G.F. FITZGERALD - Mouseproof, 1970 (Uni) [CD: Sunbeam'06]
Gerry "G.F." FitzGerald (voc/g/bjo/kb/b/pc) - Judy Dyble (voc) - Rik Kenton (b) - Geoff Leigh (s/fl) - Sam Gopal (tablas) - Tony Turnbull (d) - Rod Herman (g) - Alan Place (g/voc) - B.J. Cole (pedal-steel) - Ian Andrews (b/mel/syn) - Ted Tetlan (d) - Les Taylor, Roger Watson, Martin Rushent (bv)
Rec: unk - Loc: Advision Studios, London - Eng: Martin Rushent & Jack Amos - Pr: Roger Watson & G.F. FitzGerald
Tracks: 1. April Affair (5:29) - 2. New Lodger (1:04) - 3. Country Mouse (2:41) - 4. It Takes More Than A Clear Day To See It (0:36) - 5. May Four (2:56) - 6. a) Ashes Of An Empire b) The End (3:56) - 7. Under And Over The Waterfall (2:39) - 8. A Movement Lost In Twilight Stone (2:22) - 9. Political Machine (3:43) - 10. Opal Pyramid Drifting Over Time (8:02)

G.F. FITZGERALD & Lol COXHILL - Echoes Of Duneden, 2007 (Reel Recordings) [CD]
Gerry "G.F." FitzGerald (elg) - Lol Coxhill (ss)
Rec: Sep 1975 - Loc: Roxborough Place Hall, Edinburgh - Eng/Pr: G.F. FitzGerald
Tracks: 1. Fairy Dance (3:41) - 2. Echoes Of Duneden (14:36) - 3. Elfin Tree (15:46)

FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA - Roue Libre, 1997 (Cosmos Music) [CD]
Patrick Forgas (d) - Mathias Desmier (g) - Stéphane Jaoui (kb) - Philippe Talet (b) - Fred Schmidely (ts/ss/fl) - Mireille Bauer (vib/mar)
Rec: 12-17 Mar 1997 - Loc: Studio Cargo, Montreuil (France) - Eng: Fred Rigouste & Etienne Gaillochet - Pr: Patrick Forgas
Tracks: 1. Déclic [PF] (6:14) - 2. Sérum De Vérité [PF] (18:30) - 3. Roue Libre [PF] (20:10)

FRENCH, FRITH, KAISER, THOMPSON - Live, Love, Larf & Loaf, 1987 (Rhino) [CD: Demon Fiend]
John French (d/voc) - Fred Frith (b/vln/voc) - Henry Kaiser (g) - Richard Thompson (g/voc)
Rec: Mar 1987 - Loc: Mobius Music, San Francisco (USA)
Tracks: 1. Wings a la Mode [JF/Adams] (2:42) - 2. Killerman Gold Posse [RT] (1:45) - 3. Where's the Money? [FF] (3:52) - 4. Hai Sai Ojis-an (Hey Man!) [Kina/Shokichi] (2:43) - 5. Drowned Dog Black Night [RT] (6:49) - 6. Surfin' U.S.A. [Berry/Wilson] (2:18) - 7. Drumbo Ogie [JF] (5:03) - 8. A Blind Step Away [RT] (5:39) - 9. The Second Time
[JF/FF] (3:05) - 10. Tir-Nan-Darag [HK/RT] (5:23) - 11. Disposable Thoughts [JF] (2:55) - 12. Bird in God's Garden [Archuletta] (5:43) - 13. The Same Thing [Dixon] (6:56)
[Note : the CD edition includes two bonus tracks]

FRENCH, FRITH, KAISER, THOMPSON - Invisible Means, 1990 (Windham Hill/Demon) [CD: Demon Fiend]
John French (d/voc) - Fred Frith (b) - Henry Kaiser (g) - Richard Thompson (g/voc)
Rec: 19-23 Mar 1990 - Loc: Mobius Music, San Francisco (USA)
Tracks: 1. Peppermint Rock [RT] (3:40) - 2. To the Rain [JF] (4:49) - 3. Lizard's Tail [FF] (4:20) - 4. March of the Cosmetic Surgeons [RT] (5:13) - 5. Suzanne [JF] (2:57) - 6. Quick Sign [FF] (3:41) - 7. Begging Bowl [RT] (3:22) - 8. Kalo Takariva - Requiem for Maurice Halison [HK] (1:20) - 9. Invisible Means [JF/Adams] (5:01) - 10. Loch Lomond [trad] (4:45) - 11. The Book of Lost Dreams [HK] (1:49) - 12. Days of Our Lives [HK/Salazar] (5:15) - 13. The Evening News [JF] (3:40) - 14. The Nearsighted Heron [HK] (3:27) - 15. Now That I Am Dead [JF/Blair] (3:29) - 16. Hunting Sunsets [FF] (4:15) - 17. Killing Jar [RT] (7:44)

Fred FRITH - Guitar Solos, 1974 (Caroline) [CD: ESD/Fred'02]
Fred Frith (g)
Rec: Jul 1974 - Loc: Kaleidophon Studios, London - Pr: David Vorhaus
Tracks: 1. Hello Music (1:31) - 2. Glass c/w Steel (5:35) - 3. Ghosts (3:12) - 4. Out Of Their Heads (On Locoweed) (8:24) - 5. Not Forgotten (1:55) - 6. Hollow Music (2:44) - 7. Heat c/w Moment (1:43) - 8. No Birds (12:46) // Dependable Phantoms* - Daria's Regard* - Throw the Bolt* - New Shoes* - Insomnia*
[Note : The ESD CD 'Guitar Solos' contains all the tracks from the 'Guitar Solos' LP, plus all the Frith tracks from 'Guitar Solos 2' and 'Guitar Solos 3', plus 5 new tracks (*) recorded in 1988; the album was reissued in 2002 in its original form, without any additional material]

