THE FALL
22 September 1978
Harp Lounge, Belfast, Northern Ireland

unknown generation audience source> Maxell XLII cassette received in trade 25 years ago> Sony TCD5 playback> Microtrack II WAV 44.1/16bit> CD Wave Editor tracksplit> Traders Little Helper FLAC level 8 

01 Rebellious Jukebox
02 Like To Blow  
03 Futures and Pasts  
04 Various Times  
05 It's The New Thing  
06 No Xmas For John Quays 
07 Stepping Out  
08 (beginning cut)Frightened  
09 Psycho Mafia 
10 Mother-Sister  
11 Last Orders* 
12 Repetition  (long 10:53 version!)
encore:
13 Industrial Estate  
14 Bingo Masters Breakout 

Supported by Protex.

June 1978 - February 1979 : lineup # 8: 
Mark E. Smith (vocals), 
Martin Bramah (guitar), 
Marc Riley (bass), 
Yvonne Pawlett (keyboards), 
Karl Burns (drums). 

Of the many hundreds of Fall shows I've heard this is in the top 10 as far as performance, song selection, MES's genuine enjoyment of show and enthusiastic and appreciative crowd. The quality of tape is only average with some distortion where bass response was overdriven but don't let that deter you from enjoying this classic early Fall. 

*Simply cracking version of Last Orders with thanks all around to an Alternative Ulster crew and great screams by female punter near start.

From http://www.visi.com/fall/gigography/gig78.html:

- "Good evening, we had a few, er, equipment problems, but ah we're all sorted out now. For all the tourists in tonight ... it's worse than last night, because we've only got two amps."
- "Thank you. This next one is our new single, and should be out about 1995, [with a bit of luck?]" (into It's The New Thing)
- "Right, we'll have a bit of a rest now ( ... ) Sorry about that last one, we really got into it [Bramah: yeeah] we really got into ourselves on that one. So now we're gonna make up for it! Stepping Out, Stepping Out!"
- "This song is about nothing. The words just fit the music. So anything I say, take no notice of it, but it sounds good, know what I mean? Mother Sister."
- [MES]: "I never liked him, I never liked that Smith. So I'm gonna take his place, Ok?, haha. Industrial Estate, c'mon, before Smith comes back!"