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News for November 1997 - last u/date 1 Nov 97

Records

Two more Receiver releases:
Oxymoron: Oxymoron, PowderKeg, White Lines, Pearl City, Birmingham School of Business School, Hostile, Glam Racket, Italiano, He Pep, Rainmaster, Behind The Counter, Bill is Dead, ESP Disco, Interlude/Chilinism, Life Just Bounces. Release Date: 27-Oct-97
(From: Joe - Kard2000
White Lines is a an approximate three minute instrumental by smith/wolstencroft;
Italiano is another synth driven instrumental by MES three minutes or so;
ESP Disco is a live version of Psykick Dancehall)

Cheetham Hill: incl. Time Enough At Last, Free Range, Chiselers, Spinetrak, Oleano. Release Date: 24-Nov-97
 
 

Tours

Cork - Nov 5th
Dublin Mean Fiddler, Nov 6
Belfast Empire Music Hall, Nov 7
Manchester Sankey Soap Nov 13
19/11  newcastle
20/11  aberdeen
Edinburgh Venue, Nov 21 (also reported as 22nd)
Glasgow Garage, Nov 23
24/11  dundee
26/11  buckley
27/11  oxford
30/11  stoke
1/12  leeds
2/12  liverpool
4/12  portsmouth
Bristol Fleece and Firkin, Dec 3 (possibly now Bierkeller; possibly also on the 9th)
London Forum, Dec 5
Cambridge Junction Dec 7
8/12  norwich

Putative US tour has seemingly evaporated.

Dublin Mean Fiddler: 6705011 (0035316705011 from UK) or cheque by post (Mean Fiddler, 26 Wexford Street, Dublin 2)
Belfast gig: the phone number for credit card bookings at the Belfast Empire Music Hall is: 01232 249276
Glasgow Garage, tickets from Cathouse, Ripping Records or the QM,  phone 0870 601 0002
The Forum, Kentish Town, London: tickets 12 quid from 0171 344 0044 (credit card, probably booking fee).
Cambridge Junction 01223 511511
Bristol Bierkeller 926 8514
Stoke: The Stage, Hanley, Tickets £7.75 from Mike Lloyd Music, phone: 01782 207777
Manchester Sankeys: tickets 9.25 inc booking fee from 0161 832 1111

 

The Fall played Camden Dingwalls on Wed 24 September. Have a look at some pics on Gez' site at http://www.btinternet.com/~hmhb/dingwalls/ding1.htm.
Mark E. Smith played 333 Club, London EC1, Oct 10.
 
 

Band

MES' recent appearance in Diary of a Madman (sorry I arsed up the dates; it was on the 16th) on BBC2 has been Quicktimed by Graham Wilson at: http://www.geocities.com/soho/cafe/3207/mes2.mov 
 

Band at Dingwalls: Smith, Hanley, Burns, Nagle, Crooks

Line-up on Levitate:
MES:  vocals, keyboard
S. Hanley: bass
J. Nagle: keyboards, guitar, programming, arranging
S. Wolstencroft: Drums
K. Burns:  Drums
Andy Hackett: Guitar (ex-Rockingbirds?)
Tommy Crooks: Guitar

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