Fred FRITH & Others - Guitar Solos 2, 1976 (Caroline)
[This record also features solos by Gerry F. Fitzgerald, Hans Reichel and Derek Bailey]
Rec: Dec 1975-Jan 1976 - Loc: Argonaut Studios, London (England) - Pr: unk
Tracks: Water / Struggle / The North - Only Reflect

Fred FRITH & Others - Guitar Solos 3, 1978 (Red/Rift)
[This record also features solos by Eugene Chadbourne, Peter Cusak, Chip Handy, Akira Iijima, Henry Kaiser, Keith Rowe, Davey Williams]
Fred Frith (g)
Rec: Oct 1978 - Loc: Briollay (France) - Pr: Fred Frith/Jean-Paul Bossard
Tracks: Alienated Industrial Seagulls Etc. - Song Of River Nights - Should Old Arthur

Fred FRITH & Henry KAISER - With Friends Like These, 1979 (Metalanguage) [CD: SST]
Fred Frith (g/b/vln/kb/pgm/voc/pc) - Henry Kaiser (g/b/kb/pgm)
Rec: 8/11/17 Jul 1979 - Loc: Mobius Music, San Francisco - Pr: Henry Kaiser/Fred Frith
It Moves - The Changing of Names - It Sings - Believing What We Read - ...But Does It Swing? - Twisted Memories Give Way to the Angry Present - Black Glass - Third Rail - Three Languages
[Note : this album has not been reissued on CD, but some of the tracks are included on the CD 'With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends?', released on SST in 1987 - see below]

Fred FRITH - Gravity, 1980 (Ralph Records) [CD: RecRec'91/RéR'02]
Fred Frith (b/g/vln/kb/d)
with: Marc Hollander (as/cl [1-6]/bcl [7-13]) - Dave Newhouse (as [7-13]/o [10]) - Tom Scott (ss [11]) - Eino Haapala (g [1-6]/mnd [1-6]) - Lars Hollmer (p [1-6]/o [1-6]/acc [1-6]) - Billy Swann (b [8/10-11/13]) - Hans Bruniusson (d [1-6]) - Paul Sears (d [7-8/10-11/13])
guests: Chris Cutler (pc [3]) - Tina Curran (b [7]) - Frank Wuyts (d [9])
Rec: Aug 1979 [1-6], Nov 1979-Jan 1980 [7-14] - Loc: Norrgarden Nyvla, Uppsala (Sweden) & Sunrise (Switzerland) [1-6]; Catch-a-Buzz, Rockville, Maryland (US) & Sunrise (Switzerland) [7-14] - Pr: FF
Tracks: 1. The Boy Beats The Rams (Kluk Tluce Berany) (4:53) - 2. Spring Any Day Now (3:05) - 3. Don't Cry For Me (3:28) - 4. The Hands Of The Juggler (5:32) - 5. Norrgarden Nyvla (2:54) - 6. Year Of The Monkey (4:06) - 7. What A Dilemma (3:10) - 8. Crack In The Concrete (1:24) - 9. Come Across (2:48) - 10. Dancing In The Street / My Enemy Is A Bad Man (4:39) - 11. Slap Dance (2:30) - 12. A Career In Real Estate (4:41) - 13. Dancing In Rockville Maryland (2:51) // 14. Waking Against Sleep* (2:04) - 15. Terrain* (3:48) - 16. Moeris Dancing* (5:00) - 17. Geistige Nacht* (5:16) - 18. Life At The Top* (1:40) - 19. Oh, Wie Schön Ist Panama!* (5:02)
[* are bonus tracks exclusive to the RecRec CD reissue; 14-16 are from 1978 Henry Cow or Art Bears sessions; 17 is an outtake from Aksak Maboul sessions; 18 is a Skeleton Crew track from 1984; and 19 is a solo recording from 1988]

Fred FRITH - Speechless, 1981 (Ralph) [CD: ESD]
Fred Frith (g/vln/mel [1-5]/b [1/8/10/13]/o [1]/voc/d [7/8])
with [1-5]: Guigou Chenevier (d/ts/voc [3]) - Margot Mathieu (ss/ts/voc [3]) - Ferdinand Richard (b/voc/guimbarde) - Jo Thirion (o/harm)
with [6-12]: Bill Laswell (b) - Fred Maher (d)
guests: Tina Curran (rec/b [7/12]) - Roger Kent Parsons (bagpipes [1-5]) - Hans Bruniusson (d [9]) - George Cartwright (as [7]) - Steve Buchanan (s [7]) - Mars Williams (bs [7])
Rec: Apr 1980 [7/8/10], Jul-Aug 1980 [1-6/8-9/11/13] - Loc: Studio Freeson, Pujaut (France) [1-5], Sunrise, Kirchberg (Switzerland) [6/8/9/11/13], CBGB, NYC [7/8/10/12] - Eng: François Riethier, Etienne Conod, Charlie Martin & Robert Vogel - Pr: Fred Frith, Tina Curran & Etienne Conod
Tracks: 1. Kick The Can (part 1) (2:19) - 2. Carnival On Wall Street [FF] (2:51) - 3. Ahead In The Sand [FF] (3:16) - 4. Laughing Matter / Esperanza [FF] (7:47) - 5. Women Speak To Men; Men Speak To Women [FF/T.Curran] (5:39) - 6. A Spit In The Ocean [FF] (2:17) - 7. Navajo [FF] (3:05) - 8. Balance (5:04) - 9. Saving Grace [FF] (1:57) - 10. Speechless [FF] (3:05) - 11. Conversations With White Arc [FF/B.Laswell] (1:14) - 12. Domaine De Planousset [FF] (2:59) - 13. Kick The Can (part 2) [FF] (2:14) // 14. The Entire Works Of Henry Cow* (1:00) - 15. So Schnell Ich* (3:25) - 16. I'm Still Here And I Know What Time It Is* (1:06) - 17. No More War* (4:46) - 18. Typical American Family* (1:01) - 19. Dig* (3:07)
[* are bonus tracks exclusive to the ESD reissue; the 2003 reissue omits all bonus tracks]

