Trust In Me

Written by:

Mark E Smith, Steve Trafford

Initial Release:

Fall Heads Roll

Date:

3 October 2005

Group on initial recording:

Mark E Smith – vocals; Ben Pritchard – guitar; Steve Trafford – bass, vocals; guitar Spencer Birtwistle – drums; Elena Poulou – keyboards, vocals ; Plus: Billy Pavone – vocals; Kenny Cummings – vocals; Phil Schuster – vocals; Simon “Ding” Archer – vocals
Commentary:

This is part of the review written by “Crooked Furrow” and published in The Pseud Mag no. 6 (October/November 2005):

“…busily driving …chunky bass riff (with loads of great little runs and fills) and twangy lead guitar tune. No sign of keyboards anywhere. One main section; brief contrasting part sees the bass stop and the rhythm guitar wash over the drums (which are as tight as a gnat’s chuff)…At least one additional vocalist appears, briefly, who may be MES speaking in the ‘old man’ voice similar to the one he used in Crop Dust. ”

As for the guest vocal appearances, this is what Kenny Cummings and Phil Schuster had to say on a now defunct website:

“Shelby arrived at the Gigantic Music offices this evening to sign their recording contracts. Celebration was in the air. Hanging out in the lounge of the recording studio were Mark E. Smith and Elena Poulou of The Fall (who were there recording their new album for Narnack Records, using the beautiful facilities known as Gigantic Recording Studios).
Enjoying a break from recording their parts, Mark and Elena were happy to join in the signing ceremony acting as official witnesses. One thing led to another, and before the ink was dry, Kenny and Phil were in the recording studio adding vocals to one of the new Fall tracks. Mark christened the song Kenny and Phil and Billy and Ding also commemorating vocals added by engineer Billy Pavone and producer Dingo. We don’t know if the track will make the album, but it was a fun experience.”