The Fall – Live 1997 30th November, Stage Stoke UK, Compact Disc, CD, Cog Sinister, 2019
Brand new, sealed compact disc. Sorry to say this copy has a cracked CD case in two places. See photos. Discounted!
When Mark E Smith died in January 2018, an era ended with him. The Fall were an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. They underwent many line up changes, with vocalist and founder Smith as the only constant member. First associated with the late 1970s punk movement, the Fall’s music underwent numerous stylistic changes, often concurrently with changes in the group’s lineup. Nonetheless, their music has generally been characterized by an abrasive, repetitive guitar-driven sound, tense bass and drum rhythms, and Smith’s caustic lyrics, described by critic Simon Reynolds as “a kind of Northern English magic realism that mixed industrial grime with the unearthly and uncanny, voiced through a unique, one-note delivery somewhere between amphetamine-spiked rant and alcohol-addled yarn.”
They were always at their best on stage, and this collection captures them in full flow. Fantastic!
1 Intro Piece
2 Spencer Must Die
3 Jungle Rock
4 Levitate
5 Idiot Joy Showland
6 Masquerade
7 The Container Drivers
8 10 Houses of Eve
9 Hip Priest
10 M5
11 Spinetrak
12 Pearl City
13 Ol’ Gang
14 Behind the Counter
15 Lie Dream of a Casino Soul