Following items are:
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| DISCOGRAPHY OF FRED FRITH |
| January 2000 |
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| by Patrice Roussel |
| (ergodic@sprintmail.com) |
| 2034 NE 37th Ave. |
| Portland, OR 97212 (USA) |
| Stephane Vuilleumier |
| (svuilleu@micro.biol.ethz.ch) |
| Rosengartenstr. 68 |
| CH-8037 Zurich (Switzerland) |
| and Michel Ramond |
| (ramond.michel@wanadoo.fr) |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------With very special thanks to:
Malcolm Humes, for his Fred Frith discography on which most of the initial version of this one was based.for sending us extra material and/or giving prompt answers to our questions. Also thanks to John Relph for his Peter Blegvad discography.And special thanks to:
Andrew Torda torda@rsc.anu.edu.au Andrei Bakhmin chronicle@glas.apc.org Philippe Renaud Phil Zampino zampino@squidco.com John Shiurba Shiurba@aol.com David J. Strauss djs2852@is.NYU.EDU Gino Robair GinoRobair@aol.com Mark Jung markj@MTN.Org Eric Rutten Eric.Rutten@inrialpes.fr Bill Ellsworth Loa9@aol.com Donel Young jf@escape.com Peter Stoller AFCPeterS@aol.com Paolo Valladolid pvallado@waynesworld.UCSD.EDU Richard Shapiro macrshap@BBN.COM Jonathan Abbey JonAbbey@aol.com Johann Haidenbauer j.haidenbauer@fz-juelich.de Fastian Fastian@aol.com Art Cohen artc@tiac.net Merryman Michael mmerry2@gl.umbc.edu Ulrich Bomnueter Bomnueter@t-online.de Joshua Fried jf@escape.com David Mandl dmandl@panix.com Morgan Fisher Peter Renfro prognerd@vnet.net Andrew Cimino andrew.cimino@the-spa.com Bruce Liebenberg bliebenb@mj.org.za Greg Gunthner dyllan@hooked.net Herb Levy herb@eskimo.com Michael Zelner michaelz@zoka.com Hal Dean haldean@omni.voicenet.com Nick Loebner nickl@lsi-logic.co.uk Geoff Gray gdgray@vnet.ibm.com Dan Coffey C134PFZD@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu Ville Sinkko vs@clinet.fi David C. Mason dmason@denver.net Einar Timdal einar.timdal@toyen.uio.no Chris Koenigsberg ckk@uchicago.edu Rick Brown rbrown@yu1.yu.edu Jeff Spirer jeffs@hyperreal.com T Neale neato@nyc.pipeline.com Rik Gerrits gerrik@worldaccess.nl Stanislav Avzan avz@sparc.spb.su Danilo Campanella Allen Huotari allenh@smtpgate.tais.com Jonas Vognsen i33484@inet.uni-c.dk Steve Gore RASCALREP@aol.com James Douglas Knox jknox@minyos.its.rmit.EDU.AU Arto Seppala zeppo@thrak.pp.fi Ross Goodman Henryk Palczewski Gonzalo Patricio Fuentes wvelasqu@valdivia.uca.uach.cl Burghard Ilge ilge@cerberus.dimes.tudelft.nl Guillaume Loizillon guil@julienas.ipt.univ-paris8.fr Matt Weiner mcwst5+@pitt.edu Chris Cole susan@bosshog.arts.uwo.ca Jean-Francois Masse jfmasse@msn.com Quentin Rollet purr@club-internet.fr Patrick Boeuf boeuf@club-internet.fr R. Dittmann Jay Tracy THINKING_GULCH@compuserve.com Ben Raskin aoxomoa@ix.netcom.com Francois Tieche Francois.Tieche@imt.unine.ch Artur Nowak arno@emd.pl Caleb T. Deupree cdeupree@interagp.com Fredi Bosshard Fred Frith Takeshi Ohashi wsx@geocities.co.jp Steve Bunyan sbunyan@mcimusic.co.uk Prem Lall premlall@mailexcite.com Sean Terwilliger seanter@ix.netcom.com Dale Steven Funtash TagYrIt@aol.com Stan Miller smiller@inweb.net Ayse ayse@darkhalo.com John Karpel john-k@brennertool.com Siegfried Otto otto.siegfried@t-online.de Jacek Majewski mozg@by.com.pl Mario Bucci mario.bucci@euronet.be Andreas Dietz andreasdietz@hotmail.com Pat Rice gda@datacomm.ch
------------------------------------------------------------------------------Records and tapes have been listed by chronological order for edition (and not recording). The following records and tapes are listed:
Album Full album release, in one or more of the formats below:
LP 12" vinyl long-player (33 1/3 RPM)
CD Compact (digital) disc
CT Cassette tape
DAT DAT, digital audio tape
DCC Digital compact cassette tape
MD MiniDisc, CD-like optical disc
Single Single release, usually from an album, in one or more of
the formats below:
7" 7" 45 RPM vinyl
10" 10" 45 RPM vinyl
12" 12" 45 RPM vinyl
EP Extended play single or mini-album, usually 33 1/3 RPM
CD-3 CD-3, 3" (7 cm) CD single
CD-5 5" (12 cm) CD single
CS Cassette single
Flexi Flexi-disc, usually included with a magazine
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| DISCOGRAPHY |
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001 - LEGEND: Henry Cow
1/ Nirvana For Mice (Frith) 4:53
2/ Amygdala (Hodgkinson) 6:47
3/ Teenbeat Introduction (Henry Cow) 4:32
4/ Teenbeat (Frith, Greaves) 6:57
5/ Nirvana (reprise) (Frith) 1:11
6/ With The Yellow Half-Moon And Blue Star (Frith) 2:26
7/ Teenbeat (reprise) (Frith) 5:07
8/ The Tenth Chaffinch (Henry Cow) 6:06
9/ Nine Funerals Of The Citizen King (Hodgkinson) 5:34
10/ Bellycan (Henry Cow) 3:19
Recorded at Manor Studios, May/June 1973
(10) recorded at Manor Studios on November 4, 1973
Geoff Leigh: soprano, tenor, flute, clarinet, recorder, voice; Tim
Hodgkinson: piano, organ, alto, clarinet, voice; Fred Frith: guitar, violin,
viola, piano, voice; John Greaves: bass, piano, voice; Chris Cutler: drums,
toys, piano, voice; Sarah Greaves: voice; Maggie Thomas: voice; Cathy
Williams: voice; Jeremy Baines (6): pixiphone; Lindsay Cooper (2): bassoon.
1973 - Virgin (UK), V. 2005 (LP)
1973 - Virgin (USA), VR 13-107 (LP)
???? - Virgin (France), 840027 (LP)
1973 - Virgin-Ariola (Germany), 87738IT (LP)
1975 - Nippon Columbia (Japan), YX-7022-VR (LP)
1979 - Celluloid/LTM (France), LTM 1008 (LP)
1979 - Red Records (USA), RED 001 (LP)
1981 - Victor (Japan), VIP 4153 (LP)
1991 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 80482 (CD)
1991 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ESD 80482/80492/80502 (3xCD)
1998 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR HC1 (CD)
1998 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 81342 (CD)
Note: although present, (5) is not listed on the LP pressings.
Note: (10) are only available on the ESD 80482 CD pressing.
Note: Lindsay Cooper does not play on the original pressing; she only
appears on an edited version of (2) which was recorded in August 1990.
Note: the 3xCD set from ReR Megacorp is called HENRY COW: THE VIRGIN YEARS;
it is a limited edition (1250 copies) that includes LEGEND (1973), UNREST
(1974), IN PRAISE OF LEARNING (1975), a 24 page full color souvenir booklet
and a fold-out family-tree.
Note: both 1998 reissues (ReR Megacorp and ESD) restore the original mixing
and omit the bonus track (10).
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002 - GREASY TRUCKERS, LIVE AT DINGWALLS DANCE HALL: various artists
This record features Camel (side A), Henry Cow (side B), Global Village
Trucking Co (side C), Gong (side D).
Side B: 21:30
1/ Off The Map
1a/ Solo piano (Hodgkinson)
1b/ Trio (Hodgkinson, Cutler, Frith)
2/ Cafe Royal (solo guitar) (Frith)
3a/ Keeping Warm In Winter (Frith, Greaves)
3b/ Sweet Heart Of Mine (Henry Cow)
Recorded at The Manor on November 4, 1973
Chris Cutler: drums, vocals; Fred Frith: guitar, violin, vocals; John
Greaves: bass, piano, vocals, Tim Hodgkinson: clarinet, alto, vocals; Geoff
Leigh: tenor, soprano, flute, clarinet, recorder.
1974 - Greasy Truckers (UK), GT 4997 (2xLP)
Note: all these tracks have been reissued on the CD pressing of CONCERTS.
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003 - GUITAR SOLOS: Fred Frith
1/ Hello Music
2/ Glass C/W Steel
3/ Ghosts
4/ Out Of Their Heads (On Locoweed)
5/ Not Forgotten
6/ Hollow Music
7/ Heat C/W Moment
8/ No Birds
Recorded at Kaleidophon Studios, London in 1974
1974 - Caroline (UK), C 1508 (LP)
1981 - Victor (Japan), VIP 4097 (LP)
1991 - East Side Digital (USA), ESC 80442 (CD)
1991 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 904 (CD)
Note: the CD re-issues include all of the Frith material from GUITAR SOLOS
1, 2 and 3 plus material from 1988 previously unreleased.
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004 - UNREST: Henry Cow
1/ Bittern Storm Over Ulm (Frith) 2:44
2/ Half Asleep; Half Awake (Greaves) 7:39
3/ Ruins (Frith) 12:00
4/ Solemn Music (Frith) 1:09
5/ Linguaphonie (Henry Cow) 5:58
6/ Upon Entering The Hotel Adlon (Henry Cow) 2:56
7/ Arcades (Henry Cow) 1:50
8/ Deluge (Henry Cow) 5:52
9/ The Glove (Henry Cow) 6:35
10/ Torch Fire (Henry Cow) 4:48
Recorded at The Manor in February-March 1974
Tim Hodgkinson: alto, clarinet, piano, organ; Fred Frith: guitar, violin,
xylophone, piano; John Greaves: bass, piano, voice; Chris Cutler: drums;
Lindsay Cooper: bassoon, oboe, recorder, voice.
1974 - Virgin (UK), V2011 (LP)
1974 - Red Records (USA), RED 002 (LP)
???? - LTM (France), LTM 1009 (LP)
???? - Virgin (Italy), VIL 12 011 (LP)
1975 - Nippon Columbia (Japan), YX-7034-VR (LP)
1981 - Victor (Japan), VIP 4096 (LP)
1988 - Broadcast, BC 4 (LP)
1991 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 80492 (CD)
1991 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ESD 80482/80492/80502 (3xCD)
1999 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR HC2 (CD)
1999 (?) - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 81412 (CD)
Note: (9,10) are taken from raw material recorded at the UNREST sessions,
and are only available on the CD pressings (but not on the 1999 reissues).
Note: the 3xCD set from ReR Megacorp is called HENRY COW: THE VIRGIN YEARS;
it is a limited edition (1250 copies) that includes LEGEND (1973), UNREST
(1974), IN PRAISE OF LEARNING (1975), a 24 page full color souvenir booklet
and a fold-out family-tree.
Note: both 1999 reissues (ReR Megacorp and ESD) restore the original mixing
and omit the bonus tracks (9,10).
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005 - ROCK BOTTOM: Robert Wyatt
1/ Sea Song (Wyatt) 6:31
2/ A Last Straw (Wyatt) 5:46
3/ Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road (Wyatt) 7:40
4/ Alifib (Wyatt) 6:55
5/ Alife (Wyatt) 6:31
6/ Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road (Wyatt) 6:08
Recorded at The Manor and on Delfina's Farm, Little Bedwyn in February
and March 1974
Produced by Nick Mason
Robert Wyatt: voice, keyboards, James' drum, guitar, Delfina's wineglass;
Richard Sinclair (1,3,6): bass guitar; Laurie Allan (2,6): drums; Hugh
Hopper (2,4,5): bass guitar; Ivor Cutler (3,6): voice, baritone concertina;
Mongezi Feza (3): trumpet; Alfreda Benge (5): voice; Gary Windo (5): bass
clarinet, tenor sax; Fred Frith (6): viola; Mike Oldfield (6): guitar.
1974 - Virgin (UK), V 2017 (LP)
1974 - Virgin (France), 840043 (LP)
1974 - Virgin (USA), VR 13-112 (LP)
1974 - Virgin (Italy), Orlando ORL 8307 (LP)
1974 - Nippon Columbia (Japan), YQ-7017-VR (LP)
1980 - Virgin (UK), VGD 3505 (2xLP)
1989 - Virgin (UK), CDV 2017 (CD)
1989 - Virgin, CAROL 1634-2 (CD)
1989 - Virgin (Japan), VJD 5022 (CD)
1994 - Virgin (France), 724383975228 (2xCD)
1998 - Hannibal (UK), HNCD 1426 (CD)
1998 - Thirsty Ear (USA), thi 57045.2 (CD)
Note: the 2xLP/2xCD pressings contain also RUTH IS STRANGER THAN RICHARD
(1975).
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006 - I'M A BELIEVER: Robert Wyatt
1/ I'm A Believer (Neil Diamond)
2/ Memories (Hugh Hopper)
Recorded at CBS Studio 2, London in August 1974
Dave McRae (1): piano; Fred Frith: guitar, violin; Richard Sinclair: bass
guitar; Nick Mason: drums; Robert Wyatt: keyboards, piano, vocals.
1974 - Virgin (UK), VS 114 (7")
???? - Ariola (Germany), 13617 AT (7")
1974 (?) - Virgin (France), 640 059 (7")
1974 - Virgin (USA), VR 56000 (7")
1975 - Nippon Columbia (Japan), YK-3-VR (7")
Note: the French pressing (640 059) contains the following songs:
1/ Yesterday Man
2/ I'm A Believer
Note: the American pressing (VR 56000) contains the following songs:
1/ I'm A Believer (mono)
2/ I'm A Believer (stereo)
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007 - BEAUTIFUL AS THE MOON, TERRIBLE AS AN ARMY WITH BANNERS: Henry Cow
Recorded live at Udine, Italy on October 7, 1974
1974 - Gong Magazine (Italy), No. 4 (7")
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008 - DESPERATE STRAIGHTS: Slapp Happy/Henry Cow
1/ Some Questions About Hats (Moore, Blegvad) 1:49
2/ The Owl (Moore) 2:14
3/ A Worm Is At Work (Moore, Blegvad) 1:52
4/ Bad Alchemy (Greaves, Blegvad) 3:06
5/ Europa (Moore, Blegvad) 2:48
6/ Desterate Straights (Moore) 4:14
7/ Riding Tigers (Blegvad) 1:43
8/ Apes In Capes (Moore) 2:14
9/ Strayed (Blegvad) 1:53
10/ Giants (Moore, Blegvad) 1:57
11/ Excerpt From The Messiah (Handel, Blegvad) 1:48
12/ In The Sickbay (Dagmar, Blegvad) 2:08
13/ Caucasian Lullaby (Cutler, Moore) 8:20
Recorded at the Manor and Nova Sound Studios in November 1974
Dagmar: voice, Wurlitzer on (12); Peter Blegvad: guitar, voice; Anthony
Moore: piano; John Greaves: bass guitar, piano on (4); Chris Cutler: drums;
Tim Hodgkinson: clarinet, piano on (13); Fred Frith: guitar, violon; Geoff
Leigh: flute; Pierre Moerlen (5): percussion; Muchsin Campbell: French horn;
Mongezi Feza: trumpet; Nick Evans: trombone; Lindsay Cooper: oboe, bassoon.
