Fred Frith
Gravity
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Former Henry Cow guitarist Fred Frith pays homage to three giants of contemporary classical music: John Cage, Morton Feldman and Earle Brown. In his own inimitable fashion, Frith has tried to incorporate the chosen composer's own working methods into each of the three pieces that make up The Previous Evening. As he explains in the enclosed booklet regarding his John Cage homage: 'Fragments of text heard in Part 1 were taken at random from Cage's book Silence. Tape editing, the structure of the events, and dynamic markings in this section were also determined using chance methods."
Performed by: Christian Kaya (clarinets), Claudio Puntin (clarinets), Heike Liss (perc.), Bernd Settelmeyer (perc.), Bernd Weber (voice) and Frith (voice & all other instruments and manipulations)
Format
Tracks 1 to 6 recorded August 1979 at Norrgarden Nyvla, Uppsala and Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg. Tracks 7 to 13 recorded November 1979 at Catch-a-Buzz Studio, Rockville and January 1980 at Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg. Mastered May 2001 at Headless Buddha Mastering Lab, Oakland. Originally released 1980.
Release notes
Tracks 1 to 6 recorded August 1979 at Norrgarden Nyvla, Uppsala and Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg. Tracks 7 to 13 recorded November 1979 at Catch-a-Buzz Studio, Rockville and January 1980 at Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg.
| 1 | The Boys Beats The Rams | 4:53 | |
| 2 | Spring Any Day Now | 3:05 | |
| 3 | Don't Cry For Me | 3:28 | |
| 4 | Hands Of The Juggler | 5:32 | |
| 5 | Noorgarden Nyvla | 2:54 | |
| 6 | Year Of The Monkey | 4:06 | |
| 7 | What A Dilemna | 3:10 | |
| 8 | Crack In The Concrete | 1:24 | |
| 9 | Come Across | 2:48 | |
| 10 | Dancing In The Street / My Enemy Is A Bad Man | 4:39 | |
| 11 | Slap Dance | 2:30 | |
| 12 | A Career In Real Estate | 4:41 | |
| 13 | Dancing In Rockville, Maryland | 2:51 |
- Marc Hollander
- Alto Saxophone, Clarinet
- Dave Newhouse
- Alto Saxophone, Organ (7 to 13)
- Billy Swann
- Bass (7 to 13)
- Fred Frith
- Bass, Guitar, Violin, Piano, Percussion, Drums, Producer
- Hans Bruniusson
- Drums (1 to 6, 10)
- Paul Sears
- Drums (7 to 13)
- Colleen Scott
- Engineer (7 to 13)
- Etienne Conod
- Engineer, Handclaps (1 to 6), Producer
- Gabriel Rosen
- Engineer (1 to 6)
- Tom Scott
- Engineer (7 to 13)
- Eino Haapala
- Guitar, Mandolin (1 to 6)
- Catherine Jauniaux
- Handclaps (1 to 6), Performer [Whirling] (1 to 6)
- Chris Cutler
- Handclaps (1 to 6)
- Denis Van Hecke
- Handclaps (1 to 6)
- Frank Wuyts
- Handclaps (1 to 6), Performer [Whirling] (1 to 6)
- Michel Berckmans
- Handclaps (1 to 6)
- Olivia Bruynhooghe
- Handclaps (1 to 6), Tap Dance (1 to 6)
- Tina Curran
- Handclaps (1 to 6), Performer [Whirling] (1 to 6)
- Véronique Vincent
- Handclaps (1 to 6)
- Myles Boisen
- Mastered By
- Lars Hollmer
- Piano, Organ, Accordion (1 to 6)
