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The Fall Box Set 1976-2007

Original UK release

First released 10 September 2007 on Castle, a label of Sanctuary Records Group, 5 CD box set: CMXBX1558

01. Bingo-Master's Break-Out! (The Fall) 2:23
02. No Xmas For John Quays (Smith) 4:38
03. Rowche Rumble (Take 4) (Riley/Smith/Scanlon) 3:49
04. Before The Moon Falls (Riley/Scanlon/Hanley, S/Smith) 4:33
05. New Puritan (Home Demo) (Riley/Scanlon/Hanley, S/Smith) 3:22
06. City Hobgoblins (Smith/Scanlon/Riley/Hanley, S) 2:22
07. Totally Wired (Riley/Smith/Scanlon) 3:27
08. New Face In Hell (Riley/Scanlon/Smith) 5:40
09. The Container Drivers (Riley/Scanlon/Hanley, S/Smith) 3:08
10. Leave The Capitol (Riley/Scanlon/Hanley, S/Smith) 4:03
11. Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul (Smith/Riley/Scanlon/Hanley, P) 3:10
12. The Classical (Smith/The Fall) 5:17
13. Hip Priest (Riley/Hanley, S/Scanlon/Hanley, P/Smith) 7:47
14. Look, Know (Smith/Riley/Hanley, S/Burns) 4:38
15. Marquis Cha-Cha (Smith/Burns) 4:33
16. The Man Whose Head Expanded (Smith/Hanley, S/Scanlon) 4:22
17. Wings (Smith/Hanley, S/Hanley, P) 4:26
18. Smile (Hanley, P/Hanley, S/Smith/Scanlon/Burns) 5:08

19. Oh! Brother (Smith/Burns/Scanlon/Hanley, S) 4:03
20. Lay Of The Land (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 5:43
21. Couldn't Get Ahead (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 2:36
22. Bombast (Hanley, S/Smith) 3:08
23. Paintwork (Smith/Scanlon/Rogers) 6:39
24. L.A. (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 4:11
25. Mr. Pharmacist (Nowen) 2:20
26. Dktr. Faustus (Scanlon/Smith) 5:34
27. Shoulder Pads 1# (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 2:56
28. Excerpt From Hey! Luciani Play (Smith) 3:00
29. There's A Ghost In My House (Holland/Dozier/Holland/Taylor) 2:38
30. Hit The North Part 4 (Smith, ME/Rogers/Smith, B) 5:55
31. Guest Informant (Smith/Hanley, S/Scanlon) 5:49
32. A Day In The Life (Lennon/McCartney) 4:23
33. Athlete Cured (Smith) 5:53
34. Bremen Nacht (LP Version) (Smith) 7:07
35. Big New Prinz (Smith/Scanlon/Hanley, S/Schofield) 3:24
36. Dead Beat Descendant (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 2:26

37. Telephone Thing (Alternate Version) (More/Smith/Black) 4:38
38. Bill Is Dead (Scanlon/Smith) 4:31
39. Arms Control Poseur (Single Version) (Smith/Scanlon/Wolstencroft) 5:04
40. Theme From Error-Orrori (Smith/Beddington/Hanley, S/Wolstencroft) 4:13
41. The Re-Mixer (Smith/Scanlon) 6:04
42. Free Range (Single Version) (Smith/Wolstencroft) 4:18
43. Ed's Babe (Scanlon/Smith) 3:18
44. Arid Al's Dream (Smith/Scanlon) 4:50
45. Glam Racket (Smith/Hanley, S/Scanlon) 3:14
46. A Past Gone Mad (Alternate Version) (Smith/Bush/Wolstencroft) 4:40
47. Behind The Counter (Single Version) (Burns/Smith) 3:10
48. M5 (Single Version) (Bush/Wolstencroft/Smith) 3:28
49. The Joke (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 2:51
50. Noel's Chemical Effluence (Smith) 6:24
51. Plug Myself In (7" Nero Mix) (D.O.S.E. Feat. Mark E Smith) (Bassburger(Spencer)/Smith) 3:57
52. He Pep! (Smith/Wolstencroft) 3:08
53. Inch (Inch Feat. Mark E Smith) (Smith/Spencer/Stewart) 4:04
54. Recipe For Fascism (Smith) 0:59
55. Ten Houses Of Eve (Remix) (Smith/Adamson(Nagle)) 3:41
56. Calendar (Smith/Gough) 1:46

