• A 12 CD box set.

• The Fall’s 70s box set combines all of the band’s work in that decade.

• Featuring the albums ‘Live At The Witch Trials’ and ‘Dragnet’.

• Plus all of the singles from the time.

• And eight live shows – many have been unreleased.

• Including a recording of what is thought to be the band’s first ever gig – these shows showcase the very earliest version of the Fall in full effect, raw and uncompromising.

• This Box Set as with the other Fall re-issues has been compiled in conjunction with Fall expert Conway Paton and has notes by Fall guru Daryl Easlea.

• Mastered by long time engineer Andy Pearce with art by Becky Stewart.

The Fall were an English post-punk band, formed in Manchester in 1976. The band existed in some form ever since, and was essentially built around its founder and only constant member Mark E. Smith. Initially associated with the punk movement of the late 1970s, the group’s music has gone through several stylistic changes over the years, but is often characterised by an abrasive guitar-driven sound and frequent use of repetition, and was always underpinned by Smith’s distinctive vocals and often cryptic lyrics.

The band is noted for its prolific output; they have released over 25 studio albums, and more than triple that counting live albums and other releases. They never achieved widespread public success beyond a handful of minor hit singles in the late 1980s, but maintained a strong cult following. The band were long-associated with BBC disc jockey John Peel, who championed them from early on in their career and cited The Fall as his favorite band, famously explaining, “They are always different; they are always the same.”

Live At The Witch Trials
1-1. Frightened
1-2. Crap Rap 2 / Like To Blow
1-3. Rebellious Jukebox
1-4. No Xmas For John Quays
1-5. Mother-Sister!
1-6. Industrial Estate
1-7. Underground Medecin
1-8. Two Steps Back
1-9. Live At The Witch Trials
1-10. Futures And Pasts
1-11. Music Scene

Dragnet
2-1. Psykick Dancehall
2-2. A Figure Walks
2-3. Printhead
2-4. Dice Man
2-5. Before The Moon Falls
2-6. Your Heart Out
2-7. Muzorewi's Daughter
2-8. Flat Of Angles
2-9. Choc-Stock
2-10. Spectre Vs. Rector
2-11. Put Away

Bingo Masters Breakout - Single
3-1. Bingo-Master
3-2. Psycho Mafia
3-3. Repetition

It's The New Thing - Single
3-4. It's The New Thing
3-5. Various Times

Rowche Rumble - Single
3-6. Rowche Rumble
3-7. In My Area

Peel Session (30/5/1978) Broadcast 15/06/1978
3-8. Futures And Pasts
3-9. Mother-Sister!
3-10. Rebellious Jukebox
3-11. Industrial Estate

Peel Session (27/11/1978) Broadcast 06/12/1978
3-12. Put Away
3-13. Mess Of My
3-14. No Xmas For John Quays
3-15. Like To Blow

Extended Version Of It's The New Thing B-side
4-1. Various Times

Dresden Dolls Bootleg Single
4-2. Dresden Dolls
4-3. Psycho Mafia
4-4. Industrial Estate

Live From Short Circuit - Live At The Electric Circus
4-5. Stepping Out
4-6. Last Orders

Rowche Rumble Recording Session
4-7. Rowche Rumble - Take 2
4-8. Rowche Rumble - Take 3
4-9. Rowche Rumble - Take 4
4-10. Rowche Rumble - Take 5
4-11. In My Area - Take 1
4-12. In My Area - Take 2

North West Arts - Manchester 23/05/1977
5-1. Futures And Pasts
5-2. Frightened
5-3. Repetition
5-4. Copped It
5-5. Industrial Estate
5-6. Sten Gun Rock
5-7. Race Hatred
5-8. You Don't Turn Me On

Manchester Musicians Collective - Band On The Wall - 13/11/1977
6-1. Soundcheck
6-2. Intro. Instrumental
6-3. Hey Fascist!
6-4. Psycho Mafia
6-5. Stepping Out
6-6. Frightened
6-7. Bingo-Master
6-8. Industrial Estate
6-9. Your Heart Out
6-10. Copped It
6-11. Repetition
6-12. Dresden Dolls
6-13. Oh! Brother
6-14. Last Orders
6-15. You Don't Turn Me On

Stretford Civic Theatre - Manchester - 23/12/1977
7-1. Psycho Mafia
7-2. Last Orders
7-3. Repetition
7-4. Dresden Dolls
7-5. Hey Fascist!
7-6. Frightened
7-7. Industrial Estate
7-8. Stepping Out
7-9. Bingo Master
7-10. Oh Brother
7-11. Cop It
7-12. Futures And Pasts
7-13. Louie Louie

Mr. Pickwick's - Liverpool 22/08/78
8-1. Like To Blow
8-2. Stepping Out
8-3. Two Steps Back
8-4. Mess Of My
8-5. It's The New Thing
8-6. Various Times
8-7. Bingo Master
8-8. Frightened
8-9. Industrial Estate
8-10. Psycho Mafia
8-11. Music Scene
8-12. Mother-Sister!

Carlton Club - Warrington 13/11/1978
9-1. Stepping Out
9-2. Like To Blow
9-3. Two Steps Back
9-4. Put Away
9-5. Bingo-Master
9-6. Frightened
9-7. Underground Medecin
9-8. Rebellious Jukebox
9-9. My Condition
9-10. No Xmas For John Quays
9-11. Repetition
9-12. Industrial Estate
9-13. Oh! Brother
9-14. Psycho Mafia

Institute Of Technology - Bolton - 04/12/1978
10-1. Bingo Master
10-2. Stepping Out
10-3. Mother-Sister!
10-4. Rebellious Jukebox
10-5. Underground Medecin
10-6. Mess Of My
10-7. Industrial Estate
10-8. No Xmas For John Quays
10-9. Music Scene
10-10. Psycho Mafia
10-11. Stepping Out (Reprise)
10-12. Music Scene (Reprise)

Prince Of Wales Conference Centre - YMCA Building - London 15/09/1979
11-1. Psychic Dancehall
11-2. Rebellious Jukebox
11-3. A Figure Walks
11-4. Choc-Stock
11-5. Rowche Rumble
11-6. Fiery Jack
11-7. Muzorewi's Daughter
11-8. No Xmas For John Quays
11-9. In My Area
11-10. Before The Moon Falls
11-11. Dice Man
11-12. Spectre Vs Rector Pt 1
11-13. Spectre Vs Rector Pt 2
11-14. Printhead
11-15. Psycho Mafia

JB's - Dudley 03/11/1979
12-1. Crap Rap / Before The Moon Falls
12-2. Rowche Rumble
12-3. Flat Of Angles
12-4. Rebellious Jukebox
12-5. 2nd Dark Age
12-6. Stepping Out
12-7. Muzorewi's Daughter
12-8. Fiery Jack
12-9. No Xmas For John Quays
12-10. In My Area
12-11. A Figure Walks