Live 1977 is a live album

Album

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 by The Fall, first released in March 2000. Although the sound quality is slightly poor and live documents of The Fall are plentiful, this one is of particular note as it is the earliest available recording of the group in action, apart from two tracks on the Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus

Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus

Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus is a compilation album of songs recorded live at the Electric Circus, Manchester, on the 1st and 2 October 1977, two concerts marking the last nights of the venue before it closed...

compilation. It dates from December 1977, about six weeks after the group recorded their debut single "Bingo-Master's Break-Out!" (which wasn’t released until August 1978). It is the only release where early song "Hey! Fascist" can be heard, although it was reworked as "Hey! Student" and released on Middle Class Revolt

Middle Class Revolt

Middle Class Revolt is an album by The Fall, released in 1994 on Permanent Records. It spent one week on the UK album chart at number 48, a marked contrast to the top 10 debut of their preceding album The Infotainment Scan. The album's full title is Middle Class Revolt A/K/A The Vapourisation Of...

some seventeen years later. There are also very early versions of the 1984 single "Oh! Brother" and "Cop It", later found on The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall

The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall

The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall is an album by The Fall, released in October 1984. It was the band's first album with the relatively large Beggars Banquet label, and was produced by John Leckie. Paul Hanley left the band immediately after the accompanying UK tour, ending the group's...

but retitled "Copped It". In addition, it is only here that the group’s reworking of "Louie Louie

Louie Louie

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" can be accessed, an opportunity for cult figure John the Postman

John the Postman

Jon the Postman is a punk rock singer from Manchester. Among his various jobs, the best known was that of a postman, hence the nickname.-Biography:...

 to join the group on stage. The original line-up was caught on tape just in time; this was to be Tony Friel’s last performance with the band. After a couple of short-stay replacements, the job would eventually be taken by Marc Riley

Marc Riley

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Track listing

1. "Psycho Mafia"
2. "Last Orders"
3. "Repetition"
4. "Dresden Dolls"
5. "Hey! Fascist"
6. "Frightened"
7. "Industrial Estate"
8. "Stepping Out"
9. "Bingo-Master's Break-Out!"
10. "Oh! Brother"
11. "Cop It"
12. "Futures and Pasts"
13. "Louie Louie"

Personnel

• The Fall:
  • Mark E. Smith
    Mark E. Smith
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     - vocals
  • Martin Bramah
    Martin Bramah
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     - guitar
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    , backing vocals
  • Tony Friel - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
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  • Una Baines
    Una Baines
    Una Baines was best known as the keyboard player in the first line-up of British post-punk/new wave band The Fall. Her strong feminist ideals shaped the band's early political stance and she remains one of the very few Fall members, other than frontman Mark E...
    
     - keyboard
    Keyboard instrument
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  • Karl Burns
    Karl Burns
    Karl Burns is a British musician best known as drummer for The Fall, featuring in many incarnations of the band between 1977 and 1998....
    
     - drums
    Drum kit
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• John the Postman - vocals on "Louie Louie"