THE PROMENADERS "BEGINNER STUDIO 1981"

 

Lol Coxhill, soprano saxophone
Steve Beresford, piano, euphonium, etc.
Peter Cusack, guitar, etc.
David Toop, flute, guitar, electric bass, etc.
Paul Burwell, percussion
Max Eastley, self-made-instruments (Arc?)


01. Medley  8:26
02. Rock Around The Clock  3:51
03. unknown title 2:59
04. Stranger On The Shore  4:55
05. Soprano Saxophone Solo  10:44
06. unknown title  2:49
07. Tea For Two  2:43
08. When You're Smiling 3:11
09. Play A Simple Melody 2:18
10. Guitar Solo  5:31
11. Medley  10:57


Recorded at Studio Beginner, Cologne on May 1, 1981.
(fm)

Note: the line-up is confirmed by a list of all concerts
held at Beginner studio on Walter Zimmermann's website.
Zimmermann was the organisator of the Beginner studio concerts.
But the instruments for the musicians are tentative and based on (educated?) assumptions (written before listening to the music).

MAX EASTLEY - STEVE BERESFORD - PAUL BURWELL - DAVID TOOP "WHIRLED MUSIC" (QUARTZ!, 1979)

Didn't know that I have this rip (since at least Sep. 2011) but found it several weeks ago.
Thanks to the original uploader.




Performed by David Toop, Max Eastley, Paul Burwell and Steve Beresford

Audience Side
A.     Untitled

No Audience Side
B1.     LMC (a)
B2.     LMC (b)
B3.     LMC (c)
B4.     Butlers Wharf
B5.     Suffolk (a)
B6.     Suffolk (b)
B7.     Tennessee


AUDIENCE SIDE
Recorded live in performance at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; 7th October 1979.

NO AUDIENCE SIDE
Tracks B1 to B3 recorded at the London Musicians Collective in 1979 using a stereo UHER reel with 2 AKG 224s.
Track 4 recorded outdoors on a UHER reel with 2 Sennheiser ND441s.
Tracks B5 and B6 recorded outdoors.

Quartz Publications !QUARTZ 005
(vinyl rip)

STEVE BERESFORD ‎– I SHALL BECOME A BAT (QBICO, 2004)

A1. Egyptian Fruit
A2. Tent-Making
A3. Noctule
A4. Mexican Fruit

B.  I Shall Become A Bat


Richard Sanderson, electronics, objects
Steve Beresford, electronics, objects
John Butcher, soprano & tenor saxophone


Side A recorded on April 7 2003 at The Red Rose, Finsbury Park, London.
Side B recorded on August 23 2000 at St. Michael and All Angels Church, Turnham Green, London.

Qbico ‎– QBICO 18

Vinyl Rip

STEVE BERESFORD AND NIGEL COOMBES ‎– WHITE STRING'S ATTACHED (BEAD RECORDS, 1980)

A.  White String's Attached 1

B1. White String's Attached 2
B2. White String's Attached 3

Steve Beresford, piano, toy piano, bird call, toys
Nigel Coombes, violin


Side A recorded on 20 May 1979 and side B recorded on 24 March 1979 at the London Musicians' Collective .

Bead Records ‎– BEAD 16

Vinyl Rip

ALTERATIONS ‎– MY FAVOURITE ANIMALS (NATO, 1984)

A1. Sleeping Beauty
A2. Segue To My Heart
A3. Adios Half Cowboy
A4. Up In The Paint Cards
A5. Ça N'Est Pas Mon Chat; Je Suis Son Homme
A6. Thru And Thru
A7. Cat's Whiskers
A8. Calamity Joan

B1. Emus In The Zone
B2. Nopan Kissa
B3. A Horse With No Hooves
B4. Hank's Pantry
B5. The Old Coffity Pot
B6. The Burning Rosebush
B7. Yes Sir

David Toop, alto flute, electric guitar, steel guitar, drum machine, Casio Mt-68
Peter Cusack, acoustic guitar, bowed guitar, bottleneck guitar, prepared guitar, gatecrasher guitar, bouzouki,  effects, tape
Terry Day, percussion, piano, water bottle, alto saxophone, trumpet, prepared guitar, bamboo reed, vocals, effects
Steve Beresford, organ, bass guitar, turntables, whistle, tape, melodica, Casio Mt-68, flugelhorn, trumpet, drum tape, violin, vocals, crackle guitar, farfisa, univox

Recorded at the chapel of Villedieu, 3-4 September 1984.

Nato ‎– nato 280

Vinyl Rip

ALTERATIONS ‎– ALTERATIONS (BEAD RECORDS, 1978)

A1. Norwich 1
A2. Norwich 2
A3. Norwich 3
A4. Norwich 4

B1. London 1
B2. London 2
B3. London 3

David Toop, flute, electric guitar, percussion, fire bucket, water, plucked & bowed strings
Peter Cusack, guitar
Terry Day, percussion, cello, alto saxophone, mandolin, home-made reeds
Steve Beresford, piano, euphonium, violin, trumpet, guitar, toy piano, snapits

Side A recorded from The Premises in Norwich, May 13, 1978.
Side B recorded at the London Musicians Collective on June 22, 1978

Bead Records ‎– BEAD 9

Vinyl Rip

company- fictions 1977 incus.. flac and lame

An early improv purchase , thats long out of print and hasn’t seen cd reissue.
This is an often misunderstood album.. almost universally panned by critics who tend to miss the pervasive whimsy and obvious self parody.
In part it stems from the fact that each of the group read from Derek baileys book ‘improvisation its nature and practice in music’ as the music unfolds.
Nothing portentious or even remotely self important here though at times they appear to be hamming serious pretense..

Mengelbergs solo and interaction with coxhill( in particular) on side 2 where he builds an incredible solo which incorporates quotes and dissections of several Beethoven sontas,(including the’ hammerklavier’) seemingly tossing them all in a rhythmic blender.

Beautiful stuff.



Great to hear bailey, mengleberg,and coxhill together, I hadn’t listened to this in years .. what a joy !!!



Info
Side 1
Consisting of-
1) theology
2) ontology
3)speak up lad

side 2
1) so few
2) so many
3) so so
4) so what
5) so long



Derek bailey- guitar, voice
Lol coxhill- soprano sax , voice
Steven Beresford- piano ,toys, voice
Mischa mengelberg- piano, celeste, voice
Ian croall- voice

Recorded in London, august 1977