This one comes to us from the ever generous Eric Brands. Thank you for sharing this with us all, Eric! It doesn't appear to have been shared on DIME, but certainly needs to be. Enjoy the show, folks, it's a good one Cyrus (20111804) The Fall Monday, 3 May 1982 Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK Transfer: NAK DRAGON tape deck > Master Cassette > Adobe Audition 3.0 Extract: EAC > WAV > FLAC (level 8) "Kind thanks to Bob for lending me this master recording, and capturing this piece of Fall history." - Eric Brands. 1. Spectre vs. Rector 09:34 2. Look, Know 05:22 3. Wings (Early Version) 03:52 4. Lie Dream of a Casino Soul 03:46 5. Deer Park 07:42 6. Tempo House 08:49 7. Joker Hysterical Face 04:41 8. Hexen Definitive 03:15 9. I'm into CB 06:18 10. Solicitor in Studio 06:25 11. Backdrop 11:01 12. Just Step Sideways 02:50 13. Prole Art Threat 04:04 14. Éexit stage left... :16 Line-up: Mark E Smith - Vocals Kay Carroll - (?) > Obviously present, but not listed on the Line-up I got from the Reformation! site(?) Anyone know the lowdown? Marc Riley - Keyboards, Guitar, Backing Vocals Craig Scanlon - Guitar, Backing Vocals Steve Hanley - Bass , Backing Vocals Paul Hanley - Drums Karl Burns - Drums, Bass Guitar There're some "Session Musician" lyrics in "Deer Park". - "Good evening, we are The Fall (...)." (after 8 minutes of "Spectre vs. Rector") - "Il presidente." (before "Wings") - Kay Carroll: "You need the keyboard, Mark". MES: "What?" Kay: "You need to (...) that keyboard. Mark!" MES: "Yeah?" Kay: "That one... the other one." MES: "Yeah, turn (...)." [Keyboard whine disappears] Someone: "Thank you." (before "Joker Hysterical Face") - "This is for all the people from South Yorkshire in the audience. Congratulations for being here." (before "Solicitor in Studio") Setlist information thanks to The Fall Online at: http://www.visi.com/fall/index.html Éand this, thank you, from the Reformation! site at: An excellent remaster of an original audience tape has been produced by "Eric" (Brands). This is a very good quality audience recording by ScouseBob. My first Fall gig. The first of a three night residency at Manchesters' (sadly now closed but being done up for a relaunch) premier jazz and new music night spot. The Look, Know/I'm into CB single had just been released and the band were coming close to the end of a long Winter/Spring tour of the UK. My recollection of the gig The place is packed. Heaving in fact. We manage to squeeze into one of the side seats on the left hand of the stage. Support is Purkurr Pilnikk who are feverishly manic and not in the least bit entertaining. We wait what seems like hours Ð rumours float of a band argument. In due course MES arrives with Kay and they decamp to the band room behind the bar. We wait. The anticipation is electric. The band troop on. The crunching riff of ÒSpectre vs RectorÓ kicks in, Scanlon and RileyÕs deft interplay is a revelation. The drums build slowly. Craig lifts his best Beefheart licks but they are subtly different from the Captains. This last week ÒIÕm into CBÓ has been released Ð we were not expecting material from so far back. The band demonstrate amazing dexterity on what I considered to be a simplistic track previously. On the second ÒfasterÓ part the violence of the two drum line becomes apparent. New riffs emerge out the noise, Hanley brutalises his bass. The new single chugs in Ð Rileys microphone is not on for the opening chorus. The Fall are funky tonight and anyone not shaking their ass to this has no soul. This has gone beyond a ÒpunkÓ band and into something new and exciting. A new song Ð rattling chords and a descending riff. The original version of ÒWingsÓ Ð stunningÉ..Belle Vue Arch instead of Ardwick Bridge. The riff on this is actually phenomenal and wonders why it was not used. Lie Dream is brutal, angry, sardonic. At last a track from Hex Ð ÒI took a walk down West ElevenÉ..Ó Ð hypnotic, rolling, intense, Smith a study in concentration, Riley layering organ washes over the tumbling riff. And again another unheard track Ð slow, menacing, heavy Hanley bass Ð ÒMandrake MandraxÓ Ð what the hell is this about then? Scattered imagery Ð ÒWinston Churchill, Jesus Christ in reverseÓ. This is Fall repetition at its most potent. Smith has a dig at the British Electric Foundation Ð we smile knowingly. Is that a mouth organ being played by Riley? Atonal keyboard washes Ð dubby drums at the conclusion. Kay tells Mark to tell Marc Riley to turn his keyboard off. Another new track Ð when will this end Ð a rolling riff Ð ÒJokah Isterical Fa-ayceÓ Ð rollinÕ and tumblinÕ in Falla-billy land Ð this is sensuous and sexy. ÒTed Rogers brains burn in hellÓ Ð this is so good it hurts. Smith captures the angst/boredom of the time and amplifies it with scathing one liners. TheyÕve been playing for 40 minutes and the time has flown by. Yet more new material Ð ÒHexen DefinitiveÓ Ð in retrospect the version with Riley makes more sense than the stripped down version seen 12 months later at the Hacienda. The blues are evident as a root source here but a mutant North Manchester version with an attitude. ThereÕs a swagger to this that got beaten out of it by the time it got to PBL. It slips into ÒIÕm into CBÓ (no ÒStrife KnotÓ as questioned in the gigography). At last a track that we know Ð pure pop sounds interlaced with a growling Hanley bass, and motorik keyboard and drums. The pace of this band is amazing. Mark says ÒThis is for all the people from South Yorkshire in the audienceÉcongratulations for being hereÓ and the band start another new songÉ.a different take on the band Ð theyÕve moved on from the stark stripped down sound of Hex to a full on riff laden rock oriented riff dominated noise. Fantastic. Finally another new riffÉ..crashing drums and cymbals, more keyboard washes, a shift in emphasis, declamatory vocals Ð more potent imagery Ð tales of the military and prison Ð scribbly little guitar figures. The bouncy bit, the tension and release, the dynamics are phenomenal. And then its over Ð just about an hour Ð surprisingly not a Hex Enduction Hour. Smith moves to the keyboard and starts to noodle as ÒBackdropÓ concludes with almost VDGG like riffs. In retrospect amazing that Smith would want to strip this sound down several months later in the studio? Ð probably not, knowing the history of the band. I doubt if this experience could be effectively captured in the anodyne atmosphere of a recording studio. A long break Ð obviously no encores Ð a lot of the crowd leave. However the Fall have a couple more tricks up their sleeve The band come back and perform a stunning ÒJust Step SidewaysÓ Ð HanleyÕs bass playing is masterful. Hardly a breath is taken and its into ÒProle Art ThreatÓ at a break-neck pace Ð speedy!!! Then its over. Just over 70 minutes of pure genius. I doubt if I will ever see a gig of its like again. Although I have seen the Fall a few times since this first gig there is nothing than can top its intensity in my experience. Quite simply the best gig I have ever been to. The closing remarks on the recording are courtesy of myself(Bob Osborne, I assume?) and Scouse Bob.