Fred Frith, Henry Cow and other Canterbury sorta bands

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Hidden Spam!! What will they think of next?

Edited September 10, 2009 by Aggie87

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Hidden Spam!! What will they think of next?

That's pretty smart. Spam that I can't see. Sticking it in the Henry Cow thread so lots of people can see it - another stroke of genus.

Edited September 10, 2009 by 7/4

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Paolo Angeli Plays Frith and Björk.

http://www.paoloangeli.it/

http://www.myspace.com/paoloangeli

Edited September 10, 2009 by 7/4

[A Lark Ascending]

Great record...as are the others I've heard by him. Remarkable to watch and hear live.

[Joe G]

Wonderful!

[7/4]

Guitar World/Guitar One actually mentions Fred Firth, but in a questionable context.

I wish those folks at the guitar magazines were as well rounded and musical as Fred Frith.

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[A Lark Ascending]

Guitar World/Guitar One actually mentions Fred Firth, but in a questionable context.

I wish those folks at the guitar magazines were as well rounded and musical as Fred Frith.

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They've clearly led very sheltered lives if they think the examples on that list are the 'weirdest ever recorded.'

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Guitar World/Guitar One actually mentions Fred Firth, but in a questionable context.

I wish those folks at the guitar magazines were as well rounded and musical as Fred Frith.

They've clearly led very sheltered lives if they think the examples on that list are the 'weirdest ever recorded.'

You betcha.

From a former insider, let's just say the guys at GW know their rock 'n' roll.

Edited September 29, 2009 by 7/4

[clifford_thornton]

I know, somebody needs to send them a copy of Ray Russell's Secret Asylum stat.

[7/4]

With this now released it might be time to bumb up this thread:

So you finally got it! Good! That run of it (plus the originals) that you noticed last week

was a great wash of wonderful sound and, like I said, something that I thought you'd really enjoy.

The booklets are real eye-openers.

®

I finally got the first box this evening, I'll be digging into it in the morning. The second one will be here next week!

[7/4]

Gilgamesh - Arriving Twice

I've listened to this a lot times in the last few days, great 70s Canterbury fusion. Keyboardist Alan Gowen had ties to National Health and Bruford, died in '81 from leukemia.

I own the other two Gilgamesh albums, time to listen to them again!

[A Lark Ascending]

I was listening to this one only yesterday:

Always come across as less focussed than National Health or Hatfield to me - the tunes and structures less defined, a bit more noodling. But enjoyable, nonetheless.

Phil Lee is a fine guitarist.

[7/4]

I was listening to this one only yesterday:

Always come across as less focussed than National Health or Hatfield to me - the tunes and structures less defined, a bit more noodling. But enjoyable, nonetheless.

I always had a bit of a time getting into NH & Hatfield. I thought maybe it's Pip Pyle.

Phil Lee is a fine guitarist.

This is something I'm really noticing this time around. What ever happened to Phil Lee?

[clifford_thornton]

Dunno; he was also really good w/ Graham Collier.

[A Lark Ascending]

Seems to be still around, though doing more standards and the like. I have this nice disc with John Horler:

In fact, I think I'll give that a play.

Just seen this too:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2010/Jim_Richardson_ARCD1004.htm

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Seems to be still around, though doing more standards and the like. I have this nice disc with John Horler:

In fact, I think I'll give that a play.

Just seen this too:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2010/Jim_Richardson_ARCD1004.htm

nice...now, of course, I want 'em.

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Phil Lee bio.

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also.

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Mode 164: Tim Hodgkinson - Sketch of Now | Further into Hard Stone

Tim Hodgkinson 10-2-11 Downtown Music Gallery, NYC

[A Lark Ascending]

The two (original) Matching Mole albums are getting a reissue (with second discs of twiddly bits).

I'll go for these as the existing releases are a bit muddy.

http://www.burningshed.com/store/canterburyscene/

Strongly recommended to Wyattophiles or those just interested in this particular byway of improvised rock.

Matching Mole is mainly instrumental with Caravan's Dave Sinclair in the organ chair; fairly rambling but in a nice way. Two wonderful Wyatt vocals at the start - 'O Caroline' and 'Signed Curtain' were wonderful balms when suffering the inevitable disappointments of unrequited longing as a 17 year old.

Little Red Record has vocals dotted throughout though it's still mainly an instrumental record. Tremendous electric piano from Dave McRae. A bit more focussed than the first.

Edited February 12, 2012 by A Lark Ascending

[sidewinder]

I've got the first 'Matching Mole' on vinyl. It's a good occasional listen - any fan of Soft Machine will appreciate it and the follow-on. The front cover of the follow-on always gives me a chuckle. Recorded at a time when 'Chairman Mao's Little Red Book' was 'de-rigueure' with future politocos, Fred The Shreds etc.

Edited February 12, 2012 by sidewinder

[romualdo]

Have both of the Matching Mole LP's - might get them out & give them a whirl (havn't listed to them for years)

Robert Wyatt has a very special place in my music likes

[A Lark Ascending]

Currently taking another trip through this wonderful box. Seems to be available on e-music now.

Also exploring more Fred Frith. Enjoyed 'Freedom in Fragments' yesterday (thanks for the recs above).

I'm especially keen on this recent one; gives a real sense of a complete record with songs and careful arrangements. Frith's records often sound more collage like.

They have a second disc coming out later this year.

http://www.fredfrith.com/

[Pete C]

A great NY band of the '80s that overlaps with Skeleton Crew was George Cartwright's Curlew, which seemed to take influences of the more jazz-oriented Canterbury bands, Prime Time, and No Wave.

I went to London in '09 for Ornette's Meltdown Festival, and besides getting to see Robert Wyatt sing a couple of songs with the Liberation Music Orchestra, I got to meet him in the Lobby of the theatre the night before, when Ornette performed with Frisell as a special guest. I told Wyatt that the chance to see him perform was one of the reasons I flew from NY.

It was a great week--the BFI had a program of films by and with the eccentric writer B.S. Johnson, and I saw Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Waiting for Godot.

Edited February 16, 2012 by Pete C