Fred Frith - Speechless

Label:

RecRec Music

Catalog#:

ReCDec 902

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Switzerland

Released:

1991

Genre:

Jazz, Rock

Style:

Free Improvisation, Avantgarde, Experimental

Tracklist

1	Etron Fou Leloublan -	Kick The Can (Part 1)	2:19
		Bass - Fred Frith Bass, Voice - Ferdinand Richard Drums - Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium - Jo Thirion Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor] - Margot Mathieu
2	Etron Fou Leloublan -	Carnival On Wall Street	2:51	X
		Bass, Voice - Ferdinand Richard Drums - Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium - Jo Thirion Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor] - Margot Mathieu
3	Etron Fou Leloublan -	Ahead In The Sand	3:16	X
		Bass, Voice - Ferdinand Richard Drums, Saxophone [Tenor] - Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium - Jo Thirion Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor], Voice - Margot Mathieu
4	Etron Fou Leloublan -	Laughing Matter/ Esperanza	7:47	X
		Bass, Voice - Ferdinand Richard Drums - Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium - Jo Thirion Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor] - Margot Mathieu
5	Etron Fou Leloublan -	Women Speak To Men; Men Speak To Women	5:39	X
		Bass, Voice - Ferdinand Richard Composed By [Co-composed By] - Tina Curran Drums - Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium - Jo Thirion Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor] - Margot Mathieu
6	Massacre (2) -	A Spit In The Ocean	2:17	X
		Bass - Bill Laswell Drums - Fred Maher Saxophone [Alto] - George Cartwright Saxophone [Baritone] - Mars Williams
7	Massacre (2) -	Navajo	3:05	X
		Bass - Bill Laswell , Fred Frith Drums - Fred Maher Saxophone [Alto] - George Cartwright Saxophone [Baritone] - Mars Williams Saxophone [Snake] - Steve Buchanan Tape, Bass - Tina Curran
8	Fred Frith -	Balance	5:04	X
		Bass, Drums - Fred Frith
9	Massacre (2) -	Saving Grace	1:57	X
		Bass - Bill Laswell Drums - Fred Maher Saxophone [Alto] - George Cartwright Saxophone [Baritone] - Mars Williams
10	Fred Frith -	Speechless	3:05	X
		Bass - Fred Frith
11	Massacre (2) -	Conversations With White Arc	1:14	X
		Bass, Composed By - Bill Laswell Drums - Fred Maher
12	Fred Frith -	Domaine De Planousset	2:59	X
		Tape, Bass - Tina Curran
13	Fred Frith -	Kick The Can (Part 2)	2:14
		Bass - Fred Frith
14	Fred Frith -	The Entire Works Of Henry Cow	1:00
15	Massacre (2) -	So Schnell Ich	3:25
		Bass - Bill Laswell Drums - Fred Maher Engineer - Jean-Marc Foussat Guitar, Keyboards - Fred Frith
16	Fred Frith -	I'm Still Here And I Know What Time It Is	1:06
		Noises, Drums - Fred Frith Voice - Tina Curran
17	Fred Frith -	No More War	4:46
		Bass, Keyboards, Composed By - Steve Gore Drums - Steve Kretzmer Voice, Tape - Fred Frith
18	Fred Frith -	Typical American Family	1:01
		Voice, Performer [Homemade Instruments] - Fred Frith
19	Fake (4) -	Dig	3:07
		Bass - Tetsuto Koyama Drums - Miyamoto Effects - Fred Frith Saxophone [Alto] - Masami Shinoda Strings [Kokyu] - Chie Mukai Strings [Taisho Koto] - Kenichi Takeda Voice - Keiji Haino , Tenko

Credits

Engineer - Charlie Martin (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 11) , François Riether (tracks: 1 to 5)
Mastered By - Paul Zinman
Voice, Guitar, Violin, Keyboards [Mellotron], Composed By - Fred Frith

Notes

Tracks 1 to 5 recorded at Studio Freeson, Pujaut, France and Studio Sunrise, Kirchberg, Switzerland, July & August 1980. Tracks 6, 7 & 9 are partly based on a live concert recorded at CBGB in New York, April 1980, subsequently altered and added to in Switzerland. Track 11 is from the same concert and is an improvised piece heard as played. Tracks 8, 10, 12 & 13 recorded at Studio Sunrise, July & August 1980. Track 14 released as part of Morgan Fisher's "Miniatures" compilation, contains a portion of every track recorded by Henry Cow assembled according to a strict mathematical system and lasting exactly one minute, collated at Pass, NYC and KUNM, Albuquerque, New Mexiko in 1980. Track 15 recorded live at Rue Dunois, Paris in 1981 and at home in NYC. Track 16 is from Elliott Sharp's "State Of The Union" compilation, recorded at home in NYC, 1982. Track 17 is from a record-by-mail project with Steve Gore for his LP "Ridin' On A Bummer", recorded at home, 1983. Track 18 is from the Japanese compilation "Sound Cosmodel", recorded at home, 1982. Track 19 is from the Japanese compilation "Welcome To Dreamland", collated from the other songs on that record at Studio Dig, Tokyo, February 1985.
First released by Ralph Records in 1981 on LP, containing tracks 1 to 13 only.

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