Released 1976 (1976) Release date 1976 Label Caroline Records | Length 48:05 Producer Fred Frith | |
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Recorded December 1975 and January 1976 Guitar Solos 2
(1976)
Various artists Guitar Solos 3
(1979)
Various artists Artists Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Hans Reichel, Gerry Fitzgerald Genres Free improvisation, Experimental music Similar Fred Frith albums, Free improvisation albums | ||
Guitar Solos 2 is the second in a series of three albums of improvised guitar solos by various musicians. It was released in the United Kingdom by Caroline Records in 1976, and consists of two guitar solos by Fred Frith, three by Derek Bailey, three by Hans Reichel and one by G. F. Fitzgerald. Frith coordinated and produced the series, which began with his 1974 debut solo album, Guitar Solos.
Contents
The two Fred Frith tracks on this album were later included in the 1991 CD reissue of Frith's, Guitar Solos.
Side one
- Fred Frith: "Water/Struggle/The North" (Frith) – 11:05
- Fred Frith: "Only Reflect" (Frith) – 4:00
- G. F. Fitzgerald: "Brixton Winter 1976" (Fitzgerald) – 9:40
Side two
- Hans Reichel: "Avantlore" (Reichel) – 3:05
- Hans Reichel: "Vain Yookts" (Reichel) – 3:00
- Hans Reichel: "Donnerkuhle" (Reichel) – 5:05
- Derek Bailey: "Virginal" (Bailey) – 6:20
- Derek Bailey: "Praxis" (Bailey) – 4:00
- Derek Bailey: "The Lost Chord" (Bailey) – 1:50
Personnel
Songs
1Water / Struggle / The North11:05
2Only Reflect4:00
3Brixton Winter 19769:40
References
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