1986 THE FALL bend sinister LP- BEGA 75 Vinyl 1st UK Press w/Inner Sleeve PUNK

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 This is the 1986 UK pressing of the Fall album 'Bend Sinister'. The Fall are one of the first chart UK punk acts and Mark E Smith is a legend in the UK recording industry.
This vinyl record is in like-new condition, rarely if ever played and the cover is a VG+, having only lost a little black ink along the top & bottom seams.
The album features a humorous cover of the Nuggets era psych-grunge single "Mr Pharmacist" and this cover version was picked up by college radio in the United States.

Tracklist:

A1                           R.O.D.

    Written-By – Brix E. Smith*, Craig Scanlon, Mark E. Smith, Simon Rogers, John Woolstencroft*              

A2                           Dktr. Faustus

    Drums – Paul Hanley Written-By – Craig Scanlon, Mark E. Smith                            

A3                           Shoulder Pads 1#

    Written-By – Brix E. Smith*, Mark E. Smith                      

A4                           Mr. Pharmacist

    Written-By – Nowlen                             

A5                           Gross Chapel-British Grenadiers

    Written-By – Craig Scanlon, Mark E. Smith, Stephen Hanley                    

B1                           U.S. 80's - 90's

    Written-By – Brix E. Smith*, Mark E. Smith                      

B2                           Terry Waite Sez

    Written-By – Brix E. Smith*, Mark E. Smith                      

B3                           Bournemouth Runner

    Written-By – Brix E. Smith*, Mark E. Smith, Stephen Hanley                   

B4                           Riddler!

    Written-By – Brix E. Smith*, Mark E. Smith, Simon Rogers                        

B5                           Shoulder Pads 2

    Written-By – Brix E. Smith*, Mark E. Smith      

    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Beggars Banquet

    Copyright (c) – Beggars Banquet

    Published By – Minder Music Ltd

    Published By – Crescendo Music (2)

Credits:

    Acoustic Guitar – Craig Scanlon

    Bass – Stephen Hanley

    Drums – 'John' S. Wolstencroft

    Electric Guitar – Craig Scanlon

    Guitar – Simon Rogers, Stephen Hanley

    Keyboards – Brix Smith, Simon Rogers

    Lead Guitar – Brix Smith

    Management – JLP (2)

    Percussion – 'John' S. Wolstencroft

    Performer [Machines] – Simon Rogers

    Photography By – Jeff Veitch, Kint B., Larry Rodriguez, Lars Schwander, Steve Saporito, Sue Dean

    Producer – John Leckie

    Tape [Tapes] – Mark E. Smith

    Vocals – Brix Smith, Mark E. Smith

Notes:

"Part of the Doomsday Pay-Off Triad!"

Crescendo Music (2) published Track A4 only.

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

    Barcode: 5 012093 007519

    Other (Side A Run-Out Etching): Doomsday Hoe-Down On Auto

    Other (Side B Run-Out Etching): Mature Computer Dissection

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Amazon review by Ned Raggett:

Again working with John Leckie on production, the Fall's third Beggars album, Bend Sinister, was a distinctly down affair -- not that the Fall were ever a shiny happy band, of course, but both music and lyrics seemed like a darker corner to dwell in. Happily there was no worry that the Fall would ever go goth; one suspects Mark E. Smith would rather have his tongue removed. Still, opening track "R.O.D." makes for a distinctly lower-key start in comparison to recent leadoffs like "Lay of the Land" and "Bombast," almost sounding a bit like fellow Mancunian legends Joy Division, Smith's lyric his own depressing vision of a beast slouching toward Bethlehem. Leckie's production emphasizes space in the recording, while the band as a whole sounds generally more deliberate and understated, even Craig Scanlon's guitar not leaping quite as much to trebly life as is normally the case. Songs like "Gross Chapel - British Grenadiers" favor Steve Hanley's bass work as much as anything, while the almost industrial/hip-hop beat of "US 80's-90's" sets the tone for a glowering vision of the States from, as Smith puts it, "the big-shot original rapper." Elsewhere, there's Smith's vision of the eternal outsider comes to life once again -- "Shoulder Pads 1," a hardly disguised sneer against being surrounded by people who "can't tell Lou Reed from Doug Yule," for all that there's a slightly quirky arrangement thanks to Simon Rogers' keyboards. Still, there are certainly moments of sheer fun -- in keeping with the band's regular ear for good cover versions, this time around psych-era obscurities the Other Half get the nod with a brisk rip through the obvious drug references of "Mr. Pharmacist." Brix again shares vocal leads with Smith at various points, notably "Dktr. Faustus," a distinctly reworked version of that particular legend that turns into a frantic, audibly unhappy dance groove.

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