Sunday, 19 January 1992 John Peel Session #15 (broadcast Saturday, 15 February)
Free Range / Return / Kimble / Immortality
Mark E. Smith - vocals; Craig Scanlon - guitar, backing vocals; Steve Hanley - bass; Dave Bush - keyboards; Simon Wolstencroft - drums. Produced by Dale Griffin, engineered by Mike Engles & James Birtwistle, recorded in Maida Vale 3.
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March 1992 : "Code: Selfish" LP & "Free Range / Return / Dangerous / Everything Hurtz" singles released
UK : ca. 14 - 30 March
Saturday, 14 March 1992 Patti Pavilion, Swansea
No tape exists?
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Sunday, 15 March 1992 Nottingham Polytechnic
Time Enough at Last / Blood Outta Stone / Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / Immortality / High Tension Line / Married, 2 Kids / Big New Prinz / Pittsville Direkt / Return / Everything Hurtz / The Birmingham School of Business School / Edinburgh Man / And Therein / The War Against Intelligence
Released by Voiceprint/Cog Sinister in November 1998.
- "It's a bit like James (...)." (before "Free Range")
- "It pays to talk to no-one, as you already know. No-one!" (amended lyrics to "Free Range")
- "I'm the one who cares for you, Dave." (more amended lyrics to "Free Range")
- "I'm already fed up with this, it sounds like Italian disco, let's wrap it up .... Rhinestone. Rhinestone Cowboy." (during Immortality)
- "Fresh vegetables." (before "Pittsville Direkt")
- "Boarding now for Pittsville Direkt, to get away from the support act, who Craig, the guitarist, wants to join."
- "What are they doing in 230 Park West, where they've got those masks on? I do not understand." (amended lyrics to "Pittsville Direkt")
- "I'll act like Iron Maiden and Guns'n'Roses. I'll go to Nottingham and play the Rock City." (amended lyrics to "Return")
- "I've got the disease Tinnitus because of a moaning guy called Ed." (amended lyrics to "Everything Hurtz")
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Monday, 16 March 1992 Leicester Polytechnic
Time Enough at Last / Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / Blood Outta Stone / Everything Hurtz / Gentlemen's Agreement / Married, 2 Kids / Big New Prinz / Edinburgh Man / Return / Shift-Work / The Birmingham School of Business School / So What About It (tape) / Dead Beat Descendant / High Tension Line / White Lightning / Mr. Pharmacist
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Tuesday, 17 March 1992 The Whiteley, Stafford Polytechnic
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Wednesday, 18 March 1992 Manchester Academy
And Therein / Blood Outta Stone / Time Enough at Last / Free Range / Idiot Joy Showland / Everything Hurtz / Gentlemen’s Agreement / Edinburgh Man / So-Called Dangerous / Return / New Big Prinz / The War Against Intelligence / Shift-work / Married: Two Kids / The Birmingham School of Business School / High Tension Line / Deadbeat Descendent // Immortality / Hey! Marc Riley
Thanks to Stu for the ticket.
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Friday, 20 March 1992 Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow
No tape exists? Thanks to Declan for the poster and ticket:
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Saturday, 21 March 1992 Newcastle Polytechnic Students Union, Newcastle
No tape exists? Thanks to Mark for the ticket, which appears not to be for this gig in Newcastle despite the handwritten date top-right. (Neil says it was at City Hall., whereas Dan has confirmed it took place the Polytechnic, and that The Ukrainians played at Riverside on this date.)
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Tuesday, 24 March 1992 Haigh Building, Liverpool Polytechnic
No tape exists?
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Wednesday, 25 March 1992 Bradford University
Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / Time Enough at Last / Blood Outta Stone / Mr. Pharmacist / Gentlemen's Agreement / Married, 2 Kids / Edinburgh Man / Big New Prinz / Return / The Birmingham School of Business School / White Lightning / Deadbeat Descendant / Shift-Work
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Thursday, 26 March 1992 Sheffield Polytechnic
And Therein / Time Enough at Last / Everything Hurtz / Blood Outta Stone / Free Range / Idiot Joy Showland / Mr. Pharmacist / Gentlemen's Agreement / Married, 2 Kids / So-Called Dangerous / Big New Prinz / Return / The War Against Intelligence / The Birmingham School of Business School / High Tension Line / White Lightning / Edinburgh Man
Thanks to Denzil Watson for the setlist and David Humphries for the ticket.
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Friday, 27 March 1992 Wolverhampton
No tape exists?
