- The Container Drivers
- Before the Moon Falls
- Winter
- English Scheme
- Pay Your Rates
- Leave the Capital
- How I Wrote Elastic Man
- Middle Mass
- City Hobgoblins
- The N.W.R.A.
- Jawbone and the Air Rifle
- Slates, Slags, etc.
NOTES
64 minutes
Good audience capture and a tight muscular performance. The return of “Before the Moon Falls” after a two year gap which would get one more play three weeks later at Leeds before being retired for good.
Rab Crangles recollections (continued from the preceding Glasgow gig)
….as a resident of the town of Paisley, I think this was the greatest day in Sock’s life to date – the Mighty Fall playing his local venue and favourite drinking hole. A fraction of a mile outside Glasgow City limits, the Bungalow was able to profit from Glasgow District Council’s cultural short-sightedness. At the same time, it provided West of Scotland punk and alternative types with the only viable venue in the area for touring bands which were not quite big enough to play the cavernous Apollo.
A cosier venue than the Plaza, the Bungalow’s 150 capacity appeared to have been exceeded significantly and it was difficult to get even half way near the front (although that at least meant you were closer to the bar). This was more like it – a proper gig, packed out venue and enthusiastic audience. Not having completely died out, pogoing was still the preferred choice of dance for those most of those who were into the music – which in a low ceiling venue like the Bungalow with a heaving crowd led to sweat dripping from the timber rafters before too long. But Sock was intently listening to Mark E Smith…..’What’s a feminist Austin Maxi? How can you have a feminist Austin Maxi?’ he kept saying in wonderment, not getting some of the new lyrics quite right but marvelling at Smith’s turn of phrase nevertheless.
Clearly, ‘Winter’ was clearly a standout, as was ‘Jawbone and the Air Rifle’, with which we were now becoming more familiar, having caught these at both gigs. We left elated, having heard most of our favourite recent songs but knowing that there was plenty more to come from a band which appeared to be at the height of its powers. Sadly, Sock and I drifted apart a few months afterwards as college and jobs took us elsewhere – but I would not bet against the likelihood that, like me, he has recently purchased Imperial Wax Solvent and is just as enthralled by Mark E Smith’s latest worldly view.