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Various – LAFMS: The Lowest Form Of Music

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Label:Cortical Foundation – organ of Corti 11.1, RRRecords – RRR-CD-17
Format:
10 x CD, Compilation
Box Set
Country:US
Released:
Genre:Electronic, Jazz, Rock
Style:Avantgarde, Lo-Fi, Art Rock, Free Improvisation, Experimental

Tracklist

1-01Chip Chapman–They Are Asleep (Grandiose Norway Version)9:50
1-02Chip Chapman–CMIX2:40
1-03Chip Chapman–Getting Ahead/Orbit/Painting The Roses Red (Original And Uncut)6:09
1-04Chip Chapman–Music For Gamelan And Synthesizer
Percussion [Gamelan] – Cal Arts Gamelan Orchestra
10:09
1-05Le Forte Four–Microzone5:34
1-06Le Forte Four–Japanese Super Heroes10:50
1-07Chip Chapman–SMIX7:35
1-08Chip Chapman–Suburban Magic (Electrolux Version)
Bassoon – Steve Braunstein
5:15
1-09Chip Chapman / Le Forte Four–Suburban Magic8:35
2-01Le Forte Four–Ka-Bella-Cha-Cha0:42
2-02Le Forte Four–Some Problem With The Cord Or Something0:32
2-03Le Forte Four–Ka-Bella-Binsky Bungo (Excerpt)6:27
2-04Le Forte Four–Good Worker0:44
2-05Le Forte Four–Aye Ma Ma (I'm Amok)0:13
2-06Le Forte Four–Meanwhile Back At The Tulip Boat, Stinky And Gus Make Warplanes/Your Living Constutuion (Dies)0:33
2-07Le Forte Four–Before Docking In Space0:19
2-08Le Forte Four–Candy Wrapper Blues/A Little Sloppy Still0:18
2-09Le Forte Four–Bikini Tennis Shoes (One Pair)4:16
2-10Le Forte Four–Joe's Nose Solo0:49
2-11Le Forte Four–Song Of The Electric Drill0:19
2-12Le Forte Four–I Can't Even Think/On The Dawning Of A Giant Face/Joe's Dead/Marriage/Twinkle0:35
2-13Le Forte Four–What Do You Do, Radiator?/The Grocery Store Is My Heaven0:32
2-14Le Forte Four–Fade It Out0:12
2-15Le Forte Four–The Pope Speaks0:23
2-16Le Forte Four–Crank Up The Kids1:48
2-17Le Forte Four–Bongo Madness3:29
2-18Le Forte Four–Ka-Bella Reprise6:06
2-19Le Forte Four–Steven, Steven1:01
2-20Le Forte Four–Sonnet1:06
2-21Le Forte Four–Ballad De Forte Four0:26
2-22Le Forte Four–It's Raining Bongos1:05
2-23Le Forte Four–They Are Asleep
Bass – Dan Weiss
Drums – Jay Ross
Flute [Rhythm] – Susan Farthing
4:32
2-24Le Forte Four–Music Hall Bootleg (Excerpt)
0:18
2-25Le Forte Four–Painting The Roses Red0:27
2-26Le Forte Four–Enough Fun/That Feedback Again1:08
2-27Airway–Live At LACE, Part One
Vocals – Vetza
13:26
2-28Airway–Live At LACE, Part Two
Vocals – Vetza
14:56
3-01Le Forte Four–Birth Of Largie Schrapnel1:06
3-02Le Forte Four–The Very First Song I Ever Wrote0:58
3-03Le Forte Four–M-M-M1:22
3-04Le Forte Four–Keep That Point Up/4000 Holes In Glackburn, Lancashire2:57
3-05Le Forte Four–Telethon Returns0:23
3-06Le Forte Four–From The 12 Pages3:56
3-07Le Forte Four–Tree Shredding Blues
2:11
3-08Le Forte Four–To The Crow1:11
3-09Le Forte Four–Balanced Comfort16:13
3-10Le Forte Four–Telethon Returns0:14
3-11Le Forte Four–Internal C.B. Breakage0:25
3-12Le Forte Four–Good Friday Tape Dumb Session No.11:47
3-13Le Forte Four–Reel World0:37
3-14Le Forte Four–Columbia-Princeton Low Priority Soybean Meal1:02
3-15Le Forte Four–Telethon Returns1:18
3-16Le Forte Four–Down The Congo In A Backwards Canoe1:27
3-17Le Forte Four–Telethon Returns Continues0:31
3-18Le Forte Four–Welcome To 35 South Raymond
Organ – Ken (11)
1:30
3-19Le Forte Four–Darker Skratcher
