- Tunnel
- Pearl City
- The Joke
- Birthday *
- The Chiselers **
- M5
- Feeling Numb
- Glam-Racket
- Idiot Joy Showland
- The Coliseum
- DIY Meat
- Edinburgh Man
- Behind the Counter
- Middle Class Revolt
- L.A.
- Big New Prinz **
- Free Range
Media
- Audience audio
- DVD Audience Recording
- Tunnel released on The Fall Box Set
- Whole gig released by Cog Sinister 16th November 2018
NOTES
- Final performance of Middle Class Revolt
Review(s)
A good quality audience recording with all instruments being well represented. Vocals are very clear – some phasing noise but this does not detract from the enjoyment of the concert.
Notable for the opening instrumental which may or may not be “Tunnel” or an early version of some other track. The fantastic “Fall Track Record” website reveals that “Tunnel” was a variation of “The Chiselers” – however this sounds nothing like that track and is dominated by swirling and pulsing keyboards and an insistent one chord thrash from the guitar.
A very tight gig featuring a range of material covering the last ten years of the bands work. Early appearances of material to be released on the 1996 album “The Light User Syndrome” are mixed with a range of the bands more rock oriented material.
Of less interest is the woefully sung version of “Birthday” by one assumes Lucy Rimmer.
The first encore “Big New Prinz” features an excellent opening rant from Mark E Smith, and some significant lyrical improvisation between the “Drink the long draught” chorus sections.
A good gig with a balance of fine material.
Update 20th August 2008
Audience DVD version
A murky affair from the balcony stage left beset with vid interferences and snippets of previously recorded TV but enjoyable for all that. Occasionally people walk across the front of the camera.
Additional notes
Steve Hanleys metronomic left leg
Tunnel is a backing tape that the band comps over towards the end
Mr Burns appears to be tucked away on the left side of the stage playing both keyboards and percussion
Ms Rimmer wears a cocktail dress, arm length gloves, and feather boa whilst Ms Salinger frugs with a tambourine on Birthday.
The Chiselers is initially a bit of a car crash beset by feedback and an odd out of time backing vocals. Brix reads from a lyric sheet. Mark stops Craig from playing at one point. My money is on Karl Burns doing the early backing vox rather than Mike Bennett. Bennett prowls the stage in an intimidating fashion as MES remains stoically immobile.
MES keyboard fettling at commencement of “Glam-Racket”.
MES microphone swapping on IJS.
Brix getting all rock and roll on “Behind the Counter” – some serious rock chick moves here!
“Middle Class Revolt” is initially Brix sans guitar and focusing on the Simon, David, John variation, MES enters and guitar is taken up. This is pretty awesome actually.
The three guitar attack on LA is pretty memorable. Unfortunately the start of Prinz is missing but the rest is phenomenal. Mosh pit goes ape sh*t for Free Range in a stunning end to a fantastic guitar.