Fred FRITH, Phil MINTON, Bob OSTERTAG - Voice Of America, 1982 (Rift) [CD: RecRec'94]
Fred Frith (g/effects) - Phil Minton (voc) - Bob Ostertag (syn/effects)
Rec: Jan [1] & Aug [2] 1981 - Loc: P.A.S.S., NYC (USA) [1] & Actual Festival, ICA, London [2]
Tracks: 1. Voice of America (Part 1) (17:04) - 2. Voice of America (Part 2) (21:35)

Fred FRITH - Live in Japan / The Guitars on the Table Approach Vol 1 & 2, 1982 (RéR-Japan) [2LP]
Fred Frith (elg/vln/effects)
Rec: 17-22 Jul 1981 - Loc: Osaka, Fukukoa, Maebashi, Tokyo (Japan) - Pr: Fred Frith
Tracks: [Volume 1] 1. Osaka 1 (July 17 1981) (21:42) - 2. Osaka 2 (July 17 1981) (2:16) - 3. Osaka 3 (July 17 1981) (2:15) - 4. Fukuoka 1 (July 20 1981) (9:30) // [Volume 2] 1. Fukuoka 2 (July 20 1981) (9:17) - 2. Maebashi 1 (July 22 1981) (8:22) - 3. Fukuoka 3 (July 20 1981) (11:22) - 4. Tokyo 1 (July 11 1981) (3:50)

Fred FRITH - Cheap At Half The Price, 1983 (Ralph) [CD: RecRec'90]
Fred Frith (g/b/syn/vln/xyl/voc)
with: Tina Curran (b [4]) - Bill Laswell (b [7]) - Sheena Dupuis (voc [5]) - George Cartwright (as [10]) - Frank Wuyts (d) - Fred Maher (d) - Paul Sears (d) - Hans Bruniusson (d)
Rec: unk - Loc: home - Pr: unk
Tracks: 1. Some Clouds Don't [FF] (3:12) - 2. Cap The Knife [FF] (2:47) - 3. Evolution [FF] (3:21) - 4. Too Much, Too Little [FF/T.Curran] (2:09) - 5. True Love [FF]* (2:58) - 6. The Welcome [FF] (2:28) - 7. Same Old Me [FF] (2:58) - 8. Some Clouds Do [FF] (2:49) - 9. Instant Party [FF] (1:53) - 10. Person To Person [FF]* (2:20) - 11. Walking Song [FF] (3:13) - 12. Flying In The Face Of Facts [FF] (2:38) - 13. Heart Bares [FF] (4:56) - 14. Absent Friends [Trad.arr.FF] (3:58) - 15. The Great Healer [FF] (2:07)
[* are CD bonus tracks; 5 originally appeared on the "20th Anniversary Of The Summer Of Love" compilation, 1987; 10 as on Curlew's "North America" album, 1985)]

Fred FRITH & Henry KAISER - Who Needs Enemies?, 1983 (Metalanguage)
Fred Frith (g/b/vln/kb/pgm/voc/pc) - Henry Kaiser (g/b/kb/pgm)
Rec: Oct 1983 - Loc: Mobius Music, San Francisco (USA) - Pr: Henry Kaiser/Fred Frith/Oliver DiCicco
Tracks: Hard Time Killing Floor Blues [Skip James] - The Golden Eighties - Everyday Objects - The Kirghiz Light - Special Rider Blues [Skip James] - One of Nature's Mistakes - Roy Rogers - The Confession - Objects Everyday - Wool and Water - The Trace [Note : this album has not been reissued on CD, but some of the tracks are included on the CD 'With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends?', released on SST in 1987 - see below]

Fred FRITH & René LUSSIER - Nous Autres, 1987 (Victo) [CD'92]
Fred Frith (g/b/d/vln/p/voc/pgm) - René Lussier (g/pc/b/voc/tapes)
with Geneviève Letarte (voc) - Chris Cutler (little instr) - Tenko (voc) - Christoph Anders (voc/tapes)
Rec: 4 Oct 1986 - Loc: FIMAV, Victoriaville (Canada)/ [add.rec. at Studio Victor, Montréal (Canada), 21-24 Dec 1986]
Tracks: 1. Cage de Verre [RL] (3:38) - 2. The Same Wide Wall [FF] (3:19) - 3. Vinegar Mintues* [FF/RL] (1:42) - 4. Ketsui [FF/RL] (5:02) - 5. Plaisirs Instantanes [RL] (2:52) - 6. Fun In America* [FF/RL] (2:12) - 7. Iceberg [RL/G.Letarte] (6:03) - 8. Solo en Ré mineur [FF] (1:26) - 9. De Mémoire [RL] (1:33) - 10. Two Squares And Three Circles [FF/RL/TC] (6:29) - 11. Assuming They're Human* [FF/RL] (2:49) - 12. Cage De Fer [FF] (2:08) - 13. J'aime la musique [RL/C.Anders] (5:00) - 14. Une Poignée De Clous* [FF/RL] (1:53) - 15. Domaine Revisited [FF/G.Letarte] (3:41) - 16. Riaville Bump [RL/Morton] (2:14)
[Note: The CD reissue adds four extra tracks (*) recorded in New York, January 1992]

