The Fall online - bibliography 1977-1979

bibliography updated 9 November 2005

This section of the Fall website would not exist without the heroic work of the mighty Steven Dean of Wellington, New Zealand, and Simon Ford, who very kindly sent me the bibliography he compiled for his excellent book Hip Priest: The Story of Mark E. Smith and the Fall.

If you have articles that aren't included here and have the time or the hardware, type 'em up or scan 'em in and send 'em to me at fallnews@gmail.com. Thanks!!

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Steve Dean's introduction to the first edition, ca. 1998:

"This is an, as yet, wildly inaccurate attempted bibliography of The Fall. Any information to clarify any of the "?''s would be greatly appreciated.

"Thanks to Arjan Plug, Mel, Steve Beeho, Jake Atkinson, Michael Flack, Mike Kelly, Tom Tomlinson (for odd snippets); Rich Kidd, Stefan Cooke and Graham Coleman (for detailed guest information), Rex Freeman (for the most generous sharing of an unbelievable archive of Fall materials) and DAVE J CARTER (for nearly 20 years of unprecedented dedication and supply of Fall stuffs to the initially cash-starved and then distance-challenged fuck-face 'ere). Steve Dean."

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1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006

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Part One: 1977 - 1979

date	pub	title	author	vol # / page(s)	notes
1977
77may14	Melody Maker	"New Wave Devolution: Manchester Waits for the World to Listen"	anon	p. 3
77jul09	Melody Maker	"Riding the New Wave"	anon	p. 38	mentions New Hormones and Rabid Records
77jul16	Sounds	"Heartbreakers / Buzzcocks / John Cooper Clark / The Fall: Vortex"	Angela Ripper	p. 48	gig review (London, July 4, 1977)
77jul30	NME	"They Mean It Ma-a-a-nchester: from the UK Roots"	Paul Morley	pp. 6-7
77aug06	Melody Maker	"Vortex: Hot Rail to Hell!"	Allan Jones	p. 3
77aug26-77sep22	New Manchester Review	"A Look Inside the Music Machine"	anon	no. 40, pp. 14-15
77oct15	Sounds	"Power Cut at the Electric Circus"	Jon Savage		reprinted in "Time Travel: from the Sex Pistols to Nirvana, Pop Media and Sexuality, 1977-96"
77oct22	Melody Maker	"United We Stand..."	Chris Brazier	pp. 44-46
77oct22	NME	"The Last Days of the Electric Circus"	Paul Morley	pp. 60-61	gig review (Manchester, Oct. 1-2, 1977)
77nov05	Melody Maker	"Out Racists, Out!"	Chris Brazier	p. 46
77nov19	Sounds	"Magazine: Love and Devotion"	Jon Savage	p. 40
77dec	Trick	"No Hip-ocrisy, No Clash Registers: The Fall, Band on the Wall, Manchester."	Mick Middles	in: TBLY no. 17, p. 16	reproduced in TBLY #17, p. 16
77dec03	NME	"Buzzcocks"	Tony Parsons	p. 37
77dec03	Sounds	The Fall, Manchester (reproduced in TBLY #13) (review of Band on the Wall gig, perhaps 77nov13)	Ian Brown	p. 44	gig review
77dec02-15	New Manchester Review	"Frank Confession"	anon	no. 46, p. 13
77dec10	NME	"The Fall: Katie's, Nottingham"	Malcolm Heyhoe	p. 55	gig review
77dec31	Melody Maker	"United They Fall"	Chris Brazier	p. 9
1977	Jolt	"Race Hatred"	Mark E. Smith		possibly lyrics to this early Fall song?