1975 - Virgin (UK), V 2024 (LP)
1975 - Nippon Columbia (Japan), YX-7036-VR (LP)
1980 - Virgin/Victor (Japan), VIP-4071 (limited edition LP)
1982 - Recommended (UK), RRA 12 (LP)
???? - Ariola (Germany), 88 837 IT (LP)
1993 - Virgin (UK), CDOVD 441 (CD)
Note: the CD release also includes CASABLANCA MOON (1974).
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009 - IN PRAISE OF LEARNING: Slapp Happy/Henry Cow
1/ War (Moore, Blegvad) 2:25
2/ Living In The Heart Of The Beast (Hodgkinson) 15:30
3/ Beginning: The Long March (Henry Cow, Slapp Happy) 6:26
4/ Beautiful As The Moon - Terrible As An Army With Banners
(Frith, Cutler) 7:02
5/ Morning Star (Henry Cow, Slapp Happy) 6:05
6/ Lovers Of Gold (HC, SH, Cutler) 6:28
Recorded at The Manor in February-March 1975
(1) recorded in November 1974
Tim Hodgkinson: clarinet, piano, organ; Fred Frith: guitar, violin, xylo-
phone, piano; John Greaves: bass, piano; Chris Cutler: drums, radio; Dagmar
Krause: vocals; Peter Blegvad: guitar, vocals, clarinet; Anthony Moore:
piano, electronics, tapes; Lindsay Cooper: bassoon, oboe; Geoff Leigh (1):
soprano; Mongezi Feza (1): trumpet; Phil Becque (4): oscillator.
1975 - Virgin (UK), V 2027 (LP)
1979 - Red (USA), Red 003 (LP)
???? - Ariola (Germany), 89 366 XOT (LP)
???? - LTM (France), 1010 (LP)
???? - Virgin (Italy), VIL 12 027 (LP)
1986 - Broadcast, BC 3 (LP)
1991 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 80502 (CD)
1991 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ESD 80482/80492/80502 (3xCD)
2000 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR HC3 (CD)
Note: (6) is an alternative use of the material used in (3) and is only
available on the CD pressing.
Note: the 3xCD set from ReR Megacorp is called HENRY COW: THE VIRGIN YEARS;
it is a limited edition (1250 copies) that includes LEGEND (1973), UNREST
(1974), IN PRAISE OF LEARNING (1975), a 24 page full color souvenir booklet
and a fold-out family-tree.
Note: the ReR Megacorp CD reissue has not been released yet (planned in
February 2000).
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010 - RUTH IS STRANGER THAN RICHARD: Robert Wyatt
5/ Muddy Mouse (a) (Frith, Wyatt) 0:50
7/ Muddy Mouse (b) (Frith, Wyatt) 0:50
9/ Muddy Mouse (c) (Frith, Wyatt) |
10/ Muddy Mouth (Frith, Wyatt) | 6:11
Recorded at CBS Studios in 1975
Fred Frith: piano; Robert Wyatt: mouth.
1975 - Virgin (UK), V 2034 (LP)
1975 - Ariola (Germany), 89 061 XOT (LP)
1975 - Virgin (UK), VGD 3505 (2xLP)
1975 - Virgin (France), 840079 (LP)
1975 - Nippon Columbia (Japan), YX-7050-VR (LP)
1980 - Virgin (UK), VGD 3505 (2xLP)
1981 - Victor (Japan), VIP 4100 (LP)
1989 - Virgin (UK), CDV 2034 (CD)
1989 - Virgin (Japan), VJD 5023 (CD)
1994 - Virgin (France), 724383975228 (2xCD)
1998 (1997?) - Caroline Records (UK), 1635 (CD)
1998 - Hannibal (UK), HNCD 1427 (CD)
1998 - Thirsty Ear (USA), thi 57044.2 (CD)
Note: the 2xLP/2xCD pressings contain also ROCK BOTTOM (1974).
Note: the Hannibal and Thirsty Ear CD reissues have the tracks in a diffe-
rent order.
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011 - FINE OLD TOM: Tom Newman
1/ Sad Sing (Newman) 2:24
2/ Nursery Rhyme (Newman) 2:43
3/ Song For S.P. (Newman) 4:12
4/ Superman (Ned Callan) 3:32
5/ Alison Says (Newman) 2:35
6/ Day Of The Percherons (Newman) 3:35
7/ Suzie (Newman) 3:35
8/ Poor Bill (Newman) 3:26
9/ Will You Be Mine In The Morning? (John Ayton) 2:57
10/ Ma Song (Newman) 2:07
11/ Penny's Whistle Boogie (Newman) 3:41
12/ She Said She Said (Lennon, McCartney) 2:30
Extra tracks:
13/ Ma Song (Demo) (Newman) 2:30
14/ Superman (Demo) (Ned Callan) 3:34
15/ Oh Suzie (Demo) (Newman) 3:41
16/ Poor Bill (Demo) (Newman) 3:43
17/ She Said She Said (Demo) (Lennon, McCartney) 2:21
18/ Sweet 16 (Newman) 2:28
19/ Ham 'n Eggs (Newman) 3:26
20/ Day Of The Percherons (Demo) (Newman) 2:29
21/ Sad Sing (Demo) (Newman) 2:12
22/ Have Mercy On My Eyes (Newman) 4:21
(1) recorded mainly during Spring 1972
(3) recorded at Little Bedwyne in September 1974
(4) recorded in August 1974
(5,6) recorded at The Manor in October 1974
(8) recorded at The Manor during Spring 1972
(9,11) recorded at The Manor in September 1974
(10) recorded during Spring 1972 and August 1974
(12) recorded on Manor Lawn in July 1974
Produced by Jon Field
Tom Newman: vocals, guitars, mandolins, bass drum, organ, vox, etc; Jon
Field (1-4,6,8,9,11): flagolets, flutes, percussion, piano, choir; Mike
Oldfield (1,7,10,18,19(?),20,22): guitars; Chris Cutler (2,6,7): drums; Fred
Frith (2-4,6,7): guitar, bass, bass drum; David Duhig (2,8): guitar; Hugh
Flint (4,8,10,22): drums; John Vasnom (4,8): pizzicato guitar; Neil Innes
(4,13,14,22): organ, slide guitar; Mike Storey (4,8,14): piano; Lol Coxhill
(4): soprano; Ned Callan (4,8): bass; Suzy Shute (5): choirboy; Mick Taylor
(6): choir; John Ayton (6,18): choir, voice; Peter Brook (10,22): harmonica;
Ted Mac Bowell (10): slide guitars; Tony Dukig (16): guitar.
1975 - Virgin (UK), V2022 (LP)
1975 (?) - Virgin/Ariola (?) (Germany), 88 581 IT (LP)
1975 (?) - Antilles (?) (USA), AN 7042 (LP)
1975 (?) - Victor (?) (Japan), VIP-4070 (LP)
1995 - Voiceprint (UK), VP 166 CD (CD)
???? - Blueprint (UK), BP 166 CD (CD)
Note: (13-22) are not available on the LP pressing.
Note: (4) and (9) are interverted on the CD pressing (also on the LP?).
Note: the list of players on the record is a total mess (full of errors and
really confusing); not clear if it is intentional or just sloppy editing...
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012 - V: various artists
This record features Robert Wyatt, Mike Oldfield, Ivor Cutler, Tangerine
Dream (side A), Kevin Coyne, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band (side B),
Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Tom Newman, Chili Charles, Jabula (side C),
Clearlight Symphony, Hatfield and the North, White Noise, Steve Hillage
(side D).
Fred Frith plays on two tracks, one with Henry Cow:
10/ A Worm Is At Work (Moore, Blegvad) 1:48
and one with Tom Newman:
12/ Super Man (Ned Callan) 3:30
1975 - Virgin (UK), VD 2502 (2xLP)
1975 - Virgin (France), 940 801/02 (2xLP)
1975 - Virgin (Germany), 88588 xbt (2xLP)
1975 - Virgin (?), 88586 xhe (2xLP)
1975 - Virgin (Spain), 88588 XH (2xLP)
See DESPERATE STRAIGHTS (1975) for further references on (10), and FINE OLD
TOM (1975) for (12).
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013 - VELVET DONKEY: Ivor Cutler
2/ I Got No Common Sense 0:34
6/ Yellow Fly 1:36
12/ Nobody Knows 1:53
13/ Uneventful Day 0:30
25/ Gee Amn't I Lucky 1:34
29/ Sleepy Old Snake 2:33
Recorded at Kaleidophon Studio in November 1974 (?).
Ivor Cutler: voice, harmonium; Fred Frith: viola.
1975 - Virgin (UK), V 2037 (LP)
1985 - Virgin (UK), OVED 34 (LP)
???? - Virgin (UK), CDV 2037 (CD)
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014 - VOICES AND INSTRUMENTS: Jan Steele/John Cage
1/ All Day (Steele, James Joyce)
Recorded at Basing Street Studios, London
Janet Sherbourne: voice; Stuart Jones: solo guitar; Fred Frith: guitar;
Kevin Edwards: vibes; Steve Beresford: bass guitar; Phil Buckle: percussion.
1976 - Obscure (UK), OBS 5 (LP)
1977 - Antilles (USA), AN 7031 (LP)
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015 - GUITAR SOLOS 2: various artists
This record features solos by Fred Frith, G.F. Fitzgerald, Hans Reichel,
Derek Bailey.
1/ Water/Struggle/The North (Frith) 11:05
2/ Only Reflect (Frith) 4:00
Recorded at Argonaut Studio, in December 1975 or January 1976
Fred Frith: guitars.
1976 - Caroline Records (UK), C 1518 (LP)
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016 - CONCERTS: Henry Cow with Robert Wyatt
1/ Beautiful As The Moon - Terrible As An Army With Banners
(Frith, Cutler)
2/ Nirvana For Mice (Frith)
3/ Ottawa Song (Frith, Cutler)
4/ Gloria Gloom (Wyatt, McCormick)
5/ Beautiful As The Moon (reprise) (Frith, Cutler)
6/ Bad Alchemy (Greaves, Blegvad)
7/ Little Red Riding Hood Hits The Road (Wyatt)
8/ Ruins (Frith)
9/ Oslo (Henry Cow)
10/ Groningen (Hodgkinson, Henry Cow)
11/ Udine (Henry Cow)
12/ Groningen Again (Henry Cow)
(1-5) recorded at BBC Studios (Peel Session) on August 5, 1975
(6-7) recorded on May 21, 1975 at the New London Theatre
(8) recorded on October 13, 1975 in Udine (Italy)
(9) recorded on July 25, 1975 at the Hovikodden Arts Centre, Oslo
(10,12) recorded on September 26, 1974 at Vera, Groningen (Holland)
(11) recorded on October 13, 1975 at the Palamostre Auditorium, Udine
Lindsay Cooper: bassoon, flute, oboe, recorder, piano; Chris Cutler: drums,
piano; Dagmar Krause: voice, piano; Fred Frith: guitar, piano, violin, xylo-
phone; John Greaves: bass, voice, celeste, piano; Tim Hodgkinson: organ,
clarinet, alto; Robert Wyatt (6-8): vocals.
1976 - Compendium (Norway), Fidardo 1 (2xLP)
1976 - LTM (France), LM 1011-12 (2xLP)
1976 - Caroline (UK), CAD 3002 (2xLP)
???? - Ariola (Germany), 800-345-346 (2xLP)
1977 - L'Orchestra (Italy), OLD 01/02 (2xLP)
1984 - Broadcast Records, BC 2 (2xLP)
1995 - East Side Digital (USA), 80822/832 (2xCD)
Note: the 2xCD reissue has a few extra tracks and its exact content is:
Disc 1:
1/ Beautiful As The Moon - Terrible As An Army With Banners
(Frith, Cutler) 22:46
Nirvana For Mice (Frith)
Ottawa Song (Frith, Cutler)
Gloria Gloom (Wyatt, McCormick)
Moon (reprise) (Frith, Cutler)
2/ Bad Alchemy (Greaves, Blegvad) 8:16
Little Red Riding Hood Hits The Road (Wyatt)
3/ Ruins (Frith) 16:14
4/ Groningen (Hodgkinson, Henry Cow) 8:49
5/ Groningen Again (Henry Cow) 7:12
Disc 2:
6/ Oslo (Henry Cow) 25:59
7/ Off The Map (Hodgkinson, Cutler, Frith)
8:30
8/ Cafe Royal (Frith) 3:22
9/ Keeping Warm In Winter (Frith, Greaves) 1:00
Sweat Heart of Mine (Henry Cow) 9:06
10/ Udine (Henry Cow) 9:29
(1) recorded at BBC Studios (Peel Session) on August 5, 1975
(2) recorded at the New London Theatre on May 21, 1975
(3,10) recorded at the Palamostre Auditorium, Udine on October 13, 1975
(4,5) recorded at Vera, Groningen (Holland) on September 26, 1974
(6) recorded at the Hovikodden Arts Centre, Oslo on July 25, 1975
(7-9) recorded at the Manor Studio on November 4, 1973
Lindsay Cooper: bassoon, flute, oboe, recorder, piano; Chris Cutler: drums,
piano; Dagmar Krause: voice, piano; Fred Frith: guitar, piano, violin, xylo-
phone; John Greaves: bass, voice, celeste, piano; Tim Hodgkinson: organ,
clarinet, alto, piano; Robert Wyatt (2): vocals; Geoff Leigh (7,9): tenor,
soprano, recorder, flute, clarinet.
Note: (7-9) were previously released on GREASY TRUCKERS (1973).
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017 - KITES: Jade Warrior
Kites
1/ Songs of the Forest
2/ Wind Son
3/ The Emporer Kite
4/ Wind Borne
5/ Kite Song
Teh Ch'Eng
6/ Land of the Warrior
7/ Quietly by the River Bank
8/ Arrival of the Emporer: "Waht Does the Venerable Sir Do?"
9/ Teh Ch'Eng: "Do You Understand This?"
10/ Arrival of Chia Shan: Discourse and Liberation
11/ Towards the Mountains
12/ The Last Question
Pete Gibson (1,4): brass; Clodagh Simmon (1,2): girl's Choir; Debie Hall (2,
3): violins; Willie (1): snare, bass drum; Graham Morgan (3,7): drums,
snare; Roger Bryson (3,7): piano; Coleridge Goode (4): bass; Jeff Westley
(4): electric piano; The String Quartet (3,7); Fred Frith (9): violins; Joe
O'Donnell (10): violins; Tony Duhig: all other intruments; Jon Field: all
other intruments.
1976 - Island Records (US/UK), ILPS 9393 (LP)
???? - ??? (???), ??? (2xCD)
Note: the 2xCD is called ELEMENTS and contains all the tracks from the LP.
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018 - BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE: Brian Eno
4/ Energy Fools The Musician (Eno, Jones) 2:03
Fred Frith: electric guitar; Phil Collins: drums; Percy Jones: fretless
bass; Brian Eno: chorus, keyboards, vibes.
