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[Pete Conkerton]

The Fall/Motown story is quite amusing, but comes from 1984 when the Fall were having their customary label problems. According to "Hip Priest" by Simon Ford:

"...One unlikely offer came from US label Motown, where an enthusiastic A&R man had offered Smith a £46,000 advance. 'The funny thing was', Smith said, 'this guy at Motown asked for some of our old stuff he could listen to and the only thing I had to hand was Hex Enduction Hour and the first line on that is, "Where are the obligatory ni**ers?" I thought, "When they hear that, we've had it." '. Smith was correct. It was not long before Motown's head office contacted Smith with its verdict: 'We see no commercial potential in this band whatsoever' "

Cheers aye, Pete



On Monday, 16 December 2013, 8:48, "so_it_goes_2512@..." <so_it_goes_2512@...> wrote:
  
  
Good idea for a thread, Robin! Off the top of my head, I know it doesn't quite fit your criteria but it's the only one that came to mind.....The Fall recorded their 11th session in May 1987, around the time that 'There's A Ghost In My House' entered the charts (only making it as far as 30, though). I read somewhere that they were nearly signed by Motown: is that true, and if so, was this the incentive?

Steve (TK)