Speechless - Frith, Fred 1949- (RecRec Music, 1991)
Enth.: 1. Kick the can (part 1). - 2. Carnival on Wall Street. - 3. Ahead in the sand. - 4. Laughing matter/Esperanza. - 5. Women speak to men; Men speak to women / Frith; Curran. - 6. A spit in the ocean. - 7. Navajo. - 8. Balance. - 9. Saving grace. - 10. Speechless. - 11. Conversations with White Arc / Frith; Laswell. - 12. Domaine de Planousset. - 13. Kick the can (part 2). - 14. Entire works of Henry Cow. Aufn.: Collage mixed at Pass NYC and KUNM Albuquerque New Mexico in 1980. - 15. So schnell ich. Interpr.: Fred Frith [g keys]. Bill Laswell [b]. Fred Maher [dr]. Aufn.: Recorded live at Rue Dunois Paris in 1981. - 16. I'm still here and I know what time it is. Interpr.: Tina Curran [voc]. Fred Frith [drill dr]. Aufn.: New York 1982. - 17. No more war / Frith; Gore. Interpr.: Steve Gore [b keys]. Steve Kretzmer [dr]. Fred Frith [voc]. Aufn.: New York 1983. - 18. Typical American family. Interpr.: Fred Frith [voc]. Aufn.: New York 1982. - 19. Dig. Interpr.: Tenko [voc]. Keiji Haino [voc]. Ken-ichi Takeda [taisho koto]. Chie Mukai [kokyu]. Masami Shinoda [as]. Tetsuto Koyama [b]. Miyamoto [dr]. Fred Frith [forgery]. Aufn.: Collage mixed at Studio Dig Tokyo February 1985. - Interpr.: Fred Frith [voc g v mellotron] [b] on tracks 1, 8, 10, 13 [dr] on tracks 7, 8. Tracks 1-5: Etron Fou Leloublan. Tracks 6, 7, 9, 11: Massacre. Tina Curran [b]. Roger Kent Parsons [bagpipes]. Steve Buchanan [snake sax]. George Cartwright [as]. Mars Williams [bs]. - Aufn.: Tracks 1-5: Recorded at Studio Fresson Pujaut France and Studio Sunrise Kirchberg Switzerland on July/August 1980. Tracks 6, 7 & 9: partly based on a live concert recorded at CBGB in New York April 1980. Track 11: from same concert and improvised. The rest recorded at Sunrise July/August 1980. - Früheres c-Jahr: 1980