The Fall: The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004

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
Producer	various
The Fall compilation album chronology
The Fall chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Mojo	^[2]
Pitchfork	9.3/10^[3]

The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 is a compilation box set by English post-punk band the Fall. It was released in 2005 by record label Castle.

Content[]

The Complete Peel Sessions comprises each of the twenty-four sessions the group recorded for John Peel's radio show. Peel was an avid 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.

Reception[]

It 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 (besting releases from The Clash, Jeff Buckley, The Mamas & the Papas, The Kinks and Jack Nitzsche).^[4] The Sunday Times wrote: "There are now more Fall compilations and collections out there than Mark E. Smith himself can keep track of, but if you buy only one, make it this one."^[5]

Track listing and personnel[]

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[]

Session 1, 30 May 1978
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Futures and Pasts"
2.	"Mother-Sister!"
3.	"Rebellious Jukebox"
4.	"Industrial Estate"

Session 2, 27 November 1978
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Put Away"
6.	"Mess of My"
7.	"No Xmas for John Quays"
8.	"Like to Blow"

Session 3, 16 September 1980
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Container Drivers"
10.	"Jawbone and the Air-Rifle"
11.	"New Puritan"
12.	"New Face in Hell"

Session 4, 31 March 1981
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Middlemass"
14.	"Lie Dream of a Casino Soul"
15.	"Hip Priest"
16.	"C'n'C – Hassle Schmuck"

Disc two[]

Session 5, 26 August 1981
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Deer Park"
2.	"Look, Know"
3.	"Winter"
4.	"Who Makes the Nazis?"

Session 6, 21 March 1983
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Smile"
6.	"Garden"
7.	"Hexen Definitive – Strife Knot"
8.	"Eat Y'Self Fitter"

Session 7, 12 December 1983
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Pat Trip Dispenser"
10.	"2 × 4"
11.	"Words of Expectation"
12.	"C.R.E.E.P."

Disc three[]

Session 8, 14 May 1985
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cruiser's Creek"
2.	"Couldn't Get Ahead"
3.	"Spoilt Victorian Child"
4.	"Gut of the Quantifier"

Session 9, 29 September 1985
No.	Title	Length
5.	"L.A."
6.	"The Man Whose Head Expanded"
7.	"What You Need"
8.	"Faust Banana"

Session 10, 29 June 1986
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Hot Aftershave Bop"
10.	"R.O.D."
11.	"Gross Chapel – GB Grenadiers"
12.	"US 80's-90's"

Session 11, 28 April 1987
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Athlete Cured"
14.	"Australians in Europe"
15.	"Twister"
16.	"Guest Informant"

Disc four[]

Session 12, 25 October 1988
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Deadbeat Descendant"
2.	"Cab It Up"
3.	"Squid Lord"
4.	"Kurious Oranj"

Session 13, 17 December 1989
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Chicago Now"
6.	"Black Monk Theme"
7.	"Hilary"
8.	"Whizz Bang" (this track was not broadcast)

Session 14, 5 March 1991
No.	Title	Length
9.	"The War Against Intelligence"
10.	"Idiot Joy Showland"
11.	"A Lot of Wind"
12.	"The Mixer"

Session 15, 19 January 1992
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Free Range"
14.	"Kimble" (Lee "Scratch" Perry cover)
15.	"Immortality"
16.	"Return"

Disc five[]

Session 16, 28 February 1993
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ladybird (Green Grass)"
2.	"Strychnine" (The Sonics cover)
3.	"Service"
4.	"Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room"

Session 17, 2 December 1993
No.	Title	Length
5.	"M5"
6.	"Behind the Counter"
7.	"Reckoning"
8.	"Hey! Student"

Session 18, 20 November 1994
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Glam Racket – Star"
10.	"Jingle Bell Rock" (with substantially different lyrics to the original 1957 song)
11.	"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
12.	"Numb at the Lodge"

Session 19, 7 December 1995
No.	Title	Length
13.	"He Pep!"
14.	"Oleano"
15.	"Chilinist"
16.	"The City Never Sleeps"

Session 20, 30 June 1996
No.	Title	Length
17.	"D.I.Y. Meat"
18.	"Spinetrak"
19.	"Spencer"
20.	"Beatle Bones 'N' Smokin' Stones" (Captain Beefheart cover)

Disc six[]

Session 21, 3 February 1998
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Calendar"
2.	"Touch Sensitive"
3.	"Masquerade"
4.	"Jungle Rock"

Session 22, 18 October 1998
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Bound Soul One"
6.	"Antidotes"
7.	"Shake-Off"
8.	"This Perfect Day"

Session 23, 19 February 2003
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Theme From Sparta F.C."
10.	"Contraflow"
11.	"Groovin' With Mr. Bloe – Green-Eyed Loco Man"
12.	"Mere Pseud Mag. Ed."

