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Alan Hull (Lindisfarne) : From the moment we went into the studio we never stopped having fun, and Bob Johnston thought it remarkable that this was only the second album we'd done with him because it sounded like the eleventh! I really feel a bit proud about this album because it's better than anything that's come before.
Most of the back-tracks went down first day and then there were just a few overdubs to do. Ray Laidlaw's brother Paul has done some really good orchestral arrangements especially on Dingly Dell.
We start with three songs put together - we're not going to call it a trilogy, but they will probably be called collectively All Fall Down. It's a song of sadness dealing with the ecological, psychological, sociological and what have you state of things, and opens with the title track All Fall Down. Then it goes into Si's instrumental Plankton Lament, (sic) which is about the destruction of all the plankton in the sea. Although it's a happy piece, it's called a lament because, as Si says, who knows how plankton lament!
The third part is called Bring Down The Government which I wrote, and although the words are fairly heavy, it's a pretty stupid tune. After that there's Rod's song Don't Ask Me. Originally, when I heard it I thought this was going to be the shit-hot song on the album but everything is so good that it's just turned out to be one of the ones. It's going to be a shock for people because it's real Rolling Stones' rock and roll and the way Dylan might have been after Blonde On Blonde. Then there's Poor Old Ireland, which is my lament for Ireland, and then another of my songs called, Oh No, Not Again, which starts off sad, then becomes happy and then goes completely crazy.
The second side will probably start with Dingle Regatta, which is a traditional Geordie tune which lasts about a minute, it features plenty of Jacka's harmonica and is the kind of thing that sends you crazy. Then Wake Up Little Sister, which is another of my songs - really sweet and all the girls like it. Next comes one of Si's songs, named Go back, which sounds happy-go-lucky, but there's some very real sentiments about it. He wrote it after reading The Politics Of Experience.
The next track will probably be a song of mine called Court In The Act, which is about an interesting experience I had in Hull magistrates' Court. I wrote it in honour of appearing there, and it's reminiscent of Eddie Cochran. Mandolin King features two mandolins, one played by Jacka and one by Si, and it's reminiscent of Meet Me On The Corner. You have to guess which is which. Last of all will be Dingly Dell, which is a real f***er. "The album will have all the usual ad libs and Si is playing banjo on the album for the first time.
(Source : interview by Jerry Gilbert in Sounds, July 29, 1972)
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Most of the back-tracks went down first day and then there were just a few overdubs to do. Ray Laidlaw's brother Paul has done some really good orchestral arrangements especially on Dingly Dell.
We start with three songs put together - we're not going to call it a trilogy, but they will probably be called collectively All Fall Down. It's a song of sadness dealing with the ecological, psychological, sociological and what have you state of things, and opens with the title track All Fall Down. Then it goes into Si's instrumental Plankton Lament, (sic) which is about the destruction of all the plankton in the sea. Although it's a happy piece, it's called a lament because, as Si says, who knows how plankton lament!
The third part is called Bring Down The Government which I wrote, and although the words are fairly heavy, it's a pretty stupid tune. After that there's Rod's song Don't Ask Me. Originally, when I heard it I thought this was going to be the shit-hot song on the album but everything is so good that it's just turned out to be one of the ones. It's going to be a shock for people because it's real Rolling Stones' rock and roll and the way Dylan might have been after Blonde On Blonde. Then there's Poor Old Ireland, which is my lament for Ireland, and then another of my songs called, Oh No, Not Again, which starts off sad, then becomes happy and then goes completely crazy.
The second side will probably start with Dingle Regatta, which is a traditional Geordie tune which lasts about a minute, it features plenty of Jacka's harmonica and is the kind of thing that sends you crazy. Then Wake Up Little Sister, which is another of my songs - really sweet and all the girls like it. Next comes one of Si's songs, named Go back, which sounds happy-go-lucky, but there's some very real sentiments about it. He wrote it after reading The Politics Of Experience.
The next track will probably be a song of mine called Court In The Act, which is about an interesting experience I had in Hull magistrates' Court. I wrote it in honour of appearing there, and it's reminiscent of Eddie Cochran. Mandolin King features two mandolins, one played by Jacka and one by Si, and it's reminiscent of Meet Me On The Corner. You have to guess which is which. Last of all will be Dingly Dell, which is a real f***er. "The album will have all the usual ad libs and Si is playing banjo on the album for the first time.
(Source : interview by Jerry Gilbert in Sounds, July 29, 1972)