The Fall – How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' / City Hobgoblins
Tracklist
| A | How I Wrote Elastic Man | 4:19 | |
| AA | City Hobgoblins | 2:20 |
Companies, etc.
- Engineered At – Cargo Studios
- Published By – Rough Trade Music
Credits
- Drums, Percussion – Paul Hanley
- Engineer – J.Brierley*
- Lacquer Cut By – Porky (5)
- Management – K.C.*
- Music By – Scanlan*, Riley*, Smith*, Hanley*
- Plated By – EG*
- Producer – G.Travis*, M.Thompson*, The Fall
- Words By – Smith*
Notes
This version has a small centre pressing-ring (approximately 30mm) and no "DAMONT" etching in the runouts (Compare How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' / City Hobgoblins, with a 35mm ring and "DAMONT".)
Production: 8.5.80
Introducing: Paul Hanley - Drums, pcsn.
Engineer: [...] Cargo Studios Rochdale
Production: 8.5.80
Introducing: Paul Hanley - Drums, pcsn.
Engineer: [...] Cargo Studios Rochdale
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): RTO 48-A1 A PORKY PRIME CUT EG D .GEORGE BEST KNOWS THIS. D
- Matrix / Runout (Side AA runout etched; ending "K" faces upward): RTO 48-AA-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT. EG THERE IS NO MAIL AT THE HOUSE OF CONTEMPT. K
Other Versions (3)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' / City Hobgoblins (7", Single, 45 RPM, Damont Pressing) | Rough Trade | RT 048 | UK | 1980 | ||
Recently Edited | How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' / City Hobgoblins (7", Single, Reissue) | Earmark | 40014S-1 | Italy | 2002 | ||
| How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' / City Hobgoblins (7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress) | Rough Trade | RT 048 | UK | Unknown |
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Reviews
- The dilapidated building on the cover, demolished soon after the picture appeared, was 13 Fairfax Road, Prestwich. It was council owned. The site was turned into a car park. The building to the left, despite the hexagram in the upper window (which has Catholic symbolism), was originally built in 1891 as a Catholic church/school. It is now the parish hall for the Our Lady of Grace Catholic church which was built next door in c1931. Note the three figures in the photo. Paul Hanley apparently in the doorway. Mark E Smith in front of the window. Another, unconfirmed, head visible further left between the church hall and #13.
Edited 10 years agoHOW I WROTE ELASTIC MAN
Sino-Matchstick Men intro, cue young drms., perc. pal in proper terrace anth. 2/4. Th. singer goes on about reading Observer (not th. Station), H. Adkins hears ‘New Thing’ & does th. Manc-hunch, natch.
1.980 out of 5ive
CITY HOBGOBLINS
Merrie goblin meets new boy Hanley at th. cowbell shoppe & opts fer th. Chinese crash. Root-spec. bass gtr. supports concerned citizen crouched under planned-obsolete Dansette. ‘The Fall are jive,’ quoth L. Kvam, C.A. ed. (prof. anti-pseud), off-record, ca. 1994.
2.3, FEH, 5ive- reissue in 2006 on Rough Trade with original catalogue number
Release
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