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date	pub	title	author	vol # / page(s)	notes
1978
78jan28	NME	"Cooper Clarke's in the Kitchen, Mixin' up the Medicine"	Steve Clark	pp. 7-8	possibly mentions the Fall?
78jan28	Sounds	"Tour News / Dates"		p. 5	on The Passage (with Tony Friel)
78feb/mar	Zig-Zag	"The Fall"	Danny Baker	no. 81, pp. 7-8, 38	interview, profile, gig review (Huddersfield Polytechnic, Jan. 13, 1978)
78spring	Temporary Hoarding	"Don't Believe All You Read: The Fall"	Kevin Eden, Ian Barnes, and Paul Eastham	no. 5
78mar18	NME	"Why the Fall Must Rise"	Malcolm Heyhoe	pp. 20-21	text version here
78mar24 - apr06	New Manchester Review	"The Fall: Avoiding the Straight Jacket"	Paul Eastham	p. 8
78apr08	Sounds	"The Fall Stumble into the Void"	Ian Wood	p. 26
78jun		Bingo Master's Breakout press release	Mark E. Smith	3 pp.
78jun03	Melody Maker	"Manchester: Riding the Second Wave"	Andrew Harries	p. 38, 53
78jun10	Sounds	"The Fall, Manchester"	Mick Middles	p. 52	gig review
78jun24	Sounds	"Conurbation Rock"	Jon Savage	p. 41	album review (Short Circuit)
78jul01	Melody Maker	"Circus Clowns"	Chris Brazier	p. 23	album review (Short Circuit)
78jul08	Sounds	"The Frantic Elevators / The Passage / Creation"	Ian Wood	p. 37	gig review
78jul22	Sounds	"The Future is Here Today: Anti-Nazi League / Rock Against Racism Festival, Manchester"	Ian Wood	p. 45	gig review
78jul22	NME	"Chaos and Concern"	Paul Morley	pp. 7-8	on the RAR Carnival in Manchester, mentions the Fall (who didn't play)
78jul22	NME	"Various: Short Circuit"	Adrian Thrills
78jul22	Sounds	"Fall Out"		p. 2
c. 78aug	Alternative Ulster	"The Fall"	Mark E. Smith	p. 8	announcement of Bingo Master's Breakout, new lineup. "The Fall - getting as predictable as a newsreader with fleas."
78aug12	Melody Maker	"Rise of Fall"	Colin Irwin	p. 18	review of Bingo Master's Break-out
78aug12	Sounds	"Bingo Master's Break-out"	Vivien Goldman	p. 35	single review
78aug19	NME	"Between Innocence and Forbidden Knowledge... Comes The Fall"	Ian Penman	pp. 7-8	interview, on Philip Johnson's site. Great photo!
78aug19	NME	"Bingo Master's Break-out"	Paul Rambali	p. 19	single review
78sep02	Sounds	"Penetration"	Gary Bushell	p. 37	gig review of Lyceum gig—The Fall supported Penetration on 20 August 1978.
78aug26	Melody Maker	"Fall-out Menace"	Allan Jones	p. 34
78aug26	NME	"Penetration Envy"	Adrian Thrills	p. 45
78aug26	NME	"These Are the Mancunian Mancunians?"	Paul Morley	p. 47	Band On The Wall gig review, not of The Fall but of The Passage, The Elite, and Spherical Objects
78sep02	Melody Maker	news section	The Raver	p. 3	on Una Baines leaving
78sep09	Sounds	"John Cooper Clarke"	Gary Bushell	pp. 23-25	mentions the Fall?
78sep16	NME	"The Fall, Marquee, London"	Paul Morley	p. 50	reproduced in TBLY, #17, p. 16
78oct07	NME	"Chelsea, The Fall, Snivelling Shits"	Ian Penman	p. 48	gig review
78nov04	Sounds	"The Last Great Band not in Captivitiy"	Dave McCullough	pp. 14-15
78nov11	NME	"This Year's Esperanto"	Nick Kent	pp. 7-8	on John Cooper Clarke with mention of Kay Carroll
78nov15	NME	"The Fall: It's the New Thing"	Ian Penman	p. 31	single review
78nov18	Melody Maker	"The Fall: It's the New Thing"	Ian Birch	p. 17	single review
78nov18	Melody Maker	"A New Career in a New Town"	Oliver Lowenstein	p. 43	interview / profile
78nov18	Record Mirror	"The Fall: It's the New Thing"	Chris Westwood	p. 10	single review
78dec	Zig-Zag	"If I Had a Time Machine I'd Go to a Worst Gig"	A.M. Waring-Hushpuppies	no. 90, p. 29	gig review
78dec16	Sounds	"Here and Now / The Fall / Danny and the Dressmakers / Wilful Damage"	Mick Middles	p. 30	gig review, Bolton Technical College, Monday, December 4, 1978

