Live in Japan
1982
Recommended Records Japan
After Guitar Solos, Live in Japan is probably the most compelling and representative example of Fred Frith’s “guitars on the table” approach to avant-garde music making. Around 1981 Frith toured Japan using this technique, which involved laying guitars on their backs on a table in front of him, applying objects to the strings and pickups, and then manipulating them in various ways to produce a huge variety of sounds. Originally issued as a 2-LP box set in a limited edition of 1000 copies, the master tapes of these recordings were eventually lost. A CD reissue in 2010 was made possible thanks to advanced sound restoration techniques applied to a vinyl copy.
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