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Title: The Fall - Totale's Turns (It's Now Or Never)
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Post-Punk, Art Punk and Experimental Rock, Prestwich, England 9/26
Matrix #: ROUGH 10
Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: The Fall (N/A)
Cultural Facts:

1. Live Album Lore: Rather than record in front of an easy hometown crowd, The Fall used performances from leisure centres and working-men’s-club-style venues around northern England, capturing Mark E. Smith heckling audiences and even berating his own band between songs.

2. DIY Recording: “New Puritan” was not recorded at a concert at all; it was a home demo made at Mark E. Smith’s house in Prestwich, while “That Man” was a studio outtake slipped among the live material.

3. Album Art: Mark E. Smith himself created the cover artwork, reinforcing how completely his cryptic writing, visual ideas, and confrontational personality shaped The Fall beyond just being the singer