Synthesizer [Electric Music Box] – Bob Frazier (2)
4:09
3-20Le Forte Four–Diorama I0:49
3-21Le Forte Four–Diorama II0:47
3-22Le Forte Four–HHHMMM1:25
3-23Le Forte Four–Telethon Returns0:25
3-24Le Forte Four–Good Friday Tape Dumb Session II1:45
3-25Le Forte Four–Shoe Spot/Meet The Detectives2:22
3-26Le Forte Four–Simple Circus1:13
3-27Le Forte Four–Amazing Three (Instrumental)5:33
3-28Le Forte Four–Japnese Super Heroes
Performer [Toys], Vocals – Susan Farthing
2:59
3-29Le Forte Four–Amazing Three (Live)
Performer [Toys], Vocals – Susan Farthing
3:41
3-30Le Forte Four–Speed Racer
Performer [Toys], Vocals – Susan Farthing
2:01
3-31Le Forte Four–Man Has A Dream
Performer [Toys], Vocals – Susan Farthing
2:04
4-01Doo-Dooettes–Mojave
Organ [Electric] – Dennis Mehaffey
Synthesizer – Harold Schroeder
8:15
4-02Doo-Dooettes–Silver Hours5:35
4-03Doo-Dooettes–(Twenty-Four)5:37
4-04Doo-Dooettes–Children Undressing Animals
Percussion, Cornet, Voice – Dennis Mehaffey
Synthesizer, Organ – Harold Schroeder
15:01
4-05Fredrik Nilsen–Green6:39
4-06Doo-Dooettes–Live Outside23:18
4-07Doo-Dooettes with John Duncan–Close
Drums – John Duncan
13:26
5-01Unknown Artist–Intro0:25
5-02Electric Willy–Her Father's Love1:25
5-03Smegma–Geek The Geeker
1:15
5-04ACE=1, c/s & Helene Elana Armand*–HEA/AOS0:59
5-05Mr. Foon's Bandaloon–Microphobia5:58
5-06Ju Suk Reet Meate–Hot Bee's Head Hit The Wax4:35
5-07Smegma–"Difference"3:57
5-08Smegma–1980 A.R. (After Radiation)7:28
5-09Smegma–PROWING NOSE5:14
5-10Smegma–Die Wo-Wo1:35
5-11Smegma–"I Am Not Artist"6:15
5-12Smegma–Ladies Nite At The "Ortho Lounge"4:02
5-13Smegma–HALF A BILLION7:51
5-14Airway–Perpendicular Thrust
Technician – Jerry Bishop
Vocals – Vetza
3:53
5-15Airway–Live
Vocals – Vetza
4:38
5-16Vetza & Airway–Racing In The Streets
Technician – Jerry Bishop
Vocals – Vetza
1:37
5-17CV Massage–Naked
7:06
5-18CV Massage–Sea Chantey
2:48
6-01Dennis Duck & Kevin Laffey–Schlagerziet3:02
6-02Doo-Dooettes–Zombie3:04
6-03Doo-Dooettes–I Got A Right To Sing The Blu
Engineer – Brent Wilcox
4:21
6-04Doo-Dooettes–The Flying Eyes (Complete)18:28
6-05Doo-Dooettes–Baby1:36
6-06Doo-Dooettes–Bird And Bee Orchestra (Incorporating Run Off Groove)
Featuring – Joseph T. Jacobs
6:29
6-07Doo-Dooettes–Schlagerzeit (Tolstoy's Anemic)3:01
6-08Doo-Dooettes–Dr. Phibes Visits Chicago4:58
6-09Doo-Dooettes–Scrapyard3:19
6-10Doo-Dooettes–Red Wrec. Said2:11
6-11Doo-Dooettes–That Latin
Featuring – Joseph T. Jacobs
2:11
6-12Doo-Dooettes–Untitled (Source Piece For Side 2 Runoff Groove)2:12
6-13Foundation Boo–Slow Piece #1 Of 310:26
7-01Joe Potts with Vetza–Mother Daughter
Vocals – Vetza
2:55
7-02Doo-Dooettes–L.A. Nickel8:35
7-03Doo-Dooettes / Junichi Kawara - Chie Mukai–Collaboration8:37
7-04Fredrik Nilsen–Insecticide, A Philosophic Didactic2:52
7-05Solid Eye–Satie Bongos
Cello [Two-by-cello] – Bill Leavitt*
Sampler [Mirage], Engineer – Steve Thomsen
2:38
7-06Solid Eye–Blender Meadow
Cello [Two-by-cello] – Bill Leavitt*
Sampler [Mirage], Engineer – Steve Thomsen
2:59
7-07Harold Schroeder–Silent Rituals
Guitar, Bass, Tape, Voice – Harold Schroeder
3:39
7-08Kevin Laffey–Berlin Zug Und Der Düsseldorf Hop4:39
7-09Slimy Adenoid & The Pablums–Under My Gums
3:38
7-10Monitor (3)–Pet Wedding
Drums – Jeff Rankin
Keyboards – Steve Thomsen
2:17
7-11Monitor (3)–Beak
Drums – Jeff Rankin
Keyboards – Steve Thomsen