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Sunday, 29 March 1992 Brixton Academy, London
Everything Hurtz / Time Enough at Last / Idiot Joy Showland / Blood Outta Stone / Free Range / Return / Married, 2 Kids / Gentlemen's Agreement / And Therein / Big New Prinz / Mr. Pharmacist / The War Against Intelligence / Pittsville Direkt / Deadbeat Descendant / The Birmingham School of Business School / So-Called Dangerous / Edinburgh Man / High Tension Line
Glam Racket lyrics in Deadbeat Descendant
- "Proliferating across the Earth... smart-alecs, like myself." (amended lyrics to "Free Range")
- "More frightening than 'Gone With The Wind'." (before "The Birmingham School of Business School")
- "Goodnight, my fucking head hurts."
Thanks to Graeme for the ticket
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Monday, 30 March 1992 Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Time Enough at Last / Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / The Mixer / Blood Outta Stone / Mr. Pharmacist / Married, 2 Kids / Gentlemen's Agreement / Big New Prinz / Return / And Therein / Edinburgh Man / The Birmingham School of Business School / White Lightning / Deadbeat Descendant / High Tension Line
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Tuesday, 21 April 1992 Waterfront, Norwich (BBC Sound City)
And Therein / Blood Outta Stone / Time Enough at Last / Free Range / Idiot Joy Showland / Gentlemen's Agreement / Edinburgh Man
Broadcast on BBC Radio 1
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Friday, 8 May 1992 City Hall, Glasgow
Everything Hurtz / Time Enough at Last / Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / Return / Married, 2 Kids / U.S. 80's-90's / Gentlemen's Agreement / Ed's Babe / Mr. Pharmacist / Big New Prinz / The Birmingham School of Business School / The War Against Intelligence / Deadbeat Descendant / Pittsville Direkt / White Lightning
- "Good evening, we are The Fall. One! Bank Holiday in Britain!"(before "Everything Hurtz")
With the unsigned Suede supporting. Thaks to Grant for the ticket:
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Tuesday, 19 May 1992 Town and Country, London
A Lot of Wind / Blood Outta Stone / Idiot Joy Showland / Time Enough at Last / Free Range / Ed's Babe / Return / U.S. 80's-90's / Gentlemen's Agreement / Everything Hurtz / Mr. Pharmacist / Big New Prinz / The Birmingham School of Business School / Edinburgh Man / Deadbeat Descendant / High Tension Line
Thanks to Martin for the ticket.
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Wednesday, 20 May 1992 Event, Brighton
A Lot of Wind / Blood Outta Stone / Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / Ed's Babe / Return / Hit the North / Gentlemen's Agreement / Everything Hurtz / Mr. Pharmacist / Time Enough at Last / Big New Prinz / The Birmingham School of Business School / Deadbeat Descendant / U.S. 80's-90's / White Lightning
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Belgium / The Netherlands / Germany : ca. 23 May - 12 June
Saturday, 23 May 1992 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Time Enough at Last / Blood Outta Stone / Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / Return / Ed's Babe / Hit the North / Gentlemen's Agreement / Edinburgh Man / U.S. 80's-90's / Mr. Pharmacist / Everything Hurtz / Big New Prinz / The Birmingham School of Business School / Deadbeat Descendant / White Lightning / High Tension Line / Pittsville Direkt
Thanks to Xavier Shamp for the poster and ticket.
- "Every second and third word: Europa. Brussels! Sprouts! Waaah! Shout! Every Moldavia... what is this? One, two, three... he's forgotten the lyrics again." (during "Free Range")
- "(...). The band and the group, too much to eat. Babe, rolled like a joint." (amended lyrics to "Ed's Babe")
- "No beer, cigarettes, slam, no gin, no (...). He's improvising here. Only the Town And Country and a large... know this, know that, like Bank Holiday in England. No fucking wonder there's a recession. Hup!" (amended lyrics to "U.S. 80s-90s")
- "Welcome to the U.S. 1990s. A very important political statement." (more amended lyrics to "U.S. 80s-90s")
- "No, skip it. Let's do 'Birmingham'. Do 'Birmingham'." (before "The Birmingham School of Business School")
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Sunday, 24 May 1992 Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
No tape exists?
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Monday, 25 May 1992 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thanks to Lutek for the setlist
Two Face / Idiot Joy Showland / Time Enough at Last / Everything Hurtz / Free Range / U.S. 80s-90s / Hit the North / Blood Outta Stone / Gentlemen's Agreement / The War Against Intelligence / Ed's Babe / Big New Prinz / Return / The Birmingham School of Business School // Edinburgh Man / Mr. Pharmacist
- "Well, that was the (live?) version of the new INXS video. We are the English INXS." (after Time Enough at Last)
- "No beer, no cigarettes, no cheese, no cripples, no bands, no tomatoes, no potatoes." (amended lyrics to "U.S. 80s-90s")
- "Welcome to the U.S. 2000 and... that's the last lyric!" (amended lyrics to "U.S. 80s-90s")
- "Let this be a warning to you." (during "Mr. Pharmacist")
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Wednesday, 27 May 1992 Barcelona, Spain
No tape exists?