9/ Through Hollow Lands (for Harold Budd) (Eno, Frith) 4:15
Fred Frith: cascade guitars; Bill McCormick: bass; Shirley Williams (aka
Robert Wyatt): time; Brian Eno: keyboards, bell, melody guitar, moog.
Recorded at Basing Street Studios, London and Conny's (Plant) Studios
outside Cologne, Germany
1977 - Polydor Deluxe (UK), 2302.071 (LP)
1977 - Polydor (UK), 3100 386 (CT)
???? - Polydor (Germany), 2344 087 (LP)
1977 - E.G. Records (USA), ENO 4 (LP)
1977 - Polydor (France), 2310547 (LP)
1983 - Polydor EG (UK), EG BS 2 (10xLP + EP box)
1983 - Polydor (USA), EG ENOX 1 (10xLP + EP box)
1989 - EG (UK), EGBC 7 (4xCD)
???? - E.G. Records (UK), EGCD 32 (CD)
Note: the 10xLP+EP box editions are called WORKING BACKWARDS 1983-1973 and
contain APOLLO (1983), ON LAND (1982), MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS (1978), MUSIC FOR
FILMS (1978), BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE (1977), DISCREET MUSIC (1975),
ANOTHER GREEN WORLD (1975), TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN (1974), HERE COME THE WARM
JETS (1973), MUSIC FOR FILMS VOLUME II (1983), and the 12" EP RARITIES
(1983).
Note: the 4xCD edition is called THE EARLY YEARS and contains ANOTHER GREEN
WORLD (1975), BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE (1977), APOLLO (1983), and 20TH
ANNIVERSARY OF EG (various artists).
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019 - A RANDOM SAMPLER: various artists
This record features Logproof, Lol Coxhill, Steve Feigenbaum, Fred Frith,
Catch-A-Buzz Studios, Mars Everywhere, Illegal Aliens, Muffins.
Fred Frith plays solo on four tracks:
7/ Lively Hills
8/ Ragged Rag
9/ Sorrow Music
10/ Sell-Out Music
Recorded at Argonaut Studios, London on December 12, 1975
1977 - Random Radar (USA), RRR666 (LP)
Note: the label on the record has "Ragged Rags" and "Lively Hills" interver-
ted.
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020 - MACHINE MUSIC: John White, Gavin Bryars
1/ Autumn Countdown Machine (White)
John White: tuba, metronome, percussion; Christopher Hobbs: bassoon, percus-
sion; Sandra Hill: double bass; Gavin Bryars: double bass, metronome.
2/ Son Of Gothic Chord (White)
Christopher Hobbs: piano; John White: piano.
3/ Jew's Harp Machine (White)
John White: jew's harp; Christopher Hobbs: jew's harp; Gavin Bryars: jew's
harp; Michael Nyman: jew's harp.
4/ Drinking And Hooting Machine (White)
Christopher Hobbs: bottle; Susan Dorey: bottle; Gavin Bryars: bottle; John
White: bottle; Brian Eno: bottle.
5/ The Squirrel And The Ricketty Racketty Bridge (Bryars)
Derek Bailey: steel stringed acoustic guitars; Fred Frith: double-headed
electric guitars; Gavin Bryars: concert guitars; Brian Eno: electric gui-
tars.
Recorded at Basing Street Studios, London
Produced by Brian Eno
1978 - Obscure, OBS 8 SPECIAL (LP)
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021 - MUSIC FOR FILMS: Brian Eno
5/ Two Rapid Formations (Eno)
17/ Strange Light (Eno, Frith)
Fred Frith: electric guitar; Bill McCormick (5): bass guitar; Dave Mattacks
(5): percussion; Rhett Davies (17): trumpet; Brian Eno.
1978 - E.G. Records (UK), Polydor Super 2310 623 (LP)
1978 - Antilles (USA), AN 7070 (LP)
1978 - E.G. Records (UK), EGED 5 (LP)
1978 - E.G. Records (UK), EGEDC 5 (CT)
1978 - Polydor (France), 2310 623 (LP)
???? - Polydor (Germany), 2344 123 (LP)
???? - Polydor E-G (Japan), MPF 1203 (LP)
1983 - Polydor EG (UK), EG BS 2 (10xLP + EP box)
1983 - Polydor (USA), EG ENOX 1 (10xLP + EP box)
1987 - E.G. Records (UK), EEGCD 5 (CD)
Note: the 10xLP+EP box editions are called WORKING BACKWARDS 1983-1973 and
contain APOLLO (1983), ON LAND (1982), MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS (1978), MUSIC FOR
FILMS (1978), BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE (1977), DISCREET MUSIC (1975),
ANOTHER GREEN WORLD (1975), TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN (1974), HERE COME THE WARM
JETS (1973), MUSIC FOR FILMS VOLUME II (1983), and the 12" EP RARITIES
(1983).
Note: there is another pressing (DJ-only) with different tracks:
1976 - Polydor E.G (UK), EGM1 (LP)
but we do not know if Fred Frith appears on it or not.
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022 - HOPES AND FEARS: Art Bears
1/ On Suicide (Brecht, Eisler) 1:26
2/ The Dividing Line (Cutler, Frith, Cooper) 4:11
3/ Joan (Cutler, Frith) 3:05
4/ Maze (Cutler, Frith) 5:05
5/ In Two Minds (Cutler, Frith) 8:45
6/ Terrain (Frith) 3:49
7/ The Tube (Cutler, Frith) 3:05
8/ The Dance (Cutler, Frith) 5:09
9/ The Pirate Song (Cutler, Hodgkinson) 1:28
10/ Labyrinth (Cutler, Hodgkinson) 2:15
11/ Riddle (Cutler, Frith) 2:49
12/ Moeris Dancing (Frith) 5:08
13/ Piers (Cutler, Frith) 2:10
14/ All Hail! (Cutler, Frith) 4:48
15/ Collapse (Cutler, Frith) 4:03
16/ Coda To Man and Boy (Cutler, Frith) 7:12
Recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) on January 15-29,
1978
(6,7,9,13) recorded at Kaleidophon, London on March 15-18, 1978
Chris Cutler: drums, percussion, noise; Fred Frith: guitars, violin, viola,
harmonium, xylophone, piano, bass; Dagmar Krause: singing; Lindsay Cooper:
bassoon, oboe, soprano, recorder; Tim Hodgkinson: organ, clarinet, piano;
Georgie Born: bass, cello, singing; Peter Blegvad (16): bass guitar; Marc
Hollander (16): piano.
1978 - Random Radar Records (USA), RKR 0004 (LP)
1978 - Re Records (UK), Re 2188 (LP)
1981 (?) - L'Orchestra (Italy), OLPS 55003 (LP)
1982 - Re Records (UK), Re 2188 (LP)
1992 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR abCD2 (CD)
Note: the 1982 Re Records pressing is a reissue of the 1978 one with a
different sleeve.
Note: (14-16) are only available on the CD pressing; they were previously
released on:
(14) from RECOMMENDED RECORDS SAMPLER (1982)
(15) b-side of Ralph Records single RATS AND MONKEYS (1979)
(16) 7" single given free to subscribers of THE WORLD AS IT IS TODAY (1981)
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023 - STRINGS & SPRINGS: Fred Frith, Hugh Davies
1/ 19.3.77 Parts 1 - 5 (Fred Frith) 29:55
2/ Solo Improvisation No.2 Incorporating Music For A Single Spring
(Hugh Davies) 25:55
Recorded at Action Space on March 19, 1977
Fred Frith (1): guitar, etc; Hugh Davies: built instruments.
1978 - Blank Tapes (UK), No. 8 (CT)
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024 - MAXIMUM PENALTY: Red Balune
1/ Maximum Penalty (Williams) 6:00
2/ 9:00
2a/ Animus (Williams)
2b/ Trees & Tanks (Musgrove, Leigh)
2c/ Rubber Raisin (SunRa, Leigh, Red Balune)
Recorded in Kirchberg, Switzerland
Cathy Williams: piano, clavinet, organ, vocals; Geoff Leigh (2): sax, flute,
tubes; Colin McClure: bass, cello, clank-guitar; Robin Musgrove: traps, bon-
gos, bells; Fred Frith (1): guitar, violin; Tim Hodgkinson (1): organ, sax;
Marc Hollander (1): sax, bass clarinet; Chris Cutler (1): piano frame
scrape.
1979 - MCCB (Holland), MCCB 002 (7")
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025 - WESTERN CULTURE: Henry Cow
History And Prospects
1/ Industry (Hodgkinson) 6:58
2/ The Decay Of Cities (Hodgkinson) 6:55
3/ On The Raft (Hodgkinson) 4:01
Day By Day
4/ Falling Away (Cooper) 7:38
5/ Gretels Tale (Cooper) 3:58
6/ Look Back (Cooper) 1:19
7/ 1/2 The Sky (Cooper, Hodgkinson) 5:14
Recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) between July 26 and
August 8, 1978
(Switzerland)
(7) recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) in January 1978
Tim Hodgkinson: alto, clarinet, Hawaian guitar, piano, organ; Fred Frith:
electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, soprano; Chris Cutler: drums, noise,
piano, trumpet; Lindsay Cooper: bassoon, oboe, soprano, sopranino, recor-
ders; Anne-Marie Roelofs: trombone, violin; Irene Schweizer (5): piano;
Georgie Born (7): bass.
1979 - Broadcast, BC1 (LP)
1979 - Celluloid (France), LTM 1013 (LP)
1980 - Interzone (USA), IZ 1001 (LP)
1980 - Recommended, ??? (LP)
1981 (?) - L'orchestra (Italy), OLPS 55004 (LP)
1988 - Broadcast (UK), BCD1 (CD)
1995 - ESD (USA), ESD 80852 (CD)
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026 - RATS & MONKEYS/COLLAPSE: Art Bears
1/ Rats & Monkeys (Cutler, Frith) 3:13
2/ Collapse (Cutler, Frith) 4:55
Fred Frith; Chris Cutler; Dagmar Krause.
1979 - Ralph Records (USA), RR 7904 (7")
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027 - WINTER SONGS: Art Bears
1/ The Bath Of Stars (Frith, Cutler)
2/ First Things First (Frith, Cutler)
3/ Gold (Frith, Cutler)
4/ The Summer Wheel (Frith, Cutler)
5/ The Slave (Frith, Cutler)
6/ The Hermit (Frith, Cutler)
7/ Rats & Monkeys (Frith, Cutler)
8/ The Skeleton (Frith, Cutler)
9/ The Winter Wheel (Frith, Cutler)
10/ Man & Boy (Frith, Cutler)
11/ Winter/War (Frith, Cutler)
12/ Force (Frith, Cutler)
13/ Three Figures (Frith, Cutler)
14/ Three Wheels (Frith, Cutler)
Recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) between November 22
and December 5, 1978
Chris Cutler: drums, electric drums, noise; Fred Frith: guitars, keyboards,
viola, violin, xylophone; Dagmar Krause: singing.
1979 - Re Records (UK), Re 0618 (LP)
1979 - Ralph (USA), RR 7509 (LP)
1981 (?) - L'Orchestra (Italy), OLPS 55005 (LP)
1988 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR abCD (CD)
1998 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR AB1 (CD)
Note: the CD reissues also includes THE WORLD AS IT IS TODAY (1981).
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028 - UN PEU DE L'AME DES BANDITS: Aqsak Maboul
1/ A Modern Lesson (Hollander) 4:58
2/ Palmiers En Pots (Wuyts, Hollander) 3:24
3/ Geistige Nacht (Frith) 5:18
4/ I Viaggi Formano La Giovento (trad.) 5:09
5/ Inoculating Rabies (Van Hecke, Frith) 1:47
Cinema (Hollander, Wuyts) 22:45
6a/ Ce Qu'On Peut Voir Avec Un Bon Microscope 7:25
6b/ Alluvions 5:27
6c/ Azinou Crapules 7:05
6d/ Age Route Brra! (Radio Sofia) 2:48
Recorded in February and August 1979 at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg,
Switzerland
Michel Berckmans: oboe, bassoon, choir; Chris Cutler (1,2,3,5,6): drums,
percussion, radio; Fred Frith: bass, electric and acoustic guitars, violins,
viola; Denis van Hecke: acoustic and electric cellos, rhythm guitar, voice;
Marc Hollander: organ, alto, soprano, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano,
dumbeg, tapes; Catherine Jauniaux (1,6): voice, flipper; Frank Wuyts (1,2,3,
4,6): drums, flipper, recorder, piano, oberheim, percussion, choir.
1979 - Kamikaze (Belgium), private pressing (LP)
1979 - Crammed Discs (Belgium), Atem/Crammed 002 (LP)
1996 - Crammed Discs (Belgium), cram 002 (CD)
Note: Tracks have other titles on the record itself, but timings and credits
are identical except were noted:
1/ Bo Diddley
2/ Trio (Verschueren) 1:25
Tango (Wuyts, Hollander) 1:59
3/ Rondo
4/ Truc Turc
5/ Pogo
6/ Knokke
Note: the CD pressing is under Aksak Maboul and has one extra track (by The
Honeymoon Killers, originally on RECOMMENDED RECORDS SAMPLER NEW MUSIC
(1982)):
10/ Bosses De Crosses
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029 - GUITAR SOLOS 3: various artists
This record features Eugene Chadbourne, Peter Cusack, Fred Frith, Chip
Handy, Akira Iijima, Henry Kaiser, Keith Rowe, Davey Williams.
1/ Robert Louis Stevenson (Kaiser) 3:32
2/ Dien Da (Kaiser) 3:24
Henry Kaiser: guitars.
3/ Foreign Music (Handy) 3:25
4/ Little Missy (Handy) 1:55
5/ Total Babes (Handy) 1:57
Chip Handy: guitars.
6/ Whistling With Guitar Accompaniment (Cusack) 7:20
Peter Cusack: guitars.
7/ For A (Rowe) 7:20
Keith Rowe: guitars.
8/ Alienated Industrial Seagulls Etc. (Frith) 3:49
9/ Song Of River Nights (Frith) 1:40
10/ Should Old Arthur (Frith) 1:20
Recorded in October 1978 at Briollay, France
Fred Frith: guitars.
11/ Memories of Hanover Lodge (Chadbourne) 4:10
12/ Memories of Wildey Road (Chadbourne) 4:06
Eugene Chadbourne: guitars.
13/ Ezekiel (Williams) 6:12
Davey Williams: guitars.
14/ Coming No. 4 (Iijima) 4:40
Akira Iijima: guitars.
1979 - Rift (UK), Rift 1 (LP)
1979 - Red (USA), Red 008 (LP)
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030 - WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE: Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser
1/ It Moves 2:00
2/ The Changing of Names 5:45
3/ It Sings 5:45
4/ Believing What We Read 3:00
5/ ...But Does It Swing? 3:30
6/ Twisted Memories Give Way to the Angry Present 3:50
7/ Black Glass 5:30
8/ Third Rail 3:25
9/ Three Languages 9:30
Recorded July 8, 11, and 17 1979, at Mobius Music, San Francisco
Produced by Henry Kaiser and Fred Frith
Henry Kaiser: electric guitars, etc; Fred Frith: electric guitars, etc.
