The Fall – The Complete Peel Sessions 1978 - 2004

The Fall - The Complete Peel Sessions 1978 - 2004 album cover

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Label:

 Castle Music – CMXBX982

Series:

 The Peel Sessions

Format:
6 x CD
Box Set

Country:

 UK

Released:

Genre:

 Rock

Style:

 Post-Punk

Tracklist

One - Broadcast 15/6/78
1-1 Futures And Pasts 2:35
1-2 Mother-Sister! 3:07
1-3 Rebellious Jukebox 2:59
1-4 Industrial Estate 1:44
Two - Broadcast 6/12/78
1-5 Put Away 3:33
1-6 Mess Of My 3:13
1-7 No Xmas For John Quays 4:12
1-8 Like To Blow 1:46
Three - Broadcast 24/9/80
1-9 Container Drivers 3:38
1-10 Jawbone And The Air Rifle 3:22
1-11 New Puritan 7:13
1-12 New Face In Hell 5:02
Four - Broadcast 31/3/81
1-13 Middlemass 3:53
1-14 Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul 2:41
1-15 Hip Priest 9:23
1-16 C'n'C - Hassle Schmuck 4:13
Five - Broadcast 15/9/81
2-1 Deer Park 4:26
2-2 Look, Know 5:05
2-3 Winter 8:03
2-4 Who Makes The Nazis? 2:54
Six - Broadcast 23/3/83
2-5 Smile 5:10
2-6 Garden 10:00
2-7 Hexen Definitive - Strife Knot 9:07
2-8 Eat Y'self Fitter 7:01
Seven - Broadcast 3/1/84
2-9 Pat Trip Dispenser 4:08
2-10 2 x 4 4:15
2-11 Words Of Expectation 9:14
2-12 C.R.E.E.P. 2:36
Eight - Broadcast 3/6/85
3-1 Cruiser's Creek 5:49
3-2 Couldn't Get Ahead 2:33
3-3 Spoilt Victorian Child 4:55
3-4 Gut Of The Quantifier 4:42
Nine - Broadcast 7/10/85
3-5 L.A. 4:34
3-6 The Man Whose Head Expanded 5:13
3-7 What You Need 5:52
3-8 Faust Banana 5:06
Ten - Broadcast 9/7/86
3-9 Hot Aftershave Bop 3:10
3-10 R.O.D. 4:26
3-11 Gross Chapel - GB Grenadiers 6:21
3-12 US 80's-90's 4:53
Eleven - Broadcast 19/5/87
3-13 Athlete Cured 4:45
3-14 Australians In Europe 5:42
3-15 Twister 4:16
3-16 Guest Informant 4:09
Twelve - Broadcast 31/10/88
4-1 Deadbeat Descendant 2:17
4-2 Cab It Up 4:40
4-3 Squid Lord 3:48
4-4 Kurious Oranj 5:57
Thirteen - Broadcast 1/1/90
4-5 Chicago Now 5:33
4-6 Black Monk Theme
Written-By – The Monks
4:05
4-7 Hilary 2:22
4-8 Whizz Bang 2:59
Fourteen - Broadcast 23/3/91
4-9 The War Against Intelligence 3:02
4-10 Idiot Joy Showland 3:46
4-11 A Lot Of Wind 5:25
4-12 The Mixer 4:32
Fifteen - Broadcast 15/2/92
4-13 Free Range 4:05
4-14 Kimble
Written-By – Lee Perry
3:53
4-15 Immortality 4:27
4-16 Return 4:11
Sixteen - Broadcast 13/3/93
5-1 Ladybird (Green Grass) 4:04
5-2 Strychnine
Written-By – Roslie*
2:54
5-3 Service 3:35
5-4 Paranoia Man In Cheap Sh*t Room 4:17
Seventeen - Broadcast 5/2/94
5-5 M5 3:08
5-6 Behind The Counter 4:03
5-7 Reckoning 3:40
5-8 Hey! Student 4:09
Eighteen - Broadcast 17/12/94
5-9 Glam Racket - Star 3:20
5-10 Jingle Bell Rock
Written-By – Beal*
1:08
5-11 Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Arranged By – Smith*
Written-By – Mendelssohn*
3:09
5-12 Numb At The Lodge 3:00
Nineteen - Broadcast 22/12/95
5-13 He Pep! 4:15
5-14 Oleano 3:08
5-15 Chilinist 5:20
5-16 The City Never Sleeps
Written-By – Hazlewood*
2:55
Twenty - Broadcast 18/8/96
5-17 D.I.Y. Meat 2:32
5-18 Spinetrak 2:39
5-19 Spencer 3:34
5-20 Beatle Bones 'N' Smokin' Stones
Written-By – Van Vliet*
3:40
Twenty One - Broadcast 3/3/98
6-1 Calendar
Written-By – Damon Gough
3:00
6-2 Touch Sensitive
Written-By – Steve Hitchcock
3:35
6-3 Masquerade 6:33
6-4 Jungle Rock
Written-By – Ralph Simonton
6:21
Twenty Two - Broadcast 4/11/98
6-5 Bound Soul One
Written-By – Wilson*
3:50
6-6 Antidotes 4:57
6-7 Shake-Off
Written-By – Head*
1:43
6-8 This Perfect Day
Written-By – Kuepper*
2:15
Twenty Three - Broadcast 13/3/03
6-9 Theme From Sparta F.C. 3:53
6-10 Contraflow 4:05
6-11 Groovin' With Mr. Bloe - Green-Eyed Loco Man
Written-By [Green-eyed Loco Man] – Smith*
Written-By [Groovin' With Mr. Bloe] – Naumann*
6:06
6-12 Mere Pseud Mag. Ed. 3:17
Twenty Four - Broadcast 12/8/04
6-13 Clasp Hands 4:41
6-14 Blindness 6:28
6-15 What ? 5:52
6-16 Wrong Place, Right Time - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
Written-By [I Can Hear The Grass Grow] – Wood*
Written-By [Wrong Place, Right Time] – Smith*
7:00
Bonus Track
6-17 Job Search 4:20

