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S01 E03: The Mighty Manchester Apollo
Simon Wolstencroft | The X Generation | S01 E03: The Mighty Manchester Apollo E03: Manchester Apollo brings back memories. Aged 16, Simon and John Squire used to come to the…
S01 E19: Playing Wembley Stadium
S01 E19: A chance sighting of classmate Ian Brown’s car on the M40 motorway leads to Si fulfilling one of his boyhood dreams: to play drums at Wembley Stadium, with…
S01 E18: Catching up with Mark Again
S01 E18: Catching up with Mark Again 15 years after quitting The Fall, Simon Wolstencroft met Mark E Smith, at Gulliver’s on Oldham Street in Manchester. Si had been working…
S01 E17: Performing on Top of The Pops
S01 E17: Performing on Top of The Pops Just north of London, in Borehamwood, is Elstree Studios where the BBC filmed TOTP, Grange Hill and other shows. Top of the…
S01 E16: Recording Golden Gaze
S01 E16: SARM Studios is a recording studio located on Basing Street in Notting Hill, London. The studios were established by Chris Blackwell, the infamous founder of Island Records. They…
S01 E15: Divide and Ruling in Wales
S01 E15: Divide and Ruling in Wales Si returns from a week’s holiday in Tunisia to find out that The Fall are recording an album in Wales without him. Mark…
S01 E14: Attending Barry White’s 50th in New York
S01 E14: New York, USA. Join Si in Union Square in front of the world famous George Washington statue as he waxes lyrical about life on the road with The…
S01 E13: Running The Fall’s Office
S01 E13: In the late 80’s to 90’s, The fall ran a record label called Cog Sinister Records. It was a stone’s throw from one of Mark E Smith’s favourite…