1979 - Metalanguage (USA), ML 107 (RI 82) (LP)
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031 - SUBTERRANEAN MODERN: various artists
This record features Chrome, MX-80 Sound, The Residents, Tuxedomoon. All the
groups play a cover of "I lost my heart in San Francisco".
Fred Frith plays on one track with The Residents:
8/ Dumbo, the Clown (Who Loved Christmas) (The Residents) 2:07
10/ Time's Up (The Residents) 2:54
Recorded in April-June 1979
The Residents; Fred Frith: guitar.
1979 - Ralph Records (USA), SM7908 (LP)
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032 - 2000 STATUES AND THE ENGLISH CHANNEL: Eugene Chadbourne
Recorded in 1979
Lesli Dalaba: trumpet; Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, alto-horn; Mark Kramer:
trombone, organ; Charles Verstraeten: trombone, bass trombone, euphonium;
John Zorn: clarinet, alto, soprano; Bob Ostertag: synthesizer; Steve
Beresford: toys; Eugene Chadbourne: guitar, dobro; Fred Frith: guitar; Davey
Williams: guitar, banjo, mandoline; Polly Bradfield: violin; Jim Katzin:
violin; LaDonna Smith: violin, viola, organ; Tom Cora: cello; Wayne Horvitz:
bass, piano, harmonium; Andrea Centazzo: drums, percussion; Evan Gallagher:
percussion, piano, marimba, vibes, tympani.
1979 - Parachute Records, P007 (LP)
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033 - ROCK'N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL: various artists
This record features The Ramones, The Paley Brothers, Nick Lowe, Brian Eno,
P.J. Soles, Devo, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Brownsville Station, Chuck Berry,
Todd Rundgren, Alice Cooper.
Fred Frith plays on one track with Brian Eno:
6/ Energy Fools The Musician (Brian Eno)
1979 (?) - Ariola (?), 200645 (LP)
1979 (?) - Polydor (?), 2302 071 (LP)
???? - Sire (?), 6070-2 (CD)
See BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE (1977) for further references on (6).
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034 - DANCING IN THE STREET / WHAT A DILEMMA: Fred Frith
1/ Dancing In The Street (Stevenson, Gaye) 3:20
2/ What A Dilemma (Frith) 3:12
Produced by Fred Frith and Etienne Conod
Fred Frith; Hasse Bruniusson; Tina Curran; Marc Hollander; Dave Newhouse;
Paul Sears; Billy Swann.
1980 - Ralph Records (USA), FF 8056-S (7")
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035 - GRAVITY: Fred Frith
1/ The Boy Beats The Rams (Kluk Tluce Berany) 4:54
2/ Spring Any Day Now 3:04
3/ Don't cry For Me 3:28
4/ The Hands Of The Juggler 5:31
5/ Norrgarden Nyvla 2:54
6/ Year Of The Monkey 4:11
7/ What A Dilemma 3:11
8/ Crack In The Concrete 1:24
9/ Come Across 2:47
10/ Dancing In The Street/My Enemy Is A Bad Man 4:42
11/ Slap Dance 2:32
12/ A Career In Real Estate 4:42
13/ Dancing In Rockville Maryland 3:04
14/ Waking Against Sleep 2:08
15/ Terrain 3:50
16/ Moeris Dancing 5:03
17/ Geistige Nacht 5:18
18/ Life At The Top 1:40
19/ Oh Wie Schon Ist Panama! 5:02
(1-6) recorded at Norrgarden Nyvla, Uppsala (Sweden) and at Sunrise
Studios, Switzerland in August 1979
(7-13) recorded at Catch-a-Buzz Studio, Rockville (Maryland) in November
1979 and at Sunrise Studios, Switzerland in January 1980
(14) recorded at Sunrise Studios (?) in July-August 1978
(15) recorded at Kaleidophon, London in March 1978
(16) recorded at Sunrise Studios in January 1978
(17) recorded at Sunrise Studios in February and August 1979
(18) recorded at Sunrise Studios in December 1983-January 1984
(19) no recording information
Produced by Fred Frith and Etienne Conod
Fred Frith: bass, guitar, violin, keyboards, drums, extra percussion; Hans
Bruniusson (1-6,10): drums; Eino Haapala (1-6): guitar, mandolin; Lars
Hollmer (1-6): piano, organ, accordion; Marc Hollander (1-13,17): alto,
clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano; Olivia Bruynhooge (1-6): tap dancing,
clapping; Chris Cutler (1-6,14-17): snare drum, maraccas, clapping, drums;
Tina Curran (1-7): whirling, clapping, subliminal bass; Frank Wuyts (1-6,9,
17): whirling, clapping, recorders, drums, piano, synthesiser; Michel
Berckmans (1-6,17): clapping, oboe, bassoon; Etienne Conod (1-6): clapping;
Denis Van Hecke (1-6,17): clapping, cello; Veronique Vincent (1-6): clap-
ping; Asha Swanson (?): final comments; Dave Newhouse (7-13): alto, organ;
Tom Scott (11): soprano; Paul Sears (7,8,10,11,13): drums; Billy Swann (8,
10,11,13): bass; Lindsay Cooper (14,15): bassoon, oboe; Tim Hodgkinson (14):
alto; Anne Marie Roelofs (14): trombone; Dagmar Krause (16): voice; Tom Cora
(18): bass, percussion, etc.
1980 - Ralph Records (USA), FF-8057-L (LP)
1990 - T.E.C. Tones (USA), FF-8057 (LP)
1991 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 901 (CD)
1991 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 901 (CT)
1991 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 80452 (CD)
Note: (14-19) are not availalble on the LP pressings.
See HOPES AND FEARS (1978) for further references on (15,16).
See UN PEU DE L'AME DES BANDITS (1979) for further references on (17).
See LEARN TO TALK (1984) for further references on (18).
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036 - COMMERCIAL SINGLE: The Residents
1/ Amber 1:00
2/ Red Rider 1:00
3/ Picnic Boy 1:00
4/ Shup Up, Shut Up 1:00
5/ When We Were Young 1:00
6/ Phantom 1:00
7/ Moisture 1:00
8/ And I Was Alone 1:00
1980 - Ralph/Pre (UK), Ralph/Pre 009 (7")
See COMMERCIAL ALBUM (1980) for further references.
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037 - COMMERCIAL ALBUM: The Residents
1/ Easter Woman 1:00
2/ Perfect Love 1:00
3/ Picnic Boy 1:00
4/ End Of Home 1:00
5/ Amber 1:00
6/ Japanese Watercolor 1:00
7/ Secrets 1:00
8/ Die In Terror 1:00
9/ Red Rider 1:00
10/ My Second Wife 1:00
11/ Floyd 1:00
12/ Suburban Bathers 1:00
13/ Dimples And Toes 1:00
14/ The Nameless Souls 1:00
15/ Love Leaks Out 1:00
16/ Act Of Being Polite 1:00
17/ Medecine Man 1:00
18/ Tragic Bells 1:00
19/ Loss Of Innocence 1:00
20/ The Simple Song 1:00
21/ Ups And Downs 1:00
22/ Possessions 1:00
23/ Give It To Someone Else 1:00
24/ Phantom 1:00
25/ Less Not More 1:00
26/ My Work Is So Behind 1:00
27/ Birds In The Trees 1:00
28/ Handfull Of Desire 1:00
29/ Moisture 1:00
30/ Love Is... 1:00
31/ Troubled Man 1:00
32/ La La 1:00
33/ Loneliness 1:00
34/ Nice Old Man 1:00
35/ The Talk Of Creatures 1:00
36/ Fingertips 1:00
37/ In Between Dreams 1:00
38/ Margaret Freeman 1:00
39/ The Coming Of The Crow 1:00
40/ When We Were Young 1:00
Recorded in September 1979-July 1980
Produced by The Residents
The Residents; Fred Frith (3,6,14,21,25,29,31,36,38,39): guitar, bass, vio-
lin; Chris Cutler; Don Jackovich; Sandy Sandwich; Mud's Sis; Snakefinger;
Lene Lovitch (3); Andy Partridge (38).
1980 - Ralph (USA), RZ 8052-L (LP)
1980 - Celluloid (France), 529807 (LP)
1980 - Celluloid (France), CEL 2 6559 (LP)
1980 - Missing Link Records (Australia), Link 9 (LP)
1980 - Missing Link Records (Australia), Linc 9 (CT)
1980 - Phonogram (Germany), 6302-081 (LP)
1980 - Pre Records (UK), PRE X 2 (LP)
1980 - RTC Records (New Zealand), RPH 002 (LP)
1988 - Torso Records (Holland), CD 413 (CD)
???? - Ralph (USA), ??? (CD)
???? - T.E.C. Tones (USA), 80524 (CT)
1988 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 80202 (CD)
1997 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 81282 (CD)
1997 - Bomba (Japan), 22041 (CD)
???? - Euro Ralph (?), cd 010 (CD)
Note: the Torso Records (CD 413) and East Side Digital (ESD 80202) pressings
have 10 extra tracks (called the "Bonus Babies"):
41/ Shut Up Shut Up 1:04
42/ And I Was Alone 1:04
43/ Theme For An American TV Show 1:27
44/ We're A Happy Family 1:11
45/ The Sleeper 2:58
46/ Boy In Love 2:56
47/ Diskomo 4:34
48/ Jailhouse Rock 3:08
49/ This Is A Man's Man's Man's World 3:44
50/ Hit The Road Jack 4:02
Note: Fred Frith plays on (41) and maybe (42).
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038 - GETTING A HEAD: Bob Ostertag
1/ Getting A Head (BM,BO,FF) 18:40
2/ In Tundra (Medwed, Ostertag) 21:10
(1) recorded live in Washington D.C. in June 1980, and (last third) in New
York City in May 1980
(2) recorded at the Kitchen, New York City in January 1980
Fred Frith (1): guitars; Bob Ostertag: tapes; Bryan Medwed (1): concept;
Charles K. Noyes (2): percussion.
1980 - Rift (USA), Rift 2 (LP)
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039 - BUY OR DIE: various artists (Ralph sampler)
This record features The Residents, Snakefinger, Yello, Fred Frith.
6/ Come Across (Fred Frith) 2:45
1980 - Ralph Records (USA), RR-8050-E (33RPM 7")
See GRAVITY (1980) for further references on (6).
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040 - RAGS: Lindsay Cooper
1/ The Exhibition Of Fashions (anonymous, Cooper) 1:29
2/ Lots Of Larks (anonymous, Cooper) 1:07
3/ General Strike (anonymous, Cooper) 1:47
4/ Women's Wrongs 1 (Cooper, Lanner, Balfe) 4:35
5/ Women's Wrongs 2 (Cooper) 3:06
6/ The Charter (anonymous, Cooper) 1:40
7/ Parliament Catch (Baildon) 1:26
8/ Women's Wrongs 3 (Cooper) 2:25
9/ Film Music (Cooper) 4:25
10/ Prostitution Song (anonymous, Cooper) 2:21
11/ 1848 (Dupont, trad.) 2:07
12/ The Chartist Anthem (Boucher, trad.) 1:20
13/ Cholera (anonymous, Cooper) 2:37
14/ Stitch Goes The Needle (anonymous, Cooper) 2:36
15/ A Young Lady's Vision (Lanner) 1:19
16/ Pin Money (Cooper) 0:50
17/ Women's Wrongs 4 (Cooper, Balfe) 2:00
18/ The Song Of The Shirt (Hood, Tuttley) 4:57
Recorded and mixed at Kaleidophon Studio in the Summers of 1979 and 1980
Lindsay Cooper: bassoon, soprano, sopranino, oboe, flute, keyboards, accor-
dion, drums on (11); Sally Potter: singing; Georgie Born: bass guitar, cel-
lo; Phil Minton: singing, trumpet; Fred Frith: guitar; Chris Cutler: drums.
1980 - Arc Records (UK), ARC 1 (LP)
1983 - Recommended/Arc (UK), ReArc (LP)
1991 - ReR (UK), ReR LCD (CD)
Note: the CD release also includes THE GOLDDIGGERS (Sync Pulse 0617)
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041 - MINIATURES: various artists
This record edited by Morgan Fisher features one minute songs by Ollie
Halsall and John Halsey, The Residents, Roger McGough, Morgan-Fisher, John
Otway, Pete Challis and Phil Diplock, Robert Wyatt, Stinky Winkles, Mary
Langford, Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman, David Bedford, Fred Frith, Maggie
Nicols, Joseph Racaille, The Work, Neil Innes and Son, Herbert Distel, Lol
Coxhill, Ken Ellis, Steve Miller, Norman Lovett, Patrick Portella, George
Melly, Robert Fripp, Andy Partridge, Phantom Captain, Ron Geesin, Alejandro
Vinao, Quentin Crisp, Simon Desorgher, Ralph Steadman, R. D: Laing and Son,
Trevor Wishart, John White, Ivor Cutler, Zazou, Michael Bass & Ellen
Tenenbaum, Martin Chambers, Bob Cobbing & Henri Chopin, Dave Vanian,
Metabolist, Gavin Bryars, 1/2 Japanese, Simon Jeffes, Mark Perry, Michael
Nyman, David Cunningham, Kevin Coyne, Etron Fou Leloublan, Neil Oram and Ken
Campbell and Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool, Pete Seeger.
12/ The Entire Works Of Henry Cow (Fred Frith) 1:00
Collated at Pass, New York City and KUNM, Albuquerque (NM) in 1980
Fred Frith; Chris Cutler; Tim Hodgkinson; John Greaves; Geoff Leigh; Lindsay
Cooper; Dagmar Krauss; Peter Blegvad; Anthony Moore.
1981 - Pipe Records (UK), Pipe 2 (LP)
1981 (?) - Edigsa (Spain), 15L0119-5 (LP)
1985 - Supporti Fonografici (Italy), SF007 (LP)
1995 - Voiceprint (UK), VP 159 CD (CD)
1998 (1997?) - Blueprint (UK), BP 159 (CD)
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042 - CODA TO MAN AND BOY: Art Bears
Free 7" single recorded live at Cantu, Italy, during the Art Bears European
tour 1980, included with subscription copies of THE WORLD AS IT IS TODAY.
1/ Coda To Man And Boy (Cutler, Frith)
Recorded live at Cantu (Italy), during the only Art Bears tour on May 30,
1979
Chris Cutler: drums, percussion, noise; Fred Frith: guitars, violin, viola,
harmonium, xylophone; Dagmar Krause: singing; Peter Blegvad: bass guitar;
Marc Hollander: piano.
1981 - Re Records (UK), Re+h (7")
Note: This limited edition (500 copies) single-sided painted clear-vinyl EP
(33 RPM) was only available to subscribers of the WORLD AS IT IS TODAY LP.
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043 - SPEECHLESS: Fred Frith
1/ Kick The Can (part 1) (Frith)
2/ Carnival On Wall St. (Frith)
3/ Ahead In The Sand (Frith)
4/ Laughing Matter (Frith)
5/ Esperanza (Frith)
6/ Women Speak To Men; Men Speak To Women (Frith, Curran)
7/ A Spit In The Ocean (Frith)
8/ Navajo (Frith)
9/ Balance (Frith)
10/ Saving Grace (Frith)
11/ Speechless (Frith)
12/ Conversations With White Arc (Frith, Laswell)
13/ Domaine De Planousset (Frith)
14/ Kick The Can (part 2) (Frith)
Produced by Frith/Curran and Conod/Vogel with Francois Riether on (1-6)
Fred Frith: guitar, violin, mellotron, bass, organ, voice; Guigou Chenevier
(1-6): drums, tenor, voice; Margot Mathieu (1-6): soprano, tenor, voice;
Ferdinand Richard (1-6): bass, guimbarde, voice; Jo Thirion (1-6): organ,
harmonium; Bill Laswell (7-13): bass; Fred Maher (7-13): drums; Steve
Buchanan (8): snake sax; George Cartwright (7,8,10): alto; Tina Curran (8,
12): recorders, bass; Mars Williams (7,8,10): baritone saxophone.