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date	pub	title	author	vol # / page(s)	notes
1979
79 (early)	Alternative Ulster	"Mark Smith Writes"	Mark E. Smith	#9, p. 14
79jan12-79jan25	New Manchester Review	"An Experimental Sore Thumb"	Ian Wood	p. 8	mentions the Fall?
79jan13	NME	"A Guided Tour of Here and Now"	Graham Lock	pp. 16-17	mentions the Fall?
79jan13	Sounds	"The Fall"		p. 3	?
79 ca. feb	City Fun	"The Fall: Bowden Vale Social Club"	Andy Zero		gig review: Bowden Vale, Altrincham, Feb. 14, 1979
79feb	There Go Those Martian Martians	"Interview"	The Fall		reproduced in TBLY #18
79mar03	Sounds	"Jaws"		p. 9	on the Generation X gig at the Lyceum, London (Feb. 25, 1979)
79mar10	NME	"Generation X, Lyceum"	Harry George	p. 50	review of the Generation X gig at the Lyceum, London (Feb. 25, 1979)
ca. 79mar17	Record Mirror	"The Fall: London Nashville"	Chris Westwood		gig review (Nashville, London, March 1, 1979)
79mar17	Sounds	"Psychotic Awareness - It's the New Thing"	Dave McCullough	p. 55	gig review (Nashville, London)
79mar24	Melody Maker	"The Fall: Exposing Contraditions"	Allan Jones	p. 32	album review: Live at the Witch Trials
79mar24	NME	"The Fall Land on Their Feet"	Graham Lock	p. 37	album review: Live at the Witch Trials
79mar24	NME	"The Fall, Warrington"	Ian Wood	p. 49	review of Carlton Club, Warrington (Feb. 26, 1979)
79mar24	Sounds	"Music for the Man Who Has Everything (and Wants It All on One Album"	Dave McCullough	p. 32	album review: Live at the Witch Trials
79mar31	NME	"Coping with the 80s: Mekons / The Fall / Human League / Gang of Four / Stiff Little Fingers"	Charles Shaar Murray	p. 41	gig review (Lyceum, London, March 25, 1979)
79mar31	Record Mirror	"The Fall Staying Ahead"	Chris Westwood		album review: Live at the Witch Trials
79mar31	Sounds	"Future Now"	Gary Bushell	p. 44	gig review (Lyceum, London, March 25, 1979)
79apr07	NME	"Stopping, Starting, and Falling all over again"	Graham Lock	pp. 7, 8, 40	reprinted in NME Originals #2 (the "Punk" issue), summer 2002, page 116 and page 117.
79apr21	Sounds	"The Famous Five Fight On: The Fall and Rise of Original Persons"	Dave McCullough	pp. 20-21	page 20; page 21
79apr28	Sounds	"The Fall, York"	Pete Scott	p. 56	review of the Pop Club,York gig (March 21, 1979)
79may05	Sounds	"Short Fall"		p. 2	snippet about band lineup changes (Bramah leaves)
79may09	Aberdeen Evening Express		Brian Aitken and Kevin Knight		LATWT review and preview of Aberdeen gig that night. "The Fall: lacking in humour, but undoubtedly punk."
ca. 79jun	Harsh Reality	"The Fall: Interview with New Drummer, Mike Leigh" and "The Gig that Night with the Synix, Transmitters, Dolly Mixtures (sic) and The Use (sic)"		no. 3	interview with Mike Leigh and gig review (Cambridge Corn Exchange, May 26, 1979)
79july	Step Forward label	Press release for Rowche Rumble
79jul28	Melody Maker	"The Fall / Echo and the Bunnymen, Factory, Manchester"	Steve Redmond	p. 23	gig review, Factory, Manchester, July 20, 1979
79jul28	Sounds	"The White Crap that Talks Back: The Fall, Rochdale"	Mick Middles	p. 54	gig review, Rochdale Technical College, Saturday, July 7, 1979
79aug04	Sounds	"Stuff the Superstars Special, Manchester"	Dave McCullough	p. 45	review of the festival, Saturday, July 28, 1979). Elsewhere in issue (I think), an item on Yvonne Pawlett leaving
79aug11	Melody Maker	"Rowche Rumble"	Ian Birch	p. 18	single review: Rowche Rumble
79aug11	Sounds	"Truth, Justice, and the Mancunian Way"	Mick Middles	pp. 18-19
79aug11	Sounds	"Rowche Rumble" (single of the week)	Dave McCullough	p. 31	single review: Rowche Rumble
79aug18	Melody Maker	"Deeply Humbled"	Steve Redmond	p. 32
79aug18	NME	"Champagne 'n' Valium"	John Hamblett	p. 21	single review: Rowche Rumble
79sep22	Sounds	"The Boot Boys Are Back in Town"	Gary Bushell	p. 20	mentions the Fall?
79oct	Slash	"The Fall (Rowche Rumble / In My Area) Step Forward Import"	Kick (aka Claude Bessy)	vol. 2, no. 9, p. 36	single review: Rowche Rumble
79nov	Jamming		Tony Fletcher	#9	MES & Marc Riley interview, conducted in September 1979
79nov	NME	Dragnet ad
79nov	Step Forward	Dragnet press release	R. Totale XVII
79nov10	NME	"Cryptic"	Paul du Noyer	p. 41	album review: Dragnet
79nov10	Sounds	"Sounds of Reality"	Dave McCullough	p. 43
79nov17	Melody Maker	"Falling into the Eighties"	Allan Jones	p. 27	album review: Dragnet
79nov17	Melody Maker	"The Fall, Eric's, Liverpool"	Penny Kiley	p. 37	gig review (Liverpool, Nov. 8, 1979)
79nov24	NME	"Uneasy Passage"		p. 3
79nov30 - 79dec13	New Manchester Review	"Rock"	Bob Dickinson	p. 24	on Friel leaving the Passage
79dec01	Sounds	"Messages of Nihilism to Post-Punk Mutants: The Fall, Retford"	Pete Scott	p. 53	gig review: Retford Porterhouse, Nov.16, 1979
79dec05	Variety	"Buzzcocks, Fall, Sports"	Kirb	p. 68	review of one of the US gigs
79 (late) or 80 (early)	Vsign	MES interview		#2	fanzine based in Stevenage, Herts.

to part two: 1980 - 1984