Also have Valencia down for this date but it was probably the day before or after.
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Saturday, 30 May 1992 The Revolver Club, Madrid, Spain
No tape exists? Many thanks to Sean O'Driscoll for sending in his ticket and comment:
It was one of the very few times that The Fall played in Madrid. It was in a small club called 'The Revolver' that no longer exists. Curiously it was a gig that the audience were able to get access to on the Saturday 29th May evening, but there was a midnight start, so the date is listed as the 30th. It was Steve Hanley's birthday & I have it on good authority that he was dancing afterwards in the after-show party.
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Wednesday, 3 June 1992 Fri-Son, Fribourg, Switzerland
No tape exists even though the gig was broadcast live on Swiss radio station Couleur 3? Thanks to Dannyno for the preview and listing.
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Thursday, 4 June 1992 Theaterfabrik, Munich, Germany
No tape exists?
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Friday, 5 June 1992 Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
Two-Face / Time Enough at Last / Blood Outta Stone / Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / Everything Hurtz / Hit the North / So-Called Dangerous / Gentlemen's Agreement / U.S. 80s-90s / Mr. Pharmacist / Return / Big New Prinz / The Birmingham School of Business School / And Therein / Deadbeat Descendent / High Tension Line / White Lightning
Thanks to Lutz for the ticket.
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Monday, 8 June 1992 Huxley's Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
Two-Face / Time Enough at Last / Free Range / Everything Hurtz / Gentlemen's Agreement / U.S. 80's-90's / So-Called Dangerous / Idiot Joy Showland / Edinburgh Man / Blood Outta Stone / Return / Big New Prinz / Ed's Babe / The Birmingham School of Business School // And Therein / Dead Beat Descendant // Pittsville Direkt
Some lass provides brief backing vocals on "Ed's Babe"? - "Come to me, all ye that would take the top off the vocals, and I will give you hurts!" (amended lyrics to "Everything Hurtz")
- "'Best song I have ever heard': Stephen King. Better than 'Gone With The Wind'." (amended lyrics to "U.S. 80s-90s")
- "It's wintertime and I've just cursed my luck. Hoping and wishing to land up under a car." (amended lyrics to "Edinburgh Man")
- "And if you got rid of the drum rolls... blood into stone!" (amended lyrics to "Blood Outta Stone")
- "Laughing stock of Europeans. And I am singing kind of like E.L.O." (amended lyrics to "The Birmingham School of Business School")
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Tuesday, 9 June 1992 Easy-Schorre, Halle, Germany
No tape exists? Thanks to Matthias for the ticket.
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Wednesday, 10 June 1992 Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
No tape exists?
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Thursday, 11 June 1992 Komm, Nuernberg, Germany
No tape exists? Thanks to Jörn Heinemann for the ticket.
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Friday, 12 June 1992 Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
Thanks to Olli for the setlist
Two-Face / Idiot Joy Showland / Time Enough at Last / Free Range / Blood Outta Stone / Everything Hurtz / So-Called Dangerous / U.S. 80's-90's / Big New Prinz / Return / Mr. Pharmacist / Immortality / The Birmingham School of Business School
No tape exists?
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22 June : "Ed's Babe / Pumpkin Head Xscapes / The Knight, the Devil and Death / Free Ranger" EP released
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Wednesday, 24 June 1992 Tivoli, Buckley (?)
The only evidence of this gig and the next day's in Liverpool comes from the above flyer sent in by Marc Jones. Did anyone go?
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Thursday, 25 June 1992 Krazy House, Liverpool (?)
See note above.
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Saturday, 27 June 1992 Glastonbury Festival
Two Face / Time Enough at Last / Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / Everything Hurtz / Gentlemen's Agreement / So-Called Dangerous / U.S. 80's-90's / Ed's Babe / Mr. Pharmacist / Big New Prinz / The Birmingham School of Business School
- "Good afternoon, we are The Fall."
- "Wilkommen to your favourite friend, my Glastonbury muckers." (during "U.S. 80s-90s")
- "Hey Mr. Pharmacist, can you help? Send me on a lovely keg." (amended lyrics to "Mr. Pharmacist")
- "OK, so we've been banned from fucking Glastonbury for ten years and they invited us back and we're supporting the Levellers. Marvellous, in't it? The Police are coming out as well, in a minute." (before "The Birmingham School of Business School")
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Saturday, 25 July 1992 Slough Festival, Upton Court Park, Slough
The Birmingham School of Business School / Time Enough at Last / Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / Everything Hurtz / Gentlemen's Agreement / U.S. 80's-90's / Big New Prinz / Ed's Babe / Mr. Pharmacist / Return / Telephone Thing / Pittsville Direkt / Deadbeat Descendant
Thanks to Pete Conkerton for the flyer.
