Fred Frith discography
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Fred Frith at a piano recording session at New, Improved Recording in Oakland, California, September 2006. (© Myles Boisen)
Fred Frith appears on over 400 recordings. This is a selection from bands he was/is a member of, collaborations with other bands and musicians, and his solo recordings. The year indicates when the album was first released. For a comprehensive discography, see the Discography of Fred Frith by Michel Ramond, Patrice Roussel and Stephane Vuilleumier.[1]
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[edit] Bands
- 1973 Leg End aka Legend (LP Virgin Records, U.K.)
- 1974 Unrest (LP Virgin Records, U.K.)
- 1976 Henry Cow Concerts (2xLP Caroline Records, U.K.)
- 1979 Western Culture (LP Broadcast, U.K.)
- 1975 Desperate Straights (LP Virgin Records, U.K.)
- 1975 In Praise of Learning (LP Virgin Records, U.K.)
- 1978 Hopes and Fears (LP Recommended Records, U.K.)
- 1979 Winter Songs (LP Recommended Records, U.K.)
- 1981 The World as It Is Today (LP Recommended Records, U.K.)
- 1981 Memory Serves (LP Celluloid Records, France)
- 1982 One Down (LP Celluloid Records, France)
- 1983 Time Out (LP Celluloid Records, France)
- 1991 Improvised Music New York (CD Muworks Records, Japan)
- 1994 Live from Soundscape (CD DIW, Japan)
- 1981 Killing Time (LP Celluloid Records, France)
- 1998 Funny Valentine (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 2001 Meltdown (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 2007 Lonely Heart (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 1984 Learn to Talk (LP Rift Records, U.S.)
- 1986 The Country of Blinds (LP Rift Records, U.S.)
- 2005 Learn to Talk / The Country of Blinds (2xCD Fred Records, U.K.)
- 1987 Live, Love, Larf & Loaf (LP Rhino, U.S.)
- 1990 Invisible Means (LP Windham Hill, U.S.)
- 1990 Naked City (LP Elektra/Nonesuch, U.S.)
- 1990 Torture Garden (LP Elektra/Nonesuch, U.S.)
- 1992 Heretic, Jeux des Dames Cruelles (CD Avant, Japan)
- 1992 Grand Guignol (CD Avant, Japan)
- 1992 Leng Tch'e (CD Toys Factory, Japan)
- 1993 Radio (CD Avant, Japan)
- 1993 Absinthe (CD Avant, Japan)
- 2002 Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 1995 Death Ambient (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 1999 Synaesthesia (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 2007 Drunken Forest (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 1997 Ayaya Moses (CD Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
- 1999 Upbeat (CD Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
- 1999 Saturn's Finger (CD Buzz-Records, Netherlands)
- 2002 Digital Wildlife (CD Winter & Winter, Germany)
- 2008 Unsquare (CD Intakt, Switzerland)
- 2003 That House We Lived In (2xCD Fred Records, U.K.)
[edit] Solo
- 1974 Guitar Solos (LP Caroline Records, U.K.)
- 1980 Gravity (LP Ralph Records, U.S.)
- 1981 Speechless (LP Ralph Records, U.S.)
- 1982 Live in Japan (2xLP Recommended Records, Japan)
- 1983 Cheap at Half the Price (LP Ralph Records, U.S.)
- 1994 Quartets (CD RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- 1997 Eye to Ear (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 1999 Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986-1996) (CD I Dischi di Angelica, Italy)
- 2001 Clearing (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 2002 Prints: Snapshots, Postcards, Messages and Miniatures, 1987-2001 (CD Fred Records, U.K.)
- 2004 Eye to Ear II (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 2005 Eleventh Hour (2xCD Winter & Winter, Germany)
[edit] Music for Dance
- 1988 The Technology of Tears (And Other Music for Dance and Theatre) (2xLP RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- 1996 Allies (Music for Dance volume 2) (CD RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- 1997 The Previous Evening (Music for Dance volume 4) (CD Recommended Records, U.K.) 1
- 2002 Accidental (Music for Dance volume 3) (CD Fred Records, U.K.)
