Bingo-Master's Break-Out!

Bingo-Master's Break-Out! is the debut EP by the English post-punk band The Fall.^[2][3] It was released on 11 August 1978 through record label Step-Forward.

Bingo-Master's Break-Out!
EP by The Fall
Released	11 August 1978 (1978-08-11)
Recorded	9 November 1977 at Indigo Studios, Manchester, England
Genre	Post-punk
Length	10:02
Label	Step-Forward
Producer	The Fall
The Fall chronology
Bingo-Master's Break-Out! (1978) Live at the Witch Trials (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The EP failed to chart in either the UK Singles Chart or the UK Indie Singles Chart.

Background

Bingo-Master's Break-Out is the only studio recording by the original Fall line-up (Mark E. Smith, Martin Bramah, Tony Friel and Una Baines, plus Karl Burns who replaced the short-lived original drummer Steve Ormrod). The recording was financed by the Buzzcocks manager Richard Boon, who planned to release it on his New Hormones label; unable to afford it, he gave the tapes back to the band. The EP remained unreleased for almost a year, finally coming out in August 1978. By that time, both Friel and Baines had already quit the band, as did Friel's brief replacement Jonnie Brown who designed the cover art.

A fourth track, titled "Frightened", was set to appear on this EP, but it was not deemed up to scratch by frontman Mark E. Smith.^[4] A different recording later surfaced on the band's debut album, Live at the Witch Trials, and the original is now believed lost.

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the EP "a good example of Smith's surreal vision, coloured by his relentlessly northern working-class vigil."^[5]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Psycho Mafia"	Mark E. Smith, Tony Friel	2:19
2.	"Bingo-Master" (listed as "Bingo Master" on the label in the centre on the record)	Smith, Una Baines	2:32

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Repetition"	Smith, Baines, Karl Burns, Martin Bramah, Friel	5:11

Personnel

The Fall

• Mark E. Smith – vocals, production
• Martin Bramah – guitar, backing vocals, production
• Tony Friel – bass guitar, backing vocals, production
• Karl Burns – drums, production
• Una Baines – keyboards, production

Technical

• Jonnie Brown – cover artwork
• Phil Hampson - engineer