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  • A common, black leather shoe, such as worn by women in the Slates, is an unsalable article.

    Six Months in Mexico 1888

  • Their singles from this period, however, were full of such songs, as was their next release, a ten-inch EP entitled Slates

    FallNet - was expecting a free tea kettle from Granada TV. It did not materialise. 1999

  • When trying to name a band a few bands ago we almost landed on Doctor Annabel, taken from the refrain of this song from "Slates" mini-album, which I might argue is the best Fall release on a per-minute basis.

    Clicky shuffle: Random songs for Friday morning 2010

  • 'Slates' is as well produced as anything these guitar bands are turning out, you know, it's got a lot more punch and it's a lot more interesting, but at that time it was just ahead of its time, you know?

    FallNews 2000

  • Fall get tough and congested, and suffer consequences with Sounds newspaper condemning "Slates" as "bloody rubbish to be frank".

    FallNews - Hey Peasants! 2000

  • The "Slates" mini-album was the last in a series of running battles with the label, and Smith still seethes in retrospect at Rough Trade's intransigence.

    FallNews - Hey Peasants! 2000

  • Nineteen eighty-one was the year of the brilliant "Hex Enduction Hour" LP and the "Slates" 10-inch.

    FallNews - Hey Peasants! 2000

  • On "Slates" (1981), the band discovered the joy of a professional mixing desk, ensuring higher fidelity than on any previous Fall record.

    FallNet - the punk foot of nose 1998

  • "Slates" had been made up weeks before, and shrewd guesses given as to who would be chosen to this society and to that, though it was all mere guesswork.

    Frank Merriwell's Reward Burt L. Standish 1905

  • They also focus on emerging technologies such as Slates and Tablets.

    Press Releases Press Guy 2010

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