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FILED UNDER: The FallMonday June 14, 2010
For those of you who notice this sort of thing, there’s going to be a deliberate mistake on The Fall’s ‘Wonderful And Frightening’ box set. It’s on the track No Bulbs. Knowledgeable Fall fans (they know this sort of thing, you know) are aware there are two versions of the track – a long version (7m 50s) on the Call For Escape Route EP and an edited version that appeared on the 7” single (BEG 120A) which was called No Bulbs 3 and is also included on The Fall’s A Sides compilation.
That earlier compilation was created using the ‘cutting master’ tapes – that is the tapes that incorporate all the compression and levels that were used on the original vinyl cut. Since CD doesn’t have the sonic limitations of vinyl when it comes to mastering, it’s best to use the studio tapes (studio master) before they were worked on for the vinyl. Thus we re-mastered from the tape shown above, which, as you can see, indicates that the ‘short version + edits’ take of ‘No Bulbs’ is BEG 120A – the 7” track. Except, of course, this being The Fall, it’s not. It’s actually 30 seconds longer than the 7” edit. For whatever reason, when they came to cut the track, it was decided to do a further edit – probably why the final track was called No Bulbs 3.
On the omnibus box set we’re sticking with the un-edited edited version – possibly the missing No Bulbs 2!
They say damp records the past If that’s so, I’ve got the biggest library yet.
If you click on the play button below it’ll probably say something like ‘Error please try again’. If so, just click on the screen and it’ll take you to an external link – bleedin’ YouTube!
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Can’t believe you’ve unearthed No Bulbs 2! Great stuff, keep it up for TNSG!
— Bo Dudek · Monday June 28, 2010 · #
What’s the ‘tape damage’ at the start?
— peter · Thursday July 1, 2010 · #
Still on for September?
— peter · Tuesday August 3, 2010 · #