Fred Frith – Speechless

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Label:	RecRec Music – ReCDec 902
Format:	CD , Album, Reissue
Country:	Switzerland
Released:	1991
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Experimental

Tracklist

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

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Distributed By – RecRec Genossenschaft
Distributed By – EFA – CD 14562-26
Published By – RecRec Music
Recorded At – Studio Free Son
Recorded At – Sunrise Studios
Recorded At – CBGB
Recorded At – Studio
Recorded At – KUNM
Recorded At – 28 rue Dunois Paris
Recorded At – Studio Dig
Glass Mastered At – DADC Austria

Credits

Design, Layout – Peter Bäder
Engineer – R. Vogel*
Illustration [Lithography] – Busag
Mastered By – Paul Zinman
Photography By – Tina Curran
Voice, Guitar, Violin, Mellotron, Composed By – Fred Frith

Notes

Tracks 1 to 5 recorded at Studio Freeson, Pujaut, and Studio Sunrise, Kirchberg, Switzerland, July & August 1980.
Tracks 6, 7 & 9 are partly based on a live concert recorded at CBGB in New York, April 1980, subsequently altered and added to in Switzerland.
Track 11 is from the same concert and is an improvised piece heard as played.
Tracks 8, 10, 12 & 13 recorded at Studio Sunrise, July & August 1980.
Track 14 released as part of Morgan Fisher's "Miniatures" 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 15 recorded live at Rue Dunois, Paris in 1981 and at home in NYC.
Track 16 is from Elliott Sharp's "State Of The Union" compilation, recorded at home in NYC, 1982.
Track 17 is from a record-by-mail project with Steve Gore for his LP "Ridin' On A Bummer", recorded at home, 1983.
Track 18 is from the Japanese compilation "Sound Cosmodel", recorded at home, 1982.
Track 19 is from the Japanese compilation "Welcome To Dreamland", collated from the other songs on that record at Studio Dig, Tokyo, February 1985.
First released by Ralph Records in 1981 on LP, containing tracks 1 to 13 only.

Total time: 58:55

Manufactured in Austria

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none
Label Code: LC 7981
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, mirrored): RECDEC-902 13 A1 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): RECDEC-902 13 C2 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA
SPARS Code: AAD
Rights Society: SUISA

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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, Disque Americ)	East Side Digital	ESD 80542	US	1991
	Speechless (Cassette, Album, Reissue)	RecRec Music	RecRec 902	Switzerland	1991