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#22 - Blue Orchids - Peel Sessions (1980/1982) Mar 23, 2024

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Bonus listen-along hangout session with Gavin and Steve today as the tune their dials to the John Peel show to catch the Blue Orchids sessions from 1980 and 1982. Head or 'no head', it's going to be a good year.

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#21 - Blue Orchids - The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain) (1982) Mar 19, 2024

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Welcome to Blue Orchids Week: Gavin and Steve are excited to follow Martin Bramah and Una Baines into their post-Fall project, Blue Orchids. Their debut album The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain) (1982) is mounted with great enthusiasm!

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#20 - Fall In a Hole (1983) Mar 12, 2024

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Gavin and Steve once again journey back to New Zealand, but this time they catch up with The Fall during the recording of their proper live album, In A Hole (1983), for Flying Nun records.

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#19A - Grotesque Rescue (2024) Mar 09, 2024

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Enter an alternate reality: It's 1980 and MES has sacked the entire to band in Manchester, while at the same time in London Mick Jagger has left the Rolling Stones to pursue his acting career. A strange but perfect-storm has formed that allows MES to take over the reins as front man of the Stones.... and they go on to record 'Grotesque Rescue'.

MES's B-Day Week continues with this special bonus episode (A-side here; full episode on Patreon), where Gavin and Steve explore FAXED Records' conceptual mash-up album! ------

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#18 - MES Birthday Bash: CAN - Tago Mago (1971) Mar 05, 2024

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It's MES's birthday so let's explore one of his favorite things, as well as honoring two legendary frontmen simultaneously. In this celebratory episode Gavin and Steve dive into the album Mark said 'saved his life', Can's 1971 album Tago Mago. Fittingly, we discuss the recent loss of Damo Suzuki and the connections between the two late, great lead singers. Strap in and blast off with us on what would be Mark's 67th birthday.

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#17 - Live in Wellington, NZ (1982) Feb 27, 2024

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For Fall-heads only:This special episode is accompanied by a newly remastered recording of a live tape from The Fall's Wellington, New Zealand show on August 19, 1982. This has become one of Gavin and Steve's favorite live recordings and performances from the band is this era, so join us down under and turn it up proper! A listen-along with with your hosts that goes deep into the Fall-dynamics. *The remastered album can be found on the WATF Youtube channel (link below).

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#16 - The 1981 and 1982 Singles (Patreon Bonus Teaser) Feb 23, 2024

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*Teaser: Patreon-only Bonus Episode*

As we transition from 1981 to 1982, Gavin & Steve head back to the local record shop to pick up latest Fall singles and swipe that stupid smirk off the record shop clerk's face.

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#15 - Room to Live (1982) Feb 20, 2024

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Following up Hex Enduction Hour, The Fall let Gavin & Steve, and fellow Fall-heads get as close as possible to the creative process in the studio, with divisive yet intriguing results.

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#14B - Hex Enduction Hour - SIDE B (1982) Feb 16, 2024

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Here we go! Gavin and Steve set their watches and watch them explode, as the Hex Enduction Hour (1982) commences. Join us for part two in an epic, two-part discussion for WATF's Enduction Week.

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#14A - Hex Enduction Hour - SIDE A (1982) Feb 13, 2024

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Here we go! Gavin and Steve set their watches and watch them explode, as the Hex Enduction Hour (1982) commences. Join us in this first part of an epic two-part discussion during WATF's Enduction Week.

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