Fred Frith ‎– Speechless (full album)

Fred Frith ‎– Speechless Label: RecRec Music ‎– ReCDec 902 Format: CD, Album, Reissue Country: Switzerland Released: 1991 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Free Improvisation, Avantgarde, Experimental Speechless is a 1981 solo album by English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith of the group Henry Cow. It was Frith’s third solo album, and was originally released in the United States on LP record on The Residents’ Ralph record label. It was the second of three solo albums Frith made for the label. Speechless was recorded in France, Switzerland and the United States, and featured Frith with French Rock in Opposition group Etron Fou Leloublan on the first side of the LP, and Frith’s New York City band Massacre on the second. It is mostly a studio album with extracts from a Massacre concert mixed into four of the tracks on side two of the LP. Speechless has been described as a mixture of folk music, free improvisation, avant-rock and noise. AllMusic said that it is often regarded as one of Frith’s best solo albums. In 1991 East Side Digital Records and RecRec Music re-issued Speechless on CD with six additional tracks. In 2003 Fred Records issued a remastered version of the original Speechless LP on CD with no extra tracks Tracklist 1 –Fred Frith With 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 2:19 2 –Fred Frith With 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 3 –Fred Frith With 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 4 –Fred Frith With 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 5 –Fred Frith With 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 5:39 6 –Fred Frith And Massacre (2) A Spit In The Ocean Alto Saxophone – George Cartwright Baritone Saxophone – Mars Williams Bass – Bill Laswell Drums – Fred Maher 2:17 7 –Fred Frith And Massacre (2) Navajo Alto Saxophone – George Cartwright Baritone Saxophone – Mars Williams Bass – Bill Laswell, Fred Frith Drums – Fred Maher Saxophone [Snake] – Steve Buchanan Tape, Bass – Tina Curran 3:05 8 –Fred Frith Balance Bass, Drums – Fred Frith 5:04 9 –Fred Frith And Massacre (2) Saving Grace Alto Saxophone – George Cartwright Baritone Saxophone – Mars Williams Bass – Bill Laswell Drums – Fred Maher 1:57 10 –Fred Frith Speechless Bass – Fred Frith 3:05 11 –Fred Frith And 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 –Fred Frith And 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 – Masami Shinoda Bass – Tetsuto Koyama Drums – Miyamoto Effects – Fred Frith Kokyu – Chie Mukai Strings [Taisho Koto] – Kenichi Takeda Voice – Keiji Haino, Tenko 3:07 Personnel Fred Frith, Jo Therion, Ferdinand Richard, Guigou Chenevier, Margot Mathieu, Mars Williams, Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, George Cartwright, Steve Buchanan, Tina Curran, Steve Gore, Tetsuto Koyama, Chie Mukai, Miyamoto, Keiji Haino, Tenko, Keichi Takeda, Masami Shinoda (Fred_Frith_album)