1981 - Ralph (USA), FF 8106 (LP)
1990 - T.E.C. Tones (USA), FF 8106 (LP)
1991 - RecRec (Switzerland), ReCDec 902 (CD)
1991 - RecRec (Switzerland), ReCDec 902 (CT)
1991 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 80542 (CD)
1991 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 902 (CD)
Note: the CD adds a few bonus tracks and the complete list is:
1/ Kick The Can (part 1) (Frith) 2:19
2/ Carnival On Wall Street (Frith) 2:51
3/ Ahead In The Sand (Frith) 3:16
4/ Laughing Matter/Esperanza (Frith) 7:47
5/ Women Speak To Men; Men Speak To Women (Frith, Curran) 5:39
6/ A Spit In The Ocean (Frith) 2:17
7/ Navajo (Frith) 3:05
8/ Balance 5:04
9/ Saving Grace (Frith) 1:57
10/ Speechless (Frith) 3:05
11/ Conversations With White Arc (Frith, Laswell) 1:14
12/ Domaine De Planousset (Frith) 2:59
13/ Kick The Can (part 2) (Frith) 2:14
14/ The Entire Works Of Henry Cow (Frith) 1:00
15/ So Schnell Ich (Frith, Laswell, Maher) 3:25
16/ I'm Still Here And I Know What Time It Is
(Frith, Curran) 1:06
17/ No More War (Frith, Gore) 4:46
18/ Typical American Family (Frith) 1:01
19/ Dig (Frith) 3:07
(14) collated at Pass, New York City and KUNM, Albuquerque (New Mexico) in
1980
(15) recorded live at Rue Dunois, Paris in 1981
(16,18) recorded at home in New York in 1982
(17) recorded at home in New York in 1983
(19) collage mixed at Studio Dig, Tokyo in February 1985
Dagmar Krause (14): vocals; Lindsay Cooper (14); Chris Cutler (14): drums;
Tim Hodgkinson (14); Geoff Leigh (14); John Greaves (14); Anthony Moore
(14); Peter Blegvad (14); Bill Laswell (15): bass; Fred Maher (15): drums;
Tina Curran (16): voice; Steve Gore (17): bass, keyboard; Steve Kretzmer
(17): drums; Tenko (19): voice; Keiji Haino (19): voice; Ken-Ichi Takeda
(19): taisho koto; Chie Mukai (19): kokyu; Masami Shinoda (19): alto;
Tetsuto Koyama (19): bass; Miyamoto (19): drums; Fred Frith (14-19): guitar,
keyboards, drill, drum, extraneous elements, voice, tape manipulation, body
parts, home-mades, forgery.
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044 - FRANK JOHNSON'S FAVOURITES: various artists
This compilation includes previously unreleased tracks and material taken
from singles by Tuxedomoon (1,12), Fred Frith (2), Renaldo and the Loaf (3),
MX-80 Sound (4,8), The Residents (5,10), Snakefinger (6,9), Yello (7), Art
Bears (11).
2/ What a dilemma (Fred Frith) 3:12
11/ Collapse (Cutler, Frith) 3:00
1981 - Ralph Records (USA), RR-8110 (LP)
Note: (2) is the B-side of the DANCING IN THE STREET (1980) single.
Note: (11) is the edited version of the B-side of the RATS AND MONKEYS
(1979) single.
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045 - 185: The Muffins
1/ Angle Dance (Newhouse) 4:12
2/ Antidote To Drydock (Newhouse) 4:55
3/ Zoom Resume (Newhouse, Swann) 7:15
4/ Horsebones (Scott) 2:25
5/ Subduction (Muffins) 1:00
6/ Dream Beat (Muffins) 3:30
7/ Under Dali's Wing (Newhouse) 3:07
8/ These Castle Children (Newhouse) 7:40
9/ Queenside (Newhouse) 5:37
10/ Street Dogs (Muffins) 1:10
Recorded at Tracks Recorders, Silver Springs on September 24-28, 1980
Produced by Fred Frith
Tom Scott: flutes, soprano, alto, Bb clarinet, alto clarinet; Dave Newhouse:
piano, organ, soprano, alto, baritone saxophone, whisper clarinet, Bb clari-
net, bass clarinet; Paul Sears: drums, percussion, saxophone, vocal noise;
Billy Swann: guitar, bass, vocal, tenor, Mysterious Low Noises; Fred Frith
(1,2,4,7-9): prepared piano, guitar, violin, Anti-Jazz production, harmoni-
zing; Dave Golub (2-4): clarinet, shuffling, shouting and squeaking; George
Daoust (4): shuffling and shouting.
1981 - Random Radar (USA), RRR 010 (LP)
1996 - Cuneiform (USA), 55013 (CD)
Note: the CD reissue has seven bonus tracks.
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046 - THE WORLD AS IT IS TODAY: Art Bears
1/ The Song Of Investment Capital Overseas (Frith, Cutler)
2/ TRUTH (Frith, Cutler)
3/ FREEDOM (Frith, Cutler)
4/ (armed) PEACE (Frith, Cutler)
5/ CIVILISATION (Frith, Cutler)
6/ DEMOCRACY (Frith, Cutler)
7/ The Song Of The Martyrs (Frith, Cutler)
8/ LAW (Frith, Cutler)
9/ The Song Of The Monopolists (Frith, Cutler)
10/ The Song Of The Dignity Of Labour Under Capital
(Frith, Cutler)
11/ ALBION,AWAKE! (Frith, Cutler)
Recorded at Kirchberg, Switzerland on August 24 and September 7, 1980
Chris Cutler: drums, electric drums, noise; Fred Frith: guitars, keyboards,
viola, violin, xylophone; Dagmar Krause: singing.
1981 - Re Records (UK), Re 6622 (LP)
1988 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR abCD (CD)
1998 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR AB1 (CD)
Note: the CD reissues also includes WINTER SONGS (1979).
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047 - COUP DE TETE: Kip Hanrahan
1/ Whatever I Want (Hanrahan) 5:43
2/ At The Moment Of The Serve (Hanrahan) 5:39
3/ This Night Comes Out Of Both Of Us (Hanrahan) 5:40
5/ A Lover Divides Time (To Hear How It Sounds)
(Hanrahan) 3:17
6/ No One Gets To Transcend Anything (No One Except Oil Company Executi-
ves) (Hanrahan) 3:42
7/ Shadow To Shadow (Hanrahan) 7:06
8/ sketch from Two Cubas (Hanrahan) 4:07
Recorded 1979-80
Daniel Ponce: iya, congas, chekere (1,2,3,5,7); Jerry Gonzales: congas, ito-
tole, quinto; Nicky Marrero: bongos, okonkolo (1,3); Anton Fier: trap drums;
Kip Hanrahan: percussion, voice, quinto, string synthesizer (1,2,3,6,8);
Chico Freeman: tenor (1,2); Bill Laswell: bass (1,3,7); Arto Lindsay: gui-
tar; Byard Lancaster: tenor, flute, wooden flute (1,3); George Cartwright:
alto, flute, piccolo (1,3); Ignacio Berroa: trap drums (2,5,6); Jamaaladeen
Tacuma: bass (2,5,6); George Naha: guitar (2,3); Carlos Ward: alto (2,7);
Lisa Herman: voice (3,5,7); Angel Perez: congas (6); Gene Golden: chekere,
congas (6,8); John Stubblefield: tenor (6); Bern Nix: electric guitar (6);
Dom Um Romao: surdo grande, agogo (7); Fred Frith: guitar (7); Carlos
Mestre: congas (8); Michael Mantler: trumpet (8).
1981 - American Clave (USA), AMCL 1007 (LP)
???? - American Clave (Germany), AMCL 1007 (CD)
???? - ??? (Germany), SELEC M9759 (CD)
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048 - RACCOMANDATO DI VINILE: various artists
This compilation of the italian label L'Orchestra features previously
published tracks by Art Bears, Mamma Non Piangere, Stormy Six/Macchina
Maccheronica, Pichio Dal Pozzo, Alessandro Carrera, Strumento Concerto,
Ensemble Havadia.
Fred Frith plays on two tracks with The Art Bears:
1/ Moeris, Dancing 5:00
2/ Rats & Monkeys 3:10
1981 - L'Orchestra (Italy), OLPS 55555 (LP)
See HOPES AND FEARS (1978) for further references on (1) and WINTER SONGS
(1979) for (2).
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049 - KILLING TIME: Massacre
1/ Legs (Massacre) 2:04
2/ Aging With Dignity (Massacre) 3:04
3/ Subway Heart (Massacre) 2:45
4/ Killing Time (Massacre) 2:52
5/ Corridor (Massacre) -
6/ Lost Causes (Massacre) > 8:33
7/ Not The Person We Knew (Massacre) -
8/ Bones (Massacre) 1:39
9/ Tourism (Massacre) 4:12
10/ Surfing (Massacre) 1:13
11/ As Is (Massacre) 8:06
12/ After (Massacre) 5:02
13/ Gate (Massacre) 2:37
(1,2,4,8,10,13) recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn in June 1981
(3,5-7,9,11,12) recorded live at 24 rue Dunois, Paris in April 1981
Fred Frith: guitar, voice, cassiotone; Bill Laswell: 4 and 6 string basses,
pocket trumpet; Fred Maher: drums, percussion.
1981 - Celluloid (France), CEL 6597 (LP)
1982 - Recommended Records Japan (Japan), RRJ001 (07836-01) (LP)
1983 - Celluloid (USA), CELCD 5003 (LP)
1989 (?) - Celluloid (USA), CELD5003 (CD)
1992 - J!MCO Records (Japan), JICK-89059 (CD)
1993 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 906 (CD)
1998 - Charly (Germany), CDGR 249 (CD)
Note: The CD pressing from RecRec Music contains the following bonus tracks:
1/ You said (Massacre) 1:46
7/ Know (Massacre) 2:16
14/ Conversations with White Arc (Massacre) 1:14
15/ Carrying (Massacre) 1:44
16/ Bait (Massacre) 2:00
17/ 3 o'clock, June 21st, Get Down There And Do It
(Massacre) 1:34
(1,16) recorded at Inroads, New York in July 1981
(7,15) recorded live at 24 rue Dunois, Paris in April 1981
(14) recorded live at CBGB, New York in April 1980
(17) recorded at Stone Club, San Francisco in June 1981
Note: (14) originally appeared on SPEECHLESS (1981), the other tracks are
previously unreleased.
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050 - LES POUMONS GONFLES: Etron Fou Leloublan
1/ Nicolas (Jausserand, Thirion) 4:06
2/ Mimi (Richard, Richard) 2:58
3/ Exposition universelle (Chenevier) 1:41
4/ Nicole (Richard, Thirion) 5:42
5/ La musique (Baudelaire, Thirion) 3:05
6/ Christine (Richard, Richard) 6:46
7/ Those distant waters (Richard, Chenevier) 3:24
8/ Upsalla (Chenevier) 2:05
9/ Io prefero (Chenevier, Thirion) 4:29
10/ Pas'l'sou (Jausserand, Chenevier) 3:11
Recorded in November 1981, THC, Bernex, Switzerland
Produced by Fred Frith
Jo Thirion: Farfisa organ, piano, trumpet, backing vocals; Bernard Mathieu:
soprano, tenor; Guigou Chenevier: drums, tenor, vocals; Ferdinand Richard:
bass guitar, vocals; Fred Frith (6,10): guitar, violin.
1982 - Turbo Music (Switzerland), TMSA 3301 (LP)
1985 - AYAA (France), dt 0985 (LP)
1990 - Musea (France), FGBD 4212.AR (3xCD)
1991 (?) - Baillemont (France?), CD 929 (3xCD)
Note: the 3xCD sets contains BATELAGES, LES TROIS FOU'S PERDEGAGNENT, LES
POUMONS GONFLES, LES SILLONS DE LA TERRE, et FACE AUX ELEMENTS DECHAINES
(basically all the LPs by the group except EN PUBLIC AUX ETATS-UNIS).
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051 - SKELETON CREW: Skeleton Crew
Live cassette release with Fred Frith, Dave Newhouse and Tom Cora.
1982 - no label (CT)
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052 - LIVE IN JAPAN: Fred Frith
These records are subtitled "The Guitars on the Table Approach."
Volume 1:
1/ Osaka 1 (July 17 1981) 21:42
2/ Osaka 2 (July 17 1981) 2:16
3/ Osaka3 (July 17 1981) 2:15
4/ Fukuoka 1 (July 20 1981) 9:30
Volume 2:
1/ Fukuoka 2 (July 20 1981) 9:17
2/ Maebashi 1 (July 22 1981) 8:22
3/ Fukuoka 3 (July 20 1981) 11:22
4/ Tokyo 1 (July 11 1981) 3:50
Recorded live at Mainichi Kokusai Salon (Osaka), 80's Factory (Fukuoka),
Kawai Hall (Maebashi), and Nichifutsu Kaikan (Tokyo)
Collated and adjusted at Sorcerer Sound, New York, by Fred Frith, Greg
Curry and Adam Moseley
Fred Frith: 1961 burns black bison guitar, charles fletcher custom-made
double-neck guitar, anonymos wrecked violin, WW 2 pilot's throat microphone,
HH electronic SM200 stereo mixer, amplifier with HH digital effects unit.
1982 - Recommended Records Japan (Japan), RRJ 003/004 (boxed set with
2xLP)
Note: each LP was also available separately.
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053 - ALL HAIL: Art Bears
1/ All Hail
Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, Dagmar Krause.
1982 - Recommended (Japan), ew1002 (red flexi)
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054 - VOICE OF AMERICA: Frith, Minton, Ostertag
1/ Voice of America (Part 1) (Frith, Ostertag) 17:04
2/ Voice of America (Part 2) (FF,BO,PM) 21:35
(1) recorded live at P.A.S.S. (New York) in January 1981
(2) recorded from the Actual Festival at the ICA (London), August 1981
Bob Ostertag: synthesizer, tapes, radio, contact microphones; Fred Frith:
guitars, tapes, radio, home-made instruments; Phil Minton (2): voice.
1982 - Rift Records (USA), Rift 4 (LP)
1994 - RecRec (Switzerland), ReCDec907 (CD)
2000 (?) - Fred Records (???), ??? (CD)
Note: the reissue on Fred Records has not been released yet.
