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London Musicians' Collective ...the First 25 Years



(LMC, RES8.2CD/RES9.1CD) (UK) (2-CD set)

Gloucester Avenue (RES8.2CD)

  1. 24.01.81a (6:29)
    David Toop and John Zorn

  2. 11.02.82 (5:48)
    Paul Burwell

  3. 24.01.81b (4:22)
    Terry Day and Peter Kowald

  4. 1983 (4:09)
    Sylvia Hallett

  5. 09.03.80 (6:43)
    Alterations: Steve Beresford, Peter Cusack, Terry Day and David Toop

  6. 24.01.81c (2:53)
    Dave Stephens

  7. 10.02.78 (5:20)
    Steve Beresford and Roger Turner

  8. 25.10.79 (Additional Music Festival) (6:18)
    Hugh Davies, Max Eastley and Barry Leigh

  9. 16.04.83 (4:05)
    Mummy: Ollie Blanchflower (bass), Mel Davis (keyboards), Terry Day (drums, sax, vocals), Ed Deane (guitar), Mike Figgis (trumpet), Charlie Hart (bass, violin), Paul Jolly (sax), Maggie Nicols (vocals), Davey Payne (sax), John Porter (guitar), Simon (drums)

  10. 07.05.85 (4:34)
    Health Cuts: Mike Adcock, Lol Coxhill, Max Eastley, Paul Jolly, Roger Turner

  11. 29.05.82 (2:57)
    Susanna Ferrar, Sylvia Hallett, Maggie Nicols and Julie Tippetts

  12. 24.01.81c (2:56)
    Peter Cusack and Max Eastley

  13. Euphonium Duo in Rowboats, 05.08.78 (4:00)
    Steve Beresford and Michael Parsons

  14. 22.04.79 (3:58)
    Paul Burwell and David Toop

  15. Polar Bear Song, from "Expedition to the North Pole" by Michael Parsons, 07.07.85 (4:22)
    Chris Newman (voice) with Howard Skempton (accordion) and John White (tuba)

All recorded live at 42 Gloucester Avenue in Camden Town, London

Elsewhere (RES9.1CD)

  1. Countdown to Go! (0:27) (for children of all ages)
    Ibrahim and Koray
    Recorded live at Resonance FM studio, Royal Festival Hall in June 1998

  2. El Perecho de Vivir en Paz / Shinoshin 3/4 (6:17)
    Ground Zero: Otomo Yoshihide (turntables, guitar), Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar, effects), Sachiko M (sampler), Mitsuru Nasuno (bass), Masahiro Uemura (drums), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums), Yumiko Tanaka (gidayu-shamisen, voice) and Naruyoshi Kikuchi (sax)
    Recorded live at The Conway Hall in London on May 26, 1997

  3. Improvisation (6:16)
    Toshimaru Nakamura
    Recorded live at The Purcell Room, South Bank Centre in London on May 29, 2000

  4. Slug (5:43)
    Al Dente
    Recorded live at The Conway Hall in London on May 31, 1993

  5. The Letter (4:20)
    Murphy Love Experience
    Recorded and mixed at LMCSound studio in London, 2000

  6. Slide Show for the Radio (3:05)
    Greg Lucas and Ruth Collins
    Recorded live at Resonance FM studio, Royal Festival Hall in June 1998

  7. Matters Not (4:57)
    Black Door
    Recorded live at Resonance FM studio, Royal Festival Hall in June 1998

  8. Aerealities (2:10)
    Xentos (with Lepke Buchwater, Mary Haggar, Andy Lowe and Mick Ritchie)
    Recorded live on the RFH roof and at Resonance FM studio, Royal Festival Hall in June 1998

  9. Improvisation (4:10)
    Claudia Ulla Binder
    Recorded live at The Purcell Room, South Bank Centre in London on May 30, 1994

  10. Improvisation (3:35)
    Brown Sierra
    Recorded live at The Spitz in London on November 19, 1999

  11. Government of Love (4:47)
    Bing Selfish and the Ideals
    Recorded live at The Conway Hall in London on April 1, 1991

  12. Improvisation (7:37)
    Steve Noble's Quartet
    Recorded live at The Purcell Room, South Bank Centre in London on May 29, 2000

  13. Crater Hoops (3:33)
    Steve Beresford, Anna Homler and Richard Sanderson
    Recorded live at The Purcell Room, South Bank Centre in London on May 29, 2000

Mastered at LMCSound studio in London by Mick Ritchie
Compiled by Clive Bell (RES8.2CD) and Ed Baxter (RES9.1CD)
Design: Ed Baxter
Photograph of Gloucester Avenue: Clive Bell
This 2-CD set accompanied the Vol. 8 No. 2/Vol. 9 No. 1 double issue of the British biannual magazine Resonance.

Released October 2000