The Fall – Bend Sinister / The ‘Domesday’ Pay-Off Triad-Plus!

The question no one has asked here is what "analogue tapes" these were re-mastered from. Steve Hanley in The Big Mid-week says that Mark E Smith insisted on using a muddy mix of the album he had on a cassette he'd been playing in his walkman. I also heard Brix recount this story on conversation with Marc Riley on his radio show on BBC radio 6. This sounds a lot more like the production on the previous two albums so could this actually be the original John Leckie mix?

Another first class Beggars reissue, absolutely zero complaints about it. The facsimile program is pretty minimal in design but definitely an essential MES curio!

The packaging is top-notch. Fat, sturdy gatefold, added booklet, all photos and inserts reproduced at a high quality. The pressing itself is as great as it can get. If you ever see this reissue in the wild, grab it without hestitation.

Perfect pressing for me, no noise and a clear sound. Great extra LP, "Hey! Luciani" being a personal highlight. Probably the most underrated Fall album too.

Just spinning this again now (brand new copy). The pressing is OK in that my copy doesn't have an abundance of surface noise (definite nasty extra hiss on 'Terry Wait Says' though) and the thing spins flat without any warps, but what immediately strikes me is how brittle and lacking in low end/low-mids the mastering job is. Certainly wouln't use the word 'rich' to describe it.

I had an original and I think this reissue sounds just as good. Nice pressing. Worth it.

Not sure about the glowing comments below on the pressing quality. I went through three copies before I found one where the records weren't warped, and all copies had an intermittent scratchy noise in the right channel throughout "ROD." That said, the rest of it is generally quiet, and the mastering of this album sounds outstanding.

Absolute perfect pressing quality. Plain and very very little occasional surface noises. The remaster is well done. I've got the original LP ( Pressing) which doesn't sound better at all. The remaster has more richness and dynamic. For all Fall Fans it is recomended to have that release.

Really nice pressing with a decent extra lp of non album tracks, worth the price alone.The original Bend Sinister sounds much better but worth it for the extras.

Overlooked Fall album. Sounds terrific on this reissue. Flat disc, very little surface noise, clear sound. I haven't anything to compare it to, but I am pleased with the quality of this pressing compared to previous beggars banquet Fall reissues.