1:53
7-12Dennis Duck–One O'clock Jump (Excerpt) (From "Dennis Duck Goes Disco")4:52
7-13Dennis Duck–Davey The Worm2:57
7-14Paul Is Dead–Crazy3:42
7-15Paul Is Dead–Jasper Johns3:10
7-16Friends Of Leslie–Freak Show (For Mayo Thompson)3:13
7-17Friends Of Leslie–The Four People2:56
7-18Doo-Dooettes–Jesus Theme8:12
8-01Dinosaurs With Horns–Carny3:04
8-02Rick Potts–Platform Swimfins
Performer [Cocktails] – Jerry Bishop
3:10
8-03Gothic Hut–Autobody Experience
Drums, Percussion – Walter Lab
Guitar – John Dyer, Nic Greene
Keyboards, Effects, Percussion – Bob Mrozek
Sitar – Matt Levonian
Trombone – Richard Acosta
Tuba – Norm Pearson*
3:00
8-04Rick Potts–Objects In The Mirror
Keyboards, Drum Programming – Steve Thomsen
Vocals – Barbara Ann Jaekel*
3:04
8-05Rick Potts–Malathion L.A.4:53
8-06Rick Potts–Squirrel-Proof Man
Keyboards, Drum Programming – Steve Thomsen
4:23
8-07Rick Potts–Step Into The Shadow
Keyboards, Effects, Drum Programming – Steve Thomsen
3:43
8-08Gothic Hut–Undermatter
Engineer – Phil Singher
Guitar – Doug Henry, John Dyer
4:36
8-09Steaming Coils–Blathering Hemispheres
Drums, Guitar, Vocals – Brad Laner
4:03
8-10Monique Experience–Donde Esta Mi Cuerpo
Engineer – Ricky Mixx
5:29
8-11Gothic Hut–Jeannie Wants Her Tambourine
Bass – Matt Levonian
Drums, Percussion – Walter Lab
Guitar – John Dyer, Nic Greene
Keyboards, Effects, Percussion – Bob Mrozek
5:13
8-12Gothic Hut–Unintentional Laugh
Drums, Percussion – Walter Lab
Guitar – John Dyer, Nic Greene
Keyboards, Effects, Percussion – Bob Mrozek
Trombone – Richard Acosta
Tuba – Norm Pearson*
3:24
8-13Gothic Hut–Uvula Broach
Bass – Nikolas Dodet
Engineer – John Dyer
Keyboards, Effects, Percussion – Bob Mrozek
3:37
8-14Rick Potts–Parasitic Twin4:23
8-15Rick Potts–Look Who Buried Their Car
Mixed By – Joseph Hammer
4:11
8-16Rick Potts–Sausage In A Bottle1:34
8-17Rick Potts–Yet To Appear
Mixed By – Joseph Hammer
2:49
8-18Rick Potts–Platform Swimfins (Reprise)4:25
8-19Rick Potts–Draw Spunky4:44
9-01Tom Recchion–Lepidoptera2:13
9-02Tom Recchion–Music For Homemade Instruments1:58
9-03Tom Recchion–The Blue Blue Moon3:12
9-04Tom Recchion–Jazz 2,000 A.D. Part 34:08
9-05Tom Recchion–Back Beat8:00
9-06Tom Recchion–Martin Denny In Spain4:23
9-07Tom Recchion–Mother
Voice – Gerald Bole
6:06
9-08Tom Recchion–Stodgy Old Sayings
Voice – Gerald Bole
4:20
9-09Tom Recchion–Pinky Takes A Walk5:26
9-10Tom Recchion–Herself A Cocoon4:01
9-11Tom Recchion–Infancy In The Water3:57
9-12Tom Recchion–Untitled4:42
9-13Tom Recchion–The Little Green Thing5:07
9-14Tom Recchion–The Real Strungaphone16:18
10-01Gerald Bole–Moonlight2:09
10-02Gerald Bole–Spain2:45
10-03Gerald Bole–Hawaii3:20
10-04Gerald Bole–Elephants1:25
10-05Gerald Bole–If Mississippi...0:33
10-06Gerald Bole–Will You Elope?...0:16
10-07Gerald Bole–Lament3:55
10-08Gerald Bole–March2:36
10-09Doo-Dooettes–Pole-land11:56
10-10Monique Et Aviv–I Am I
2:56
10-11Monique Et Aviv–J'Attends
2:21
10-12Monique Et Aviv–I Want To Go Outside
2:19
10-13Monique Experience–Someone's In The Bathroom
3:04
10-14Precambrian Three–Jewel Of Denile
10:15
10-15Dinosaurs With Horns–Interesting Jewelry1:58
10-16Dinosaurs With Horns–Sabertina's Country3:49
10-17Dinosaurs With Horns–Totally Gone2:51
10-18Dinosaurs With Horns–Deep11:02
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Credits