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055 - MEMORY SERVES: Material
1/ Memory Serves (Laswell, Beinhorn) 5:06
2/ Disappearing (OD,SS,BL,MB,FM) 7:10
3/ Upriver (BB,BL,MB,FM) 5:23
4/ Metal Test (FF,BL,MB,FM) 4:30
5/ Conform To The Rhythm (BL,MB,FF) 4:28
6/ Unauthorized (SS,BL,MB,FM) 3:49
7/ Square Dance (FF,BL,FM) 4:28
8/ Silent Land (GL,BL,MB) 3:51
Recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn
Sonny Sharrock (1-6): guitar; Fred Frith (1,4,5,7): guitar, violin, xylo-
phone; Henry Threadgill (2,6,7): alto; George Lewis (1,7,8): trombone; Olu
Dara (2,3): cornet; Billy Bang (3,6): violin; Charles K. Noyes (1,8): drums,
percussion, bells; Fred Maher (1-7): drums, percussion, guitar; Bill
Laswell: 4, 6 and 8 string basses; Michael Beinhorn: synthesizers, tapes,
radio, guitar, drums, voice.
1981 - Celluloid/Metropolis (Germany) 204 291-320 (LP)
1981 - Celluloid/Vogue (France), 529812 (LP)
1982 - Musician/Elektra (USA), EI 60042 (LP)
???? - Celluloid/Island, ILPS 9693 (LP)
???? - Celluloid, CELCD 5508 (CD)
1992 - Metronome/Restless, 7 72653-2 (CD)
1992 - MauMau (UK), MAUCD 623 (CD)
1997 - Charly (Germany), CPCD 8285 (CD)
Note: the Metronome/Restless and MauMau CD pressings have an extra track:
9/ For A Few Dollars More (Ennio Morricone) 4:22
Recorded at Radio City and Green Street Studios
Bill Laswell: bass; Henry Kaiser: guitar; Robert Musso: guitar; Grand Mixer
D.S.T.: turntable; Daniel Ponce: percussion; Anton Fier: drums; Michael
Beinhorn: synthesizers, tapes, radio, guitar, drums, voice.
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056 - SHUT UP, SHUT UP/AND I WAS ALONE: The Residents
1/ Shup Up, Shut Up
2/ And I Was Alone
1981 - Celluloid (France), 1-6213 (7")
Note: this 7" was given away with the French Celluloid pressing of
COMMERCIAL ALBUM.
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057 - ONE DOWN: Material
1/ Take A Chance (Beinhorn, Laswell)
2/ I'm The One (MB,BL,RBF)
3/ Time Out (MB,BL,TLL)
4/ Let Me Have It All (S. Stewart)
5/ Come Down (MB,BL,RBF)
6/ Holding On (MB,BL, Brian Eno)
7/ Memories (H. Hopper)
8/ Don't Lose Control (Beinhorn, Laswell)
Recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn by Martin Bisi
Michael Beinhorn: Prophet 5, Oberheim, OBXa, DSX Sequencer, Roland TR-808,
drum machine, Roland vocoder, tapes, percussion; Bill Laswell: Man Sting
Ray bass, Fender Precision bass, effects; Nona Hendryx (1,4): vocals; B.J.
Nelson (1,4,6): vocals; Nicky Skopelitis (1,6,8): guitar; Nicky Marrero (1,
3,6): percussions; J.T. Lewis (1,3,6): drums; R. Bernard Fowler (2,5): vo-
cals; Nile Rodgers (2,5): guitar; Raymond Jones (2,7): Yamaha CP-70 B elec-
tronic grand piano; Daniel Ponce (2,8): bongos; Tony Thompson (2,5,8):
drums; Fred Frith (3): guitar; Noris Night (4): vocals; Ronnie Drayton (4,
6): guitar; Yogi Horton (4,7): drums; Oliver Lake (5): saxophones; Whitney
Houston (7): vocals; Archie Shepp (7): tenor; Thi-Linh Le (8): voice; Jean
Karakos (8): voice.
1982 - Celluloid/Metropolis (Germany) 205 136-320 (LP)
1982 - Celluloid/Vogue (France), CEL 541 003 (LP)
1982 - Celluloid (France), CEL 6633 (LP)
1982 - Elektra (USA), 60206 (LP)
???? - Celluloid, CELCD 5504 (CD)
???? - Celluloid (Switzerland), CEL. N.Y. 5504 (CD)
1992 - Metronome/Restless, 7 72654-2 (CD)
1997 - Charly (Germany), CPCD 8282 (CD)
1997 (?) - Movie Play Gold (Portugal), MPG 74047 (CD)
Note: the Celluloid CD pressing (CEL. N.Y. 5504) has an extra track:
9/ Busting Out
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058 - STATE OF THE UNION: various artists
This record features music by John Lurie, Felipe Orrego, Peter Blegvad/John
Greaves, Diana Meckey, Bill Obrecht, Pulsallama, Bartok Lieberman, Michael
Boom, Squat Theatre, A.C. Chubb, G. Lindahl, Arto Lindsay/Toni Nougueira,
Social Climbers, Sonorexia, Tim Wright, Spalding Gray, Thi-Linh Le,
Christian Marclay, Adele Bertei, Ivan Kupala, Charles K. Noyes, Chris Vine,
Tuli Kupferberg, Sue Hanel, Butch Morris/Jessica Hagedorn, F.A. Nettelbeck/
Wayne Horvitz, Martin Bisi/Victoria Galvez Bisi, Melody Sumner, Marina La
Palma, Bob Holman/Vito Ricci, Artless Time Band, Fred Frith/Tina Curran,
Patrick Sumner, Hi-Sheriffs Of Blue.
Fred Frith plays on one track in duo with Tina Curran:
32/ I'm Still Here And I Know What Time It Is
Recorded at home in New York in 1982
Fred Frith: drill, drum; Tina Curran: voice.
1982 - Zoar Records (USA), ZOAR 10 (LP)
1992 - Arrest Records (USA), AR 003 (CD)
1993 - Muworks Records (USA), MUW 1016 CD (CD)
1996 - Atavistic (USA), ALP69CD (2xCD)
Note: the CD contains 34 new pieces.
Note: the CD was initialy issued by Arrest Records in 1992 but the company
went out of business simultaneously with the release - there might be some
copies floating around.
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059 - RECOMMENDED RECORDS SAMPLER NEW MUSIC: various artists
This double record features Vogel, Faust, Art Bears, Stormy Six, The
Homosexuals, Joseph Racaille & Patrick Portella, Feliu Gasul, The Black
Sheep, Univers Zero, Aksak Maboul & The Honeymoon Killers, The Work, Henry
Cow, Decibel, Art Zoyd, The Muffins, Heiner Goebbels, Amos, Conventum,
Hector Zazou, This Heat, The Residents, R. Stevie Moore, Ron Pate, Picchio
dal Pozzo, Robert Wyatt.
Fred Frith plays on two tracks, one with Art Bears:
3/ Hail (Art Bears)
Recorded at Kaleidophon, London during Winter 1980
Dagmar Krause: voices; Chris Cutler: drums; Fred Frith: guitar, bass, piano.
and one (in two parts) with Henry Cow:
12a/ Slice (Cooper)
12b/ Viva Pa Ubu (Hodgkinson)
Recorded at Sunrise Studio, Switzerland in January and August 1978
Tim Hodgkinson: organ, sax, clarinet; Lindsay Cooper: bassoon, sax; Fred
Frith: guitar; Dagmar Krause: voice; Chris Cutler: drums; Georgie Born:
bass.
1982 - Recommended Records (UK), RR eight & nine (2xLP)
Note: there is a trombone playing on (12a), probably Anne-Marie Roelofs.
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060 - BEST OF RALPH: various artists
This record features Snakefinger, The Residents, Fred Frith, Tuxedomoon,
Yello, Art Bears, MX-80 Sound, Renaldo & The Loaf.
Fred Frith plays on four tracks, three under his name:
3/ Dancing In The Street (Stevenson, Gaye) 3:19
14/ A Spit In The Ocean (Frith) 1:40
27/ Norrgarden Nyvla (Frith) 3:22
and one with Art Bears:
17/ Rats & Monkeys (Cutler, Frith) 3:04
1982 - Ralph Records (USA), RR8251 (2xLP)
See GRAVITY (1980) for further references on (3,27), SPEECHLESS (1981) for
(14), and WINTER SONGS (1979) for (17).
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061 - THE TUNES OF TWO CITIES: The Residents
Fred Frith plays on three tracks:
5/ Smack Your Lips, Clap Your Teeth 3:59
8/ Smokebeams 2:43
13/ Open Up
Recorded in October 1980 and January 1982
1982 - Ralph (USA), RZ8202 (LP)
1982 - Ralph (USA), RZC8202 (CT)
1988 (1989 ?) - Torso (Holland), 40018 (LP)
1988 (1989 ?) - Torso (Holland), CD418 (CD)
1988 (1989 ?) - East Side Digital (USA), CD80282 (CD)
1998 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 81302 (CD)
1998 (1997 ?) - Bomba (Japan), ??? (CD)
Note: (13) is only available on the 1988 (1989?) CD reissues.
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062 - BIG SCIENCE: Laurie Anderson
1/ From The Air (Anderson) 4:29
2/ Big Science (Anderson) 6:14
3/ Sweaters (Anderson) 2:18
4/ Walking & Falling (Anderson) 2:10
5/ Born, Never Asked (Anderson) 4:56
6/ O Superman (For Massenet) (Anderson) 8:21
7/ Example #22 (Anderson) 2:59
8/ Let X=X (Anderson) 3:51
9/ It Tango (Anderson) 3:01
Produced by Laurie Anderson and Roma Baran.
Laurie Anderson: vocals, vocoder, Farfisa, OBXa, percussion, electronics,
violins, keyboards, marimba; Roma Baran (1,2,6,7): Farfisa bass, glass har-
monica, Farfisa, Casio, accordion; Bill Obrecht (1): alto; Peter Gordon (1):
clarinet, tenor; David Van Tieghem (1,2,3,5,7,8,9): drums, rototoms, tym-
pani, marimba; Perry Hoberman (2,6,7): bottles, flute, saxophone, piccolo;
Rufus Harley (3): bagpipes; Chuck Fisher (7): alto, tenor; Richard Cohen
(7): clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, baritone saxophone; George Lewis
(8): trombones; Fred Frith (?): Synclavier.
1982 - Warner Bros. Records (USA), BSK 3674 (LP)
1982 - Warner Bros. Records, WBK 57 002 (BSK 3674) (LP)
1984 (?) - Warner Bros. Records, 7599-25077-2 (LP)
???? - Warner Bros. (USA), 3674-2 (CD)
???? - WB Records (Germany), 7559-23674-2 (CD)
Note: Fred Frith is not credited on the record but he appears on one track
playing Synclavier (or could it be on MISTER HEARTBREAK?).
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063 - LIVE AT LOFT SHINJUKU TOKYO JAPAN 23.JULY'81: Fred Frith and Totsuzen
Danball
1/ Session 2 12:14
2/ Session 3 20:23
Recorded live at Loft Shinjuku on July 23, 1981
Produced by Eiichi Tsutaki, Shunji Tsutaki and Fred Frith
Fred Frith: guitar; Totsuzen Danball: Shunji Tsutaki: guitar; Eiichi Tsutaki
(1,2): organ (1), drums (2).
1982 (1983?) - Floor Records (Japan), FL 1 (CT)
1991 - Wax Records (Japan), TKCA-30244 (CD)
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064 - TIME OUT: Material
1/ Time Out - Edit (Laswell, Le, Beinhorn) 5.55
2/ Time Out - Instrumental Dub Mix (Laswell, Le, Beinhorn) 6.30
Recorded at O.A.O. Studio, Brooklyn and RPM Sound Studio, New York City
Produced by Material
Bill Laswell: basses; Michael Beinhorn: synthesizers; J.T. Lewis: drums;
Fred Frith: guitar; Nicky Marrero: percussion.
1983 - Celluloid/Elektra/Asylum Records, 0-67916 (12")
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065 - LIMOGES: Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
1/ Limoges I
2/ Limoges II
Recorded live in Limoges on December 13, 1979
1983 - Re Records (UK), Re:duo (7" clear vinyl)
Note: this limited edition single (250 copies) was given away to the
subscribers of LIVE IN PRAGUE AND WASHINGTON (1983).
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066 - CHEAP AT HALF THE PRICE: Fred Frith
1/ Some Clouds Don't (Frith) 3:12
2/ Cap The Knife (Frith) 2:47
3/ Evolution (Frith) 3:21
4/ Too Much, Too Little (Frith, Curran) 2:09
5/ True Love (Frith) 2:58
6/ The Welcome (Frith) 2:28
7/ Same Old Me (Frith) 2:58
8/ Some Clouds Do (Frith) 2:49
9/ Instant Party (Frith) 1:53
10/ Person To Person (Frith) 2:20
11/ Walking Song (Frith) 3:13
12/ Flying In The Face Of Facts (Frith) 2:38
13/ Heart Bares (Frith) 4:56
14/ Absent Friends (Frith/Trad. Swedish) 3:58
15/ The Great Healer (Frith) 2:07
All but (5,10) recorded at home
Fred Frith: guitar, 6-string bass, Casio-101, violin, xylophone, voice,
home-mades; Tina Curran (4): bass; Sheena Dupuis (5): voice; Bill Laswell
(7): bass; George Cartwright (10): alto; Aksak Maboul (14): clapping; Frank
Wuyts: drums; Fred Maher: drums; Paul Sears: drums; Hans Bruniusson: drums.
1983 - New Ralph Records (USA), FF 8356 (LP)
1991 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 903 (CD)
1990 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 903 (CT)
199? - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 80572 (CD)
Note: (5,10) are not available on the LP pressing.
(5) originally appeared on THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUMMER OF LOVE (1987)
(10) is from the Curlew LP NORTH AMERICA (1985)
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067 - LIVE IN PRAGUE AND WASHINGTON: Chris Cutler, Fred Frith
1/ Live In Prague (Part 1) (Cutler, Frith)
2/ Live In Prague (Cont.) (Cutler, Frith)
2/ & Washington (Cutler, Frith)
(1,2) recorded during the 8th Prague "Jazz Days" Festival at the Lucerna
Hall, Prague on May 25, 1979
(3) recorded DC Space, Washington on December 20, 1979
Fred Frith: guitar, bass, violin; Chris Cutler: drums, electronic drums,
noise.
1983 - Re Records (UK), Re 1729 (LP)
Note: check also the CD LIVE IN MOSCOW, PRAGUE AND WASHINGTON (1990).
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068 - FRENCH GIGS: Lol Coxhill et Fred Frith
1/ Reims (Coxhill, Frith) 25:59
2/ Limoges 1 (Coxhill, Frith) 9:13
3/ Poitiers (Coxhill, Frith) 9:52
4/ Limoges 2 (Coxhill, Frith) 3:28
5/ Muenchen/London (Coxhill, Frith) 11:38
(1) recorded in 1981 by Dominique Diebold at la Maison de la Culture Andre
Malraux
(2) recorded on 10-25-78 by Michel Demily at l'auditorium Ste Croix
(2,4) recorded 10-26-78 by Jean Claude "James" Dupron to cassette and
edited by Fred Frith in New York in November 1982
(5) recorded by correspondence during winter 1991/1992; guitar recorded by
Benedykt Grodon at Sound Fabrik studio in Munich and saxophon recorded in
London
Lol Coxhill: soprano; Fred Frith: guitar.
1983 - AAA (France), A 02 (LP)
1992 - AYAA (France), cdt 0991 (CD)
1998 - Gazul (France), GA 8609-AR (CD)
Note: (5) is only available on the CD pressings.
