The World As It Is Today / Art Bears (1981)

The World As It Is Today / Art Bears (1981)

Label: Recommended Records Japan (Japan) Rē 6622

Format: Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM 

Credits: see Discogs

Note: Includes small 20 pages booklet with lyrics and artwork, One-sided 7" on clear vinyl. (other side is printed in gray)

A1: The Song Of Investment Capital Overseas

A2: Truth

A3: Freedom

A4: (Armed) Peace

A5: Civilisation

B1: Democracy

B2: The Song Of The Martyrs

B3: Law

B4: The Song Of The Monopolists

B5: The Song Of The Dignity Of Labour Under Capital

B6: Albion, Awake!

Coda To "Man & Boy" / Art Bears (1981)

Label: Rē Records (UK) Re +h

Format: Vinyl, 7", One-sided Single

Credits: see Discogs

A: Coda To "Man & Boy"

彼らのラストアルバムは僅か2週間で作成された。背筋がざわつくほど激情ほとばしるダグマーはついに小野洋子を超えた。

ウラ面にシルクスクリーンプリントが施されたクリアービニール盤7インチと、小冊子の歌詞集が付属。配給はRecommended Records Japanで、日本語訳されたハンドメイドな歌詞シート付。

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Thanks for Mr. Okuzumi.

The Last LP / Faust (1988)

Label: ReR Megacorp (UK)

Catalog#: ReR 36

Format: Vinyl, LP (Limited Edition)

Credits: 

Being the unreleased "Faust Party" tapes (some of which have appeared previously on limited edition collector's eps and singles, and three of which have never previously appeared at all). 

Recorded in Germany in 1971.

Notes: First edition limited to 1988 numbered copies with a silkscreened jacket. Later an unnumbered second edition was done with different colors used for the screen printing of the cover.

"Party 7" is not mentioned on the sleeve, but is listed on the labels.

A1: Party 2

A2: Party 8

A3: Psalter

A4: Party 7

A5: Party 5

B1: Party 1

B2: Party 3

B3: Party 6

B4: Party 4

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Munic & Elsewhere / Faust (1986)

Munic & Elsewhere / Faust (1986)

Label: Recommended Records (UK)

Catalog#: RR / 25

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered 

Credits: Compiled from various unreleased tapes intended for release, including work done after their "disappearance".

Remastered at Cold Storage by Bill Gilonis. Cut by Tim Young at CBS. Pressed by Statetune.

Cover drawn by Louis O'Neil of Cultural Partnerships Ltd.; linographic print by Jim and Norman of Computer Graphics Factory; screened by Third Step Printworks.

Notes: First 1000 copies on white vinyl. Recorded 1975 at Arabella, Munic.

A1: Munic / Yesterday  11:52

A2: Don't Take Roots  4:49

A3: Meer  2:43

B1: Munic / Other  11:47

B2: Baby  4:18

B3: We Are The Hallo Men  4:29

粗野な反復とDream Machine的覚醒。そうか此れはCut Upだったのだ。

You Tube - BRION GYSIN'S DREAMACHINE

You Tube - Brion Gysin: Dream Machine at the NEW MUSEUM

You Tube - THE CUT UPS

You Tube - William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin, the Cut-ups

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The Faust Tapes / Faust (1973)

The Faust Tapes / Faust (1973)

Label: Virgin (UK)

Catalog#: VC 501

Credits: The music on this album, drawn from Faust's own library of private tapes, was recorded informally and not originally intended for release. However, since British interest in the group has been unusually great, it has been decided to make some of this unofficial material available to the public in this country. These tapes been left exactly as they were recorded - frequently live - and no post-production work has been imposed on them. The group wish to make it clear that this not to be regarded at their third album, but a bonus release - on sale at the current price of a single - to mark their signing with Virgin Records, for whom they will shortly be recording their next official album. The Faust Tapes reveals Faust at their most personal and spontaneous. It's a unique glimpse behind the scenes of a group which European and British critics have hailed as one of themost exciting and exploratory in the world.

Painting "Crest" by Bridget Riley

Cover by Uwe Nettelbeck

Notes: Original album without track titles. Some were specified on later reprints.

A: Side One

B: Side Two

傑作"The Faust Tapes"オリジナル。曲名のクレジットは無い。いつも新しく、聴くたびに発見がある宝箱盤。

過去数バージョンがリリースされ、Recommended Recordsリリース（1980）は同じ内容でジャケットが異なり、その後のCDリリース（1995, 2000）は同じ内容だが曲名がクレジットされ、紛らわしい事に"Munic & Elsewhere"（Recommended Records 1986）のジャケットが使用されている。

彼らについては此方（Wiki）を参照。

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Desperate Straights / Slapp Happy/Henry Cow (1982)

Desperate Straights / Slapp Happy/Henry Cow (1982)

Label: Recommended Records (UK)

Catalog#: RR 12

Format: Vinyl, LP(45 RPM)

Credits: 

Dagmar Krause - Voice, Wurlitzer(B5)

Peter Blegvad - Guitar, Voice

Anthony Moore - Piano

John Greaves - Bass Guitar, Piano(A4)

