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Fred Frith – Step Across The Border

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Label:RecRec Music – ReCDec 30
Format:
CD, Album
Country:Europe
Released:
Genre:Jazz, Rock, Stage & Screen
Style:Fusion, Avantgarde, Experimental, Soundtrack

Tracklist

1Sparrow Song
Cello, Drum, Voice – TC*
Engineer – Tim Hodgkinson
Guitar, Drum, Voice – FF*
Keyboards, Drum, Voice – ZP*
1:28
2aVoice Of America (Part 3)
Guitar, Percussion – FF*
Synthesizer, Tape [Tapes] – BO*
Written-By – Ostertag*, Frith*
4:24
2bLegs
Bass – BL*
Drums – FM*
Engineer – Martin Bisi
Guitar – FF*
Written-By – Laswell*, Frith*, Maher*
3aSelluloid Restaurant
Bass, Guitar – FF*
Engineer – Y. Utsonomiya*
3:09
3bThe Old Man Puts Out The Fire
Percussion [Bottles], Synthesizer [DX7], Percussion – FF*
4After Dinner
Piano, Voice, Written-By – Haco
1:47
5Houston St.
Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – JZ*
Guitar – FF*
Written-By – Frith*, Zorn*
2:54
6Drum Factory
Guitar, Percussion – FF*
Performer [Factory] – Daihachi Oguchi
2:01
7Regardless Of Rain
Cello – TC*
Performer [Home-mades] – FF*
Written-By – Frith*, Cora*
3:05
8Candy Machine
Guitar, Keyboards, Bass – FF*
2:59
9Romanisches Cafe
Guitar – FF*
6:19
10The Border
Cello, Drum, Voice – TC*
Engineer – Tim Hodgkinson
Guitar, Drum, Voice – FF*
Keyboards, Drum, Voice – ZP*
Written-By – Hemenway*, Frith*
3:31
11Nirvana Again
Alto Saxophone – JD*
Bass – RL*
Drums – KN*
Guitar – FF*
Sampler [Samples] – BO*
1:53
12Scottish Roppongi
Guitar, Keyboards – FF*
1:46
13Norrgården Nyvla
Drums – HB*
Guitar – EH*
Guitar, Keyboards, Bass – FF*
Keyboards – LH*
2:58
14Birds
Bass Clarinet – TH*
Violin – FF*
Written-By – Frith*, Hodgkinson*
2:18
15The As Usual Dance Toward The Other Flight To What Is Not Part 3
Engineer – Rainer Carben
Guitar – FF*
1:47
16Williamsburg Bridge
Guitar – FF*
1:53
17aSame Old Me
Bass – BL*
Drums – FM*
Keyboards [Casio], Voice – FF*
4:10
17bWilliamsburg Bridge Reprise
Guitar – FF*
18The As Usual Dance...etc. Part 5
Engineer – Rainer Carben
Guitar – FF*
2:24
19Lost And Found
Engineer – Rudolf Oleschko
Guitar, Bass, Violin, Percussion – FF*
Percussion [Beercans] – PF*
Violin, Vocals – IB*
3:21
20Nine By Nine
Drums – EH*
Guitar, Bass, Performer [Home-mades] – FF*
Written-By – Hayashi*, Frith*
5:52
21Evolution
Drums – HB*
Guitar, Bass, Voice – FF*
3:20
22Union Square
Guitar, Violin – FF*
1:41
23Morning Song
Guitar, Voice – PF*
Violin, Voice – IB*
Written-By – Bittova*, Pitinsky*, Fajt*
2:00
24Voice Of America Part 4
Guitar, Percussion – FF*
Synthesizer, Tape [Tapes] – BO*
Written-By – Ostertag*, Frith*
2:02
25Too Much Too Little
Bass – Tina C*
Guitar, Voice – FF*
Written-By – Frith*, Curran*
2:08
26Too Late
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Performer ["Trumpet"] – FF*
2:23
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Credits

Notes

Music for the film by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel.

This music is dedicated to the memory of Mary W. Frith (1921 - 1989)

Recorded in studios, streets, concerts, rehearsals, fields, hotel rooms and sundry other locations ['location' in the booklet] between 1979 and 1989.
Compiled with additions and alterations at Sound Fabrik, Munich in Dec. 89.

Manufactured in Austria

Track 1 and 10 recorded at Sunrise, Kirchberg in December 1985
Track 2a and 24 recorded live at PASS, New York in January 1981
Track 2a, 22 and 24 recorded live in Munich in December 1989
Track 2b recorded at OAO Studio, New York in June 1981
Track 3a and 4 recorded at MUE Studio, Osaka in February 1988
Track 3b, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 17b recorded in Munich in December 1989
Track 5 and 7 recorded live at the Kitchen, New York City in February 1989
Track 9 and 12 recorded live at the Romanisches Cafe, Tokyo in February 1988
Track 11 recorded live at Roulette, New York City in February 1988
Track 13 recorded in Uppsala and at Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg in 1979
Track 14, 20 and 22 recorded live at ROX, Tokyo in February 1988
Track 14 recorded in Yorkshire & Brixton in December 1988
Track 15, 18 and 26 recorded at Bavaria TV Studios in December 1989
Track 17a, 21 and 25 recorded in New York City in August 1983
Track 19 recorded Paosostr., Munich in July 1989, & Provence July 1989
Track 23 recorded in hotel room, Bern in March 1989

Track 1 "Sparrow Song" was originally released as Skeleton Crew (2)'s contribution to the 'Island of Sanity'compilation (NML 8707d)
Track 2b "Legs" is from the Massacre (2) LP 'Killing Time' (to be reissued)
Track 10 "The Border" is from Skeleton Crew (2)'s 'The Country Of Blinds' (RecRec 12)
Track 13 "Norrgården Nyvla" is part of the LP 'Gravity' (ReCDec 901)
Tracks 17, 21, 25 "Evolution, "Same Old Me" & "Too Much Too Little" are from the LP 'Cheap At Half The Price' (ReCDec 902) [sic]

Standard jewel case with 16-page booklet

℗ + © RecRec Music 1990 (SUISA)
except
1. © Edition No Man's Land (GEMA)
19. © Arcades Music (PRS-UK)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: none
  • Matrix / Runout (Mirrored): RECDEC-30 11 A3 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA
  • Matrix / Runout (Mirrored): RECDEC-30 11 A1 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA
  • Rights Society (All tracks except 1 & 19): SUISA
  • Rights Society (track 1): GEMA
  • Rights Society (track 19): PRS-UK
  • Label Code: LC 7981
  • Distribution Code: EFA CD 14554-26
  • SPARS Code: AAD

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Step Across The Border (2×LP, Album)RecRec MusicRecRec 30Switzerland1990
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Step Across The Border (Cassette, Album)RecRec MusicReCDec 30Switzerland1990
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Step Across The Border (CD, Album)RecRec MusicEVA 2026Japan1990
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Step Across The Border (CD, Album)East Side DigitalESD 80462US1990
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Step Across The Border (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Unofficial Release)ArsNova8-785Russia2000

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