57. The Horror In Clay (MES solo) (Smith) 5:22
58. Touch Sensitive (Dance Mix) (Smith/Nagle/Hitchcock) 7:10
59. Shake-Off (Smith/Hitchcock/Leatham/Head) 3:05
60. Tom Raggazzi (Smith/Nagle/Head) 2:19
61. Two Librans (Demo) (Smith/Nagle/Head/Helal/Wilding) 3:37
62. Dr. Bucks' Letter (Smith/Nagle/Head/Helal/Wilding) 5:20
63. Distilled Mug Art (Smith/Blaney) 3:35
64. Pander! Panda! Panzer! (Excerpt) (MES solo) (Smith) 3:43
65. Susan vs Youthclub (Remix) (Smith/Milner) 3:53
66. Mike's Love Xexagon (Original Version) (Smith/Watts) 5:13
67. Last Commands Of Xyralothep Via MES (Smith/Milner) 3:19
68. (We Are) Mod Mock Goth (Smith/Poulou) 4:42
69. Portugal (Smith) 3:37
70. Theme From Sparta F.C. #2 (Smith/Pritchard/Watts) 3:50
71. I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Slow Version) (Wood) 3:15
72. Blindness (Alternate Version) (Smith/Birtwistle) 7:54
73. Fall Sound (Alternate Version) (Smith/Barbato/Presley/McCord) 4:33

74. Hey! Fascist (live Foxes At The Greyhound 7 May 1978) (Smith/Baines/Bramah/Friel) 2:40
75. Brand New Cadillac (live Band On The Wall, Manchester August 1978) (Taylor) 4:12
76. My Condition (live Marquee, London 17 December 1978) (Smith) 3:59
77. Pop Stickers (live The Nashville Room, London 1 March 1979) (Smith/Bramah) 3:37
78. Session Musician (live Alter Bahnhof, Hof, Germany 22 May 1981) (Smith/Riley/Scanlon/Hanley, S) 8:30
79. Middle Mass Explanation (live Fagins, Manchester 30 September 1981) (Smith/Riley/Scanlon/Hanley, S) 6:18
80. I'm Into C.B. (Stars On 45 Version) (live Fagins, Manchester 30 September 1981 ) (Smith) 3:13
81. C'n'C-Black Night (live Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand 18 August 1982) (Smith/Riley/Scanlon/Hanley, S/Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) 5:33
82. Perverted By Language (live Electric Ballroom, London 8 December 1983) (Smith) 1:30
83. He Talks (live Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 31 March 1984) (Smith) 2:46
84. Hey! Marc Riley (live Oskars Cornhusker, Azusa, California, USA 23 March 1985) (Smith) 3:42
85. Countdown (live Irving Plaza, New York, USA 1 March 1986) (Scanlon/Hanley, S) 1:50
86. Race With The Devil (live Subterrania, London 29 August 1989) (Vincent/Davis) 2:30
87. Tunnel (live Astoria 2, London 23 October 1985) (Smith/Burns/Hanley, S/Nagle/Wolstencroft) 2:14
88. Interferance (live Bierkeller, Bristol 19 January 1997) (Smith/Nagle) 2:24
89. Jet Boy (live Arts Centre, Salisbury 7 May 1999) (Thunders/Johanson) 2:39
90. Walk Like A Man (live Echo Lounge, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 16 April 2004) (Crewe/Gaudio) 3:44
91. The Boss (live Carling Academy, Bristol 20 March 2006) (Smith/Trafford) 3:19

