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In 1996, before the Fall released The Light User Syndrome on Jet, Receiver, a subsidiary of the label (and of Trojan) gained access to a slew of unreleased and rare Fall tracks and began doling them out across a series of CDs. Sinister Waltz was the first of a trio that included Fiend With a Violin and Oswald Defence Lawyer. All three are marked with shoddy packaging, useless liner notes, and a complete lack of documentation. Are these live recordings (if so, when?), demos, or outtakes? At least this first compilation offers some rarities: a cover of Jeff Lynne's "Birthday" (of all things) and the Shift Work-era B-sides "Blood Outta Stone," "The Knight, the Devil, and Death" (an instrumental), and "Pumpkin Head Escapes." Best of the lot is "Arid Al's Dream," a lost Fall song that only appeared in an issue of the CD magazine Volume. In it Smith ruminates over his interest in "prepsycognition" through a tale of the sexually frustrated title character. An unnerving hoot of a song. The sound quality varies throughout, reaching its nadir in "Wings," which has all the hallmarks of a fan's tape recording.
© Ted Mills /TiVo
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The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
B. Smith, Composer, Writer - The Fall, Performance, MainArtist - M.E. Smith, Composer, Writer
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Mark E. Smith, Composer - Stephen Hanley, Composer - The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Jonathan More, Composer - Matt Black, Composer - Mark E. Smith, Composer - The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Monks, Composer - The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Simon Rogers, Composer - Mark E. Smith, Composer - Craig Scanlon, Composer - The Fall, Performance, MainArtist - Karl Burns, Composer - Brix Smith, Composer
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Mark E. Smith, Composer - Craig Scanlon, Composer - The Fall, Performance, MainArtist
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
In 1996, before the Fall released The Light User Syndrome on Jet, Receiver, a subsidiary of the label (and of Trojan) gained access to a slew of unreleased and rare Fall tracks and began doling them out across a series of CDs. Sinister Waltz was the first of a trio that included Fiend With a Violin and Oswald Defence Lawyer. All three are marked with shoddy packaging, useless liner notes, and a complete lack of documentation. Are these live recordings (if so, when?), demos, or outtakes? At least this first compilation offers some rarities: a cover of Jeff Lynne's "Birthday" (of all things) and the Shift Work-era B-sides "Blood Outta Stone," "The Knight, the Devil, and Death" (an instrumental), and "Pumpkin Head Escapes." Best of the lot is "Arid Al's Dream," a lost Fall song that only appeared in an issue of the CD magazine Volume. In it Smith ruminates over his interest in "prepsycognition" through a tale of the sexually frustrated title character. An unnerving hoot of a song. The sound quality varies throughout, reaching its nadir in "Wings," which has all the hallmarks of a fan's tape recording.
© Ted Mills /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:56
- Main artists: The Fall
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sanctuary Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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