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discography: singles & albums updated 24 January 2007

album #01
Live At The Witch Trials

Original UK release:
16 March 1979
Step Forward Records
LP: SFLP1

Tracklisting:
01. Frightened (Smith/Friel) 5:02
02. Crap Rap 2/Like To Blow (Smith/Bramah) 2:04
03. Rebellious Jukebox (Smith/Bramah) 2:51
04. No Xmas For John Quays (Smith) 4:38
05. Mother-Sister! (Smith/Baines) 3:20
06. Industrial Estate (Smith/Bramah/Friel) 2:00
07. Underground Medecin (Smith/Bramah) 2:08
08. Two Steps Back (Smith/Bramah) 5:03
09. Live At The Witch Trials (Smith) 0:51
10. Futures And Pasts (Smith/Bramah) 2:36
11. Music Scene (Smith/Bramah/Pawlett/Riley) 8:00

(Side 1: tracks 1-6; Side 2: tracks 7-11)

Personnel:
Mark E Smith - vocals, guitar (track 9), tapes (track 11)
Martin Bramah - guitar, backing vocals
Marc Riley - bass
Karl Burns - drums
Yvonne Pawlett - keyboards

Other credits:
Produced by: The Fall and Bob Sargeant
Cover artwork: John Wriothesley

Recording info:
Recorded and mixed at Camden Town Suite, London on 15 and 16 December 1978.

Notes:
The studio was booked for 5 days but the first 3 days were lost due to Mark E Smith being ill, so all the tracks were recorded on the 4th scheduled day (15 December 1978) and the album was mixed on the 5th day (16 December 1978).

 
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Reissues: Alternate/overseas releases:
1989 IRS reissue
Released in 1989 on IRS Records.
LP: SFLP1; Cassette: SFLPC1; CD: SFLPCD1
Original UK tracklisting and cover.

1997 Voiceprint reissue
Released January 1997 on Cog Sinister via Voiceprint.
CD: COGVP103CD
Original UK tracklisting and cover.
Warning: This edition is poorly mastered from vinyl. It contains skips and drop-outs.

2002 Turning Point vinyl reissue
Released August 2002 on Turning Point (Italy).
LP: TPM02208
Original UK tracklisting and cover. A 180gm vinyl pressing.

2002 Voiceprint "+" reissue
Released 11 November 2002 on Cog Sinister via Voiceprint.
CD: COGVP138CD
Original UK tracklisting plus bonus tracks:
12. Bingo Master's Break-Out! (Smith/Baines) 2:22
13. Psycho Mafia (Smith/Friel) 2:13
14. Repetition (Smith/Baines/Bramah/Burns/Friel) 4:58
All bonus tracks taken from the Bingo Master's Break-Out! single. Released as Live At The Witch Trials+, with a red + symbol added to the cover artwork (see image gallery). 24 bit remastered from the 1989 IRS CD. There are no skips or drop-outs on this Voiceprint edition.

2004 Sanctuary reissue
Released 26 January 2004 on Castle, a label of Sanctuary Records Group.
CD: CMQDD847 (2 CDs)
Original UK tracklisting plus bonus tracks:
12. Bingo Master's Break-Out! (The Fall) 2:22
13. Psycho Mafia (Friel/Smith) 2:14
14. Repetition (Baines/Burns/Friel/Bramah/Smith) 4:55
15. It's The New Thing (Bramah) 3:27
16. Various Times (Burns/Smith/Bramah/Pawlett/Riley) 6:39
17. Dresden Dolls (Baines/Burns/Friel/Bramah/Smith) 3:37
18. Psycho Mafia (The Fall) 2:20
19. Industrial Estate (Bramah/Friel/Smith) 1:47
20. Stepping Out (Smith/Friel) 2:45
21. Last Orders (Smith/Friel) 2:21
CD2:
01. Rebellious Jukebox (Smith/Bramah) 3:00
02. Mother-Sister! (Smith/Baines) 3:07
03. Industrial Estate (Friel/Bramah/Smith) 1:45
04. Futures And Pasts (Bramah/Smith) 2:35
05. Put Away (Smith) 3:34
06. Mess Of My (Bramah/Smith/Goldstraw) 3:13
07. No Xmas For John Quays (Smith) 4:14
08. Like To Blow (Bramah/Smith) 1:47
09. Like To Blow (Bramah/Smith) 2:05
10. Stepping Out (Smith/Friel) 3:09
11. Two Steps Back (Bramah/Smith) 5:51
12. Mess Of My (Bramah/Smith/Goldstraw) 3:24
13. It's The New Thing (Bramah) 3:48
14. Various Times (Burns/Smith/Bramah/Pawlett/Riley) 4:59
15. Bingo-Master's Break-Out! (Baines/Smith) 2:48
16. Frightened (Smith/Friel) 5:35
17. Industrial Estate (Friel/Bramah/Smith) 1:53
18. Psycho Mafia (Friel/Smith) 3:01
19. Music Scene (Bramah/Pawlett/Smith/Riley) 9:26
20. Mother-Sister! (Smith/Baines) 3:32
CD1: tracks 12-14 from Bingo Master's Break-Out! single; tracks 15-16 from It's The New Thing single; tracks 17-19 home rehearsals from Dresden Dolls bootleg single; tracks 20-21 live from Short Circuit - Live At The Electric Circus. CD2: tracks 1-4 from John Peel radio session #1; tracks 5-8 from John Peel radio session #2; tracks 9-20 live at Mr Pickwick's, Liverpool 22 August 1978 from Liverpool 78. Remastered from the original master tapes, which had been recently discovered in the vaults at EMI. First pressing came in a cardboard slipcase (see image gallery).

2004 Earmark vinyl reissue
Released 5 July 2004 on Earmark (Italy).
LP: EAR40035LP (2 LPs)
Original UK tracklisting plus bonus tracks as per CD1 of the 2004 Sanctuary reissue. A 180gm vinyl pressing. Earmark is a joint venture between Sanctuary Records Group and Get Back Records of Italy.

US Version
Released in the USA 17 September 1979 on IRS Records.
LP: IRS SP-003
The US version had a different tracklisting and cover (see image gallery).
01. Frightened
02. Crap Rap 2/Like To Blow
03. Rebellious Jukebox
04. No Xmas For John Quays
05. Various Times (Smith/Bramah/Burns/Pawlett/Riley)
06. Underground Medecin
07. Two Steps Back
08. Live At The Witch Trials
09. Futures And Pasts
10. Music Scene


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UK version


2004 reissue


US version


2004 reissue slipcase


2002 reissue


2004 Earmark reissue
 


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