THE FALL LIVE AT THE WITCH TRIALS on IRS Label PROMO SEALED 1979 DEBUT PUNK

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Here is a NEAR MINT copy of the DEBUT! LP for THE FALL titled LIVE AT THE WITCH TRIALS. It is an original PROMO! US pressing on the IRS label, catalog # SP 003 in STEREO sound from 1979 and it is STILL SEALED!!! The LP is SEALED! and therefore the vinyl is presumed to be in MINT! condition with superb playback. The SEALED! cover is original cardboard in NEAR MINT MINUS condition with some minor wear to top left corner where shrink is torn. It is a beautiful NEAR MINT SEALED! copy for you to own. It is an opportunity to purchase this FALL DEBUT LP in this condition. It’s a true gem for the BRITISH PUNK / POST PUNK / ALTERNATIVE / INDIE ROCK collector!! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I do not accept bids from or ship to Italy. International bidders can email me for shipping rates. Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!

Music Review from AllMusic.com by Ned Raggett

That the first Fall album in a near endless stream would not only not sound very punk at all but would be a downright pleasant listen at the start (thanks to Yvonne Pawlett's electric piano on "Frightened") seems perfectly in keeping with Smith's endlessly contrary mind. His inimitable drawl/moan and general vision of the universe (idiots are everywhere and idiotic things are rampant) similarly sprawls all over the music -- there's no question who this is or whose band it is as well. That said, most of Live at the Witch Trials is co-written with Martin Bramah, whose guitar work here is noticeably much more inclined to chime and ring instead of brutally scratching away like Craig Scanlon's awesome work would soon do. Bramah's not just there to sound tuneful, though, and the killer Marc Riley/Karl Burns rhythm section both keeps up the energy and provides surprising grooves. On chugging tracks like "Two Steps Back," it's not hard to tell Smith's Krautrock fandom is coming into play. With Pawlett's keyboards providing a pretty garage kick on top of it all, the result is an all-around treat. Brilliantly scabrous tracks are everywhere, one of the most memorable being "Rebellious Jukebox," simultaneously one of the most tuneful and aggressive songs from the early lineup, Smith pouring it on along with the band as a whole. The driving funk of "Music Scene," meanwhile, redefines misanthropy (and more) with a particularly central Smith target in mind. "No Xmas for John Quays," meanwhile, almost establishes the Fall formula on its own -- Smith chanting and yelling over a quick, semi-rockabilly shamble and attack punctuated with unexpected stops and starts. Note -- the Cog Sinister CD re-release of the album, in keeping with similar perverse reissues in the Fall's back catalog, is mastered directly from vinyl, and more than once sounds it.