tracks

It Moves...
The Changing Of Names
It Sings
Believing What We Read
...But Does It Swing?
Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
The Golden Eighties
Everyday Objects
The Kirghiz Light
Special Rider Blues
Drowsy Maggie
An HK Guitar Solo
Strandloper
Major Nichols
The Live Trace
See Over
Fourth Rail
Squirrely
Twisted Memories Give Way To The Angry Present
Black Glass
Third Rail
Three Languages
One Of Nature's Mistakes
Roy Rogers
The Confession
Objects Everyday
Wool And Water
The Trace
Life In Hell
The Incarceration
An FF Bass Solo
John S. French
Fifteen Blues
Dog Puppet Born Out Of A Sock
Reading Glasses
A Portrait Of The Artists As Two Old Men

notes

Recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco.
Live tracks recorded at Wolfgangs, San Francisco; McCabe's Santa Monica; Kuuwumba Jazz Society, Santa Cruz.
Mastered at Paul's Gourmet Mastering, San Francisco.

â„— 1999 Cuneiform Records
© Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser

All tracks published by Fractal Music (BMI)/Ant Hill Music (GEMA)

Tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 2-1 to 2-4 previously released as "With Friends Like These" LP (Metalanguage ML-107) in July 1979.
Tracks 1-6 to 1-10, 2-5 to 2-10 previously released as "Who Needs Enemies" LP (Metalanguage ML-123) in October 1983.
Tracks 1-11 to 1-15, 2-11 to 2-16 recorded live in October 1984.
Tracks 1-16 to 1-18, 2-17, 2-18 are from studio session in January 1999.

CDs housed in generic 'jewel-cases'.

credits

Artwork [Wood Figurines] – Henry Turner (5)
Design [Pkg] – David Greenberger
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass [4 & 6 String], Drums ["drums"], Violin, Marimba, Piano, Organ [Casio 202] – Fred Frith
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass [6 String], Drums ["drums"], Sitar [Electric], Banjo, Piano – Henry Kaiser
Engineer, Liner Notes – Oliver DiCicco
Mastered By – Paul Stubblebine
Photography By [Fred, Henry & Oliver] – Carol LeMaitre (2)
Photography By [Turner] – Alden Ludlow
Producer, Mixed By – Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Cuneiform Records
Copyright (c) – Fred Frith
Copyright (c) – Henry Kaiser
Published By – Fractal Music
Published By – Ant Hill Music
Recorded At – Mobius Music
Recorded At – Wolfgang's, San Francisco
Recorded At – McCabe's Guitar Shop
Recorded At – Kuuwumba Jazz Society
Mastered At – Paul's Gourmet Mastering

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