{"product_id":"the-fall-seminal-live-2025-remaster","title":"The Fall - Seminal Live (2025 Remaster)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLP - Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl with reimagined artwork, new sleeve notes and a QR code linking to exclusive bonus assets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeggars Arkive are happy to announce a reissue of The Fall’s 1989 half-studio\/half-live album, Seminal Live.\u003cbr\u003eAvailable on yellow vinyl and digitally, the album has been remastered by Kevin Vanbergen.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition features reimagined artwork, new sleeve notes and a QR code linking to exclusive bonus assets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReleased by Beggars Banquet in June 1989, Seminal Live was the first of many live and semi-live albums across The Fall’s catalogue.\u003cbr\u003eIts release marks the end of the band’s prolific Beggars Banquet era (1984-1989).\u003cbr\u003eThe albums that preceded Seminal Live via Beggars Banquet - The Wonderful and Frightening World Of, This Nation’s Saving Grace, Bend Sinister, The Frenz Experiment and I Am Kurious Oranj are all considered pillars of the band’s extensive catalogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe studio recordings on Seminal Live were all new songs and make up the first side of the album.\u003cbr\u003eThe live recordings on side two, meanwhile, are all versions of previously-released tracks.\u003cbr\u003eSongs on Seminal Live are now considered Fall classics.\u003cbr\u003eSide one contains “Dead Beat Descendant”, and their cover of Lonnie Irving’s “Pinball Machine” is in the well-worn tradition of The Fall’s country covers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe live side demonstrates the collage-like nature of the LP.\u003cbr\u003eRather than pulling tracks from one single set, live performances were taken from shows in Vienna and Manchester mostly from 1988.\u003cbr\u003eSeminal Live features one of the most celebrated line-ups of the band with Brix Smith, Craig Scanlon, Steve Hanley, Simon Wolstencrof, Marcia Schofield and of course Mark E.\u003cbr\u003eSmith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fall’s legendary and notorious frontman Mark E.\u003cbr\u003eSmith passed away in 2018 at the age of 60 and left us with a massive output.\u003cbr\u003eThe amount of Fall releases (and band members) was prolific to say the least.\u003cbr\u003eThe foundation of their unique sound is a near-cacophonous, amelodic jagged jumble of guitars, sing-speak vocals and keyboards which has had an enormous influence on the indie\/alternative scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BEGGARS ARKIVE","offers":[{"title":"Yellow Vinyl","offer_id":53206292398407,"sku":"TRI-64656","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/2f4f0464c62a7849d4df49f3a2728963.jpg?v=1769370048","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/the-fall-seminal-live-2025-remaster","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}