKFf5I/AAAAAAAAACs/kWOJzKYW4uQ/s1600-h/Fall-Boulder2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177612687827632018" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/R9qTTrKFf5I/AAAAAAAAACs/kWOJzKYW4uQ/s320/Fall-Boulder2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">When Ben Pritchard, Steve Trafford and Spencer Birtwistle acrimoniously departed The Fall in Arizona in May 2006, to be replaced the next day with young Americans Tim Presley, Rob Barbato and Orpheo McCord, the sound of the group was almost completely reconfigured. Gone was the mechanical, ramrod-straight alternarock (which in retrospect seems to have run its course), supplanted with a remarkably fluid yet precise psychedelic-flavored approach, full of syrupy atmospherics and potent electric kool-aid punch.</span></em></strong></div><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">This disc captures both phases of this transition, beginning with an oddity: an audience recording of an intro tape--an instrumental version of "Coming Down," chock-full of slicing hi-end electro percussion and an aggressively repeating guitar riff. Presumably a demo but perhaps one of the unreleased tracks recorded at Chapel Studios in April 2006. The first half also includes a revelatory reading of the "The Boss," performed at Phoenix with a full set of lyrics. The second half focuses on the latter stages of the US tour, as Presley et al explode out of the gate with both new material ("Reformation", "Scenario") and expansive, thrillingly psychotropic takes on previous gems like "What About Us?" </span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong><br /></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Tracklisting:</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">01 Coming Down (intro tape)</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">02 Youwanner</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">03 Clasp Hands</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">04 Systematic Abuse</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">05 The Boss</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">06 White Line Fever</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">07 Coming Down > Scenario</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">08 Pacifying Joint</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">09 Reformation</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">10 Midnight In Oldham</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">11 Mountain Energie</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">12 What About Us?</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">13 Bo D</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Tracks 01-06: Smith/Poulou/Pritchard/Trafford/Birtwistle</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Tracks 08-13: Smith/Poulou/Presley/Barbato/McCord</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">(all unofficial audience recordings)</span></em></strong></div><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div>tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-21785841632481885502008-03-09T07:21:00.000-07:002008-08-20T10:14:54.897-07:00<p align="left"><strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >THE FALL, MUD ON THE GROUND (CDR, UNRELEASED, UK, 2006)</span></strong><br /><br /><br /></p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/R9ID3bKFf4I/AAAAAAAAACk/GSJEXvn-bno/s1600-h/Fall-bw.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175203172519870338" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/R9ID3bKFf4I/AAAAAAAAACk/GSJEXvn-bno/s320/Fall-bw.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fresh from the final studio sessions for Reformation Post TLC, The Fall lineup of Presley-Barbato-McCord descended upon Britain for a blistering series of autumn dates. Tight, fierce and inspired, this was a group firing on all cylinders, rhythmically assured and unleashing a thick, dense sheen of opalescent shoegazer-inspired distortion and waves of reverb-imbedded heaviness. The pre-release material, in particular, glows with sheer, propulsive energy, the twin bass throb of Barbato and Spurr (recruited to provide a conventional bass sound to compliment Barbato's more expansive audio palette), garlanded by Presley's sparkling, lysergically frothy guitar. This is English post-punk dipped in a molten bath of West Coast psychedelia and motorik, frequently breaking off into exhilarating tangents of adrenaline-laced space rock that never lose their pummelling intensity or interest. In many ways it is the sound the group has always been trying to achieve, and Smith responds with a set of growling, knotty vocals, brilliantly punctuating the massive musical storm raging around him, which at times threatens to literally blow the roof off the building.</span></em></strong><br /></div><p></p><div align="justify"></div><atomicelement id="ms__id2876"><atomicelement id="ms__id711"></atomicelement></atomicelement><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Highlights on this disc, capturing the best performances from July to November 2006, include "Scenario," one of two new pieces derived from The United States of America's "Coming Down," a finely textured and wistful affair (and subsequently dropped from the setlist in favor of the other song based on the same motif, "Over Over"), and the only performance of "60's Pop CIS," officially listed as "Coach & Horses" but featuring a wholly different lyric and melody than the LP track. Despite the level of sheer genius on display, this lineup would not truly reach its peak until the spring tour the following year, in support of the by-then-released album. </span></em></strong><atomicelement id="ms__id2875"><atomicelement id="ms__id710"><strong><em></em></strong></atomicelement></atomicelement><br /><p></p><div align="justify"></div><atomicelement id="ms__id2876"><atomicelement id="ms__id711"></atomicelement></atomicelement><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Tracklisting:</span></em></strong><p align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">01. Fall Sound</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">02. Reformation</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">03. My Door</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">04. White Line Fever</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">05. Scenario</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">06. 