- Fred Frith discography
Fred Frith appears on over 400 recordings. This is a selection from bands he was/is a member of, collaborations with other bands and musicians, and his solo recordings. The year indicates when the album was first released. For a comprehensive discography, see the "Discography of Fred Frith" by Michel Ramond, Patrice Roussel and Stephane Vuilleumier. [ cite web |url=http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/frith.htm |title=Discography of Fred Frith |work=New York Downtown Scene and other miscellaneous discographies |last=Ramond, Michel; Roussel, Patrice; and Vuilleumier, Stephane |accessdate=2007-08-29 ]Bands
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Henry Cow
*1973 "Leg End " aka "Legend" (LPVirgin Records , U.K.)
*1974 "Unrest" (LPVirgin Records , U.K.)
*1976 "Henry Cow Concerts " (2xLPCaroline Records , U.K.)
*1979 "Western Culture" (LP Broadcast, U.K.)
*2008 "Stockholm & Göteborg " (CDRecommended Records , U.K.);
Henry Cow /Slapp Happy
*1975 "Desperate Straights " (LPVirgin Records , U.K.)
*1975 "In Praise of Learning " (LPVirgin Records , U.K.);
Art Bears
*1978 "Hopes and Fears" (LPRecommended Records , U.K.)
*1979 "Winter Songs " (LPRecommended Records , U.K.)
*1981 "The World as It Is Today " (LPRecommended Records , U.K.);
Aksak Maboul
*1980 "Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits " (LPCrammed Discs ,Belgium );Material
*1981 "Memory Serves" (LPCelluloid Records ,France )
*1982 "One Down" (LPCelluloid Records ,France )
*1983 "Time Out" (LPCelluloid Records ,France )
*1991 "Improvised Music New York" (CD Muworks Records,Japan )
*1994 "Live from Soundscape" (CD DIW,Japan );Massacre
*1981 "Killing Time" (LPCelluloid Records ,France )
*1998 "Funny Valentine" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)
*2001 "Meltdown" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)
*2007 "Lonely Heart" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.);Skeleton Crew
*1984 "Learn to Talk " (LP Rift Records, U.S.)
*1986 "The Country of Blinds " (LP Rift Records, U.S.)
*2005 "Learn to Talk / The Country of Blinds " (2xCDFred Records , U.K.);Duck and Cover
*1985 "Rē Records Quarterly Vol.1 No.2" (LP,Recommended Records U.K.);
French Frith Kaiser Thompson
*1987 "Live, Love, Larf & Loaf " (LP Rhino, U.S.)
*1990 "Invisible Means " (LP Windham Hill, U.S.);Naked City
*1990 "Naked City" (LP Elektra/Nonesuch, U.S.)
*1990 "Torture Garden" (LP Elektra/Nonesuch, U.S.)
*1992 "Heretic, Jeux des Dames Cruelles" (CD Avant,Japan )
*1992 "Grand Guignol" (CD Avant,Japan )
*1992 "Leng Tch'e" (CD Toys Factory,Japan )
*1993 "Radio" (CD Avant,Japan )
*1993 "Absinthe" (CD Avant,Japan )
*2002 "" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.);
Death Ambient
*1995 "Death Ambient" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)
*1999 "Synaesthesia" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)
*2007 "Drunken Forest" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.);
Fred Frith Guitar Quartet
*1997 "Ayaya Moses" (CDAmbiances Magnétiques ,Canada )
*1999 "Upbeat" (CDAmbiances Magnétiques ,Canada );
Maybe Monday
*1999 "Saturn's Finger" (CD Buzz-Records,Netherlands )
*2002 "Digital Wildlife" (CDWinter & Winter ,Germany )
*2008 "Unsquare" (CD Intakt,Switzerland );
Keep the Dog
*2003 "That House We Lived In " (2xCDFred Records , U.K.)olo
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1974 "Guitar Solos" (LPCaroline Records , U.K.)
*1980 "Gravity" (LPRalph Records , U.S.)
*1981 "Speechless" (LPRalph Records , U.S.)
*1982 "Live in Japan" (2xLPRecommended Records ,Japan )
*1983 "Cheap at Half the Price " (LPRalph Records , U.S.)
*1994 "Quartets" (CDRecRec Music ,Switzerland )
*1997 "Eye to Ear " (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)
*1999 "Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986-1996)" (CD I Dischi di Angelica,Italy )
*2001 "Clearing" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)
*2002 "" (CDFred Records , U.K.)
*2004 "Eye to Ear II " (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)
*2005 "Eleventh Hour" (2xCDWinter & Winter ,Germany )
*2008 "To Sail, To Sail " (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)Music for Dance
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1988 "The Technology of Tears (And Other Music for Dance and Theatre)" (2xLPRecRec Music ,Switzerland )
*1996 "Allies (Music for Dance volume 2)" (CDRecRec Music ,Switzerland )
*1997 "The Previous Evening (Music for Dance volume 4)" (CDRecommended Records , U.K.) 1
*2002 "Accidental (Music for Dance volume 3)" (CDFred Records , U.K.)
