Fred Frith – Guitar Solos
Label: |
Caroline Records – C 1508 |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, LP, Album
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Country: |
UK |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Experimental |
Tracklist
| A1 | Hello Music | 1:31 | |
| A2 | Glass C/W Steel | 5:35 | |
| A3 | Ghosts | 3:12 | |
| A4 | Out Of Their Heads (On Locoweed) | 8:24 | |
| B1 | Not Forgotten | 1:55 | |
| B2 | Hollow Music | 2:44 | |
| B3 | Heat C/W Moment | 1:43 | |
| B4 | No Birds | 12:46 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
- Made By – E.J. Day Group
- Printed By – E.J. Day Group
- Pressed By – EMI Records
- Recorded At – Kaleidophon Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – RCA Studios, London
Credits
- Engineer – David Vorhaus
- Guitar, Guitar [Prepared], Composed By – Fred Frith
- Lacquer Cut By – Pete Norman
- Liner Notes [Cryptic Comments] – Jack Balchin
- Photography By [Sleeve Photos], Design – Ray Smith (10)
Notes
This is a record of unaccompanied guitar solos. It was made in four days at Kaleidophon Studios, London. All the pieces were improvised, some completely and some to a roughly preconceived idea. No overdubs were used, the music is heard as it was played except for No Birds, which was made in two parts, and Not Forgotten, from which we removed two notes. The only sounds not produced 'naturally' by guitar or prepared guitar area those of the fuzz-box used on track A4, B3 and B4, and echo delay used on track B4. The extraneous noises on Heat c/w Moment are those made by my breath and feet while I was playing. The middle part of No Birds was played on two guitars simultaneously.
℗ & © Virgin Records Ltd.
℗ & © Virgin Records Ltd.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, Variant 1): C 1508 A-2U
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, Variant 1): C 1508 B-2U Fred & Pete ⋀
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, Variant 2): C 1508 A-2U M 1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, Variant 2): C 1508 B-2U Fred & Pete C C 1
Other Versions (5 of 11)
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Guitar Solos (LP, Album, Rim Text) | Caroline Records | C 1508 | UK | 1974 | ||
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Guitar Solos (LP, Album, Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.) | Caroline Records | C 1508 | UK | 1974 | ||
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New Submission
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Guitar Solos (LP, Album) | Virgin | VIP-4097 | Japan | 1981 | ||
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Guitar Solos (CD, Album, Reissue) | RecRec Music | ReCDec 904 | Switzerland | 1991 | ||
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New Submission
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Guitar Solos (CD, Album, Reissue) | East Side Digital | ESD 80442 | US | 1991 |
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Reviews
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the days when Virgin Records issued vital music and even ran subsiduary labels dedicated to the obscure, the avant garde, the marvellous? I do.
Fred Frith, at the time playing in the avant chamber rock outfit Henry Cow, cut this album of free guitar solos in 1974. Presumably influenced by Derek Bailey it kicks off with the relatively accessible Hello Music before setting a course for the outer limits of guitar soloing with nary a cliche to be heard.
Not really jazz or rock, this is an album of free improvisation.
Check out volume 2 for more of the same - on this follow-up Fred is ed by Derek Bailey, GF Fitzgerald and - my own personal favourite of the 70s free improv guitarists - the German innovator Hans Reichel.
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