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069 - WHO NEEDS ENEMIES? Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser
1/ Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (Nehemiah "Skip" James)
2/ The Golden Eighties (Kaiser, Frith)
3/ Everyday Objects (Kaiser, Frith)
4/ The Kirghiz Light (Kaiser, Frith)
5/ Special Rider Blues (Nehemiah "Skip" James)
6/ One of Nature's Mistakes (Kaiser, Frith)
7/ Roy Rogers (Kaiser, Frith)
8/ The Confession (Kaiser, Frith)
9/ Objects Everyday (Kaiser, Frith)
10/ Wool and Water (Kaiser, Frith)
11/ The Trace (Kaiser, Frith)
Recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco in October 1983
1983 - Metalanguage (USA), ML 123 (LP)
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070 - THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS
1/ Clean Plate (Fier, Lindsay) 6:31
2/ Hot Seat (Fier, Miller, Noyes) 5:19
3/ Under The Cap (Fier, Lindsay) 5:35
4/ Monday Night (Fier, Lindsay) 6:38
5/ Cookout (Fier) 4:47
6/ I.D. (Fier, Lindsay) 6:48
7/ Two Sided Fist (Fier, Lindsay, Frith) 7:44
Recorded at Radio City Music Hall Studio and OAO Studio in New York in
1983
Anton Fier: drums, percussion, DMX; Arto Lindsay (all but (5)): guitar, vo-
cals; Fred Frith (1,6,7): guitar, violin; Bill Laswell: prepared fretless
bass, 4, 6 and 8 string basses, shortwave, Steinberger bass, slide bass,
piano strings, turntables; Jamaaladeen Tacuma (1,7): Steinberger bass; David
Moss (1,3,7): non rhythmic percussion, Bertoia Sound Sculptures; John Zorn
(all but (5)): alto, clarinets, game calls; M.E. Miller (2,4): vocals, turn-
tables; Michael Beinhorn (2,5): DMX, bass drum, piano; Nicky Skopelitis (4,
6): guitar; Thi-Linh Le (4): vocals; Roger Trilling (5): records.
1983 - Celluloid/OAO (USA), CELL 5002 (LP)
1983 - Celluloid/OAO (USA), CELC 5002 (CT)
1983 - Celluloid/OAO (France), CEL 6662 (LP)
1983 - OAO Record (UK), OAO 001 (LP)
1987 (?) - Celluloid/OAO, CELCD 5002 (CD)
1987 (?) - Celluloid/OAO, CELC 5002 (CT)
1996 - Charly (Germany), CPCD 8198 (CD)
1997 (?) - Celluloid (USA), CPCD 8198 (CD)
1997 - Movie Play Gold (Portugal), MPG 74 049 (CD)
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071 - NOIR ET BLANC: Zazou Bikaye Cy1
1/ M'pasi Ya Pamba 5:18
2/ Mangungu 5:26
3/ Dju Ya Feza 6:34
4/ Munipe Wa Kati 4:55
5/ Eh! Yaye 4:57
6/ Mama Lenvo 4:14
7/ Lamuka 5:19
8/ Keba 5:18
9/ Woa 3:04
All compositions by Claude Micheli, Guillaume Loizillon and Bony Bikaye
Arrangements by Hector Zazou
Recorded at Daylight Studios, Brussels in June 1983
Bony Bikaye: voice; Hector Zazou: Cy1; Vincent Kenis: guitar; Fred Frith:
violin, guitar on (8); Fred Wallich: sax; Marc Hollander: clarinets; Chris
Joris: percussion; JF Jones Jacob III (3): drums; Veronique Vincent (4):
voice; Sabine Mesdag (4): voice.
1983 - Crammed Discs (Belgium), CRAM 025 (LP)
1990 - Crammed Discs (Belgium), CRA 2810-2 (CD)
Note: the CD pressing adds two remixes which were already available on a EP:
10/ M'pasi Ya Pamba (remix) 6:34
11/ Eh! Yaye (remix) 5:22
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072 - DYNAMITE: Dr. Umezu Band
1/ Off The Door
2/ Down Down!
3/ In My Shoes
4/ Jayne
5/ Canal
6/ Coffee Music
7/ Pyrosis
8/ Pretty Kranke
9/ Dynamite
Recorded in New York, May 1983
Kazutoki Umezu: alto, soprano; Hiroaki Katayama: tenor, baritone saxophone;
Takeharu Hayakawa: bass; Takashi Kikuchi: drums; Fred Frith: violin, guitar;
Terry Jenoure: vocals.
???? - London (Japan), L28N-1011 (LP)
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073 - Chris Stamey
1/ In the Winter of Love
2/ Its a Wonderful Life
(2) recorded at Easter's Drive-In studio
Chris Stamey: guitar, vocals; Ted Lyons: drums; Faye Hunter: bass; Gene
Holder: guitar; Scott Litt keys; Fred Frith (2): violin; etc.
1983 - Albion, 12 ION 1045 (12")
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074 - RESIDUE OF THE RESIDENTS: The Residents
1/ The Sleeper (The Residents)
2/ Whoopy Snorp (The Residents)
3/ Kamakazi Lady (The Residents)
4/ Boy In Love (The Residents)
5/ Shut Up! Shut Up! (The Residents)
6/ Anvil Forest (The Residents)
7/ Diskomo (The Residents)
8/ Jailhouse Rock (Leiber, Stoller)
9/ Ups & Downs (The Residents)
10/ Walter Westinghouse (The Residents)
11/ Saint Nix (The Residents)
12/ Open Up (The Residents)
Produced by The Residents
1983 - Ralph (USA), RZ-8302 (LP)
Note: according to the liner notes, Frith plays on "Shut Up! Shut Up!" which
was also released in England and France on singles.
Note: Fred Frith also plays on (12).
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075 - PRESENT TIME: Michael Zentner
This record features Michael Zentner in combinations with Daevid Allen, Bill
Bacon, George Bishop, Peter Blegvad, Carla Bley, Alan Braufman, Kenwood
Dennard, Fred Frith, Dan Gandel, John Greaves, Lisa Herman, Percy Jones,
Steve Moses, Hansford Rowe, Frank Wyatt, Vaunette Yanaginuma.
7/ The Case of the Stolen Riff (Zentner)
Recorded Fall and Winter 1979-80 at Open Sky Studios, NYC and Unique
Recording, NYC
Alan Braufman: alto; Kenwood Dennard: drums; Fred Frith: piano, percussion,
yelling, e-bow; Dan Gandel: vibes; Lisa Herman: vocals; Michael Zentner:
violin, guitar, voice.
1983 - Red Music (USA), MZ ONE/VR 22615 (LP)
1983 - CBS (Netherland), VR22615 (LP)
1993 - Ozone (USA), OZ006-2 (CD)
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076 - BASELINES: Bill Laswell
1/ Activate (Laswell, Beinhorn) 3:20
2/ Work Song (BL,MB,GL) 7:11
3/ Hindsight (Laswell, Bisi) 3.54
4/ Uprising (BL,MB,FF,RSJ) 1:03
5/ Barricade (BL,MB,GL) 4:06
6/ Upright Man (Laswell, Beinhorn) 3:50
7/ Moving Target (Laswell, Bisi) 1:51
8/ Lowlands (BL,FF,RSJ,DM) 4:24
9/ Conservation (Laswell, Beinhorn) 4:51
Recorded by Martin Bisi at OAO Studio, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Bill Laswell: Steinberger bass, Fender fretless Precision bass, Music Man
Sting Ray bass, Fender 6 string bass, Ibanez 8 string bass; Michael
Beinhorn (1,2,4,5,6,8,9): Prophet 5 synthesizer, shortwave, tapes; Ronald
Shannon Jackson (1,4,5,8,9): drums; George Lewis (1,2,5,8): trombone; Ralph
Carney (1,2,5): bass saxophone, contrabass clarinet; Fred Frith (4,5,8,9):
guitar, violin, Steinberger string console; Daniel Ponce (2,3,6,8): congas;
Martin Bisi (3,6,7): drums, percussion, synare, metals; David Moss (3,9):
voice, non metric percussion, steel drum; Phillip Wilson (2): drums.
1983 - Elektra Musician (USA), Musician 9 60221-1 (LP)
1984 - OAO/Celluloid, OAO 005 (LP)
1984 - Celluloid Records, CELLCD 5505 (CD)
???? - Celluloid Records (USA), CELD 5505 (CD)
1997 - Charly (Germany), CPCD 8284 (CD)
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077 - SOUND COSMODEL: various artists
This record features Nasmak (1), Half Japanese (2), Conventum 82 (3),
Pseudo-Code (4), The Vincent Units (5), Size (6), Element/L (7), Young
Tsubotai (8), John Bender (9), Subject (10), S. Weisser (11), Kevin Harrison
(12), Shoichi Serigano (13), Amos & Sara (14), Feliu Gasull (15), Human
Flesh (16), Chris Cutler (17), Yochko Seffer (18), Carlos Peron (19), Masami
Endow (20), Cortex (21), Sonoko Yasuda (22), ShaUl (23), Black Sheep (24),
Veetdharm Morgan Fisher (25), Banana (26), Uns (27), Die Form (28), Nurse
With Wound (29), Jon Rose (30), Tatsuo Kohki (31), Geoff Leigh (32), Hamza
El Din (33), Art Zoyd (34), Dorothea M. L. Franck (35), Mamy (36), Goebbels
& Harth (37), Walter Schmidt (38), I Scream (39), Con (40), Woo (41), Balkan
Rebels (42), Deux Filles (43), Magneet Bond (44), Fred Frith (45), Gahi
(46), Biting Tongues (47), Ludus (48), ZEv (49), Bene Gesserit (50).
45/ Typical American Family (Fred Frith)
Recorded at home in New York in January 1983 (or 1982?)
Fred Frith: voice, bowed string.
1984 - Yaso Extra/2 Atelier Peyotl/Skating Pears (Japan), APSP 018 (LP)
Note: this record is accompanied with a 28-page booklet.
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078 - STOP THOSE SONGS: V-Effect
1/ Master/Slave (V-Effect)
2/ Battle Of Algiers (V-Effect)
3/ Feet First (V-Effect)
4/ New Condition (V-Effect)
5/ Placebo #1 (V-Effect)
6/ Alley Oops (V-Effect)
7/ Pollyanna (V-Effect)
8/ Mysteries Of The Organism (V-Effect)
9/ Fast-Acting Placebo (V-Effect)
10/ Lavaplatos (V-Effect)
11/ A Tree Grows In Managua (V-Effect)
12/ Boyce Life (V-Effect)
13/ Wheat (V-Effect)
14/ New Song (Old Song) (V-Effect)
15/ Must Go (V-Effect)
16/ They Can't Get It (V-Effect)
17/ Placebo #3 (V-Effect)
(1,2,6,7,8,11,12,13) recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn, NY by Martin Bisi
(3,10,14,16) recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg, Switzerland by Robert
Vogel
(4,5,9,15,17) recorded live in New York, West Germany, Switzerland and
Czechoslovakia
Produced by Fred Frith
Rick Brown: drums, glockenspiel, vocals; Ann Rupel: bass, organ, vocals;
D. Zonzinsky: alto, vocals; Fred Frith: bits of guitar at crucial moments.
1984 - Rift (USA), Rift 6 (LP)
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079 - LIVE, WURZBURG, 10/82: Skeleton Crew
1984 - Recommended (SW), ??? (CT)
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080 - LEARN TO TALK: Skeleton Crew
1/ Que Viva (Frith, Cora) 3:40
2/ Onwards and Upwards (Frith, Cora) 3:59
3/ The Way Things Fall (Back Apart) (TC, FF, Rebby Sharpe) 2:35
4/ Not My Shoes (Frith, Cora) 2.14
5/ The Washington Post (J. P. Sousa) 1:28
6/ We're Still Free (Frith, Cora) 4:10
7/ Victoryville (Frith, Cora) 2:43
8a/ Los Colitos (trad. Ecuador,TC,FF) 2:53
8b/ Life At The Top (Frith) 1:44
9/ Learn To Talk (Frith, Cora) 3:40
10/ Factory Song (Frith, Cora) 5:13
11/ It's Fine (Frith, Cora) 4:22
12/ Zach's Flag (Cora) 3:10
All songs written by Skeleton Crew except where noted
Recorded Christmas New Year 1983/84 at Sunrise Studio, Switzerland
(7) recorded live in Victoriaville, Quebec
(9) partially recorded at WCBN, Quebec City
Produced by Robert Vogel and Skeleton Crew
Tom Cora: cello, bass guitar, casio, drums, contraptions, singing; Fred
Frith: guitar, six-string bass, violin, casio, home-made bass, piano, drums,
singing; other voices on (8) by Ribl, Lu and Katrin.
1984 - Rift (USA), Rift 8 (LP)
1984 - RecRec Zurich, Rift/RecRec 08/05 (LP)
1984 - Review Records, rere 20 (LP)
1990 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 512 (CD)
1998 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 512 (CD)
Note: (8a,8b) are missing on the RecRec Music CD reissues (ReCDec 512).
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081 - THE LAST NIGHTINGALE: various artists
This record features Lindsay Cooper, Henry Cow, Chris Cutler, Bill Gilonis,
Tim Hodgkinson, Adrian Mitchell, Ralph Steadman, Robert Wyatt.
Fred Frith plays on one track with Henry Cow:
4/ Bittern Storm Revisited (Frith)
Recorded in 1973 and remixed on October 21, 1984
1984 - Re Records (UK), Re 1984 (12" 45RPM)
Note: (4) is a remix of an old Henry Cow tune - Bittern Storm Revisited.
See UNREST (1974) for further references on (4).
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082 - Re RECORDS QUARTERLY VOLUME 1 No.2: various artists
This record features Duck & Cover (Tom Cora, Chris Cutler, Fred Frith,
Heiner Goebbels, Alfred Harth, Dagmar Krause, George Lewis), John Oswald,
Connie Bauer, Reportaz, Adrian Mitchell.
1/ Berlin Programme 27:44
Recorded in East Berlin as part of the Festival Of Political Song on
February 16, 1984
Tom Cora: cello, cassettes, electrics; Chris Cutler: drums, electrics; Fred
Frith: guitar, bass, cassette; Heiner Goebbels: piano, synthesizer, guitar,
cassettes; Alfred Harth: tenor, trumpet, bass clarinet; Dagmar Krause: sin-
ging; George Lewis: trombone, mouthpieces.
1984 - Re Records (UK), Re 0102 (LP+Magazine)
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083 - ROBERT WYATT
1/ I'm A Believer
2/ Yesterday Man
3/ Team Spirit
4/ Memories
Fred Frith (1,4): violin, guitar.
1984 - Virgin (UK), WYATT 1 (12" 45RPM)
See I'M A BELIEVER (1974) for further references.
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084 - FULL HOUSE: David Moss
This record features David Moss in duets with Fred Frith, Tom Guralnick,
Bill Laswell, Arto Lindsay, Fred Maher, Christian Marclay, Phil Minton,
Jamaaladeen Tacuma, David van Tieghem, John Zorn.