  • Engineer – Paul McKenna (tracks: 9-01 to 9-14), Randy Farrar (tracks: 6-02, 6-04 to 6-12), Richard McIlvery (tracks: 6-02, 6-04 to 6-12)
  • Performer – Chip Chapman (tracks: 1-01 to 1-09, 2-01 to 2-28, 3-01 to 3-31, 5-14, 5-16), Dennis Duck (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 4-07, 5-05, 5-14, 5-16 to 5-18, 6-01 to 6-13, 7-03, 7-12 to 7-15, 7-18, 8-02, 10-09), Fredrik Nilsen (tracks: 4-03 to 4-07, 5-17 to 5-18, 6-02 to 6-13, 7-02 to 7-04, 7-14 to 7-15, 7-18, 8-10, 10-09, 10-13, 10-16), Joe Potts (tracks: 1-03 to 1-06, 1-09, 2-01 to 2-28, 3-01 to 3-31, 5-14 to 5-16, 7-1, 7-09), Joseph Hammer (tracks: 7-05 to 7-06, 8-01, 8-04 to 8-07, 8-13 to 8-15, 10-15 to 10-17), Juan Gomez (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 3-18, 4-02, 4-04, 7-07, 7-14 to 7-15, 10-14), Kevin Laffey (tracks: 5-14, 5-16, 6-01, 6-06, 6-10, 6-13, 7-08, 8-10, 10-13), Rick Potts (tracks: 1-03, 1-05 to 1-06, 1-09, 2-01 to 2-28, 3-01 to 3-31, 5-16, 6-04, 6-07, 7-05 to 7-06, 7-09, 7-13 to 7-15, 8-01 to 8-19, 10-13, 10-15 to 10-17), Tom Potts (tracks: 1-03, 1-05 to 1-06, 1-09, 2-20 to 2-21, 2-25, 3-01 to 3-26, 5-14, 5-16), Tom Recchion (tracks: 2-27 to 2-28, 3-18, 4-02 to 4-04, 4-06 to 4-07, 5-14, 5-16 to 5-18, 6-02 to 6-13, 7-02 to 7-03, 7-07, 7-14 to 7-18, 8-10, 9-01 to 9-14, 10-09, 10-13 to 10-14)
  • Piano – Gerald Bole (tracks: 10-01 to 10-08)
  • Producer – Gary Todd, Ron Lessard

