Live album · 2008
Tracklist
Vol. 1: Beginnings
1-1 Pre-Teenbeat I 1:44
1-2 Pre-Teenbeat II 1:28
1-3 Rapt In A Blanket 5:06
1-4 Came To See You 6:43
1-5 Amygdala Extract [Pre-Legend Demo] 3:35
1-6 Teenbeat 10:19
1-7 Citizen King 5:21
1-8 Nirvana For Moles 4:09
With The Yellow Half Moon And Blue Star
1-9 Introduction 0:46
1-10 Invocation 2:08
1-11 Demi-lune Jaune 2:10
1-12 Three Little Steps 2:13
1-13 Red Riff 1:50
1-14 Chorale Flautando 1:51
1-15 Cycling Over The Cliff 4:08
1-16 First Light 0:51
Guider Tells Of Silent Airborne Machine
1-17 Olwyn Grainger 2:24
1-18 Betty McGowan 6:12
1-19 Lottie Hare 1:24
Vol. 2: 1974-5
2-1 Introduction 1:52
2-2 Ruins I 6:35
2-3 Half Asleep, Half Awake 4:11
2-4 Ruins II 0:59
2-5 Heron Shower Over Hamburg 2:29
2-6 Nix 0:06
Halsteren
2-7 Halsteren 1 1:08
2-8 Solo 1 1:08
2-9 Solo Extension 1 2:21
2-10 Halsteren 2 1:24
2-11 Extension 1 0:17
2-12 Halsteren 3 0:52
2-13 First Suspension 4:28
2-14 Extension 2 2:58
2-15 Extension 3 1:19
2-16 Solo 2 1:20
2-17 Solo Extension 2 2:32
2-18 Halsteren 4 0:17
2-19 Second Suspension 2:34
2-20 Extension 4 1:58
2-21 Solo 3 0:49
2-22 Solo Extension 3 3:17
2-23 Halsteren 5 1:21
Living In The Heart Of The Beast (13:46)
2-24 Untitled
2-25 Untitled
2-26 Untitled
2-27 Untitled
2-28 Untitled
2-29 Untitled
2-30 Untitled
2-31 Untitled
2-32 Untitled
Vol 3: Hamburg
3-1 Fair As The Moon 6:01
3-2 Nirvana For Rabbits 4:48
3-3 Ottawa Song 3:41
3-4 Twilight Bridge 2:04
3-5 Gloria Gloom 2:17
3-6 Hamburg 1 4:15
3-7 Hamburg 2 3:27
3-8 Red Noise 10 3:16
3-9 Hamburg 3 5:30
3-10 Hamburg 4 2:40
3-11 Hamburg 5 5:25
3-12 Terrible As An Army With Banners 3:34
3-13 A Heart 9:03
3-14 Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road 5:12
3-15 We Did It Again 6:31
Vols. 4 & 5: Trondheim
Trondheim I (48:25)
4-1 Untitled
4-2 Untitled
4-3 Untitled
4-4 Untitled
4-5 Untitled
4-6 Untitled
4-7 Untitled
4-8 Untitled
4-9 Untitled
4-10 Untitled
Trondheim II (31:54)
5-1 Untitled
5-2 Untitled
5-3 Untitled
5-4 Untitled
5-5 Untitled
5-6 Untitled
5-7 The March 6:25
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – John Greaves (tracks: 1-1 to 3-15)
Bass [6-string Bass] – Fred Frith (tracks: 4-1 to 5-7)
Bells [Tubular] – Fred Frith (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
Celesta [Celeste], Voice [Conversation] – Dave Stewart (tracks: 1-6)
Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 2-7 to 2-23)
Drums – Chris Cutler
Flute – Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
Guitar – Fred Frith
Jew's Harp [Jaw Harp] – Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 5-1 to 5-7)
Oboe, Bassoon – Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5, 2-24 to 2-32, 3-1 to 5-7)
Organ, Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 2-1 to 3-15)
Organ, Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Melodica, Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 1-1, 1-19)
Organ, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Mbira, Voice, Tape [Tapes] – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 5-1 to 5-7)
Organ, Clarinet, Voice, Tape [Tapes] – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
Performer [Flotsam] – Chris Cutler (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
Performer [Glass Bowls], Performer [Clatter] – Chris Cutler (tracks: 2-7 to 2-23)
Performer [Jetsam] – Chris Cutler (tracks: 5-1 to 5-7)
Performer [Prism] – Fred Frith (tracks: 2-7 to 2-23)
Performer [Telephone Mouthpices], Performer [Amplification] – Chris Cutler (tracks: 4-1 to 5-7)
Piano – Chris Cutler (tracks: 1-18, 5-1 to 5-7), Fred Frith (tracks: 2-1, 3-1, 3-4, 3-12, 3-13), John Greaves (tracks: 1-18, 1-19, 2-3), Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 2-24 to 2-32, 3-8 to 3-11, 4-7 to 4-9)
Recorder – Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10)
Tape [Tapes] – Fred Frith (tracks: 4-1 to 5-7)
Tape [Tapes], Voice – Lindsay Cooper (tracks: 4-1 to 5-7)
Viola – Fred Frith (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5, 2-24 to 2-32)
Violin – Fred Frith (tracks: 1-1 to 1-19, 4-1 to 4-10)
Voice – Chris Cutler (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10), Dagmar Krause (tracks: 2-24 to 2-32, 3-1 to 3-15), Fred Frith (tracks: 1-3, 1-4), John Greaves (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 3-3), Robert Wyatt (tracks: 3-14, 3-15), Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 1-7)
Voice [Conversation] – Amanda Parsons (tracks: 1-6), Ann Rosenthal (tracks: 1-6)
Voice [Spoken Passages] – D.J. Perry (tracks: 1-9, 1-16)
Xylophone – Fred Frith (tracks: 2-24 to 2-32, 4-1 to 5-7)
About this release
ReR Megacorp – ReR HC 40 (UK)
Tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-5 from rehearsal tapes, recorded by Jack Balchin, date unknown but before Legend. Other tracks [on disc 1] from various unmarked tapes 1971-3.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-5: Unmarked tape, 1974.
Tracks 2-7 to 2-23: Recorded by Jan Smagge at the concert with stereo reel-to-reel at the Vereniginggebouw, Halstere, on 26 September 1974. Concert mix by Charles Fletcher, we think.
Tracks 2-24 to 2-32: Recorded at Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris on May 8 1975, probably to cassette, by unidentified hand.
Tracks 3-1 to 3-13 Public concert recorded for NDR Jazz Workshop, Hamburg on 26th March, 1976.
Track 3-14 Piazza Navona, Rome, 27 June, 1975. With Robert Wyatt. Unknown audience source.
Track 3-15 Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris on May 8, 1975, probably to cassette, by an unidentified hand.
Tracks 4-1 to 5-7 recorded at Studentersamfundet, Trondheim 26 May 1976. Cassette recording from mixing desk made by band.
Thanks to snobb for the addition