Fred FRITH & Henry KAISER - With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends?, 1987 (SST) [CD only]
Fred Frith (g/b/vln/kb/pgm/voc/pc) - Henry Kaiser (g/b/kb/pgm)
Rec: 1979-83 - Loc: Mobius Music, San Francisco - Pr: Henry Kaiser, Fred Frith & Oliver DiCicco
Tracks: 1. The Trace [FF/HK] (2:52) - 2. Three Languages [FF/HK] (9:30) - 3. Love In Hell [FF/HK] (5:37) - 4. Twisted Memories Give Way To The Angry Pleasant [FF/HK] (3:50) - 5. One Of Nature's Mistakes [FF/HK] (2:06) - 6. Roy Rogers [FF/HK] (5:00) - 7. It Sings [FF/HK] (5:40) - 8. Drowsy Maggie [FF/HK] (4:40) - 9. The Kirghiz Light [FF/HK] (4:55) - 10. The Golden Eighties [FF/HK] (5:42) - 11. Objects Everyday [FF/HK] (3:16) - 12. The Changing Of Names [FF/HK] (5:45) - 13. It Moves... [FF/HK] (2:00) - 14. One-Eyed Theater [FF/HK] (3:15) - 15. Dog Puppet Born Out Of A Sock [FF/HK] (3:21) - 16. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues [Skip James] (1:26)
[Note : this CD includes a selection of tracks from the LPs 'With Friends Like These' and 'Who Needs Enemies?', plus some new tracks from an unreleased live album recorded in 1984]

Fred FRITH - The Technology Of Tears, 1988 (RecRec/SST) [CD]
Fred Frith (g/vln/etc.)
with John Zorn (as [1-3]) - Tenko (voc [1-3]) - Christian Marclay (turntables [1-3]) - Jim Staley (tb [4-5])
Rec: Jun 1986 & Nov 1986-Jan 1987 [1-3], Oct 1986 [4-5], Apr 1987 [6-19] - Loc: BC Studio [1-5] & Noise, NYC (USA) - Pr: unk
Tracks: [The Technology Of Tears] 1. Sadness, Its Bones Bleached Behind Us [FF] (13:05) - 2. You Are What You Eat [FF] (19:01) - 3. The Palace Of Laughter, The Technology Of Tears [FF] (10:08) - [Jigsaw] 4. Jigsaw [FF] (14:39) - 5. Jigsaw Coda [FF] (3:04) // [Propaganda] 6. Shelter For Them All [FF] (1:36) - 7. A Deeper Understanding Of Conflict [FF] (0:54) - 8. The Turning Of An Hourglass [FF] (2:04) - 9. Birth Of A Rebel [FF] (1:51) - 10. Your Beautiful Corpse [FF] (1:17) - 11. The Excellent Hyena [FF] (1:25) - 12. The Old Man Moves A Mountain [FF] (1:06) - 13. The Wolf Demon (part 1) [FF] (1:07) - 14. Meditation Upon Propaganda [FF] (3:06) - 15. Liberty [FF] (1:59) - 16. The Relentless Landscape [FF] (0:59) - 17. The Gaze That Sings [FF] (1:03) - 18. The Wolf Demon (part 2) [FF] (1:05) - 19. Rashomon [FF] (3:30)
[Note: Tracks 6-19 are not available on the CD pressing]

Fred FRITH - The Top Of His Head, 1989 (Crammed/Made To Measure)
[Original Soundtrack to the Film of the same name directed by Peter Mettler]
Fred Frith (g/etc.)
with Anne Bourne (cel/acc) - Jean Derôme (s/fl) - Jane Siberry (voc/g/acc) - Christie Macfadyen (voc) - Ken Myhr (slide g [12]) - Peter Mettler (tapes)
Rec: Aug-Sep 1988 - Loc: Office National du Film, Montreal (Canada) - Pr: unk
Tracks: 1. Title theme [FF] (1:49) - 2. Driving To The Train [FF] (2:45) - 3. Wheels Within [FF] (2:31) - 4. Hold On Hold [FF] (2:22) - 5. Lucy Leaves A Note [FF] (2:25) - 6. Gus Escapes [FF] (2:19) - 7. Gravity's A Rule [FF] (2:15) - 8. Channel Change [FF] (3:20) - 9. Orbit [FF] (1:24) - 10. Fall To Call [FF] (3:52) - 11. Underwater Dream [FF] (2:29) - 12. This Old Earth [J.Siberry] (3:21) - 13. Donuts [FF] (2:54) - 14. The Long Drive [FF] (4:51) - 15. Lucy [FF] (2:05) - 16. The Premonition [FF] (1:26) - 17. Questions And Answers [FF] (2:47) - 18. The Performance [FF] (2:56) - 19. The Way You Look Tonight [Kern, Fields] / 20. Title Theme (Conclusion) [FF] (3:38)
[Note: tracks 2 and 15 are not on the LP version]

Fred FRITH - Step Across The Border, 1990 (RecRec/ESD) [CD]
[Original Soundtrack to the Film of the same name directed by Nicolas Humber and Werner Penzel]
Fred Frith (g/d/voc/pc/b/syn/etc.) - Tom Cora [1/7/10] (cel/d/voc) - Zeena Parkins [1/10] (kb/d/voc) - Bob Ostertag [2a/11/24] (syn/tapes/samples) - Bill Laswell [2b/17a] (b) - Fred Maher [2b/17a] (d) - Haco [4] (p/voc) - John Zorn [5] (as) - Daihachi Oguchi [6] (factory) - Rene Lussier [11] (b) - Kevin Norton [11] (d) - Jean Derome [11] (as) - Eino Haapala [13/20] (g/d) - Lars Hollmer [13] (kb) - Hans Bruniusson [13/21] (d) - Tim Hodgkinson [14] (bcl) - Iva Bittova [19] (voc/vln) - Pavel Fajt [19/23] (beercans/g/voc) - Tina Curran [25] (b)
Rec: 1979-89 - Loc: various
Tracks: 1. Sparrow Song (1:28) - 2. Voice Of America part 3 / Legs (4:24) - 3. Selluloid Restaurant / The Old Man Puts Out The Fire (3:99) - 4. After Dinner (1:47) - 5. Houston St (2:54) - 6. Drum Factory (2:01) - 7. Regardless Of Rain (3:05) - 8. Candy Machine (2:59) - 9. Romanisches Cafe (6:19) - 10. The Border (3:29) - 11. Nirvana Again (1:53) - 12. Scottish Roppongi (1:46) - 13. Norrgarden Nyvla (2:58) - 14. Birds (2:18) - 15. The As Usual Dance Towards The Other Flight To What Is Not part 3 (1:47) - 16. Williamsburg Bridge (1:53) - 17. Same Old Me / Williamsburg Bridge reprise (4:10) - 18. The As Usual Dance... etc. part 5 (2:24) - 19. Lost and Found (3:21) - 20. Nine By Nine (5:52) - 21. Evolution (3:20) - 22. Union Square (1:41) - 23. Morning Song (2:00) - 24. Voice Of America part 4 (2:02) - 25. Too Much Too Little (2:08) - 26. Too Late (2:23)

