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Album Liner Notes:

I open my yellowing filo-fax and turn the pages slowly with stunted nicotine fingers. Somewhere a creepy voice says "I am Curious Orange". I open my eyes in a mist of swirling colour and descending upon me are 10,000 green dwarfs--in their midst a dancer--a certain Michael Clark. Dressed to kill in doctor martens and leotard. His henchmen waif-like mingle in toe-turned elegance. . In the distance a drum beat is calling me. The noise arrives through the howling of the wind, static air-cracks--the beginning-- The Fall. The ballet "I am Curious Orange" was performed by the renownly extravagant contemporary dance group "Michael Clark and Company." The music was created and performed on stage by the renownly radical rock band "The Fall". This was not only a historical event--being the first time a group has performed live with a ballet company--but was also in celebration of a historical occasion--the anniversary of William and Mary. The show was performed during 1988 in Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Saderswells-- and was sold out throughout. An unusual audience was in-house. The dance/drama critic types of bow-tie sporting crowd were heard "Arf-ing" in many a theatre bar. While awful, aweful and dazed Fall followers did not dare to stir from their seats--an unusual incident. Most left in a cheerful frame after satisfying a craving for lunacy. Even now their ears--still ringing with the orange chimes--hoping not to forget--the end--The Fall.

Further Notes from the Theatrical Programme from the Kings Theatre, Edinburgh:

Mark E Smith is the leader and main songwriter of The Fall group, and under his steerage they have released 14 LPs, including bootlegs. he was born in Salford in 1958 and left his job on the docks there to form The Fall at the age of 18. An eternal thorn in the side of rock music and its press, it is claimed he has single-handedly changed the course of underground music with his pen and sheer bloody mindedness. The Fall to him is life and passion through which he can filter his original words, music and ideas. There are no rules an boudaries in his group. He has had a lyric book published in Germany and in 1986 he wrote and directed the play "Hey Luciani" (The Times, Life and Codex of Albino Luciani), a music comedy which centres around the mysterious death of Pope John Paul I, a brave work relentlessly plagiarised since by scores of 'new' US novelists and moribund UK pop acts. "Rock music is too easy for people," he states, "yet the possibilities are infinite." A history buff and admirer of Michael Clark, "I Am Curious, Orange" spawned the idea of a thematic delving into the foibles and little-known psyche of William of Orange.

The Fall released their first album in 1979. Renowned for their innovatory qualities, they still remain unique and apart, begrudgingly admired by a rapidly decomposing 'rock' world for their omnipresent influence on music plus musicians of all ranges and ages. Led since the beginning by Mark E Smith, lyricist/vocalist and feared commentator, The Fall surprisingly notched up three top 40 singles in 1987/88. Their latest line-up consists of six people, all of whom are creative composers, average age 24 years old. Personnel: Mark E Smith (lead vocal/Type FX), Stephen Hanley (bass guitar), Brix Smith (lead guitar/vocals), Craig Scanlon (rhythm/acoustic guitar), Marcia Schofield (keyboards/FX) and Simon Wolstencroft (drums). Described as the definitive British group and the only English group worth listening to, The Fall nevertheless contain two US citizens, Brix and Marcia, who in the past two years have added a unique creative angle that is fringed with a spot of glamour. Their latest release is "The Frenz experiment" LP (February 1988). Brix also touts her own group, the Adult Net. "I Am Curious Orange" is the first live collaboration entered into with Michael Clark and Company, and heralds yet another dynamic period in Fall history. JOE TOTALE XV, Vancouver May 1988

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