5CD - UK Import• Originally released in 1995 on Permanent Records. • This box set includes alternative versions as well as an unreleased live show from Rennes, rough mixes and radio sessions from the era. • Plus 'Twenty-Seven Points' (that was also released in 1995), an album that consists of live recordings made in various locations between 1991 and 1995, but also contains interludes and two previously unheard studio tracks. • This set has been compiled in conjunction with Fall expert Conway Patton and has notes by Fall guru Daryl Easlea. • It has been mastered by long-time engineer Andy Pearce with art by Becky Stewart. The Fall were an English post-punk band, formed in Manchester in 1976. The band existed in some form ever since, and is essentially built around its founder and only constant member, the late Mark E. Smith. Initially associated with the punk movement of the late 1970s, the group's music went through several stylistic changes over the years, but is often characterised by an abrasive guitar-driven sound and frequent use of repetition, and is always underpinned by Smith's distinctive vocals and often cryptic lyrics. The band is noted for its prolific output: releasing over 25 studio albums, and more than triple that counting live albums and other releases. They never achieved widespread public success beyond a handful of minor hit singles in the late 1980s, but maintained a strong cult following. The band were long associated with BBC disc jockey John Peel, who championed them from early on in their career and cited The Fall as his favourite band, famously explaining, "They are always different; they are always the same." TRACK LISTING DISC ONE Cerebral Caustic 1. The Joke 2. Don't Call Me Darling 3. Rainmaster 4. Feeling Numb 5. Pearl City 6. Life Just Bounces 7. I'm Not Satisfied 8. The Aphid 9. Bonkers In Phoenix 10. One Day 11. North West Fashion Show 12. Pine Leaves DISC TWO Peel Sessions / Rough Mixes 1. Glam Racket – Star - John Peel Session #18 - 17/12/94 2. Jingle Bell Rock - John Peel Session #18 - 17/12/94 3. Hark The Herald Angels Sing - John Peel Session #18 - 17/12/94 4. Numb At The Lodge - John Peel Session #18 - 17/12/94 5. One Day - Pre-Release Rough Mixes 6. Rainmaster - Pre-Release Rough Mixes 7. Feeling Numb - Pre-Release Rough Mixes 8. The Joke - Pre-Release Rough Mixes 9. Don't Call Me Darling - Pre-Release Rough Mixes 10. Pearl City - Pre-Release Rough Mixes 11. Life Just Bounces - Pre-Release Rough Mixes 12. I'm Not Satisfied - Pre-Release Rough Mixes 13. The Aphid - Pre-Release Rough Mixes 14. Bonkers In Phoenix - Pre-Release Rough Mixes 15. One Day - Alternate Versions 16. Bonkers In Phoenix - Alternate Versions DISC THREE Rennes April 95 1. Intro. Tape 2. The Joke 3. Pearl City 4. Birthday 5. Behind The Counter 6. Mere Pseud Mag. Ed. 7. Bill Is Dead 8. Glam Racket 9. Feeling Numb 10. I'm Not Satisfied 11. Idiot Joy Showland 12. Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room 13. Edinburgh Man 14. Don't Call Me Darling 15. Hey! Student 16. Life Just Bounces 17. The City Never Sleeps 18. The Chiselers 19. Big New Prinz DISC FOUR Twenty-Seven Points 1. Mollusc In Tyrol 2. Return 3. Ladybird (Green Grass) 4. Idiot-Walk-Out 5. Ten Points 6. Idiot Joy Showland 7. Big New Prinz 8. Intro - Roadhouse 9. The Joke 10. M.H.'s Jokes / British People in Hot Weather 11. Free Range 12. Hi-Tension Line 13. The League of Bald-Headed Men DISC FIVE Twenty-Seven Points 1. Glam Racket / Star 2. Lost In Music 3. Prague '91 / Mr. Pharmacist 4. Cloud Of Black 5. Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh..t Room 6. Bounces - Leeds 7. Outro 8. A Past Gone Mad (aka Passable) 9. Glasgow Advice 10. Middle Class Revolt - Simon, Dave & John 11. Bill Is Dead 12. Strychnine 13. War! 14. Noel's Chemical Effluence 15. Three Points / Up Too Much
