Bingo-Master's Break-Out!

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Bingo-Master's Break-Out!
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EP by
The Fall
Released11 August 1978 (1978-08-11)
Recorded9 November 1977 at Indigo Studios, Manchester, England
Genre Post-punk
Length10:02
Label Step-Forward
Producer The Fall
The Fall chronology
Bingo-Master's Break-Out!
(1978)		 Live at the Witch Trials
(1979)
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Bingo-Master's Break-Out! is the debut EP by the English post-punk band The Fall. [2] [3] It was released on 11 August 1978 through record label Step-Forward.

Contents

The EP failed to chart in either the UK Singles Chart or the UK Indie Singles Chart.

Background

Bingo-Master's Break-Out is the only studio recording by the original Fall line-up (Mark E. Smith, Martin Bramah, Tony Friel and Una Baines, plus Karl Burns who replaced the short-lived original drummer Steve Ormrod). The recording was financed by the Buzzcocks manager Richard Boon, who planned to release it on his New Hormones label; unable to afford it, he gave the tapes back to the band. The EP remained unreleased for almost a year, finally coming out in August 1978. By that time, both Friel and Baines had already quit the band, as did Friel's brief replacement Jonnie Brown who designed the cover art.

A fourth track, titled "Frightened", was set to appear on this EP, but it was not deemed up to scratch by frontman Mark E. Smith. [4] A different recording later surfaced on the band's debut album, Live at the Witch Trials , and the original is now believed lost.

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the EP "a good example of Smith's surreal vision, coloured by his relentlessly northern working-class vigil." [5]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Psycho Mafia" Mark E. Smith, Tony Friel 2:19
2."Bingo-Master" (listed as "Bingo Master" on the label in the centre on the record)Smith, Una Baines 2:32
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Repetition"Smith, Baines, Karl Burns, Martin Bramah, Friel5:11

Personnel

The Fall
Technical

References

  1. ↑ "Bingo-Master's Break-Out! [EP] - The Fall | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Spicer, Al (2003). Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 357. ISBN   9781858284576 . Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Story of the Song: Bingo Master's Breakout, The Fall (1978)". The Independent. July 18, 2008.
  4. ↑ "The Fall Online – Discography: Singles & Albums". The Fall Online. Archived from the original on 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 376.
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