Pal TV LP

AMG Review of Pal TV LP

Ted Mills
All Music Guide

One side extracts from Mole Show, the other side a selection from the Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats?, released, as it says in the liner notes, "to commemorate the availability for the first time ever of a 60 minute videocassete... of The Mole Show" and Vileness Fats for European (PAL Tv) standard video players." While the Vileness Fats tracks later appeared on a CD of their own, the Mole Show selections here were not the same ones that turned up later on the Mole Show: Live in Holland release, and are, therefore, worth seeking out. Listeners get a heavy dose of the tech-opera from the narrative parts of the show, but also the weird spectacle of the group stomping to some 12-bar blues, "Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)." A nice sampler, and quite rare.