Fred FRITH & Ferdinand RICHARD - Dropera, 1989 (RecRec)
Fred Frith (g/vln/kb/pc/voc/comp) - Ferdinand Richard (b/voc/lyr)
with Raymund van Santen (as/cl/flageolet)
Rec: Aug 1989 - Loc: Sound and Vision Studio, Zurich (Switzerland) - Pr: unk
Tracks: Petite Entree : Au restaurant, On Se Regarde! - Tableau 1: Riche et Mysterieux! - Tableau 2: Mauvaise gauche! - Tableau 3: Deux emballes! - Tableau 4: Tous cuits! - Fin tragique: Flottent les petits morceaux! - On est mort! - Enchainement Alchimique: Nos fantmes naissent! - Tableau 5: La mer est notre mere! - Tableau 6: Ah, que la vie est dure! - Tableau 7: Allez, on danse! - Tableau 8: Hola! tu reves!/Fin comique: A quand la suite?

Fred FRITH & Kazuyuki NULL - 20.000 V Live, 1990 (Nux Organization)
Fred Frith (g) - Kazuyuki K. Null (g)
Rec: Jan-Feb 1990 - Loc: 20.000V, Tokyo (Japan)/Prima Natura - Pr: unk
Tracks: 20000V Live - Heaven's Breath

Fred FRITH & François-Michel PESENTI - Helter Skelter, 1993 (RecRec) [CD]
Conducted by Fred Frith and Jean-Marc Montera
Performed by: Dalial Khatir (soprano) - Danielle Stephan (soprano) - Frederique Wolf-Michaux (contralto)
and Que d'la Gueule: Claude Monteil (ss/etc.) - Edmond Hosdikimi (as/ts) - Fred Giuliani (kb/samples) - KIWI (elp/syn) - Nadine Laporte (syn) - Richard Peter (elg) - Christophe Costabel (elg) - Laurent Luci (elg) - Farid Khenfouf (b) - Denis Cabacho (pc) - Jean-Christophe Ville (bj/etc.) - Didier Roth (misc) - Ahmed Compaore (d) - Mathias Mopty (d)
Rec: Feb 1992 - Loc: Studio Cactus, Marseille (France) - Pr: unk
Tracks: [Part I - Y'a Pas Quelqu'un Qui Peut m'Aider?] Fingers - Lungs - Guerre I - Heart - Mirror / Dark As A Match - Guerre 2 - Habits - Crescent City / Agnus Dei - [Part II - La Salled des Adieux] Tais-Toi - Fermer - Sanctus - Tenir - Rends-Moi Mon Argent - Lux Aeterna - Libera Me - Sauve-Moi

Fred FRITH - Quartets, 1993 [CD]
[1] : Violet Wires - A. Morfee (violin), A. Brown (violin), P. D'Arcy (viola), L. Parker: cello
[2] : Fred Frith (g) - Rene Lussier (g) - Nick Didkovsky (g) - Mark Howell (g)
Rec: Apr/Dec 1992 - Loc: Angel Studios, London (England)/Sorcerer Sound, NYC (USA) - Pr: unk
Tracks: Lelekovice (for Iva Bittova) String Quartet #1 - The As Usual Dance Towards The Other Flight To What Is Not

Fred FRITH & Marc RIBOT - Sounds Of A Distant Episode, 1994 (Sub Rosa/Subsonic) [CD]
Fred Frith (g) - Marc Ribot (g)
Rec: Jan 1994 - Loc: Mobius Studio, San Francisco (USA) - Pr: unk
Tracks: Lobster Claw Symphonette - Minotaur - The Rise And The Fall Of... - Solo Acoustic Guitar - Second Nature
[Note : this CD contains 3 tracks by Marc Ribot, and 2 tracks by Fred Frith, they do not appear together]

John ZORN & Fred FRITH - The Art of Memory, 1994 (Incus) [CD]
John Zorn (as) - Fred Frith (g)
Rec: Late 1993 - Loc: New York City (USA) - Pr: unk
Tracks: The Combiner - The Ladder - The Chain - The Field - The Table - The Interpreter - The Tree - The Fountain and the Mirror

Fred FRITH - Middle Of The Moment, 1995 (RecDec) [CD]
[A journey by Fred Frith based on a film by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel]
Fred Frith (g/b/vln/kb/perc) - Tim Hodgkinson (cl/b-cl/as) - Fabrizio Appelius (acc [15]) - Mikaela Dietl (acc [2/15/19]) - Sandra M'Bow (voc [15/18]) - Robert Lax (voc [6]) - Josefina Lehmann (vln [2/15]) - Johann le Guillerm (acc [3]/voc [15]) - Bertrand Duval (tibetan rattles [3]) - Attila Zombori (d [7/16]/perc [7/16]/jewsharp [7])
Rec: unk - Loc: various - Pr: unk
Tracks: 1. Le Jour Se Lève (6:26) - 2. Moving (3:55) - 3. Digging For Water (2:34) - 4. Portrait I / Tam-Tam in Timia (3:28) - 5. Le Cirque (7:10) - 6. Robert Lax Is (0:58) - 7. Gnawa Express Tanger (3:01) - 8. Bell Song (2:37) - 9. Portrait II (1:44) - 10. Ghost Stories (6:50) - 11. Portes Ouvertes (3:43) - 12. Le Cirque-Oh! / Ghost Dance / Portrait III (10:43) - 13. Le Jour S'Arrache (2:59) - 14. Middle of the Moment (title theme) (4:32)

