A series for 2025 in which this blog will dedicate a day to each of the twenty-four of the sessions The Fall recorded for the John Peel Show between 1978 and 2004.
Session #5 was broadcast….well actually not on this day as I messed it up and missed it by 96 hours. It was broadcast on 15 September 1981, having been recorded on 26 August 1981.
Recorded after their defining second American tour and before the group went to Iceland to gig and record some of ‘Hex Enduction Hour’, this Dale-Griffin-produced session was another showcase for ‘Hex Enduction Hour’ material, plus the accompanying ‘Look, Know’ single. It also offers the clearest description of the light rating system used in ‘Winter’ and fierce run through of ‘Who Makes The Nazis?’
DARYL EASLEA, 2005
mp3: The Fall – Deer Park (Peel Session)
mp3: The Fall – Look, Know (Peel Session)
mp3: The Fall – Winter (Peel Session)
mp3: The Fall – Who Makes The Nazis? (Peel Session)
Produced by Dale Grffin, Engineered by Nick Gomm
Mark E Smith – vocals; Marc Riley – guitar; Craig Scanlon – guitar; Steve Hanley – bass; Paul Hanley – drums;
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
Was mentally playing “Who Makes The Nazis” as the soundtrack to news footage of last weekend’s vile rally. For me, this era was the Fall’s apogee, but obviously there were a few other very high peaks.