(CD1: tracks 1-18; CD2: tracks 19-36; CD3: tracks 37-56; CD4: tracks 57-73; CD5: tracks 74-91)

Credits

Compiled by: Conway Paton
Cover design: Becky Stewart

Recording info & notes

Track 1 is from the single Bingo-Master's Break-Out!; track 2 is from the album Live At The Witch Trials; track 3 is an alternate version of the track from the single Rowche Rumble; track 4 is from the album Dragnet; track 5 is from the album Totale's Turns; track 6 is from the single How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'; track 7 is from the single Totally Wired; tracks 8-9 are from the album Grotesque; track 10 is from the album Slates; track 11 is from the single Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul; tracks 12-13 are from the album Hex Enduction Hour; track 14 is from the single Look, Know; track 15 is from the album Room To Live; track 16 is from the single The Man Whose Head Expanded; track 17 is from the single Kicker Conspiracy; track 18 is from the album Perverted By Language; track 19 is from the single Oh! Brother; track 20 is from the album The Wonderful And Frightening World Of...; track 21 is from the double A-side single Couldn't Get Ahead/Rollin' Dany; tracks 22-23 are from the album This Nation's Saving Grace; track 24 is from the single Cruiser's Creek; track 25 is from the single Mr. Pharmacist; tracks 26-27 are from the album Bend Sinister; track 28 is live from the Riverside Theatre, Hammersmith 19 December 1986; track 29 is from the single There's A Ghost In My House; track 30 is from the single Hit The North; track 31 is from the single Victoria; track 32 is from the Various Artists compilation Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father; tracks 33-34 are from the album The Frenz Experiment; track 35 is from the double single Jerusalem/Big New Prinz; track 36 is from the single Cab It Up; track 37 is an alternate version of the track from the single Telephone Thing; track 38 is from the album Extricate; track 39 is from the single Popcorn Double Feature; track 40 comes from the Various Artists compilation Home; track 41 is from the single Why Are People Grudgeful?; track 42 is from the single Free Range; track 43 is from the single Ed's Babe; track 44 comes from the Various Artists compilation Volume Four; track 45 is from the album The Infotainment Scan; track 46 comes from the Various Artists compilation RCD Classic Rock Collection Vol 10; tracks 47-48 are from the single Behind The Counter; track 49 is from the album Cerebral Caustic; track 50 is from the album The Twenty Seven Points; track 51 is from the single collaboration with D.O.S.E. Plug Myself In; track 52 is from the album The Light User Syndrome; track 53 is from the single collaboration with Inch Inch; track 54 is from the album Levitate; tracks 55-56 are from the single Masquerade; track 57 is from the Mark E Smith solo album "The Post Nearly Man"; track 58 is from the single Touch Sensitive; tracks 59-60 are from the album The Marshall Suite; track 61 is from the promo single 2 Librans (demo); track 62 is from the album The Unutterable; track 63 is from the album 2G+2; track 64 is from the Mark E Smith solo album "Pander! Panda! Panzer!"; track 65 is from the single The Fall vs 2003; track 66 is a previously unreleased version of a track from the album The Real New Fall LP Formerly 'Country On The Click'; track 67 is from the album The Real New Fall LP Formerly 'Country On The Click'; track 68 is from the single (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas; track 69 is from the US version of the album The Real New Fall LP Formerly 'Country On The Click'; track 70 is from the single Theme From Sparta F.C. #2; track 71 is from the US version of the single I Can Hear The Grass Grow; track 72 is a previously unreleased version of a track from the album Fall Heads Roll; track 73 is a previously unreleased version of a track from the album Reformation Post TLC; tracks 74-91 are live tracks from the venues and dates as noted above.

A career-spanning 5 CD box set with 60 page booklet. CD1 contains tracks from 1978-1983; CD2 from 1984-1989; CD3 from 1990-1997; CD4 from 1998-2007; and CD5 has live rarities from all time periods. This box set is designed to be a companion piece to the earlier Peel Sessions box set.