Session 24, 4 August 2004
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Clasp Hands"
14.	"Blindness"
15.	"What About Us?"
16.	"Wrong Place, Right Time"/"I Can Hear the Grass Grow"
17.	"Job Search" (bonus track; 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)

Personnel[]

Session 1, 30 May 1978

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Martin Bramah – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
Yvonne Pawlett – keyboards
Karl Burns – drums
Steve Davies – congas
Tony Wilson – production

Session 2, 27 November 1978

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Martin Brahah – guitar, backing vocals
Yvonne Pawlett – keyboards
Karl Burns – drums
Marc Riley – bass guitar
Bob Sargeant – production

Session 3, 16 September 1980

Mark E. Smith – vocals, keyboards, kazoo, guitar
Marc Riley – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Craig Scanlon – guitar, backing vocals
Steve Hanley – bass guitar
Paul Hanley – drums
John Sparrow – production

Session 4, 24 March 1981

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Marc Riley – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
Craig Scanlon – guitar, backing vocals
Steve Hanley – bass
Paul Hanley – drums
Dave Tucker – clarinet
Dale Griffin – production

Session 5, 26 August 1981

Mark E. Smith – vocals, tapes
Marc Riley – guitar, keyboards
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass, toy guitar, voice
Paul Hanley – drums
Dale Griffin – production

Session 6, 21 March 1983

Mark E. Smith – vocals, keyboards
Craig Scanlon – guitar, backing vocals
Steve Hanley – bass, backing vocals
Paul Hanley – drums, backing vocals
Karl Burns – drums, bass, backing vocals
John Porter – production

Session 7, 12 December 1983

Mark E. Smith – vocals, tapes
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass
Paul Hanley – drums, keyboards
Karl Burns – drums, bass
Brix Smith – guitar, vocals
Tony Wilson – production

Session 8, 14 May 1985

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Brix Smith – guitar, vocals
Craig Scanlon – guitar, backing vocals
Steve Hanley – bass, backing vocals
Karl Burns – drums
Simon Rogers – guitar, keyboards
Mark Radcliffe – production

Session 9, 29 September 1985

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Brix Smith – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass, xylophone
Karl Burns – drums
Simon Rogers – guitar, keyboards
Dale Griffin – production

Session 10, 29 June 1986

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Brix Smith – guitar
Craig Scanlon – guitar, backing vocals
Steve Hanley – bass, backing vocals
Simon Rogers – guitar, keyboards
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Dale Griffin – production

Session 11, 28 April 1987

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Brix Smith – guitar, vocals
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass, backing vocals
Simon Rogers – keyboards, guitar
Simon Wolstencroft – drums

Session 12, 25 October 1988

Mark E. Smith – vocals, tapes
Brix Smith – guitar
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Marcia Schofield – keyboards, backing vocals
Mike Robinson – production

Session 13, 17 December 1989

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Marcia Schofield – keyboards
Martin Bramah – guitar
Kenny Brady – fiddle
Dale Griffin – production

Session 14, 5 March 1991

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Kenny Brady – fiddle
Mike Robinson – production

Session 15, 19 January 1992

Mark E. Smith – vocals, tapes
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Dave Bush – keyboards
Dale Griffin – production

Session 16, 28 February 1993

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Dave Bush – keyboards

Session 17, 2 December 1993

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Dave Bush – keyboards
Karl Burns – drums, guitar
Nick Gomm – production

Session 18, 20 November 1994

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Brix Smith – guitar, vocals
Craig Scanlon – guitar
Steve Hanley – bass
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Dave Bush – keyboards
Lucy Rimmer – vocals
James Birtwistle – production

Session 19, 7 December 1995

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Brix Smith – guitar, vocals
Steve Hanley – bass
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Julia Nagle – keyboards, guitar
Lucy Rimmer – vocals
Nick Gomm – production

Session 20, 30 June 1996

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Brix Smith – guitar, vocals
Steve Hanley – bass
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Julia Nagle – keyboards, guitar
Ted de Bono – production

Session 21, 3 February 1998

Mark E. Smith – vocals, guitar
Julia Nagle – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Steve Hanley – bass
Karl Burns – drums, backing vocals
John Rolleson - backing vocals
Mike Robinson – production

Session 22, 18 October 1998

Mark E. Smith – vocals, keyboards, bass
Julia Nagle – guitar, keyboards
Tom Head – drums
Elspeth Hughes – special effects
Mike Engels – production

Session 23, 19 February 2003

Mark E. Smith – vocals
Ben Pritchard – guitar, backing vocals
Jim Watts – bass guitar, backing vocals
Dave Milner – drums, backing vocals
Elena Poulou – keyboards, backing vocals
Mick Middles – backing vocals
Louise Kattenhorn – production

Session 24, 4 August 2004

Mark E. Smith – vocals, percussion
Ben Pritchard – guitar, backing vocals
Elena Poulou – keyboards, backing vocals
Jim Watts – guitar, bass guitar
Steve Trafford – bass guitar, guitar
Spencer Birtwistle – drums
Ed Blaney – guitar
Jerry Smith – production

References[]

^ Jeffries, David. "The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 – The Fall | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ Harrison, Ian. "[The Fall: The Complete Sessions 1978–2004 review]". Mojo. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ Tangari, Joe (12 June 2004). "The Fall: The Complete Peel Sessions, 1978–2004 | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ http://www.visi.com/fall/news/05jul26.html
^ "The Fall" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.

[1] Jeffries, David. "The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 – The Fall | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[2] Harrison, Ian. "[The Fall: The Complete Sessions 1978–2004 review]". Mojo. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[3] Tangari, Joe (12 June 2004). "The Fall: The Complete Peel Sessions, 1978–2004 | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[4] ttp://www.visi.com/fall/news/05jul26.html

[5] "The Fall" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.

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