Sleep Debt Snatches

Written by:

Mark E Smith

Initial release:

There’s a Ghost in My House, Beggars Banquet Beg187T 12″; Beg187C Cassette
Date:

27 April 1987

Subsequent releases:

B Sides 458489, Beggars Banquet BEGA116 LP; BEGC116 Cassette; BEGA116CD CD; 31 December 1990
The Fall 5 Albums, Beggars Banquet, B00DJWUJG6; 19 August 2013

Group on initial release:

Mark E Smith – vocals; Brix Smith – guitar, vocals; Craig Scanlon – guitar; Steve Hanley – bass; Marcia Schofield – keyboards; Simon Wolstencroft – drums

Commentary

The intro tape of clinky noises before the gig on 12 June 1986 at the Riverside Club, Newcastle was subsequently used in “Sleep Debt Snatches”. It’s debatable whether the song can subsequently said to have been played live during the performances of Hey Luciani! Certainly, the music was on tape, but some vocals may have been live on stage.

Short extracts from the song can be heard on the MES solo album The Post Nearly Man.