Less familiar is 'Kimble', originally issued on Amalgamated by Perry (under the pseudonym, The Creators) as the b-side to Stranger Cole & Gladdy's, 'Seeing is Knowing', also in 1968. The Fall recorded their version of this obscurity in 1992 for a John Peel session - and it's a corker.
Saturday, 8 November 2014
Saturday Scratch #41 - The Mark E. Smith Connection
Did someone put together a compilation of
tunes from the Amalgamated label for Mark E
Smith in the early 1990s? If so it would
help to explain The Fall's brief foray into
the fine art of the reggae cover version.
Best known is 'Why Are People Grudgeful'
issued as a single in 1993 and based on a
fantastic 1968 Joe Gibbs 7", released on
Amalgamated, which was itself a reply in
song to Lee Perry's scathing, 'People Funny
Boy'.
Less familiar is 'Kimble', originally issued on Amalgamated by Perry (under the pseudonym, The Creators) as the b-side to Stranger Cole & Gladdy's, 'Seeing is Knowing', also in 1968. The Fall recorded their version of this obscurity in 1992 for a John Peel session - and it's a corker.
Less familiar is 'Kimble', originally issued on Amalgamated by Perry (under the pseudonym, The Creators) as the b-side to Stranger Cole & Gladdy's, 'Seeing is Knowing', also in 1968. The Fall recorded their version of this obscurity in 1992 for a John Peel session - and it's a corker.
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6 comments:
Bloody hell! These are great. As a fan of both early reggae and The Fall, I have a confession to make - I had no idea. Another thing - I'm relieved to learn that Mark isn't one of those Mancunians who 'all reggae is vile'. Also - played the original 'Kimble' and The Fall's version at the same time by accident and it sounds amazing. Talk about dub!
Oops.
'...who THINK all reggae is vile'. Sorry, Moz.
I'd forgotten about 'Kimble' myself until I heard it on the radio a couple of weeks ago. I must try that mash-up!
I have copies of both of these songs somewhere and of course I love them...Kimble especially but, there is something that separates them in my mind from THE FALL...which invariably is early 80's. I just can't shake it and I think there's a good reason for that...and I'm trying to work it out find a way to best articulate it on the blog...every since the Fall posts started making the rounds. It's not just because those were untouchable records...it's specifically about the sound, the type of music...cuts very close.
Erik. I find something to embrace about most periods of The Fall, last year's 'Remainderer' was fantastic for example. I know what you mean though. I saw your comment on another blog regarding favourite Fall albums, something I struggled to pin down at the time, but on further reflection if I had to pick one period, it would be the Beggars Banquet years.
Corker is the word. Brilliant stuff!
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