Live at the Witch Trials
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Publication |
March 16, 1979 |
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| Label (s) | Step forward | |||
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LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
37:49 |
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Bob Sargeant |
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Studio (s) |
Camden Sound Suite |
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Live at the Witch Trials is the debut album by the English rock band The Fall . It was released on March 16, 1979 on the Step-Forward music label. Contrary to what the title suggests, it is not a live album.
Recording and production
The album was recorded over the course of a day and mixed by producer Bob Sargeant the next day. The studio was booked for the band for a week, but singer Mark E. Smith fell ill and the first three days could not be recorded. Some of the pieces of music came from another line-up of the group with Tony Friel and Una Baines, which is reflected in the "Writing Credits".
Track list
- Frightened ( Mark E. Smith , Tony Friel)
- Crap Rap 2 / Like to Blow (Martin Bramah, Smith)
- Rebellious Jukebox (Smith, Bramah)
- No Xmas for John Quays (Smith)
- Mother-sister! (Smith, Una Baines)
- Industrial Estate (Friel, Bramah, Smith)
- Underground Medecin (Bramah, Smith)
- Two Steps Back (Bramah, Smith)
- Live at the Witch Trials (Smith)
- Futures and Pasts (Bramah, Smith)
- Music Scene (Bramah, Yvonne Pawlett, Smith, Marc Riley)
publication
Live at the Witch Trials was released on March 16, 1979 on the Step-Forward label. The US edition of the album had a different artwork and instead of "Mother-Sister!" and "Industrial Estate" the "Various Times" track, which was the B-side of the band's second single, "It's the New Thing". All subsequent editions of the album had the original UK track listing.
No singles were released from the album. At the time of publication, drummer Karl Burns had left the band and guitarist Martin Bramah left the band a little later, making Mark E. Smith the only remaining founding member.
Reviews
The album was generally positively received by critics, with the Record Mirror giving it five stars out of five. Allmusic's criticism was also positive. However, there have also been negative reviews, like that of the Melody Maker . In the German music press there were reviews of Rolling Stone (four stars) and the Musikexpress (three stars, combined review together with the follow-up album Dragnet ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marc Riley , Interview with the BBC , 2004 (English)
- ↑ Record Mirror . In: Record Mirror . March 31, 1979.
- ↑ Ned Raggett: Live at the Witch Trials - The Fall: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic . In: Allmusic . Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ↑ The Fall: exposing contradictions Archived from the original on January 3, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Melody Maker . September. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
- ^ Archive review of Live at the Witch Trials . In: Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 23, 2014. (Login required)
- ^ Archive review of Live at the Witch Trials . Retrieved March 23, 2014. (Login required)