1/ Full House (Moss, Lindsay) 1:55
2/ Impound This Touch (Moss, Frith) 3:04
3/ Tunes (Moss, Laswell) 2:37
4/ State Of The Whirled (Moss, van Tieghem) 3:57
5/ Heads Up (Moss, Lindsay) 1:54
6/ The Man With The Rain-Colored Legs (Moss, Tacuma) 3:05
7/ Hand Tech (Moss, Zorn) 2:41
8/ Possible Fruit (Moss, Lindsay) 1:48
9/ Fashion Like Edges (Moss, Marclay) 1:34
10/ Liquids Of Choice (Moss, Minton) 1:06
11/ Drum Men (Moss, Maher) 3:48
12/ When I Was 18 (Moss, Marclay) 2:09
13/ Drastic Fishers (Moss, Frith) 3:21
14/ Trade-Ways (Moss, Guralnick) 4:00
15/ Shout & Twist (Moss, Lindsay) 0:42
16/ 3-Way Switch (Moss, Laswell) 3:00
17/ All The News (Moss, Minton) 3:00
18/ Husk When Time (Moss, Zorn) 1:49
19/ Amendment 5 (Moss, Marclay) 1:12
Recorded October, 1983 and January, 1984 at Martin Bisi Studio, Brooklyn
David Moss: drums, percussion, voice, Bertoia Sound Sculptures, water, wood,
metal, plastic, pods, and small electronics; Fred Frith (2,13): guitar; Tom
Guralnick (14): bass, tenor and soprano saxophones; Bill Laswell (3,16):
6-string bass; Arto Lindsay (1,5,8,15): vocals, guitar; Fred Maher (11):
drums; Christian Marclay (9,12,19): manipulated records on 4 turntables;
Phil Minton (10,17): voice; Jamaaladeen Tacuma (6): Steinberger bass; David
van Tieghem (4): percussion; John Zorn (7,18): reeds, game calls, saxopho-
nes.
1984 - Moers Music (Germany), Moers Musics 2010 (LP)
1992 - Moers Music (Germany), Moers 2088 (CD)
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085 - MATERIAL & FRIENDS: Bill Laswell
Selection from ONE DOWN, AMERICAN SONGS, MEMORY SERVES, GOLDEN PALOMINOS,
BASELINES, TEMPORARY MUSIC.
1/ Take A Chance (Beinhorn, Laswell) 4:32
2/ Discourse (Material) 4:07
3/ Conform To The Rhythm (BL,MB,FF) 4:27
4/ Cookout (Anton Fier) 4:38
5/ Memories (H. Hopper) 4:00
6/ Busting Out (BL,MB,FM,NH,TS,RD) 3:40
7/ Work Song (Laswell) 4:37
8/ Secret Life (Material) 5:46
Bill Laswell: 4, 6, and 8 string basses, Steinberger bass, piano strings,
turntables; Michael Beinhorn (1,2): synthesizers; Nona Hendryx (1,6): voc-
als; B.J. Nelson (1): vocals; Nicky Skopelitis (1): guitar; J.T. Lewis (1):
drums; Nicky Marrero (1): percussions; Cliff Cultreri (2): guitar; Bill
Bacon (2): drums; Fred Frith (3): guitar; Fred Maher (3,6,8): drums; Anton
Fier (4): DMX; Roger Trilling (4): records; Whitney Houston (5): vocals;
Archie Shepp (5): tenor; Raymond Jones (5): Yamaha CP-70 B electronic grand
piano; Yogi Horton (5): drums; Ronnie Drayton (6): guitar; Daniel Ponce (7):
congas; George Lewis (7): trombone; Ralph Carney (7): bass saxophone, con-
trabass clarinet; Phillip Wilson (7): drums.
1984 - Celluloid, CEL 6715 (LP)
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086 - RIDIN' ON A BUMMER: Rascal Reporters
1/ Elements (Gore, Barrenholz) 3:27
2/ The Hills (Gore) 2:40
3/ Rio (Gore, Frith) 15:40
4/ Mike Newfield (Gore) 0:50
5/ Barrensphere (Kretzmer, Hodgkinson) 6:15
6/ Without Passion or Peace (Kretzmer) 4:43
7/ Bones Corrale (Kretzmer) 1:55
8/ Barrensphere Revisited (R.R., Newhouse) 5:30
9/ Excerpt from Psyclops (Kretzmer) 1:57
Recorded between 1981 and 1984
Steve Gore: acoustic piano, casio, WLM organ, synthesizers, drum set, elec-
tric guitar, electric bass, acoustic guitar, clarinet, recorder, glocken-
spiel, voice, percussion; Steve Kretzmer: acoustic piano, casio, WLM organ,
synthesizers, drum set, electric guitar, electric bass, clarinet, glocken-
spiel, voice, percussion; Fred Frith (3): extraneous taped material, voice;
Bill Andrews (3): voice; Rick Barenholtz (1): voice; Tim Hodgkinson (3,5):
alto, voice; Dave Newhouse (8): alto, tenor, percussion; Mary Ellen Rollins
(3): cello; Gary Schumacher (2): electric guitar.
1984 - Hebbardesque Records (USA), HR 004 (LP)
Note: the record is dedicated to Ennio Morricone.
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087 - ESTA ES LA VICTORIA: Skeleton Crew
1/ Que Viva
2/ Learn To Talk
3/ Esta Es La Victoria-Song
4/ Ljubljana 84
5/ Dense
6/ Make Safe Your Property
7/ Massage From Our President
2/ Madjarska
3/ Factory Song
4/ It's Fine
5/ The Way Things Fall (Back Apart)
6/ Zach's Flagg
7/ Turkish
8/ From Kashmir
Recorded live at Ljubljana on 07.10.84
Fred Frith: guitar, violin, vocal, percussion; Tom Cora: cello, bass, gui-
tar, vocal, percussion.
1984 (?) - Nikad Robom (Yugoslavia), 002 (CT)
Note: this is a bootleg recording.
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088 - FRONT ROCK 1: Reportaz/Skeleton Crew
This tape features Reportaz on side 1 and Skeleton Crew on side 2.
Side 1: Reportaz
1/ Jacola 2:04
2/ Grandpapa's Little Image 2:00
3/ Battle-Painter's Song 2:02
4/ We Are Asking Don't Repeat 2:20
5/ Lullaby For Impulse 2:41
6/ Explanation 9:22
7/ Ceremony 3:15
8/ You Have A Glance At My Shadow And Guess What I'm Thinking 2:09
9/ Good Morning 2:51
10/ Second Impression 1:29
Jacek Halas; Andrzej Karpinski; Piotr Lakomy.
Side 2: Skeleton Crew
Recorded live at Students Club Riviera-Remont, Warszawa (Poland) on
September 25, 1984
Produced by Reportaz and Skeleton Crew
Tom Cora; Fred Frith.
1984 (?) - A.R.S. (Poland), 03 (CT)
Note: limited edition tape of 57 copies.
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089 - THE EUPHIO: Toshi Tsushitori
Fred Frith; etc.
1984 - Boys (Japan), 2 (LP)
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090 - BAND-IT CASSETTE MAGAZINE NR.15: various artists
This tape features track excerpts from Touch 33 tape, Freiwillige
Selbskontrolle, Trigger and the Thrill Kings, Strafe fuer Rebellion, Surplus
Stock (interview), Introverts, Play Ette, Deadbeat 2 tape, Skeleton Crew
(interview), Cleaners from Venus, Alan Mc Gee (Creation Label, interview).
?/ It's Fine
?/ Onwards And Upwards
?/ Que Viva (live)
?/ Zach's Flag
?/ Learn To Talk
1984 - Kassetto Fix (Germany), Band-It 15 7/84 (magazine+CT)
Note: the part on Skeleton Crew contains excerpts from LEARN TO TALK (1984)
(except where indicated), and an interview (about 10 minutes) of Fred Frith
(in English with integral German translation) on the occasion of the concert
at Alter Bahnhof in Hof(?).
See LEARN TO TALK (1984) for further references.
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091 - BAD ALCHEMY MAGAZINE + TAPE: various artists
This tape features Danielle Dax (1), Bass Tone Trapp (2), Skeleton Crew (3),
T. Benjamin/R. Heiloo/H. Schellinx/M. Malewicz (4), T. Benjamin/R. Heiloo/H.
Schellinx/L. Santoro (5), Catherine Jauniaux/Tim Hodgkinson (6), Chris
Newman (7), Romans (8), Conlon Nancarrow (9), Homosexuals (10), Debile
Menthol (11), After Dinner (12), Hermine-Het (13), Group 180 (14), Phil
Minton/Roger Turner (15), We Are Frank Chickens (16), News From Babel (17),
Dimthings/Ulterior Lux (18), Lol Coxhill (19).
Fred Frith plays on one track with Skeleton Crew:
3/ Live-Ausschnitt Am 16.09.1984, "Lauschangriff" In Hannover
(Skeleton Crew)
Recorded live at the "Lauschangriff" in Hannover on September 16, 1984
Fred Frith: guitar, violin, etc; Tom Cora: bass, cello, etc.
1985 - Bad Alchemy (Germany), No. 1 (magazine+CT)
Note: with the exception of (3,7,11,19), all the tracks are already avail-
able on records.
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092 - OPEN CITY: The Muffins
1/ Vanity, Vanity (Frith) 2:42
2/ Boxed and Crossed 5:27
3/ Blind Arch 8:33
4/ Expected Freedom 2:15
5/ Open City 0:49
6/ Not Alone 13:05
7/ In The Red 4:54
8/ Dancing in Sunrise, Switzerland (Frith) 3:03
(1,8) recorded at Catch-A-Buzz Studios, Rockville (Maryland) in November
1979 and at Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg (Switzerland) in January 1980
Dave Newhouse: piano, organ, baritone saxophone, alto, bass clarinet, per-
cussion; Tom Scott: alto, soprano, B flat clarinet, alto clarinet, oboe,
flutes, percussion; Billy Swann: electric bass, guitar, percussion, vocals;
Paul Sears: drums, percussion; Fred Frith (1,8): guitar, piano; Marc
Hollander (1): alto.
1985 - Cuneiform (HOL), Rune 5 (LP)
1994 - Cuneiform (USA), 55010 (CD)
Note: the CD reissue has extra tracks, but none with Fred Frith.
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093 - HARD CELL: various artists from Celluloid
This record features Time Zone (1), Massacre (2), Lightnin' Rod and Jimi
Hendrix (3), Deadline (4), Golden Palominos (5,7,8), Bill Laswell/Material
(6).
Fred Frith plays on two tracks, one with Massacre:
2/ Legs (Massacre) 2:50
and one with Golden Palominos:
7/ Two Sided Fist (Fier, Lindsay, Frith) 7:47
1985 - Celluloid, Cell 6121 (LP)
1985 - Celluloid, CELC 6121 (CT)
???? - Celluloid, 6121CD (CD)
1992 (?) - Mau Mau Records (France?), MAUCD 622 (CD)
See KILLING TIME (1981) for further references on (2).
See THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS (1983) for further references on (7).
Note: this record is also included in TRILOGY (1985), a three record set.
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094 - BAD ALCHEMY MAGAZINE + TAPE: various artists
This magazine/tape features John Zorn "Cobra" (1), John Zorn/Tenko (2),
David Moss Dense Band (3,4), Lindsay Cooper (5), Dr. Nerve (6,7), Half
Japanese (8), The Lo Yo Yo (9,10), Christian Marclay "Tower Of Babel" (11),
Lurex 4/Elliott Sharp (12).
Fred Frith plays on two tracks with the David Moss Dense Band:
3/ Goliath (Moss) 4:35
4/ Marclay's Dance (Moss) 5:55
Recorded live at Moers Festival, Germany on May 26, 1985
David Moss: vocal, percussion; Tenko: vocal, guitar; Jon Rose: violin, cel-
lo; Wayne Horvitz: keyboards; Fred Frith: bass; Christian Marclay: turnta-
bles.
1985 - Bad Alchemy (Germany), No. 3 (magazine+CT)
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095 - DENSE BAND: David Moss
1/ Stride (Moss, Frith) 3:25
2/ Shuffle (Moss, Frith) 3:03
3/ Slow Climb (Moss, Frith) 3:17
4/ New Feet (Moss, Frith) 3:54
5/ Fallaway (Moss, Frith) 2:15
6/ Surface Tension (Moss, Frith, Cora) 3:15
7/ Sixth Sense (Moss, Frith) 3:05
8/ Say So (Moss, Frith) 2:20
9/ Three Metal Moves (Moss, Frith) 3:35
10/ Next Witness (Moss, Frith) 1:26
11/ Dance Bend (Moss, Frith) 2:35
12/ Unsafe At Any Speed (Moss, Frith) 3:15
13/ In The Dark Times, Will There Be Singing(Moss, Frith) 3:16
Recorded at B.C. Studio, Brooklyn in February and March 1985
David Moss: drums, percussion, metal, steel drum, singing, high harmony
voices, invisible drums; Fred Frith (3,4,6,8,9,11,12): bass, guitar, voice;
Tom Cora (2,3,6): cello; Wayne Horvitz (1,3,5,7): DX7; Arto Linday (2,4,5,8,
9,11): singing, guitar; Christian Marclay (2,3,9,10): turntables, manipula-
ted records; Jules Moss (1,2,12): drums; Tenko (3,7): singing; John Zorn
(2,4,5,7,9,11): alto, game calls.
1985 - Moers Music (Germany), Moers Music 02040 (LP)
1992 - Moers Music (Germany), Moers Music 02076 CD (CD)
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096 - NORTH AMERICA: Curlew
1/ Ray (Cartwright, Cora) 5:25
2/ Oklahoma (Cartwright, Cora) 3:47
3/ Knee Songs 2 (Cartwright) 2:10
4/ Person To Person (Frith) 2:10
5/ Time And A Half (Frith) 2:41
6/ Mink's Dream (Cartwright) 3:01
7/ Two-Day 'Till Tomorrow (Cora) 1:22
8/ Light Sentence (Cora) 2:25
9/ First Bite (Cora) 2:25
10/ Moonlake (Cartwright) 5:14
11/ Shoats (Cartwright) 2:18
12/ 4:50
12a/ Agitar (GC, RB, MH)
12b/ The Victim (Cartwright)
13/ Feelin' Good (J.B. Lenoir) 2:50
Recorded at B.C. Studio, Brooklyn, summer 1983 to summer 1984
Produced by Fred Frith
George Cartwright: alto, tenor, lead vocal on (13), animal calls on (9,11);
Tom Cora: cello, cello resonated objects, accordions on (7); Fred Frith:
bass, guitar solo on (1), violin on (12b), vocals on (3,13), live guitar
and sax manipulations on (5,12); Rick Brown (1,3,9,12): drums; J. Pippin
Barnett (2,4,5,6,8,10,11,13): drums; Mark Howell: guitar; Polly Bradfield
(6,10): violin; Butch Morris (3): cornet; Martin Bisi (4): fake bass drum.
1985 - Moers Music (Germany), Moers Music 02042 (LP)
1992 - Moers Music (Germany), Moers Music 02080 (CD)
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097 - EPIPHANY/EPIPHANIES: Company
1/ Epiphany (Part 1) (coll. improvisation) 20:20
2/ Epiphany (Part 2) (coll. improvisation) 27:51
3/ Epiphanies First (duo) (coll. improvisation) 15:12
4/ Epiphanies Second (trio) (coll. improvisation) 8:05
5/ Epiphanies Third (quintet) (coll. improvisation) 10:45