- 2006 The Happy End Problem (Music for Dance volume 5) (CD Fred Records, U.K.)
1 The Previous Evening was designated "Music for Dance volume 4" after Accidental was released.
[edit] Soundtracks
- 1989 The Top of His Head – original soundtrack to the film The Top of His Head by Peter Mettler (LP Crammed Discs, Belgium)
- 1990 Step Across the Border – original soundtrack to the film Step Across the Border by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel (2xLP RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- 1995 Middle of the Moment – original soundtrack to the film Middle of the Moment by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel (CD RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- 2003 Rivers and Tides – original soundtrack to the film Rivers and Tides by Thomas Riedelsheimer (CD Winter & Winter, Germany)
[edit] Composer only
- 1998 Pacifica (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 2002 Freedom in Fragments (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 2006 Impur (CD Fred Records, U.K.)
- 2008 Back to Life (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
[edit] Collaborations
- With Henry Kaiser
- 1979 With Friends Like These (LP Metalanguage, U.S.)
- 1983 Who Needs Enemies? (LP Metalanguage, U.S.)
- 1987 With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends? (CD SST, U.S.)
- With The Residents
- 1980 The Commercial Album (Ralph Records, U.S.)
- With Bob Ostertag and Phil Minton
- With Totsuzen Danball
- With Chris Cutler
- 1983 Live in Prague and Washington (LP Recommended Records, U.K.)
- 1994 Live in Trondheim, Berlin, Limoges (CD Recommended Records, U.K.)
- 2000 2 Gentlemen in Verona (CD Recommended Records, U.K.)
- 2007 The Stone: Issue Two (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- With Lol Coxhill
- With René Lussier
- 1987 Nous Autres (LP Les Disques Victo, Canada)
- With Ferdinand Richard (as Fred & Ferd)
- 1991 Dropera (LP RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- With Tim Hodgkinson
- With François-Michel Pesenti
- 1993 Helter Skelter (CD RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- With Marc Ribot
- With John Zorn
- 1995 The Art of Memory (CD Incus Records, U.K.)
- 2004 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Five (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- 2008 The Art of Memory II (CD Fred Records, U.K.)
- With Jean-Pierre Drouet
- With Tom Cora
- With Percy Howard, Charles Hayward and Bill Laswell
- With Ensemble Modern
- 2000 Traffic Continues (CD Winter & Winter, Germany)
- With Mark Dresser and Ikue Mori
- With Jean-Pierre Drouet and Louis Sclavis
- With Michel Wintsch, Franziska Baumann and Bernard Trontin
- 2002 Whisperings (CD RecRec Music, Switzerland)
- With Anne Bourne and John Oswald
- With Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay and Myles Boisen
- 2002 All is Bright, But it is Not Day (CD Ambiances Magnétiques, Canada)
- With Joëlle Léandre and Jonathan Segel
- With Leslie Dalaba, Eric Glick Rieman and Carla Kihlstedt
- With Carla Kihlstedt and Stevie Wishart
- 2005 The Compass, Log and Lead (CD Intakt, Switzerland)
- With Anthony Braxton
- With Janet Feder
- 2006 Ironic Universe (CD+DVD Ad Hoc Records, U.S.)
- With Chris Brown
- 2007 Cutter Heads (CD Intakt, Switzerland)
- With Darren Johnston, Devin Hoff, Larry Ochs and Ches Smith
- With Evelyn Glennie
- 2007 The Sugar Factory (CD Tzadik Records, U.S.)
- With Sonargemeinschaft (Sonar Community)
[edit] References
- ^ Ramond, Michel; Roussel, Patrice; and Vuilleumier, Stephane. Discography of Fred Frith. New York Downtown Scene and other miscellaneous discographies. Retrieved on 2007-08-29.
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