60's Pop CIS</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">07. The Wright Stuff</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">08. Systematic Abuse</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">09. Reformation (alternate)</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">10. Systematic Abuse (alternate version</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">11. Scenario (intro version)</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">12. Hungry Freaks, Daddy</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">13. Fall Sound (alternate)</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">14. Reformation (long version)</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">(these are unofficial audience recordings)</span></em></strong></p><br /><p align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></p><p></p>tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-3374382787946819872008-03-01T11:07:00.000-08:002008-08-20T10:13:56.630-07:00<p align="justify"></p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><strong>THE FALL, SAN ROCOCCO (CDR, UNRELEASED, 2007, UK)</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/R8l7P9MMMEI/AAAAAAAAAAk/RMGjCDGFTV4/s1600-h/IMG_0457.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172801161065672770" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wj_nq0uB9rc/R8l7P9MMMEI/AAAAAAAAAAk/RMGjCDGFTV4/s320/IMG_0457.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong></strong></span></em><br /><div align="justify"><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Comprised mostly of fresh material from the forthcoming "Imperial Wax Solvent" LP, these live performances culled from a sporadic series of gigs in the latter-half of 2007 unfortunately tend towards the one-dimensional. The blurry rumble of bassist Dave Spurr and sturdy drumming of Keiron Melling underpin the terse scratchings of often-inaudible guitarist Pete Greenway. The resultant stew is frequently rescued from blandness by Elena Poulou's NDW-influenced minimal synth sheen. Lacking the glistening acid glaze imparted by the previous line-up of Presley-Barbato-McCord, the new songs come off as monolithic yet ramshackle, densely flat and abstract despite their steadfast simplicity. Lyrically, they are all-too-obviously works-in-progress, with Smith proferring only the sketchiest of lyric phrases, absent melody lines or vocal hooks to impart some desperately-needed identity. The exceptions are the Presley/Barbato-composed "Senior Twilight Stock Replacer," a choice slab of propulsive acid thunder (superior in its earlier incarnation, to be included in a future compilation covering the March 2007 UK tour), and "Can Can Summer," gauzy and lightweight pseudo-pop that recalls (perhaps intentionally) the creamy groove of late-period Can. </strong></span></em></div><atomicelement id="ms__id2875"><atomicelement id="ms__id710"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></atomicelement></atomicelement><br /><p></p><div align="justify"></div><p align="justify"><br /></p><atomicelement id="ms__id2876"><atomicelement id="ms__id711"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></atomicelement></atomicelement><br /><br /><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Tracklisting:</span></em></strong></div><atomicelement id="ms__id2877"><atomicelement id="ms__id712"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></atomicelement></atomicelement><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">01. Wolf Kidult</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">02. Can Can Summer</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">03. I've Been Duped</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">04. 50 Year-Old Man</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">05. Ponto</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">06. Systematic Abuse</span></em></strong><br /><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">07. Senior Twilight Stock Replacer</span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">08. Tommy Shooter</span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">09. Alton Towers</span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">10. Strangetown</span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><atomicelement id="ms__id2898"><atomicelement id="ms__id733"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></atomicelement></atomicelement></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Bonus material:</span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><atomicelement id="ms__id2901"><atomicelement id="ms__id736"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></atomicelement></atomicelement></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">11. I Am Me, Mark</span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">12. Wings > Wolf Kidult Man</span></em></strong></div><br /><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><strong>(Note: these are audience recordings supplied by the ever-resourceful Consortium)</strong></span></em></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br /></span></em></strong></div>tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3729464720019219027.post-29975694662568235882008-02-29T06:17:00.000-08:002008-02-29T08:47:51.233-08:00<em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>This space is intended as a platform for music, writing and other ephemera related to Mark E. Smith and The Fall. The first offering should be up within the next few days. Contributions of uncirculated or unpublished material and comments are always welcome.</strong> </span></em>tonkatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955045225632734278noreply@blogger.com0