The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004

The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004
Box set by The Fall
Released 2005
Recorded 1978–2004
Genre Post-punk
Length 7:04:24
Label Castle Music
Producer various
The Fall chronology
Interim
(2004)		 The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004
(2005)		 Fall Heads Roll
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Mojo [2]
Pitchfork Media (9.3/10) [3]
The Sunday Times [4]

The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 is a 6 CD compilation album released by British avant-rock band The Fall in 2005. It comprises all 24 sessions the group recorded for the late John Peel's radio show. Peel was a fervent supporter of the group from early in their career, and The Fall recorded more sessions for Peel's programmes than any other artist. The set was in the process of being compiled when Peel died in October 2004. The set charts almost all of the group's musical phases up until 2004, and was met with some of the most positive reviews of their career. The set prompted Mojo magazine to present Mark E. Smith, the group's sole constant, with their "Catalogue Release of the Year" award (beating releases from The Clash, Jeff Buckley, The Mamas & the Papas, The Kinks and Jack Nitzsche[1]).

Contents

Tracklisting and personnel

As the line-up tends to change from one session to the next, it shall be given after the details for each session rather than at the end of the article. To avoid repetition, once a member's role has been stated once, it shall not be given again unless there is a change or addition. After their first mention, each member will be referred to only by their initials, unless returning after an absence. Some tracks appear under different titles to their single/album incarnations. Although most differences are slight, the tracks are listed by the titles they were given at the relevant session.

Disc one

  1. "Futures and Pasts"
  2. "Mother-Sister!"
  3. "Rebellious Jukebox"
  4. "Industrial Estate"

Mark E. Smith - vocals, Martin Bramah - guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals, Yvonne Pawlett - keyboards, Karl Burns - drums, Steve Davis- congas

  1. "Put Away"
  2. "Mess of My"
  3. "No Xmas for John Quays"
  4. "Like to Blow"

MES, MB, YP, KB, Marc Riley - bass guitar

  1. "Container Drivers"
  2. "Jawbone and the Air-Rifle"
  3. "New Puritan"
  4. "New Face In Hell"

MES, Marc Riley - guitar, Craig Scanlon - guitar, Steve Hanley - bass guitar, Paul Hanley - drums.

  1. "Middlemass"
  2. "Lie Dream of a Casino Soul"
  3. "Hip Priest"
  4. "C'n'C - Hassle Schmuck"

MES, MR, CS, SH, PH, Dave Tucker - clarinet

Disc two

  1. "Deer Park"
  2. "Look, Know"
  3. "Winter"
  4. "Who Makes the Nazis?"

MES, Marc Riley - guitar, keyboards, CS, SH, PH.

  1. "Smile"
  2. "Garden"
  3. "Hexen Definitive - Strife Knot"
  4. "Eat Y'Self Fitter"

MES, CS, SH, PH, Karl Burns - drums.

  1. "Pat Trip Dispenser"
  2. "2 × 4"
  3. "Words of Expectation"
  4. "C.R.E.E.P."

MES, CS, SH, Brix Smith - guitar, vocals, Paul Hanley - drums, keyboards, Karl Burns - drums, bass guitar.

Disc three

  1. "Cruiser's Creek"
  2. "Couldn't Get Ahead"
  3. "Spoilt Victorian Child"
  4. "Gut Of The Quantifier"

MES, BS, CS, SH, KB, Simon Rogers - guitar, keyboards

  1. "L.A."
  2. "The Man Whose Head Expanded"
  3. "What You Need"
  4. "Faust Banana"

MES, BS, CS, SH, SR, KB.

  1. "Hot Aftershave Bop"
  2. "R.O.D."
  3. "Gross Chapel - GB Grenadiers"
  4. "US 80's-90's"

MES, BS, CS, SH, SR, Simon Wolstencroft - drums

  1. "Athlete Cured"
  2. "Australians In Europe"
  3. "Twister"
  4. "Guest Informant"

MES, BS, CS, SH, SR, SW.

Disc four

  1. "Deadbeat Descendant"
  2. "Cab It Up"
  3. "Squid Lord"
  4. "Kurious Oranj"

MES, BS, CS, SH, SW, Marcia Schofield - keyboards, vocals

  1. "Chicago Now"
  2. "Black Monk Theme"
  3. "Hilary"
  4. "Whizz Bang" (this track was not broadcast)

MES, CS, SH, MS, SW, Martin Bramah - guitar

  1. "The War Against Intelligence"
  2. "Idiot Joy Showland"
  3. "A Lot Of Wind"
  4. "The Mixer"

MES, CS, SH, SW, Kenny Brady - fiddle

  1. "Free Range"
  2. "Kimble"
  3. "Immortality"
  4. "Return"

MES, CS, SH, SW, Dave Bush - keyboards

Disc five

  1. "Ladybird (Green Grass)"
  2. "Strychnine"
  3. "Service"
  4. "Paranoia Man In Cheap Sh*t Room"

MES, CS, SH, DB, SW

  1. "M5"
  2. "Behind The Counter"
  3. "Reckoning"
  4. "Hey! Student"

MES, CS, SH, DB, SW

  1. "Glam Racket - Star"
  2. "Jingle Bell Rock", with substantially different lyrics to the original 1957 song
  3. "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"
  4. "Numb At The Lodge"

MES, CS, SH, DB, SW, Brix Smith - guitar, vocals, Karl Burns - drums

  1. "He Pep!"
  2. "Oleano"
  3. "Chilinist"
  4. "The City Never Sleeps"

MES, BS, SH, SW, KB, Julia Nagle - keyboards, Lucy Rimmer - vocals

  1. "D.I.Y. Meat"
  2. "Spinetrak"
  3. "Spencer"
  4. "Beatle Bones 'N' Smokin' Stones" (Captain Beefheart cover)

MES, BS, SH, SW, KB, JN

Disc six

  1. "Calendar"
  2. "Touch Senstive"
  3. "Masquerade"
  4. "Jungle Rock"

MES, Julia Nagle - guitar, keyboards, SH, KB

  1. "Bound Soul One"
  2. "Antidotes"
  3. "Shake-Off"
  4. "This Perfect Day"

MES, JN, Neville Wilding - guitar, Karen Leatham - bass guitar, keyboards, Tom Head - drums, Elspeth Hughes - special effects.

  1. "Theme From Sparta F.C."
  2. "Contraflow"
  3. "Groovin' With Mr Bloe - Green-Eyed Loco Man"
  4. "Mere Pseud Mag. Ed."

MES, Ben Pritchard - guitar, backing vocals, Jim Watts - bass guitar, backing vocals, Dave Milner - drums, backing vocals, Elena Poulou - keyboards, backing vocals.

  1. "Clasp Hands"
  2. "Blindness"
  3. "What About Us?"
  4. "Wrong Place, Right Time"/"I Can Hear The Grass Grow"

MES, BP, EP, Jim Watts - guitar, bass guitar, Steve Trafford - bass guitar, Spencer Birtwistle - drums, Ed Blaney - guitar, vocals

  1. "Job Search" - recorded during Session 24 but not broadcast. It was pressed onto an acetate (coupled with a similarly exclusive track by Half Man Half Biscuit) and given to John Peel for his 65th Birthday on 31 August 2004. Peel played the track on air that night, making it the final track by the group to debut on his show.

References

  1. ^ Jeffries, David. The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 at Allmusic
  2. ^ Mojo review
  3. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ^ The Sunday Times review
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