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
  • Copyright © – Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
  • Copyright © – BBC
  • Recorded At – Maida Vale Studios
  • Glass Mastered At – VDC Group – 73563
  • Glass Mastered At – VDC Group – 73055
  • Glass Mastered At – VDC Group – 73083
  • Glass Mastered At – VDC Group – 73090
  • Glass Mastered At – VDC Group – 73088
  • Glass Mastered At – VDC Group – 73096
  • Pressed By – VDC Group

Credits

  • Backing Vocals – Martin Bramah (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
  • Bass – Steven Trafford (tracks: 6-13 to 6-17)
  • Clarinet – Dave Tucker (2) (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16)
  • Congas – Steve Davis* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)
  • Coordinator [Project] – Will Nicol
  • Design – Becky Stewart
  • Drums – Tom Head (tracks: 6-5 to 6-8)
  • Effects [Special Effects] – Speth Hughes* (tracks: 6-9 to 6-12)
  • Engineer – Nick Gomm (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)
  • Fiddle – Kenny Brady (tracks: 4-5 to 4-12)
  • Guitar – Simon Rogers (tracks: 3-1 to 3-16)
  • Keyboards – Yvonne Pawlett (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
  • Liner Notes [Sleevenotes] – Daryl Easlea
  • Mastered By – Doug Shearer
  • Photography By – Will Nicol
  • Producer – Tony Worthington (tracks: 5-5 to 5-8)
  • Vocals – Mark E Smith*
  • Written-By – Baines* (tracks: 1-2)

Notes

Contains all the twenty four Peel Sessions The Fall have recorded, one bonus track and 44-page booklet.

Production details unknown for tracks 3-13 to 3-16, 5-9 to 5-20 and 6-9 to 6-17.

"The City Never Sleeps" is erroneously credited on the cover as written by Hazlewood, Corris, Miles, Woodgate, Carlier.
"Bound Soul One" is credited on the cover as written by Smith, Wilson, Wilson, Wilson, Cason.

Sessions dates:
1: Recorded: 30th May 1978; First broadcast: 15th June 1978.
2: Recorded: 27th November 1978; First broadcast: 6th December 1978.
3: Recorded: 16th September 1980; First broadcast: 24th September 1980.
4: Recorded: 24th March 1981; First broadcast: 31th March 1981.
5: Recorded: 26th August 1981; First broadcast: 15th September 1981.
6: Recorded: 21th March 1983; First broadcast: 23th March 1983.
7: Recorded: 12th December 1983; First broadcast: 3rd January 1984.
8: Recorded: 14th May 1985; First broadcast: 3rd June 1985.
9: Recorded: 29th September 1985; First broadcast: 7th October 1985.
10: Recorded: 29th June 1986; First broadcast: 9th July 1986.
11: Recorded: 28th April 1987; First broadcast: 19th May 1987.
12:Recorded: 25th October 1988; First broadcast: 31th October 1988.
13: Recorded: 17th December 1989; First broadcast: 1st January 1990.
14: Recorded: 5th March 1991; First broadcast: 23rd March 1991.
15: Recorded: 19th January 1992; First broadcast: 15th February 1992.
16: Recorded: 28th February 1993; First broadcast: 13th March 1993.
17: Recorded: 8th December 1993; First broadcast: 5th February 1994.
18: Recorded: date unknown; First broadcast: 17th December 1994.
19: Recorded: 17th December 1995; First broadcast: 22nd December 1995.
20: Recorded:30th June 1996; First broadcast: 18th August 1996.
21: Recorded: 3rd February 1998; First broadcast: 3rd March 1998.
22: Recorded: 18th October 1998; First broadcast: 4th November 1998.
23: Recorded: 19th February 2003; First broadcast: 13th March 2003.
24: Recorded: 4th August 2004; First broadcast: 12th August 2004.
Bonus track: Recorded: 4th August 2004; First broadcast: 31st August 2004.