Fred FRITH - Allies (Music for Dance, Vol.2), 1996 (RecRec) [CD]
Fred Frith (all instr/d-pgm)
with Joey Baron (d) - George Cartwright (as) - Tom Cora (cel)
Rec: Sum 1989 - Loc: BC Studios, Brooklyn - Pr: unk
Tracks: 1. Rifka (9:36) - 2. Small Mercy I (4:25) - 3. Nenad (7:52) - 4. A Rock And A Hard Place (6:17) - 5. Davor And Dzeneta (6:24) - 6. Small Mercy II (6:02)

Fred FRITH & Noël AKCHOTE - Réel, 1996 (Rectangle)[CD]
Fred Frith (g) - Noël Akchoté (g)
Rec: 17 May 1996 - Loc: Maison du Livre, de l'Image et du Son, Villeurbanne (France) - Pr: Camille Roy
Tracks: Réseaux - Reichen - Rebonds - Relativ - Réel - Recnik - Remanent - Résistance

Fred FRITH - Eye To Ear, 1997 (Tzadik) [CD]
Fred Frith (g/b/kb/vln/perc)
with Michaela Dietl (acc [3/6]) - Tilman Muller (tpt [3/6]) - Christian Kaya (cl [3]) - Boris Denker (ts [1/9]) - Willy Webster (o [2/4/8])
Rec: 1992-95 - Loc: Sound Fabrik, Munich (Germany) [1/3/6/9], Mobius Studio, San Francisco, CA (USA) [2/4/5/8], Jankovski Studio, Stuttgart (Germany) [7] - Pr: unk
Tracks: 1. Le Rencontre (Title Theme) [FF] (4:11) - 2. Backroom [FF] (3:22) - 3. Thea und Nat (I-V) [FF] (12:22) - 4. Backroom II [FF] (5:30) - 5. Picture of Light [FF] (9:47) - 6. Ostkreuz (I-IV) [FF] (6:00) - 7. Before Sunrise - In The Train [FF] (2:47) - 8. Backroom III [FF] (8:07) - 9. Le Rencontre (Reprise) [FF] (3:36)
[Note: These recordings were all done for film soundtracks]

Fred FRITH GUITAR QUARTET - Ayaya Moses, 1997 (Ambiances Magnétiques)[CD]
Fred Frith (g) - Rene Lussier (g) - Nick Didkovsky (g) - Mark Stewart (g)
Rec: Jul & Nov 1996 - Loc: Maison de Radio-Canada, Montréal (Canada) - Pr: Hélène Prévost
Tracks: 1. Ayaya Moses [RL] (10:42) - 2. The Stinky Boy Suite (Part 1) [FFGQ] (0:57) - 3. The Stinky Boy Suite (Part 2) [FFGQ] (0:45) - 4. The Stinky Boy Suite (Part 3) [FFGQ] (0:57) - 5. Geco Rettile Mialgico [Olivia Bignardi] (2:12) - 6. Blind Date [FFGQ] (1:05) - 7. Pulau Dewata [Claude Vivier] (13:40) - 8. Trummings [MS] (8:01) - 9. Freedom Is Your Friends II [FF] (5:00) - 10. The Why Me Suite (I) [FFGQ] (1:01) - 11. The Why Me Suite (II) [FFGQ] (1:02) - 12. The Why Me Suite (III) [FFGQ] (1:03) - 13. She Closes Her Sister With Heavy Bones [ND] (3:57) - 14. Uruk's Tablets [(Olivia Bignardi] (3:55)

Fred FRITH & Jean-Pierre DROUET - En Public Aux Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers, 1997 (Transes Européennes) [CD]
Fred Frith (g/vln/voc/objects/etc.) - Jean-Pierre Drouet (d/pc/voc/etc.)
Rec: 1997 - Loc: Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers (France)
Tracks: 1. [untitled] (62:15)

Fred FRITH - The Previous Evening, 1997 (RéR) [CD]
Fred Frith (voc/all instr) - Christian Kaya (cl [1]) - Claudio Puntin (cl [2/3]) - Heike Liss (pc [1]) - Bernd Settelmeyer (pc [2/3]) - Bernd Weber (voc [1])
Rec: Spr 1993 [1], Apr/Jun 1996 [2/3] - Loc: Grodon Studio, Munich (Germany) [1], Jankowski Studio, Stuttgart (Germany) [2/3]
Tracks: 1. Part I (Homage to John Cage) [FF] - 2. Part II (Homage to Morton Feldman) [FF] - 3. Part III (Homage to Earle Brown) [FF]

Fred FRITH - Pacifica, 1998 (Tzadik) [CD]
Fred Frith (comp) - Stefano Zorzanello (fl/pic/s) - Daniela Cattivelli (s) - Olivia Bignardi (cl) - Silvia Fanti (acc) - Salvatore Panu (tb) - Giorgio Simbola (tb) - Ferdinando D'Andria (tpt/vln) - Pierangelo Galantino (vln/b) - Lelio Giannetto (cb) - Claudio Lanteri (g) - Paolo Angeli (g) - Massimo Simonini (records/CD/tapes) - Filomena Forleo (p) - Nicola Zonca (mar) - Tiziano Popoli (kb) - Andrea Martignoni (pc) - Mario Martignoni (pc) - Pino Urso (pc) - Margareth Kammerer (voc)
Rec: Jul 1995 - Loc: Modena (Italy) - Pr: Fred Frith
Tracks: 1. [untitled] [FF] (45:55) - 2. [untitled] [FF] (2:46)