Chris Cutler - Drums, etc

Tim Hodgkinson - Clarinet, Piano(B6)

Fred Frith - Guitar, Violin

Assisted by

Geoff Leigh - Flute

French Horn - Muchsin Campbell

Oboe, Bassoon - Lindsay Cooper

Pierre Moerlen - Percussion(A5)

Mongezi Feza - Trumpet

Nick Evans - Trombone

Lindsay Cooper - Oboe, Bassoon

Arranged & Produced by Slapp Happy & Henry Cow

with Simon Heyworth at The Manor & Nova Sound Studios

Cover & Lithograph by Peter Blegvad

A1: Some Questions About Hats  1:53

A2: The Owl  2:17

A3: A Worm Is At Work  1:52

A4: Bad Alchemy  3:06

A5: Europa  2:48

A6: Desperate Straights  4:14

A7: Riding Tigers  2:02

B1: Apes In Capes  2:16

B2: Strayed  1:54

B3: Giants  1:57

B4: Excerpt From The Messiah  1:49

B5: In The Sickbay  2:09

B6: Caucasian Lullaby  8:25

「絶望へまっしぐら」とは現在のNipponの状況を示す良いタイトルである。リーマンショック時に「此れ以上は悪く成らないのだから」と良く聞いたセリフは、今回の震災→原発で全く通じなくなった。其の事以前に既に終わってたかもだった世界は、かつて少年誌で見た輝く未来のはずだった21世紀になって増々混沌を極める。そんなタイトルが付けられたSlapp HappyとHenry Cow合作の本盤は、前衛のHenry CowがスパイスになったSlapp Happyといった感で、前述のような自殺大国の人間が想う深刻さは微塵も無く、不恰好なノスタルジーに彩られた佳作。タイトル曲は名曲。

またいつもの忘れモノです…。

A1, A2が抜けているとの報告がありましたので"GO-A"を再アップしました。

２曲のみもアップしました。

A1&A2

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God Save The Queen/Under Heavy Manners / Robert Fripp (1980)

God Save The Queen/Under Heavy Manners / Robert Fripp (1980)

Label: Polydor (US)

Catalog#: PD-1-6266

Format: Vinyl, LP

Credits: Produced by Robert Fripp

Compiled at the Hit Factory, New York

Engineer Ed Spring

Cover photo courtesy of The Handlery Motor Inn, 260 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, California

Cover photo Chris Stein

Sleeve concept Fripp/Stein

Hair by the famous Mary Lou Green

Inner photo Ron Cohen

The Frippertonics loop for B1 is the first piece performed at Calgary Planetarium, August 8th 1979.

The Frippertronics for B2 is the second piece, first house, at Madame Wong's, Los Angeles, July 25th 1979.

Buster Jones and Paul Duskin played alongside these loops in September and Absalm el Habib gave voice during December 1979.

The solo guitar part to "Signified" is manual repetition in comparison with technological repetition of the Frippertronics and is the complete second take. The first take broke down after 6 1/2 minutes.

Notes: 

Bass - Buster Jones

Drums - Paul Duskin

Vocals - Absalm el Habib (B1)

Side A

A1: Red Two Scorer  6:54

A2: God Save The Queen  9:50

A3: 1983  13:20

Side One

B1: Under Heavy Manners  5:14

B2: The Zero Of The Signified  12:38

"God Save The King"にタイトル曲が収録されているが、本アルバムでのCDリリースは無い。上部ジャケはシングルジャケットの表裏をつなげて見たのだが、内容そして本盤の存在と共に不思議なレイアウトになっている。適当でも此の様にはならない。

本盤の内容については此方のサイトが為になるが、リリース時の評価に比べて内容は全く悪くない。特に"Side One"は、Absalm el Habib名義の"David Byrne"が参加（B1）で、Enoでは無くFrippプロデュースのTalking Headsが垣間見れ、B2では「正にディシプリンの賜物プレイ！」がスゴすぎる。

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Space / Space (1990)

Space / Space (1990)

Label: KLF Communications (UK)

Catalog#: SPACE LP 1

Format: Vinyl, LP, Mixed

Credits: Produced and Written by J. Cauty

Recorded at Trancentral

A1: Mercury

A2: Venus

A3: Mars

A4: Jupiter

B1: Saturn

B2: Uranus

B3: Neptune

B4: Pluto

The KLFが「Space」名義でリリースしたのは此れのみ。と言ってもほぼJimmy Cautyのソロアルバムらしい。同年リリースの大名盤「Chill Out」に比べて凄さこそ無いが、相変わらずプログレな側面を見せるチルアウトなA面とアンビエントハウスのB面（共に約19分）。A面ラストにチラ見する"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"がロマンチック。

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Sort Of / Slapp Happy (1980)

Sort Of / Slapp Happy (1980)

Label: Recommended Records (UK)

Catalog#: RR 5.5

Format: Vinyl, LP

Credits: Recorded at Wümme (Germany) May & June 1972. 

