Fred Frith – Speechless

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Label:	RecRec Music – RecRec 902
Format:	Cassette , Album, Reissue
Country:	Switzerland
Released:	1991
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Free Improvisation

Tracklist

A1	Etron Fou Leloublan–	Kick The Can (Part 1) Bass – Fred Frith Bass, Voice – Ferdinand Richard Drums – Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium – Jo Thirion Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Margot Mathieu Bass – Fred Frith Bass, Voice – Ferdinand Richard Drums – Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium – Jo Thirion Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Margot Mathieu	2:19
A2	Etron Fou Leloublan–	Carnival On Wall Street Bass, Voice – Ferdinand Richard Drums – Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium – Jo Thirion Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Margot Mathieu	2:51
A3	Etron Fou Leloublan–	Ahead In The Sand Bass, Voice – Ferdinand Richard Drums, Tenor Saxophone – Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium – Jo Thirion Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Voice – Margot Mathieu	3:16
A4	Etron Fou Leloublan–	Laughing Matter / Esperanza Bass, Voice – Ferdinand Richard Drums – Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium – Jo Thirion Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Margot Mathieu	7:47
A5	Etron Fou Leloublan–	Women Speak To Men; Men Speak To Women Bass, Voice – Ferdinand Richard Composed By [Co-composed By] – Tina Curran Drums – Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium – Jo Thirion Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Margot Mathieu Bass, Voice – Ferdinand Richard Composed By [Co-composed By] – Tina Curran Drums – Guigou Chenevier Organ, Harmonium – Jo Thirion Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Margot Mathieu	5:39
A6	Massacre (2)–	A Spit In The Ocean Alto Saxophone – George Cartwright Baritone Saxophone – Mars Williams Bass – Bill Laswell Drums – Fred Maher	2:17
A7	Massacre (2)–	Navajo Alto Saxophone – George Cartwright Baritone Saxophone – Mars Williams Bass – Fred Frith Drums – Fred Maher Saxophone [Snake] – Steve Buchanan Tape, Bass – Tina Curran Alto Saxophone – George Cartwright Baritone Saxophone – Mars Williams Bass – Fred Frith Drums – Fred Maher Saxophone [Snake] – Steve Buchanan Tape, Bass – Tina Curran	3:05
A8	Fred Frith–	Balance Bass, Drums – Fred Frith	5:04
B1	Massacre (2)–	Saving Grace Alto Saxophone – George Cartwright Baritone Saxophone – Mars Williams Bass – Bill Laswell Drums – Fred Maher	1:57
B2	Fred Frith–	Speechless Bass – Fred Frith	3:05
B3	Massacre (2)–	Conversations With White Arc Bass, Composed By – Bill Laswell Drums – Fred Maher	1:14
B4	Fred Frith–	Domaine De Planousset Tape, Bass – Tina Curran	2:59
B5	Fred Frith–	Kick The Can (Part 2) Bass – Fred Frith	2:14
		Bonus Tracks
B6	Fred Frith–	The Entire Works Of Henry Cow	1:00
B7	Massacre (2)–	So Schnell Ich Bass – Bill Laswell Drums – Fred Maher Engineer – Jean-Marc Foussat Guitar, Keyboards – Fred Frith	3:25
B8	Fred Frith–	I'm Still Here And I Know What Time It Is Noises, Drums – Fred Frith Voice – Tina Curran	1:06
B9	Fred Frith–	No More War Bass, Keyboards, Composed By – Steve Gore Drums – Steve Kretzmer Voice, Tape – Fred Frith	4:46
B10	Fred Frith–	Typical American Family Voice, Instruments [Homemade Instruments] – Fred Frith	1:01
B11	Fake (4)–	Dig Alto Saxophone – Masami Shinoda Bass – Tetsuto Koyama Drums – Miyamoto Effects – Fred Frith Kokyu – Chie Mukai Koto [Taisho Koto] – Kenichi Takeda Voice – Tenko Alto Saxophone – Masami Shinoda Bass – Tetsuto Koyama Drums – Miyamoto Effects – Fred Frith Kokyu – Chie Mukai Koto [Taisho Koto] – Kenichi Takeda Voice – Tenko	3:07

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Recorded At – Studio Free Son
Recorded At – Sunrise Studios
Recorded At – CBGB
Recorded At – 28 rue Dunois Paris
Recorded At – Studio Dig
Recorded At – Studio
Recorded At – KUNM

Credits

Engineer – François Riether (tracks: A1 to A5)
Illustration [Lithography] – Busag
Layout – Peter Bäder
Mastered By – Paul Zinman
Voice, Guitar, Violin, Mellotron, Composed By – Fred Frith

Notes

Tracks A1 to A5: recorded at Studio Freeson, Pujaut, and Studio Sunrise, Kirchberg, Switzerland, July & August 1980.
Tracks A6, A7 & B1: are partly based on a live concert recorded at CBGB in New York, April 1980, subsequently altered and added to in Switzerland.
Track B3: is from the same concert and is an improvised piece heard as played.
Tracks A8, B2, B4 & B5: recorded at Studio Sunrise, July & August 1980.
Track B6: released as part of Morgan Fisher's Miniatures (A Sequence Of Fifty-One Tiny Masterpieces Edited By Morgan-Fisher) compilation, contains a portion of every track recorded by Henry Cow assembled according to a strict mathematical system and lasting exactly one minute, collated at , NYC and KUNM, Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1980.
Track B7: recorded live at Rue Dunois, Paris in 1981 and at home in NYC.
Track B8: is from Elliott Sharp's State Of The Union compilation, recorded at home in NYC, 1982.
Track B9: is from a record-by-mail project with Steve Gore for the LP Ridin' On A Bummer, recorded at home, 1983.
Track B10: is from the Japanese compilation 音の宇宙模型 -Sound Cosmodel-, recorded at home, 1982.
Track B11: is from the Japanese compilation Speechless was first released by Ralph Records in 1981 (tracks A1 to B5 only).

Tracks are listed 1 to 19 on the inlay card.

p + c RecRec Music 1991
Made in Switzerland

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Rights Society: SUISA
Label Code: LC 7981

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Speechless (LP, Album)	Ralph Records	FF 8106	US	1981
Recently Edited	Speechless (LP, Album, Repress)	Ralph Records	FF 8106	US	1985
New Submission	Speechless (LP, Album, Reissue)	T.E.C. Tones	FF-8106	US	1990
Recently Edited	Speechless (CD, Album, Reissue)	RecRec Music	ReCDec 902	Switzerland	1991
Recently Edited	Speechless (CD, Album, Reissue, Disque Americ)	East Side Digital	ESD 80542	US	1991

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