Castle Music is a label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
Released by arrangement with BBC Music.
The BBC word mark and logo are trade marks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under license, BBC logo © BBC 1996.
℗ 2005 The copyright in this compilation is owned by Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
© 2005 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.

Made in the EU.

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  • Label Code: LC 6448
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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
New Submission
The Compete Peel Sessions (6×CD, Promo) Sanctuary Records none UK 2005
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The Complete Peel Sessions 1978 - 2004 (6×CD, , Box Set, ) Castle Music CMXBX982 UK Unknown

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Reviews

  • mayoroffiley's avatar
    mayoroffiley
    The version of Bindness on here could be the finest thing ever recorded.
    • Fotis-N.'s avatar
      Fotis-N.
      I will exaggerate, because i have to exaggerate and, you know, this is The Fall. The first three discs can only be compared with the first three VU albums.Now that i think of it, no exaggeration, plain truth//
      • CerebralCaustic's avatar
        CerebralCaustic
        Best recording of all time.
        "We are The Fall and we are the best"
        --Mark E. Smith
        • kettlemutilation's avatar
          kettlemutilation
          Vynil reissues wouldnt do justice to this,
          It would be better served on cassette to keep with the spirit
          I treasure the CDs, they should reissue that too
          • plaidzebra's avatar
            plaidzebra
            Edited 2 years ago
            For me, the first four discs are indispensable. They document the powers of the Fall in full flower for a good decade plus. These are radio sessions, so they are raw and less produced than the studio work. Some versions are even better than the studio versions, for example "Garden." These tunes stick in your head. They reward more with repeated listens. Mark E. Smith is in top form.

            The fifth and sixth discs document the diminished powers of the Fall, as nearly every song is generic and forgettable. The band at times sounds like a sloppy bar band cranking out half baked music in boring arrangements. The sprightly and playful energy of the past is replaced with dull, plodding ersatz Fall.

            There are a handful of good tunes, but they don't stick in your head, and they reward less with repeated listens. There's not a lot of meat in these gym mats. "He Pep!" is basically a sub par rewrite of "Elves."

            At times Mark E. Smith's energy flags. There's a low energy version of "Wrong Place Right Time" that will make you long for the original.

            I recommend this set mainly to Fall fans. If you're just getting into the band, try one of their lauded studio records from the 70s or 80s. That's where the real juice is.

            If you fall in love, come back to these radio sessions. Surely a repress is overdue.

            • MISTERROGERS's avatar
              MISTERROGERS
              would rfeaslly like to see this as a limited vinyl box set
              • robbroncs's avatar
                robbroncs
                Edited 4 years ago
                what are the chances of 24 non-brickwalled 10"s? .......... asking for a friend.
                • thomaskenneally's avatar
                  thomaskenneally
                  It'd be great to see a vinyl release of this... or even a cassette boxset would be cool and in the spirit of taping old Peel sessions...
                  • couchlock's avatar
                    couchlock
                    Edited 2 years ago
                    when the best radio dj and the best band come toegether magic happens.
                    john peel was a ear opener for many music fans like me, he discovered and promoted so many bands via the legendary peel sessions.
                    for john the fall were the best band, "allways different, always the same".

                    this box is brilliant! the versions of the peels session are mostly different to the ones of the albums.

                    there is a overall live/concert feeling, less studio trickery and overdubs( comparing to their music following "this nation...", the earlier stuff is also rough in the official albums) and most tracks are played with more direct power.
                    the soundquality is very good.

                    i can not say that i like them all more than the album versions, but a lot for shure.

                    for a fall addict like me it is a must have item. for beginners of the best group ever i would recommend albums like the infortainment ..., bend sinister, this nation..... or the collection of the singles b sides is a very good choice, the b sides were mostly better and this compilation is fall newbies friendly and higly addictive.

                    if there is one album, that shows what is the fall about, then buy perverted by language, the most fallish album for me. or is it hex enduction hour.....? a monster of an album.

                    however, this is fantastic and really essential for every fall head!
                    • bbr620
                      Shame it's crushed with dynamic compression. Overall analysis results in a DR=7..

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