Oh! The Fall John Peel Sessions box set! OH! you guys.

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Well, its more I don't think Dawn would enjoy it, and Amber and Alice would be too young to. Although Alice quite liked "Bat Chain Puller" the other day.

Plus, having it as the "CD de jour" for drives to and from work eases the task somewhat!

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 12 May 2005 08:18 (nineteen years ago) link

ah yes, i see. my occasional attempts to get mrs f to share my enthusiasm were met with a variety of responses ranging from blank incomprehension ("it's some CDs in a brown box, how nice") to bafflement ("what did he say? 'people jumping up and down/then they had the panel on'? why are you lauging and repeatedly using the word 'genius'?") to undisguised misery ("i'm leaving you unless you listen to it on headphones now").

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 12 May 2005 08:30 (nineteen years ago) link

Plus, having it as the "CD de jour" for drives to and from work eases the task somewhat!

The task being driving to work, not listening to the Fall, which is not a task but a pleasure. But you knew that, right?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 12 May 2005 09:19 (nineteen years ago) link

The A-sides comp 84-88 (?) is a nice gentle introduction, I think.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 12 May 2005 09:56 (nineteen years ago) link

458489? one of the first CDs i ever got, that. and now my mate norm has it and won't give it back. long, tedious story.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 12 May 2005 09:57 (nineteen years ago) link

there was a double-disc B-sides comp too, wasn't there? which fucking ruled too.

hmm, i'm guessing these are still in print ...

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 12 May 2005 09:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Just saw the BBC documentary from a month or so back, with great footage of Session 24, MES laying the lyrics down while banging autistically on a cymbal. Is it just me or are those last five tracks as white hot as anything in the box?

If the forthcoming (September!) LP sounds anything like this I've already got my album of the year.

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 15:46 (nineteen years ago) link

Finally got my copy this morning from Piccadilly records in Manchester.

Awww. What a fucking good thing.

My wife has spent the last 11 years being forced to listen to the greatest band in the history of the world, even she was excited at this.

I now have over 80 cds of The fall, even all the dodgy compilations but this is...breathtaking. I have about half the sessions on tape but the joy of hearing them like this is difficult to put into words really, I won't even try...

― Kris England., Sunday, 29 May 2005 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Nice long review of this by Douglas Wolk in The Believer:

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200506/article_wolk.php

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 3 June 2005 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link

That's fantastic Doug!!

I have not had enough time with this box yet, but two highlights thus far the stadium rock version of Australians In Europe and 2004's absolutely wonderful Blindness, proof that they can still do....whatever it is they do.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 3 June 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link

American release on Tuesday (at long goddamn last).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 June 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Amazon is now saying that the release date is back tgo June 28th. Barnes and Noble's website confirms that date. Agh!

― paul c (paul c), Monday, 6 June 2005 21:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm listening to it now. Got it three weeks ago. It's something.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Monday, 6 June 2005 21:27 (nineteen years ago) link

*cries in jealousy* The longer the push back date is the more frustrated I get! Grr!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 June 2005 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't want to read that Wolk article because it will make me want to buy the damn thing, which will inevitably lead to a fistfight between me and my wallet.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Monday, 6 June 2005 21:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Fall Box Set Vs. Phone Bill - FITE!

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 6 June 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Thanks for the review link. Bravo.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 08:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Great review DWolk. On amazon and others, the box is listed as a "limited edition". But the sanctuary records listing mentions no such thing.

True/False ?

― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link

the deluxe edition of hex enduction hour came out in the states today.

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link

At long last, this is mine. I am a happy Ned.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 18 June 2005 20:04 (nineteen years ago) link

I want it too...did it come out in the US already?

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Saturday, 18 June 2005 20:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Not sure -- my copy I picked up at Amoeba, had an import sticker on it but the price was $45, which I thought pretty reasonable for a 6 CD set in general. Mind you, it was even more reasonable because I didn't pay for it at all, having store credit. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 18 June 2005 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Does anyone have it on slsk?
or know where to get it as a torrent?

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Thursday, 23 June 2005 00:44 (nineteen years ago) link

That'll be one massive torrent!

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 23 June 2005 07:19 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah...

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Thursday, 23 June 2005 21:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Just got it and it couldn't be better.

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Friday, 24 June 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link

I just picked it up, and I cried.

― donut e-g (donut), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 04:17 (nineteen years ago) link

*good thoughts*

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 04:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, I think it's out in the US this week. I'm going to try and pick it up tomorrow!

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 07:41 (nineteen years ago) link

four weeks pass...

THERE IS SO MUCH THE FALL OMG IT JUST KEEPS GOING

― Jimmy Mod Is Sick of Being The Best At Everything (ModJ), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 02:57 (eighteen years ago) link

I picked this up (in US). accidentally got the box wet. ugh. avoid.

― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm tempted to get this, but in my heart of hearts I know I'd rarely ever need to listen to that much Fall. It's enough for me to occasionally pull out the Slates EP and give it a spin - that seems like the ideal Fall record, just the right dose and only high-quality stuff. The 50,000 Fall Fans 2-disc set is a great bargain, but a bit too much to chew in one sitting.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link

ILM Fall fanaticism always puts me in mind to explore more of the band’s output for a good few hours after reading it...then my attention wanders. But this set sounds like it must be the best thing since sliced bread.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 16:02 (eighteen years ago) link

i was talking about it earlier to a very sceptical colleague who couldn't understand why it was a good idea. by the end of the argument (which really did consist of me saying little more than "but it's the fucking FALL, man!" a lot) i think i'd convinced him.

they're the fucking FALL. look upon their works, ye mateys, and tremble.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

I've been meaning to pick this up...record shop or via internet.

What's the cheapest you have seen it for sale? I'm just curious.

― van der who (van smack), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 23:43 (eighteen years ago) link

it's all about the o.
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD_ID=1512303&cid=25608&fp=F

― and I can walk out into the world, singing with my people (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link

That's a great price!

― van der who (van smack), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 00:00 (eighteen years ago) link

only $1 for shipping!

― and I can walk out into the world, singing with my people (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 00:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, I never thought of using overstock. ONE DOLLAR shipping!

― van der who (van smack), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 00:15 (eighteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Not a patch on Douglas's piece of course, but my thoughts.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link

this is an AMAZING picture:

http://www.seattleweekly.com/graphics/features/0536/050907_music_fall.jpg

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 01:28 (eighteen years ago) link

from the inside of the booklet

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 02:18 (eighteen years ago) link

that was taken at his 60th biirthday gig when house of love, wedding present and the fall all played. there are various other versions with different combinations of people stood around him and on the stairs behind him, one of which was an nme cover the week after.

― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 10:37 (eighteen years ago) link

... 50th birthday surely?

― Raymond Douglas Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 10:41 (eighteen years ago) link

They played both 50th and 60th.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link

But the photo above is from the 50th celebrations

― Raymond Douglas Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 11:37 (eighteen years ago) link

two months pass...

What the?

Is it just me, or does the cover picture (not the commentary text, the cover pic itself) of "50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong" in the back of the booklet (page 41 or 42, I think) say something subtly different?

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 12:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Go on, check it out, it's true! (page 41 of the Peel Sessions box set booklet)

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link

ha! still, better than "5".

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 23:43 (eighteen years ago) link

I heard there was a "domestic version" (US) out now that's a good $30 cheaper than before...any word on this?

― Miked, Wednesday, 30 November 2005 02:24 (eighteen years ago) link

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