*2006 "The Happy End Problem (Music for Dance volume 5)" (CDFred Records , U.K.)1 "The Previous Evening" was designated "Music for Dance volume 4" after "Accidental" was released.oundtracks
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1989 "The Top of His Head" – original soundtrack to the film "The Top of His Head " by Peter Mettler (LPCrammed Discs ,Belgium )
*1990 "Step Across the Border" – original soundtrack to the film "Step Across the Border " by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel (2xLPRecRec Music ,Switzerland )
*1995 "Middle of the Moment" – original soundtrack to the film "Middle of the Moment" by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel (CDRecRec Music ,Switzerland )
*2003 "Rivers and Tides" – original soundtrack to the film "Rivers and Tides " by Thomas Riedelsheimer (CDWinter & Winter ,Germany )Composer only
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1998 "Pacifica" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)
*2002 "Freedom in Fragments " (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)
*2006 "Impur" (CDFred Records , U.K.)
*2008 "Back to Life" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)Collaborations
;With Henry Kaiser
*1979 "With Friends Like These" (LP Metalanguage, U.S.)
*1983 "Who Needs Enemies?" (LP Metalanguage, U.S.)
*1987 "With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends?" (CD SST, U.S.) (single disc compilation drawn from above two releases)
*1999 "Friends And Enemies" (2xCD Cuneiform, U.S.) (complete versions of original Metalanguage recordings, plus additonal unreleased and live material);With
The Residents
*1980 "The Commercial Album " (LPRalph Records , U.S.);With
Bob Ostertag andPhil Minton
*1982 "Voice of America" (LP Rift Records, U.S.);With
Totsuzen Danball
*1982 "Live at Loft Shinjuku Tokyo Japan 23.July'81" (CT Floor Records,Japan );With
Chris Cutler
*1983 "Live in Prague and Washington" (LPRecommended Records , U.K.)
*1994 "Live in Trondheim, Berlin, Limoges" (CDRecommended Records , U.K.)
*2000 "2 Gentlemen in Verona" (CDRecommended Records , U.K.)
*2007 "The Stone: Issue Two" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.);With
Lol Coxhill
*1983 "French Gigs" (LP AAA,France );With
René Lussier
*1987 "Nous Autres " (LP Les Disques Victo,Canada );With
Ferdinand Richard (as Fred & Ferd)
*1991 "Dropera " (LPRecRec Music ,Switzerland );With
Tim Hodgkinson
*1992 "Live Improvisations" (CD Woof Records, U.K.);With
François-Michel Pesenti
*1993 "Helter Skelter" (CDRecRec Music ,Switzerland );With
Marc Ribot
*1994 "Subsonic 1. Sounds of a Distant Episode" (CD Sub Rosa/Subsonic,Belgium );With
John Zorn
*1995 "The Art of Memory" (CDIncus Records , U.K.)
*2004 "50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5 " (CDTzadik Records , U.S.)
*2008 "The Art of Memory II " (CDFred Records , U.K.);With
Jean-Pierre Drouet
*1997 "En Public aux Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers" (CD Transes Europeennes,France );With
Tom Cora
*1997 "Etymology" (CD Rarefaction, U.S.);With Percy Howard, Charles Hayward and
Bill Laswell
*1998 "Meridiem" (CD Materiali Sonori,Italy );With
Ensemble Modern
*2000 "Traffic Continues" (CDWinter & Winter ,Germany );With
Mark Dresser andIkue Mori
*2000 "Later ..." (CD Les Disques Victo,Canada );With
Jean-Pierre Drouet andLouis Sclavis
*2001 "I Dream of You Jumping" (CD Les Disques Victo,Canada );With
Michel Wintsch ,Franziska Baumann andBernard Trontin
*2002 "Whisperings" (CDRecRec Music ,Switzerland );With
Anne Bourne and John Oswald
*2002 "Dearness" (CD Spool,Canada );With
Jean Derome ,Pierre Tanguay andMyles Boisen
*2002 "All is Bright, But it is Not Day" (CDAmbiances Magnétiques ,Canada );With
Derek Bailey andAntoine Berthiaume
*2003 "Soshin" (CDAmbiances Magnétiques ,Canada );With
Joëlle Léandre andJonathan Segel
*2003 "Tempted to Smile" (CD Spool,Canada );With
Leslie Dalaba ,Eric Glick Rieman andCarla Kihlstedt
*2003 "Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt" (CD Accretions Records, U.S.);With
Toychestra
*2004 "What Leave Behind" (CD S.K. Records,France );With
Carla Kihlstedt andStevie Wishart
*2005 "The Compass, Log and Lead" (CD Intakt,Switzerland );With
Anthony Braxton
*2006 "Duo (Victoriaville) 2005" (CD Les Disques Victo,Canada );With
Janet Feder
*2006 "Ironic Universe" (CD+DVD Ad Hoc Records, U.S.);With Chris Brown
*2007 "Cutter Heads" (CD Intakt,Switzerland );With
Darren Johnston ,Devin Hoff , Larry Ochs andChes Smith
*2007 "Reasons for Moving" (CD Not Two, U.S.);With
Evelyn Glennie
*2007 "The Sugar Factory" (CDTzadik Records , U.S.);With
Sonargemeinschaft (Sonar Community)
*2008 "Drift" (CD Poise,Germany )References
External links
* [http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/frith.htm Fred Frith discography] .
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fred+Frith Fred Frith at Discogs] .
* [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,430625,00.html Fred Frith at Artist Direct] .
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