Notes

Tracks 1-05 to 1-07 and 1-09 originally released on the LP "Spin 'N Grin".
Tracks 2-01 to 2-26 originally released as the LP "Bikini Tennis Shoes".
Tracks 2-27 and 2-28 originally released as the LP "Live at LACE".
Tracks 3-1 to 3-26 and 4-1 to 4-5 originally released as the double LP "Live At The Brand".
Tracks 5-1 to 5-5 originally released on the compilation LP "Blorp Esette Volume One".
Track 5-6 originally released on the compilation LP "Blorp-Essette Volume Two".
Tracks 5-7 to 5-13 originally released as the LP "Glamour Girl 1941".
Tracks 6-2 to 6-11 originally released as the LP "Look To This".
Track 7-01 originally released on a split 7".
Track 7-04 originally released on the cassette "Music From Norway" on Solid Eye.
Track 7-07 originally released on the compilation LP "I.D. Art #2".
Track 7-09 originally released as a 7" record.
Tracks 7-10 and 7-11 originally released as a 7" by World Imitation.
Track 7-12 originally released on the cassette "Goes Disco".
Tracks 5-04, 7-13 and 8-02 originally released on the compilation LP "Darker Skratcher".
Track 7-15 originally released on the compilation LP "Blub Krad".
Track 7-18 originally released on the compilation cassette "Bethel" released by John Balance.
Track 8-03 and 8-11 released on "Big Holes!" on Show Me Records.
Track 8-08 originally released on the LP "Show Me Yer Belly" on Show Me Records.
Track 8-09 originally released on the LP "Never Creak" by Rotary Totem Records.
Tracks 10-15 to 10-18 originally released on the cassette "Dinosaurs With Horns" by Solid Eye.
All above released published by Los Angeles Free Music Society unless otherwise noted.

All other tracks previously unreleased.

Packaged in a foil stamped box with 36-page four color booklet of photos, 60-page book of extensive notes and essays, and poster discography.

Contributors to the booklet of essays are Dennis Cooper, Gary Todd, Byron Coley, David Toop, Jerry Bishop, Tony Mostrom, Takuya Sakaguchi, Fredrik Nilsen, Michael Uhlenkott, Juan Gomez, Tom Recchion, Kevin Laffey, Sarah Seager, Dennis Duck, John Duncan, Paul McCarthy, Ju Suk Reet Meate, Ace Farren Ford, and Dinosaurs With Horns.

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LAFMS: The Lowest Form Of Music - Artist Edition (11×CD, Compilation, Box Set, Limited Edition, Numbered)Cortical Foundation, RRRecordsorgan of Corti 11.2, RRR-CD-17US1996
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LAFMS: The Lowest Form Of Music - Bootleg Edition (12×CDr, Unofficial Release, Box Set, Compilation)Cortical Foundationorgan of Corti 11.3USUnknown

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