Fred Frith - Speechless

Singer: Fred Frith
Album's title: Speechless
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Label: East Side Digital ‎– ESD 80542
Type: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Date of released: 1991
Category: Jazz, Rock
Style: Experimental, Avantgarde, Free Improvisation
Format: FLAC MP3 DTS MP2 AAC APE AU MPC MP3
Size MP3 ZIP: 1317 mb
Size FLAC ZIP: 1656 mb
Rating: 4.9/5
Votes: 257

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Tracklist Hide Credits

1	–Fred Frith And Etron Fou Leloublan	Kick The Can (Part 1) Bass – Fred FrithBass, Voice – Ferdinand RichardDrums – Guigou ChenevierOrgan, Harmonium – Jo ThirionSoprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Margot Mathieu	2:19
2	–Fred Frith And Etron Fou Leloublan	Carnival On Wall Street Bass, Voice – Ferdinand RichardDrums – Guigou ChenevierOrgan, Harmonium – Jo ThirionSoprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Margot Mathieu	2:51
3	–Fred Frith And Etron Fou Leloublan	Ahead In The Sand Bass, Voice – Ferdinand RichardDrums, Tenor Saxophone – Guigou ChenevierOrgan, Harmonium – Jo ThirionSoprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Voice – Margot Mathieu	3:16
4	–Fred Frith And Etron Fou Leloublan	Laughing Matter / Esperanza Bass, Voice – Ferdinand RichardDrums – Guigou ChenevierOrgan, Harmonium – Jo ThirionSoprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Margot Mathieu	7:47
5	–Fred Frith And Etron Fou Leloublan	Women Speak To Men; Men Speak To Women Bass, Voice – Ferdinand RichardComposed By [Co-composed By] – Tina CurranDrums – Guigou ChenevierOrgan, Harmonium – Jo ThirionSoprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Margot Mathieu	5:39
6	–Fred Frith And Massacre	A Spit In The Ocean Alto Saxophone – George CartwrightBaritone Saxophone – Mars WilliamsBass – Bill LaswellDrums – Fred Maher	2:17
7	–Fred Frith And Massacre	Navajo Alto Saxophone – George CartwrightBaritone Saxophone – Mars WilliamsBass – Bill Laswell, Fred FrithDrums – Fred MaherSaxophone [Snake] – Steve BuchananTape, Bass – Tina Curran	3:05
8	–Fred Frith	Balance Bass, Drums – Fred Frith	5:04
9	–Fred Frith And Massacre	Saving Grace Alto Saxophone – George CartwrightBaritone Saxophone – Mars WilliamsBass – Bill LaswellDrums – Fred Maher	1:57
10	–Fred Frith	Speechless Bass – Fred Frith	3:05
11	–Fred Frith And Massacre	Conversations With White Arc Bass, Composed By – Bill LaswellDrums – 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	So Schnell Ich Bass – Bill LaswellDrums – Fred MaherEngineer – Jean-Marc FoussatGuitar, Keyboards – Fred Frith	3:25
16	–Fred Frith	I'm Still Here And I Know What Time It Is Noises [Drill], Drums – Fred FrithVoice – Tina Curran	1:06
17	–Fred Frith	No More War Bass, Keyboards, Composed By – Steve GoreDrums – Steve KretzmerVoice, Tape – Fred Frith	4:46
18	–Fred Frith	Typical American Family Voice, Performer [Homemade Instruments] – Fred Frith	1:01
19	–Fake	Dig Alto Saxophone – Masami ShinodaBass – Tetsuto KoyamaDrums – MiyamotoEffects – Fred FrithKokyu – Chie MukaiKoto [Taisho Koto] – Kenichi TakedaVoice – Keiji Haino, Tenko	3:07

Companies, etc.

Licensed To – East Side Digital
Recorded At – Studio Free Son
Recorded At – Sunrise Studios
Recorded At – CBGB
Recorded At – 28 rue Dunois Paris
Glass Mastered At – Disque Americ

Credits

Composed By [All Songs By] – Fred Frith
Engineer [Cbgb] – Charlie Martin (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 11)
Engineer [In France] – François Riether (tracks: 1 to 5)
Engineer [In Switzerland] – Etienne Conod, R. Vogel*
Illustration [Lithography] – Busag
Layout – Peter Bäder
Mastered By – Paul Zinman
Photography By [Cover Photos] – Tina Curran
Voice, Guitar, Violin, Mellotron – Fred Frith

Notes

Tracks 1 to 5: recorded at Studio Freeson, Pujaut, France 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 Various - 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 Pass, 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 Various - State Of The Union compilation, recorded at home in NYC, 1982,
Track 17: is from a record-by-mail project with Steve Gore for the LP Rascal Reporters - Ridin' On A Bummer, recorded at home, 1983,
Track 18: is from the Japanese compilation Various - Sound Cosmodel, recorded at home, 1982,
Track 19: is from the Japanese compilation Various - Welcome To Dreamland (Another Japan), a collage contructed out from the other songs on that record, mixed at Studio Dig, Tokyo, February 1985.

Speechless was first released by Ralph Records in 1981 (tracks 1 to 13 only).

1991 Rec Rec Genossenschaft, Zurich, Switzerland
Licensed for North America by ESD

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 21561-8054-2 2
Matrix / Runout: DADR 0JXX1ESD80542

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FF 8106	Fred Frith	Speechless ‎(LP, Album)	Ralph Records	FF 8106	US	1981
ReCDec 902	Fred Frith	Speechless ‎(CD, Album, RE)	RecRec Music	ReCDec 902	Switzerland	1991
BELLE 152441	Fred Frith	Speechless ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap)	Belle Antique	BELLE 152441	Japan	2015
ReR/FRO 04	Fred Frith	Speechless ‎(CD, Album, RE)	ReR Megacorp, Fred Records	ReR/FRO 04	UK	2001
000040	Fred Frith	Speechless ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Unofficial)	G. & P. Essential Music	000040	Russia	Unknown