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Fred Frith
Step Across The Border

Album GB 1990 on RecRec Music label
Jazz, Rock and Soundtrack (Fusion, Avant-garde, Experimental, Soundtrack)

Music for the film by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel. This music is dedicated to the memory of Mary W. Frith (1921 - 1989) Recorded in studios, streets, concerts, rehearsals, fields, hotel rooms and sundry other locations ['location' in the booklet] between 1979 and 1989. Compiled with additions and alterations at Sound Fabrik, Munich in Dec. 89. Manufactured in Austria Track 1 and 10 recorded at Sunrise, Kirchberg in December 1985 Track 2a and 24 recorded live at PASS, New York in January 1981 Track 2a, 22 and 24 recorded live in Munich in December 1989 Track 2b recorded at OAO Studio, New York in June 1981 Track 3a and 4 recorded at MUE Studio, Osaka in February 1988 Track 3b, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 17b recorded in Munich in December 1989 Track 5 and 7 recorded live at the Kitchen, New York City in February 1989 Track 9 and 12 recorded live at the Romanisches Cafe, Tokyo in February 1988 Track 11 recorded live at Roulette, New York City in February 1988 Track 13 recorded in Uppsala and at Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg in 1979 Track 14, 20 and 22 recorded live at ROX, Tokyo in February 1988 Track 14 recorded in Yorkshire & Brixton in December 1988 Track 15, 18 and 26 recorded at Bavaria TV Studios in December 1989 Track 17a, 21 and 25 recorded in New York City in August 1983 Track 19 recorded Paosostr., Munich in July 1989, & Provence July 1989 Track 23 recorded in hotel room, Bern in March 1989 Track 1 "Sparrow Song" was originally released as Skeleton Crew (2)'s contribution to the 'Island of Sanity'compilation (NML 8707d) Track 2b "Legs" is from the Massacre (2) LP 'Killing Time' (to be reissued) Track 10 "The Border" is from Skeleton Crew (2)'s 'The Country Of Blinds' (RecRec 12) Track 13 "Norrgården Nyvla" is part of the LP 'Gravity' (ReCDec 901) Tracks 17, 21, 25 "Evolution, "Same Old Me" & "Too Much Too Little" are from the LP 'Cheap At Half The Price' (ReCDec 902) [sic] Standard jewel case with 16-page booklet ℗ + © RecRec Music 1990 (SUISA) except 1. © Edition No Man's Land (GEMA) 19. © Arcades Music (PRS-UK)

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	Fred Frith g, *1949 US composed by, liner notes, album by, guitar, drum, voice, guitar, percussion, written by, bass, guitar, percussion, synthesizer, dx7, percussion, bottles, performer, home-mades, guitar, keyboards, bass, violin, voice, keyboards, casio, guitar, bass, violin, percussion, guitar, bass, performer, home-mades, guitar, bass, voice, guitar, violin, guitar, voice, bass, guitar, keyboards, performer, "trumpet"
	Busag artwork, lithography
	Benedykt Grodon engineer, @sound fabrik
	Bill Laswell b, *1955 US performer, bass, written by
	Bob Ostertag sampler, *1957 US performer, synthesizer, tape, tapes, written by, sampler, samples
	Eino Haapala voc, g, SE performer, guitar
	Eitetsu Hayashi perc, dr, performer, drums, written by
	Fred Maher dr, perc, *1964 US performer, drums, written by
	Haco voc, JP performer, piano, voice, written by
	Hans Bruniuson performer
	Iva Bittová voc, vn, *1958 CZ performer, violin, vocals, violin, voice, written by
	Jean Derome fl, *1955 CA performer, alto saxophone
	John Zorn as, *1953 US performer, alto saxophone, alto sax, written by
	Kevin Norton dr, perc, vib, *1956 US performer, drums
	Lars Hollmer voc, acc, 1948-2008 SE performer, keyboards
	Pavel Fajt dr, perc, *1957 CZ performer, percussion, beercans, guitar, voice, written by
	René Lussier g, *1957 CA performer, bass
	Tim Hodgkinson as, cl, org, *1949 GB performer, bass clarinet, written by
	Tina Curran performer, bass, written by
	Tom Cora vc, 1953-1998 US performer, cello, drum, voice, written by
	Zeena Parkins hrp, eb, *1956 US performer, keyboards, drum, voice
	Daihachi Oguchi dr, 1924-2008 JP performer, factory
	Hasse Bruniusson perc, voc, SE drums

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