- "Welcome to the security conscious 2000 1990s. No beer, no brains, what do you expect when (...) portaphones?" (amended lyrics to "U.S. 80s-90s")
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Monday, 3 August 1992 Pyramid Centre, Portsmouth
Time Enough at Last / Idiot Joy Showland / Free Range / Everything Hurtz / Married, 2 Kids / Gentlemen's Agreement / Strychnine / Telephone Thing / U.S. 80s-90s / Big New Prinz / Ed's Babe / Pittsville Direkt / The War Against Intelligence / The Birmingham School of Business School // Return / Dead Beat Descendant
Before "Time Enough at Last" there's a brief snippet of an instrumental that used to prefix "Carry Bag Man" (e.g. at "Off Beat Night" in Munich (14 February 1989). Thanks to John Tugby for the listing.
- "Proliferating across the Earth... he's so bloody daft, he can't remember the lyric! Grudge match! Hup!" (during "Free Range")
- "Horse shit! (Of sewerage)! Jimmy Nail!" (amended lyrics to "Dead Beat Descendant")
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Tuesday, 15 September 1992 Ritz, Manchester
Return / Married, 2 Kids / Pittsville Direkt / Strychnine / Free Range / Gentlemen's Agreement / Ed's Babe / Big New Prinz / Time Enough at Last / Life Just Bounces / Everything Hurtz / Zagreb / Idiot Joy Showland / The Birmingham School of Business School / U.S. 80's-90's
Thanks to TravisBickle for the video.
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Tuesday, 22 September 1992 Town and Country, London
Edinburgh Man / Two Face / High Tension Line / Gentleman's Agreement / Everything Hurtz / Free Range / Time Enough at Last / Strychnine / Zagreb / Return / Pittsville Direkt / Idiot Joy Showland / Life Just Bounces / Birmingham School of Business School // Married, Two Kids / U.S. 80's-90's // Ed's Babe
No tape exists? (Peter wrote down songs at gig.) Thanks to Maurice for the ticket and Tamir Noam for the setlist.
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Saturday, 3 October 1992 Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Edinburgh Man / Ladybird (Green Grass) / Zagreb / Free Range / Strychnine / Time Enough at Last / Hit the North / Shift-Work / Just Waiting / Big New Prinz / Everything Hurtz / Life Just Bounces / The Birmingham School of Business School / I'm Going To Spain // U.S. 80's-90's / White Lightning // Ed's Babe // Two-Face!
- "(...) the green light. A moving scenario involving six idiots. That's the crew, by the way." (during "Time Enough at Last")
- "You cannot legislate against wrongful encouragement." (before "Shiftwork")
- "Curfew (...)." (before "Ed's Babe")
- "And they were after (...)." (before "Two-Face!")
Thanks to Barry Reilly for the flyer, Ashley Haynes for the ticke, and Jake Atkinson for the setlist.
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Thursday, 15 October 1992 Milos Club, Salonica, Greece
No tape exists? Thanks to George Kritharidis for the ticket.
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Friday, 16 October 1992 Rodon Club, Athens, Greece
No tape exists?
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Saturday, 17 October 1992 Rodon Club, Athens, Greece
No tape exists?
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Thursday, 19 November 1992 Town Hall, Birmingham
Return / Zagreb / Free Range / The League of Bald-headed Men / Pittsville Direkt / Hit the North / Edinburgh Man / Paranoid Man in a Cheap Shit Room / Ed's Babe / Big New Prinz / Gentlemen's Agreement / Everything Hurtz / Shift-Work / U.S. 80s-90s // Time Enough at Last / Strychnine
John: "MES also made a comment to some blokes at the front with an inflatable doll. Something about it not being a Smiths gig. Cabaret Voltaire and The Wendys supported."
Richard Harvey: "The "We're not the Smiths" comment came after the flowers in the flower baskets that decorated the front of the stage, were up-rooted and thrown onto the stage. Whoever thought it was a good idea to have potted plants at a fall gig must have been mad, but I seem to recall the Town Hall at that time was mostly used for classical concerts."
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Friday, 18 December 1992 Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow
Idiot Joy Showland / Ladybird (Green Grass) / Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room / Free Range / Bill Is Dead / Hit the North / The League of Bald-headed Men / Return / Edinburgh Man / Glam Racket / Gentlemen's Agreement / Strychnine / The Birmingham School of Business School / U.S. 80s-90s