Fred FRITH GUITAR QUARTET - Upbeat, 1999 (Ambiances Magnétiques) [CD]
Fred Frith (elg) - René Lussier (elg) - Nick Didkowsky (elg) - Mark Stewart (elg)
Rec: Nov 1997 - Loc: Tonstudio Amann, Vienna (Austria), except 2b/6/12 at Mousonturm, Frankfurt (Germany); 4b/4c/10 at Kulturwerkstatt, Basel (Switerland); 4a/8 at Maison de la Culture Andre Malraux, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy (France); 2c/7 at Colegio Mayor San Juan Evangelista, Madrid (Spain) - Pr: Fred Frith
Tracks: 1. Motormouth [FF] (4:10) - 2. a) Stinky Eye [FFGQ] / b) ND Solo [ND] / c) To Laugh Uncleanly At The Nurse [ND] - 3. Spitty Boy [FFGQ] (0:52) - 4. a) Antaeus [ND] / b) FF Solo [FF] / c) Rosali's Song [FF] - 5 . Squinty Pea [FFGQ] - 6. a) MS Solo / b) Speedy Feety [MS] (3:36) - 7. Red Rag [FF] (1:48) - 8. Out To Bomb Fresh Kings [ND] - 9. Say Slinky [FFGQ] (1:48) - 10. a) Out To Bomb Fresh Kings [RL] / b) Say Slinky [RL] - 11. Skinny Bee [FFGQ] (1:03) - 12. No Bones [FF] (3:45) - 13. Sinky Sea [FFGQ] (2:14)

Fred FRITH - Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (Graphic Scores 1986-96), 1999 (Angelica) [2CD]
Fred Frith (vln/g/direction) - Zeena Parkins (harp/acc) - Ikue Mori (pgm)
with: Chris Cutler (d) - Han Bennink (d) - Ahmed Compaore (d) - Andrea Martignoni (pc) - Mario Martignoni (pc) - Pino Urso (pc) - Nicola Zonca (marimba) - Marco Dalpane (key) - Fred Giulani (samples) - Margareth Kammerer (voice) - Didier Roth (bricolage) - Massimo Simonini (records/CD/tapes) - Olivia Bignardi (clarinet) - Daniela Cattivelli (s) - Jean Derome (s/fl) - Hans Koch (s/clarinet) - Roberto Paci Dalo (clarinets) - Mariëtte Rouppe Van der Voort (s/fl) - Co Streiff (s) - Raymund van Santen (s) - Peter Vermeersch (s/clarinet) - Takashi Yamane (clarinet) - Stefano Zorzanello (fl/s) - Lesli Dalaba (tpt) - Ferdinando D'Andria (tpt/vln) - Salvatore Panu (tb) - Giorgio Simbola (bombardino) - Bart Maris (tpt) - Paolo Angeli (g) - Claudio Lanteri (g) - René Lussier (g) - Jean-Marc Montera (g) - Silvia Fanti (acc) - Guy Klucevsek (acc) - Filomena Forleo (p) - Myra Melford (p) - Dean Vandewalle (p) - Christine Wodraszka (p)
Rec/Loc: May 1992 - Angelica Festival, Bologna; Oct 1992 - Festival de Musique Actuelle, Victoriaville; May 1994 - Time Festival, Gent; Oct 1994 - Jazz Marathon, Groningen; Oct 1995 - Kultuzentrum, Esslingen
Tracks: 1. Goongerah / Tokyo / Firewood - 2. Screen / Dry Stone I / Dry Stone II - 3. Bricks For Six / Ulissingen - 4. Skylight - 5. Drystone II - 6. Bricks For Six - 7. Dry Stone I / Dry Stone II - 8. Skylight (extract) / High Tension (extract) - 9. Roof - 10. Screen / High Tension / Zürich - 11. Athens - 12. Firewood - 13. Green / Dry Stone II / Improvisation / Roof / Reykjavik / Ulissingen / Improvisation / Skylight V (extract) - 14. Improvisation / Tokyo (extract) - 15. Screen - 16. Jahresringe - 17. Firewood

Fred FRITH & MAYBE MONDAY - Saturn's Finger, 1999 (Buzz Records) [CD]
Fred Frith (elg) - Miya Masaoka (koto/elec) - Larry Ochs (s)
Rec: 2-3 Jul 1998 - Loc: Unity Temple, Chicago (USA) - Pr: Larry Ochs
Tracks: 1. Saturn's Finger - 2. Helix - 3. Beyond the Hard Darkness

Fred FRITH, Mark DRESSER & Ikue MORI - Later, 2000 (Victo) [CD]
Fred Frith (g/o/p/vln) - Mark Dresser (cb) - Ikue Mori (pc)
Rec: unk - Loc: unk - Pr: unk
Tracks: 1. Pocket Dresser (1:31) - 2. Hello, I Must Be Going (6:26) - 3. Downtown, Top Corner (4:54) - 4. Points Follow (4:07) - 5. We Build (5:34) - 6. Bottle (5:13) - 7. Describle It Either (4:24) - 8. Soul Hovers (8:42) - 9. Code Dresser/ (0:45)

Fred FRITH / ENSEMBLE MODERN - Traffic Continues, 2000 (Winter & Winter) [CD]
Fred Frith (g/dir) - Franck Ollu (cond [9-21] -Ikue Mori (d-pgm [9-21] - Zeena Parkins (harp) + Ensemble Modern
Rec: unk - Loc: unk - Pr: unk
Tracks: unk

