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Le Forte Four / Doo-Dooettes
L.A. Free Music Society Live At The Brand

Album US 1976 on Los Angeles Free Music Society label
Electronic and Rock (Experimental)

On July 8th, 1976, the Doo-Dooettes and Le Forte Four as representatives of the L.A. Free Music Society gave a performance at the Brand Art Center in Glendale, California. For their portion of the event, Le Forte Four tried to play back prerecorded tapes through 44 pyramid shaped headphones. Both the tapes and the headphones were specifically designed for the concert. The Doo-Dooettes played live. L-44 wishes to thank: Steve Jackson, John Payne, Sean Phillips and Bob Wallace. L.A.F.M.S. wishes to thank: Cunningham Press, (mastering by) Mister Ed, Marilyn at the Brand, Jan Paulshus, the Bikini Fan Club, Ettes-cetera. Doo-Dooettes give special thanks to Ace for saxaphone [sic] on "Children", Smegma for spiritual and financial support, to Jan Paulshus for the recording and mixing and to Thomas Foon MacFarlane for help on "Mojave".

     
Musicians
PortraitLe Forte Four ,
album by
PortraitDoo-Dooettes ,
album by
PortraitTom Potts voc,
vocals, tapes, voice, vocal tube breathing, synthesizer, steiner-parker, piano, acoustically altered finger, whistle, slide, performer, fire cracker, ground bloom flower, melody mikes, hummers, keymonica, vocal tube, something, reeded hummer, headphones, jet airplane, billiard table, carol lawrence, drums, cyanide
PortraitChip Chapman voc, US
vocals, xylophone, tape, clarinet, tabla, voice, aside comment, more introductions, guitar, budget rent-a-guitar, whistle, slide, performer, spring reverb shorts, hummers, bats, electric music box, viala-sound boppers, downstairs refrigerator, window sash, telephone
PortraitJoe Potts ,
violin, accordion, harp, drums, cyanide, synthesizer, steiner-parker, zither, whipped, voice, impersonations, dialect from hamburger land, introductions, oil can directives, guitar, gift, vocals, cassette, performer, switch, obone, book on head, marks-a-lot on paper towel, crutch, table, shoecaster, nurges, sandpaper, pencil
PortraitRick Potts , US
tape, piano, vocals, xylophone, harp, guitar, voice, dialogue, laughs, background talking, mr. announcer, introductions, throaty belch, saw, musical, trumpet, record player, percussion, hand, largie schrapnel percussion machine, tabla, popcorn-can, turntable, record manipulations, effects, doctored, performer, tv, thunder sheet with king kong mallet, congolies, toybox, applause, slide bamboozler, alfredo slax, oil can, coffee, luxo-lamp springs, film cartridge cranker, squeakless plastic hamburger, burnt-out lightbulb in a paper sack, table, vocal tube, keymonica, pachinko ball in a pot, hummer, double hummer, headphones, madge
PortraitSteve Jackson b,
bass
PortraitJuan Gomez g, US
guitar, wearing, guitar, flute, percussion, electric piano, guitar, electric
PortraitKen ,
organ
PortraitTom Recchion g, US
violin, percussion, electric piano, harmonium, percussion, guitar, electric, percussion, piano, grand, guitar, electric
PortraitBob Frazier ,
performer, electric music box
PortraitDennis Mehaffey org, eb, perc, cor, voc,
organ, electric, percussion, cornet, voice
PortraitHarold Schroeder syn,
synthesizer
PortraitFredrik Nilsen eb, US
tape, bass, electric bass guitar, composed by, performer
PortraitAce Farren Ford tr, *1957
saxophone
Producers
Jan Paulshus recorded by, mixed by
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Birth Of Largie SchrapnelLe Forte Four
2The Very First Song I Ever WroteLe Forte Four
3M-M-MLe Forte Four
4Keep That Point UpLe Forte Four
54,000 Holes In Blackburn, LancashireLe Forte Four
6Telethon ReturnsLe Forte Four
7From The 12 PagesLe Forte Four
8Tree Shredding BluesLe Forte Four
9Do The CrowLe Forte Four
10Balanced ComfortLe Forte Four
11Telethon ReturnsLe Forte Four
12Internal C.B. BreakageLe Forte Four
13Good Friday Tape Dumb Session #1Le Forte Four
14Reel WorldLe Forte Four
15Columbia-Princeton Low Priority Soybean MealLe Forte Four
16Telethon ReturnsLe Forte Four
17Down The Congo In A Backward CanoeLe Forte Four
18Telethon Returns ContinuesLe Forte Four
19Welcome To 35 South RaymondLe Forte Four
20Darker ScratcherLe Forte Four
21Diaramma ILe Forte Four
22Diaramma IILe Forte Four
23HHHMMMLe Forte Four
24Telethon ReturnsLe Forte Four
25Good Friday Tape Dumb Session IILe Forte Four
26Shoe SpotLe Forte Four
27Meet The DetectivesLe Forte Four
28Simple CircusLe Forte Four
29MojaveDoo-Dooettes
30Silver HoursDoo-Dooettes
31Twenty-Four (24)Doo-Dooettes
32Children Undressing Animals (Part One)Doo-Dooettes
33Children Undressing Animals (Part Two)Doo-Dooettes
34GreenFredrik NilsenFredrik Nilsen
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