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Quartets or Ayaya Moses ? (I like both) -Buzz >Buzz, >I am a BIG Fred Frith fan. And thanks for the info. Have you checked the >guitar quartet cd? Amazing. >Jeff Collins >-----Original Message----- >From: Buzz Kettles <buzz@macromedia.com> >To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> >Date: Monday, April 13, 1998 10:01 PM >Subject: Re[2]: Fred Frith > > >>This is available on CD - >>It also includes FF's selections from gtr solos 2 & 3 ... >> >>there WAS tape delay in places - >>later on (1980?) FF moved to a mixer (HH?) that had built in DDL echo ... >> >>-Buzz >> >>> I'm only really familiar with Fred's work from the period of Henry >Cow >>> (for whom I failed the audition as bassist!) up to the Art Bears, >but >>> if you ever see a copy of his GUITAR SOLOS (1974 - Caroline in the >>> UK), then invest immediately. >>> >>> Its some while since I've heard it, but I suspect at last part of >it >>> was recorded with some form of tape delay device (the original >sleeve >>> notes comment that most/all performances are live apart from one >track >>> which had two notes edited out) - anyone know anything more on >this? >>> >>> I recall he used various `prepared' guitar techniques - alligator >>> clips on the strings etc, but also had an additional pick-up >attached >>> to the head stock of his guitar, which could `pick up' the sound of >>> the string's vibrations from `behind' the left hand fingers, >achieving >>> a duet/harmonised effect (sort of). >>> >>> GUITAR SOLOS 2 (with G.F. Fitzgerald, Hans Reichel, and Derek >Bailey) >>> had a few diagrams of recording techniques - placing speakers >under a >>> piano's lid and taping the resonance etc. plus >>> >>> David >> >> >> >> >>