The Fall, Rollin' Dany (12" EP)

This 5-song EP from 1986 followed This Nation's Saving Grace, with Brix Smith still playing with the Fall.  Its strangest quality might be the repetition of the same 5 songs on both sides.  The EP kicks off with a cover of Gene Vincent's "Rollin' Dany"—like the cover of "Mr. Pharmacist" on Bend Sinister, its traditional structure foreground's the classic rockabilly and garage influences in the Fall's work.  The originals on the rest of the EP follow a less traditional song structure, but still emphasize the rock 'n' roll elements within the group's sound.  A few brief excursions into abstraction turn up, but the songs quickly fall back into structure.  The playing is relatively tight and the sounds and arrangements fit together in this rock context, with only Brix's very bright vocal sound leaping out.  The undistinguished packaging is one of the less memorable in the Fall's lengthy discography.