Guitar Solos by Fred Frith

Guitar Solos

Fred Frith

1974

Guitar Solos is a Rock album by Fred Frith, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Art Rock
  • sparse
  • frenzied
  • art school

About

Guitar Solos is the debut solo album of English guitarist, composer, and improviser Fred Frith. It was recorded while Frith was still a member of the English experimental rock group Henry Cow and was released in the United Kingdom on LP record by Caroline Records in October 1974. The album comprises eight tracks of unaccompanied and improvised music played on prepared guitars by Frith without any overdubbing. Guitar Solos was voted one of the best albums of 1974 by NME critics. AllMusic called it a landmark album because of its innovative and experimental approach to guitar playing. It also attracted .

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Tracklist

  1. 1Hello Music1:31
  2. 2Glass c/w Steel5:35
  3. 3Ghosts3:11
  4. 4Out of Their Heads (on Locoweed)8:31
  5. 5Not Forgotten1:55
  6. 6Hollow Music2:43
  7. 7Heat c/w Moment1:42
  8. 8No Birds12:41

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Performers

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 11 pressings tracked on Gatefold