Fred FRITH, Louis SCLAVIS & Jean-Pierre DROUET - I Dream Of You Jumping, 2001 (Victo) [CD]
Fred Frith (g/o/p/vln) - Louis Sclavis (cl/bcl/ss) - Jean-Pierre Drouet (pc)
Rec: unk - Loc: unk - Pr: unk
Tracks: 1. There Are Great Stories, We Must Lift Them Drouet (48:14) - 2. Will Remain Always (7:37)

Fred FRITH - Clearing, 2001 (Tzadik) [CD]
Fred Frith (g)
Rec: Jan 1996 & Jun/Jul 2000 - Loc: Stuttgart (Germany) & Bydgoszcz (Poland) - Pr: Fred Frith
Tracks: 1. White - 2. Open Ocean - 3. Chains - 4. The Bow Moon - 5. Minimalism - 6. Not with Love but with Fear - 7. Theatre - 8. Gaifu Kaisei - 9. Road Movie - 10. This Earth is a Flower - 11. Blue

Fred FRITH - Accidental, 2001 (Fred Records/RéR) [CD]
Fred Frith (g/voc/etc.)
Rec: Dec 1995-Jan 1996 - Loc: Studio Jankowski, Stuttgart (Germany) - Pr: Fred Frith & Peter Hardt
Tracks: 1. The Tangled Bank (3:40) - 2. Hit And Run (2:57) - 3. Gatto Nero (1:33) - 4. Old Geometry (2:24) - 5. Their Blood Is Black And Yellow (4:33) - 6. In A Heartbeat (1:15) - 7. Fooled Again (5:04) - 8. Accidental (3:27) - 9. Absinthe Memories (For Phil Minton) (3:00) - 10. Incoming (6:20) - 11. Almighty Home At Last (5:12)

Fred FRITH & MAYBE MONDAY - Digital Wildlife, 2002 (Winter & Winter) [CD]
Fred Frith (elg) - Miya Masaoka (koto/elec) - Larry Ochs (ss/ts) - Joan Jeanrenaud (cel)
Rec: May 2001 - Loc: Guerilla Euphonics Oakland, CA (USA) - Pr: unk
Tracks: 1. Digital Wildlife - 2. Image In and Atom - 3. The Prisoner's Dilemma - 4. Touch I Risk - 5. Close to Home

Fred FRITH - Freedom In Fragments, 2002 (Tzadik) [CD]
Fred Frith (comp)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet: Bruce Ackley (ss) - Steve Adams (as) - Jon Raskin (bs) - Larry Ochs (ts/ss)
Rec: Feb 1999-Jan 2000 - Loc: Mr.Toad's, San Francisco, CA (USA) - Pr: John Zorn
Tracks: Freedom is Your Friends / Some Assembly Required - Advertising - Song and Dance - Void Where Prohibited / The Up and Up - Boyan's Problem - Ikue's Song - T square Park Lark - Significant Restrictions Apply - Hey René - Chain to the Skyway - Batteries Not Included / Nostalgia - Water Under the Bridge - Freedom is Your Friends II

Fred FRITH & KEEP THE DOG - That House We Lived In, 2003 (Fred/RéR) [2CD]
Fred Frith (g/b/vln/voc) - Jean Derôme (as/bs/fl/jewsharp/voc) - René Lussier (g/b [CD1>1b/3/5b]) - Zeena Parkins (acc/harp/p/syn/voc) - Charles Hayward (d/melodica/voc) - Bob Ostertag (sampler)
Rec: May 1991 - Loc: Bregenz, Salzburg & Stainach (Austria), Bochum, Hamburg, Mainz & Schorndorf (Germany), Castelfranco Emilia, Milano & Verona (Italy) - Eng: Claudia Engelhart - Pr: Fred Frith
Tracks: [CD1] 1. Revelation [JD] / Bones [FF/B.Laswell/F.Maher] (4:59) - 2. Rock And A Hard Place [FF] (5:45) - 3. Hola, On Danse! [FF/F.Richard] (2:10) - 4. Foot In Hole [FF] (7:38) - 5. Fanfare / Lizard's Tail [FF] (4:31) - 6. Suspended [FF] (2:02) - 7. Quick Sign [FF] (5:16) - 8. Propaganda Suite [FF] (8:37) - 9. Warlking Song [FF] (5:32) - 10. Some Clouds Do [FF] (2:57) // [CD2] 1. The Same Eye / Fives [FF] (5:37) - 2. Wotegs / Slow Bones [FF] (7:13) - 3. That House We Lived In [Keep The Dog] / Candy Machine [FF] (3:24) - 4. The Trace [FF/H.Kaiser] (5:18) - 5. True Love (instrumental version) [FF] (4:01) - 6. Instant Party [FF] (3:07) - 7. Small Mercy II [FF] (3:34) - 8. Noorgarden Nyula [FF] (3:13) - 9. Year Of The Monkey (Dark As A Match) [FF] (6:21) - 10. Domaine De Langardrées [FF] (4:52)

Fred FRITH - Impur, 2006 (Fred/RéR) [CD]
Fred Frith (comp/cond)
with (section leaders): Nasser Saïdani (pc) - Catherine Guinamard (rec) - David Wood (fl/acg/cel/pc) - Pascal Pariaud (cl) - Sophie Dufeutrelle (fl)
and: Laure Michel, Catherine Leuchter & Fatiha Semail (rec) - Joël Jorda & Laurent Vichard (cl) - Samuel Chagnard (ss/bcl) - Stéphane Lambert (as) - Laurent Frick (tpt) - Patrick Charbonnier (tb) - Alain Chaléard (tablas) - Claire Mollard & Stéphane Grosjean (pc) - Gilles Laval, Ghilem Lacroux, Bader Gharzouli, Franklin Riboud & Guillaume Quemener (elg)... among many others
Rec: 30 May 1996 - Loc: Ecole Nationale de Musique de Villeurbanne (France) - Eng: Emmanuel Gilor, ass. by Laurent Luci
Tracks: 1. Impur (54:56)