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Released
  
July 2008 (2008-07)

To Sail, to Sail (2008)
  
Impur II (2009)

Release date
  
July 2008

Label
  
Tzadik Records

Length
  
65:23

Artist
  
Fred Frith

Producer
  
Fred Frith

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Genres
  
Free improvisation, Classical music, Blues, Folk music

Similar
  
Fred Frith albums, Free improvisation albums, Other albums

Fred frith to sail to sail 2008


To Sail, to Sail is a studio album of acoustic guitar solos by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is Frith's first album of acoustic guitar solos and crosses musical borders with 16 tracks of classical, blues, folk and free improvisation. Frith dedicates each track to some of the important figures in his musical life, including Champion Jack Dupree, John Cage, Terry Riley, Daevid Allen, Barre Phillips and Davey Graham. The album was released on Tzadik Records' Key Series in 2008.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Because Your Mama Wants You Home" (Frith) – 2:39
  2. "Weather Gauge" (Frith) – 4:23
  3. "Reconstructed" (Frith) – 4:07
  4. "Life on Venus" (Frith) – 4:29
  5. "Mondays" (Frith) – 2:05
  6. "Life-Enhancing Interior" (Frith) – 4:00
  7. "First Light" (Frith) – 4:45
  8. "Scratch Orchestra" (Frith) – 4:16
  9. "The Wrong Door" (Frith) – 5:05
  10. "Circuit Breakers and Fuses" (Frith) – 5:05
  11. "The Slightest Shiver" (Frith) – 2:32
  12. "Sheep's Head, 1963" (Frith) – 5:40
  13. "Life by Another Name" (Frith) – 3:38
  14. "Dog Watch" (Frith) – 6:16
  15. "Hopscotch Horizon" (Frith) – 3:19
  16. "King Dawn" (Frith) – 3:04

Personnel

  • Fred Frith – Taylor 810 Model steel-string acoustic guitar

    • Songs

    1Because Your Mama Wants Your Home2:38
    2Weather Gauge4:23
    3Reconstructed4:07

    References

    To Sail, to Sail Wikipedia
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