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Well, here's the big Christmas present - again courtesy of Brian McGee - an awesome video of Fluke performing at Tribal Gathering 1997.

The video includes Absurd and Squirt and was filmed/performed on the 24th of May 1997 at Luton.

There isn't really much I can say to express how grateful we are to Brian for this video; if anyone else out there is enjoying the things on this site and has rare Fluke material that they too would like to share, please drop me an email at any time: martin@2bitpie.net or alternatively, leave a comment somewhere on the site!

So, here it is, Merry Christmas Flukesters!

Fluke - Video of Live Performance at Tribal Gathering 1997 (450mb)

comment from CRYvet
Thank you very much, its very great video!!!

comment from zort01
Wow. Excellent stuff. Thank you!

comment from steve w
Thanks for this video, absolutely love it,, I have the other downloaded with fluke on a TV show, and when it plays back, the audio is out of sync by a few seconds, anyone know how to fix it?

comment from Ivan
Guys, I am your fan from Moscow, Russia.
more than 10 years, and i still waiting/hoping for Fluke to come in Moscow.....
P.S. Good video, thx

comment from hypnomonkey
thanks 4 all this, hope 2 see the Fluke in Ukraine

comment from hypnomonkey
thanks 4 all this, hope 2 see the Fluke in Ukraine

comment from hypnomonkey
thanks 4 all this, hope 2 see the Fluke in Ukraine

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Well, here it is, the second offering from Brian that's going up on the site: Fluke live at the Essential Festival, Brighton, 1996.

The set is of moderate to low audio quality, but I've included a Winamp EQ file in with the pack which reduces the preamp settings. In short, with the preamp settings applied, this is a thoroughly listenable-to set!

The tracklist is as follows:

1. Slid - 5:31
2. Setback - 5:08
3. Freak - 3:15
4. Atomb Bomb - 9:15
5. Top of the World - 3:59
6. Electric Guitar - 5:58
7. Unknown - 6:18
8. Tosh - 7:39


Obviously of special interest is the track that's labelled "unknown" - if anyone does "know", please give a shout in the comments!

Furthermore, the version of Atom Bomb is a great live performance of the Straight Six Instrumental Mix, famed for its inclusion on the Wipeout 2097 soundtrack.

Well then, thanks again to Brian McGee, here it is: Fluke - Live at Brighton Essential Festival - 1996. Enjoy.

comment from Justin Credible
The track labeled unknown is naturally Bjango :-)

comment from Brian/holden
Nice gig! Thanks again McGee!
Interesting to hear how "Top of the World" changed from the 1991 version to the LP, and then the bassy monster that it was when performed live.

comment from Tim
If only Fluke would perform again :(
Thanks for the set!

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After getting a little rapped for my use of the word "purportedly" in the last post, I can indeed clarify that the recording previously posted, and generously donated by Brian is DEFINITELY 1991. Here's Brian's story regarding the recording, which makes a great read!

As for Top of the World Peel Session - it's not taken from a release - it was never released, and until yesterday it's fairly likely I'm the only person in the world who had that recording, perhaps also including the band.

That session was actually the first I ever heard of Fluke - I always listened to John Peel's radio show, and often just left a tape running in case anything would stand out. That was on a show in 1991, I'd never heard of Fluke, he introduced them and played the session they'd recorded for him, I liked it, so I just held onto it - then I started seeking out other Fluke material, and the rest is history.

I don't know how familiar you are with John Peel's show - bands used to record sessions exclusively for the show and he'd play them on air once and that would be it. Bands normally recorded four songs in a session. Fluke did two sessions, one in 1990 and one in 1991, therefore a total of eight songs. When BBC released the Peel Session CD in the late 1990s, I noticed that there were only 7 tracks instead of 8, and that Top of the World was missing. I've searched the internet several times since and found only one reference to it, on an American site, where someone said that it was alleged that there was an eighth session, but that this was probably not true (which of course it is!) I responded to the site saying that Top of the World was recorded, but did not share the recording with them :-)

I can think of no reason BBC would have omitted Top of the World from the Peel Sessions CD, other than perhaps due to losing the master recording - because BBC do not ask the bands about such releases, they just put them out to make money. I've several Peel Session CDs of other artists, and never has one track from a session been omitted.

Therefore it is very likely that Top of the World was lost over the years, so unless anyone else happened to have the tape running on that night back in 1991, it would perhaps have been lost forever.

I've held onto that recording for the last 17 years without sharing it with anyone, because apart from absolutely loving it, there was something good about feeling that I had a Fluke recording that was probably unique - in the literal sense.

But now I think it's finally found a good home :-)

Thanks again for all this stuff, and for deeming us a worthy home!

The next post, in a couple of days should, with any luck, bring a smile to some Flukester's faces; a new live set. Keep your eyes peeled. No pun intended.

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It's Christmas, even here in the deserty wilderness of 2bitpie.net where the posts fall intermittently throughout the year, dark like snow. Except that there's this guy called Brian McGee who seems determined to bring in the Christmas cheer. He might as well be Santa, or some other benevolent figure who sneaks down chimneys because he has started sending me some incredibly rare Fluke material with permission to post it here on the site.

This stuff will be forthcoming gradually over the weeks leading up to Christmas (it's sort-of-like an advent calendar!) but to kick us off, here is a recording, purportedly from 1991, of Top of the World at a Peel Session. The source is

The pack includes the original recording that Brian sent me and a cleaned up version by our resident mix-master-general Justin Credible.

Grab it here: Fluke - Top of the World (Peel Session)

Appreciative comments should be addressed to Brian. Here's mine: thank you Brian - December is going to be a good month!

comment from Justin Credible
Thank you very much Brian :-)

comment from Brian/holden
Very nice for you to share, Brian!
And big thanks to the site for hosting and posting all these goodies. A couple years back, i never dreamed i'd be able to hear some of these rarities and gigs. Thanks for keeping the Fluke love strong!
Happy Holidays!

comment from Brian McGee
Glad people enjoy it. As for "purportedly from 1991", well, here's the BBC's official tracklist for the 1991 Peel Session :-)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1991/Dec10fluke/

comment from Martin
Hey Brian - thanks again! Yes, I saw that only after I made the post; regardless, I still like the sound of "purportedly", it gives the recording an indefinable mythical quality that wholly befits it!

comment from Geoff Henman
Thanks a lot for posting that. It's always great to be able to expand the collection especially with something you didn't know existed. Great site, look forward to the other promised rare stuff. keep up the good work.

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