The Fall - Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, 8th February 1986 [Problems Are Solved By Remedies Of Old] Source Audience Track List: 01 Intro 02 My New House 03 Bombast 04 L.A. 05 Rowche Rumble 06 Lay Of The Land 07 Hey! Luciani [tape flip] 08 Couldn’t Get Ahead 09 Hot Aftershave Bop 10 Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul 11 Cruiser’s Creek Lineage:- Master Tape [TDK SA-90] > Yamaha KX-580 Special Edition Cassette Deck > QED Profile J2P Cable > Realtek ALC269 > Sound Forge Pro 11.0 > WAV > Restoration & Remastering > FLAC [Level 8] [16 Bit 44.1khz] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Notes: They’re all my own masters from the same WMD6C set up. The bands played in following order: The Fall New Order The Smiths Because it was a sort of festival set, probably limited soundchecks, so the sound at the start of each set is a bit all over the place, but tends to settle down, as the sound engineers figured it out. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaster Notes: HUGE thanks to Dave for sending/sharing his tapes with us. Needed only minimal restoration & then some remastering. NO phasing & whooshing effects on this one. I am not a big fan of The Fall, but they sound really on it here, so if you like them this is one you will want. My basic artwork effort included. Enjoy.... "Problems Are Solved By Remedies Of Old", was Dream Remastered January 2022. Do NOT sell this recording. Freely given to you, so don't charge others. Support the artist anyway you can. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes from: https://blackcountryrock.co/2015/05/22/with-love-from-manchester-new-order-the-fall-the-smiths-liverpool-royal-court-8-february-1986 An NME article in January 1986 gives more detail on the background: "The Smiths, The Fall, and New Order have been lined up on a one-off fund-raising bill at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre, on Saturday February 8, in aid of the City Council's 48 Labour councillors and their families. "The concert, which is billed 'With Love From Manchester', represents a major coup for the Labour leadership in Liverpool - and for Derek Hatton in particular, who spoke to Morrissey before The Smiths agreed to play. "All three bands are playing for their expenses only. Tickets are £6, and will probably have sold out by the time you read this. Any profits from the evening will go into the Legal Fund Of The Family Support Group, designed to pay the legal costs (£100,000) being incurred by the councillors in their fight against the District Auditor's decision to surcharge them for their delay in setting a rate last year. Another £100,000 is needed to pay for an action taken by Derek Hatton against a World In Action programme. Each councillor faces heavy fines and faces being disqualified from holding public office. "The case comes to the High Court, in London, next Monday (January 13). A demonstration is planned, and local Liverpool band The Lloyd Collection are expected to lead a singalong of 'Maggie's Farm' on the High Court steps." Each band were allocated a 45 minute set so the roadies went to work and The Fall entered the arena. The feeling in the Royal Court at the time was that the Fall were the lesser of the three bands, but their set was possibly the highlight of the evening. This really was the Fall at the peak of their commercial and musical powers. This was a classic line up with Mark E and Brix Smith, Karl Burns, Steve Hanley, Craig Scanlon and Simon Rogers. Opening with a 1-2-3 from “This Nation’s Saving Grace” which is my favourite Fall album, they rattled through “Rouche Rumble” and “Lay Of The Land”. After an early version of “Hey Luciani”, they let rip with a fantastic “Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul” before finishing with “Cruiser’s Creek”. The councillors lost their court battle and the Militant Tendency contingent were expelled from the Labour Party. Derek Hatton enjoyed a chequered career in media before heading to Cyprus as a property developer at the start of the century. I doubt any of those council workers who received their redundancy notices enjoyed such a fortunate conclusion to their careers.