Originally released on Polydor in 1972. Limited "special" re-release, only distributed through the international Recommended Records network

Vocals, Tambourine, Woodblock, Piano (A4, B1) by Dagmar Krause 

Guitar, Vocals (B4), Saxophone (B4)  and Written by Peter Blegvad 

Guitar, Keyboards and Written by Anthony Moore

Bass by Jean-Hervé Peron

Saxophone by Gunther Wüsthoff (A2, B2)

Drums by Werner Diermaier

Produced by Uwe Nettelbeck

Engineered by Kurt Graupner

Artwork by David Larcher 

Notes: Slapp Happy with four of six members of Faust as their backup band

A1: Just A Conversation

A2: Paradise Express

A3: I Got Evil

A4: Little Girl's World

A5: Tutankhamun

A6: Mono Plane

B1: Blue Flower

B2: I'm All Alone

B3: Who's Gonna Help Me Now

B4: Small Hands Of Stone

B5: Sort Of

B6: Heading For Kyoto

彼らの1st Album（Polydor）のRecommended Recordsからの再リリース。Faustの協力を得て制作されるが当時は全く売れなかったため予定されていた2nd Albumは中止となる。その後1974年にVirginよりリリースされるが、本アルバムよりもポップにすることが条件だったらしい。この盤はおまけにPeter Blegvadの7" Single付き（下に記載）。曲は片面のみで、もう片面は手彫りのエッチング（残念ながら写真に収めるのが難しく断念）。2000年に奇跡の来日（なんと札幌にも。行けた人間は皆不幸になれば良い）。彼らの盤は漏れ無く名盤である。

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Alcohol / Peter Blegvad (1981)

Alcohol / Peter Blegvad (1981)

Label: Recommended Records (UK)

Catalog#: RR 5.75

Format: Vinyl, 7", Single Sided, Etched

Credits:

Performer, Recorded BY Anthony Moore 

Performer, Recorded By, Artwork By - Peter Blegvad

Notes: One-sided 7", side B has etching of grapes. Some copies came as bonus 7" with subscription copies of Slapp Happy's "Sort Of" LP (RR 5.5).

Alcohol was recorded as a demo for the Slapp Happy/Henry Cow album Desperate Straights in 1974 by Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore. 

Also this 7" was later included in the "16 Dance Party Smash Hits!" box set of 16, 7" records put out in 1985 as a Re and Recommended 7th Anniversary Commemorative Issue. 

A: Alcohol

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Extracts From Faust Party 3 / Faust (1979)

Extracts From Faust Party 3 / Faust (1979)

Label: Recommended Records (UK)

Catalog#: RR one point five

Format: Vinyl, 7"

Credits: Never previously released

Second Impression April 1980

Produced by Uwe Nettelbeck

Notes:

Recorded in 1972. First edition released in 1979 and has a white border around the edges of the cover. 

Second edition released in April 1980 and has artwork to the edge of sleeve, and has the text "Second Impression April 1980" added to the cover. 

Otherwise, the two editions are identical. 

Both feature blank red (side 33) and green (side 45) labels with barely readable etching underneath ("Recommended Records" and the speed of the side). 

This 7" and the Faust Party 3 Extracts #2, (RR6.5), 7" were also included as a double 7" package with an 11 page booklet that was released in the "16 Dance Party Smash Hits!" box set of 16, 7" records put out in 1985 as a Re and Recommended 7th Anniversary Commemorative Issue.

Side 33: Extract 1  9:44

Side 45: Extract 4  4:14

ワールドカップにひと区切りがついたので再開いたします。

Canと共に新しい音楽言語を創った彼らの7"Single。Canよりもその世界は広大であり深淵だが、難解だと感ずるのであればそれは至極単純な所為であろう。恐らくはメッセージは無く、思想と哲学と純粋な興味によって吐き出された無限の音楽である。

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Flying Doesn't Help / A. More (Anthony Moore) (1979)

Flying Doesn't Help / A. More (Anthony Moore) (1979)

Label: Quango (UK)

Catalog#: HMG 98

Format: Vinyl, LP

Credits: Produced by Laurie Latham, A. More

Notes: There are three different versions of the cover art to this album - Red, Yellow and Silver lettering over a silver background. Records are also found with black ink over red or yellow labels.

A1: Judy Get Down

A2: Ready Ready

A3: Useless Moments

A4: Lucia

A5: Caught Being In Love

B1: Time Less Strange

B2: Girl It's Your Time

B3: War

B4: Just Us

B5: Twilight (Uxbridge Road)

A. More名義のAnthony Moore3枚目のソロアルバム。"Henry Cow" 解散後、"Slapp Happy" に参加しながらの制作。個人的には彼とPeter Blegvad、Kevin Ayersの3人がある意味プログレ御三家である。イヤチガウなぁ、強いて言うならProgressive Popか（恥）。
思い出したが2000年まさかのSlapp Happy再結成＆初来日に、仕事で行けなかったのが今でも悔やまれる。昨年、友人に「行かなかったのー!?バーカ!!」と言われて本気で殺したくなった。ま何でも良いが名盤。


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