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The Fall - Fall In A Hole


2 x LP: £45.99

Label: Superior Viaduct

Release date: 27.11.2026

Format Info: Black Vinyl

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2 x LP: £45.99

Label: Superior Viaduct

Release date: 27.11.2026

Format Info: Limited Blue Vinyl

Dispatched on Release Date

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Originally released on Flying Nun in 1983, Fall In A Hole is a double LP of an especially incendiary Fall show at Mainstreet Cabaret in Auckland, NZ in August 1982. The second of a two-night stand, this would be the band's final concert of its successful first tour of Australia and New Zealand. Recorded by longtime Flying Nun associate Chris Knox – who also made the striking cover artwork – Fall In A Hole follows the release of earlier live albums Totale's Turns and A Part of America Therein, 1981. Besides capturing The Fall onstage during one of its most feral and exhilarating periods, Fall In A Hole is historically significant for several reasons. It heralds the end of Marc Riley's tenure with the band, an era considered by many Fall fans to be the group's peak, and showcases the two-drummer lineup heard on 1982's Hex Enduction Hour, with both Paul Hanley and Karl Burns sharing drumkit duties onstage. With Riley and Craig Scanlon on dual guitars and Stephen Hanley on bass, The Fall was stepping out in its final iteration with a majority of personnel rooted in their late '70s lineup. The setlist is peppered with a mix of singles and album tracks old and new – including several that had yet to be released. Rarities like "Fantastic Life," "Backdrop" and "Solicitor In Studio" are given epic, feedback-drenched airings, while fan favorites like "Hip Priest," "Prole Art Threat" and "The Classical" radiate with lively, raucous energy. Superior Viaduct's edition is the first time that Fall In A Hole has been reissued on vinyl. Includes liner notes by Roy Montgomery. Digital transfers made from analogue master tapes in the Flying Nun Collection and Chris Knox Collection held at the Alexander Turnbull Library (National Library of New Zealand).

Track Listing


1. Impression Of J. Temperance

2. Man Whose Head Expanded

3. Room To Live

4. Hip Priest

5. Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul

6. Prole Art Threat

7. Hard Life In Country

8. The Classical (Minus Intro.)

9. Mere Pseud Mag Ed

10. Marquis Cha Cha

11. Backdrop

12. Fantastic Life

13. English Scheme

14. Joker Hysterical Face

15. No Xmas For John Quays

16. Solicitor In Studio

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