The Fall's 'Totale's Turns' Live Album and 'Rough Trade Singles' Treated to Vinyl Reissues

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Aug 28, 2018

Having reissued a number of early releases from the Fall these past two years, archival label Superior Viaduct has now announced plans for another pair of re-releases from the English post-punks.

The label has announced plans to reissue the Fall's first live album, 1980's Totale's Turns (It's Now Or Never), and the 2002 compilation The Rough Trade Singles. Both will arrive as new vinyl pressings on October 26 and are available for pre-order here.

The 10-track Totale's Turns was initially released on Rough Trade prior to the release of the Fall's third album, Grotesque. The forthcoming reissue marks the first time the recording has been released in North America.

The Rough Trade Singles collects standalone tracks recorded for the label between 1980 and 1983, none of which ever appeared on the band's studio full-lengths. Like Totale's Turns, the reissue also marks the record's first-ever North American press, having previously been available as a 7-inch box set, in addition to CD and single LP issues.

You can stream "Totally Wired" from The Rough Trade Singles down below.

The Fall's frontman, Mark E. Smith, passed away in January of this year following a battle with terminal lung and kidney cancer.

Totale's Turns (It's Now Or Never):

1. Intro / Fiery Jack
2. Rowche Rumble
3. Muzorewi's Daughter
4. In My Area
5. Choc-Stock
6. Spectre Vs. Rector
7. Cary Grant's Wedding
8. That Man
9. New Puritan
10. No Xmas For J. Quay

The Rough Trade Singles:

1. How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'
2. City Hobgoblins
3. Totally Wired
4. Putta Block
5. The Man Whose Head Expanded
6. Ludd Gang
7. Kicker Conspiracy
8. Wings
9. Container Drivers
10. New Puritan

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