1979,
United Kingdom
01:09:12;
95M;
192S;
579;
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The Boy Beats The Rams
- 4:53
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Spring Any Day Now
- 3:05
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Don't Cry For Me
- 3:28
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Hands Of The Juggler
- 5:31
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Norrgarden Nyvla
- 2:54
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Year Of The Monkey
- 4:11
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What A Dilemma
- 3:11
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Crack In The Concrete
- 1:24
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Come Across
- 2:47
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Dancing In The Street-My Enemy
- 4:42
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Slap Dance
- 2:32
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A Career In Real Esate
- 4:42
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Dancing In Rockville, Maryland
- 2:52
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Waking Against Sleep
- 2:08
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Terrain
- 3:50
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Moeris Dancing
- 5:03
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Geistige Nacht
- 5:19
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Life At The Top
- 1:40
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Oh Wie Schon Ist Panama!
- 5:00
13th St. Puerto Rico Summertime Band - other [ten seconds of the real thing] (1 to 6)
Alfreda Benge - artwork by [cover]
Michel Berckmans - performer [clapping] (1 to 6)
Hasse Bruniusson - drums (1 to 6), drums [subliminal] (10)
Olivia Bruynhooghe - performer [tap dancing, clapping] (1 to 6)
Etienne Conod - engineer, performer [clapping, golden scissors] (1 to 6), producer
Tina Curran - performer [whirling, clapping] (1 to 6), photography [back cover], bass [subliminal] (7)
Chris Cutler - performer [clapping] (1 to 6), percussion [snare drum, maraccas] (3)
Fred Frith - bass, guitar, violin, keyboards (7 to 13), bass, guitar, violin, percussion [extra], drums (1 to 6), composed by (10), drums (7, 11, 13), producer
Marvin Gaye - composed by (10)
Eino Haapala - guitar, mandolin (1 to 6)
Denis Van Hecke - performer [clapping] (1 to 6)
Marc Hollander - saxophone [alto], clarinet (1 to 6), saxophone [alto], clarinet [bass] (7 to 13)
Lars Hollmer - piano, organ, accordion (1 to 6)
Catherine Jauniaux - performer [whirling, clapping] (1 to 6)
Dave Newhouse - saxophone [alto] (7 to 13), organ (10)
Gabriel Rosen - engineer (1 to 6)
Colleen Scott - engineer (7 to 13)
Tom Scott - engineer (7 to 13), saxophone [soprano] (11)
Paul Sears - drums (7, 8, 10, 11, 13)
William Stevenson - composed by (10)
Billy Swann - bass (8, 10, 11, 13)
Asha Swanson - voice [final comments] (1 to 6)
Véronique Vincent - performer [clapping] (1 to 6)
Frank Wuyts - performer [whirling, clapping] (1 to 6), recorder (6), drums (9)
Tracks 1 to 13 were initially released in 1980 as Ralph FF 8057 (LP, USA).
Track 14 previously unreleased.
Tracks 15, 16 were initially released on Art Bears' album "Hopes And Fears" (1978).
Track 17 was initially released on Aksak Maboul album "Un Pen De l'Ame Des Bandits" (1979).
Track 18 was initially released on Skeleton Crew LP "Learn To Talk" (1984).
Track 19 is "fairly recent guitar improvisation".
Recorded August 1979 at Norrgarden Nyvla, Uppsala, Sweden and Sunrise Studios, Switzerland. (1 to 6), November 1979 at Catch-a-Buzz Studio, Rockville, Maryland, USA and January 1980 at Sunrise Studios, Switzerland (7 to 13).
Also heard: Toads, Seals, The Renaissance etc. (1 to 6), Aqsak Maboul backwards, the Dogs of Rockville, Rain on the Roof (7 to 13).
Special services, clandestine operations: Chris Blake, D.J. Perry, David Vorhaus.
Many thanks to the Zamlas, Birgitta Hollmer, Eva John, Etienne, Marc, Veronique, Colleen and the Muffins without whose time and generosity this record would not exist; and to Tina who was an indispensable part of it from the start.
Produced with criticism from T. Curran, M. Hollander, V. Vincent and C. Cutler.
In 1937, Curt Sachs wrote of dance, that it represented "the victory over gravity, over all that weighs down and oppresses, the change of body into spirit, the elevation of creature into creator, the merging with the infinite, the divine" which may not have a whole lot to do with this record, but it seemed like a good place to start.
And in 1980, on moving to an apartment in Loisaida, New York, we found the following written indelibly on the kitchen wall: 'NO APAGUEN EL FUEGO DEL ESPIRITU".
Engelsk es die langage internazionale
East Side Digital, ESD 80452
