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In "Glass c/w Steel", Frith meticulously fades up, one after the other, four strands of sound, and overlays them into an eerie haze, out of which bounds a rubbery, animal-like line. As this critter bounces and jabbers, the backdrop continues to shift, eventually swelling into loud silvery bells, and
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of the guitars at opposite ends and the necks parallel to each other. He tuned the strings on both guitars to one note, and because they were stereo guitars with nut pickups, he had six separate sound sources coming from each guitar. Using
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243:Guitar Solos
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199:Guitar Solos
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172:Guitar Solos
171:
170:
54:Studio album
39:Guitar Solos
30:
2961:Still Urban
2926:Janet Feder
2773:Nous Autres
2758:Lol Coxhill
2753:French Gigs
2734:Phil Minton
2630:Live albums
2100:Works cited
2054:Frith, Fred
1957:Piekut 2019
1910:16 February
1888:Piekut 2019
1826:Frith, Fred
1810:Piekut 2019
1788:13 February
1779:"Henry Cow"
1653:– guitars,
1221:Track notes
806:(1976) and
773:(1977) and
510:overdubbing
468:Gibson K-11
451:Solo Guitar
363:classically
325:(1976) and
293:overdubbing
250:of English
110:avant-garde
18:Guitar solo
3105:Categories
2981:Late Works
2882:Toychestra
2563:Eye to Ear
2524:Propaganda
2496:Accidental
2401:Speechless
2370:Naked City
2306:Cosa Brava
2259:Fred Frith
2087:19 January
1986:Gagné 1990
1974:Gagné 1990
1695:References
1661:Production
1651:Fred Frith
1403:"No Birds"
1228:Tom Newman
1210:"Insomnia"
1063:"No Birds"
928:Fred Frith
885:remastered
826:remastered
603:Mirror Man
565:media help
537:"No Birds"
518:echo delay
503:soundscape
357:Background
339:remastered
285:improvised
263:Fred Frith
260:improviser
248:solo album
159:chronology
157:Fred Frith
151:Fred Frith
59:Fred Frith
2790:John Zorn
2320:Henry Now
2278:Art Bears
2271:Henry Cow
2162:0012-5768
2118:0952-0686
2007:His Voice
1944:0028-6362
1876:Bell 2024
1859:Bell 2024
1847:Bell 2024
1836:. C 1508.
1676:Ray Smith
1645:Personnel
883:issued a
844:Re-issues
824:. When a
765:Brian Eno
484:fretboard
458:Recording
438:Jeff Beck
387:John Cage
383:Henry Cow
367:violinist
365:-trained
317:Brian Eno
311:critics.
277:LP record
273:Henry Cow
252:guitarist
3088:Category
2673:Woodwork
2652:Impur II
2602:Pacifica
2422:Clearing
2415:Quartets
2365:Material
2285:Massacre
2149:DownBeat
2109:The Wire
2081:Bandcamp
2056:(2002).
1828:(1974).
1749:AllMusic
1683:See also
1640:Bandcamp
1638:Source:
1531:Side two
1433:Side one
1349:Side two
1316:"Ghosts"
1273:Side one
1009:Side two
976:"Ghosts"
933:Side one
879:In 2002
848:In 1991
717:DownBeat
707:AllMusic
648:AllMusic
331:(1979).
313:AllMusic
256:composer
147:Producer
140:Caroline
81:Recorded
66:Released
56: by
3051:Related
2797:Dropera
2394:Gravity
2223:Discogs
2211:Discogs
2154:Chicago
2017:4 April
1618:"Dusks"
1585:"To Do"
1454:"Dawns"
1248:(1979).
1239:(1976).
709:called
610:song, "
514:fuzzbox
480:fretted
381:formed
227:(1976)
218:(1974)
185:(1979)
176:(1974)
73:1974-10
71: (
3016:(with
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2482:Allies
2429:Prints
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1544:Length
1446:Length
1427:(2024)
1362:Length
1286:Length
1267:(1974)
1231:'s
1103:Length
1022:Length
946:Length
642:Rating
639:Source
608:Cutler
586:bodies
574:timbre
500:stereo
472:pickup
422:London
418:Ă©tudes
409:Unrest
258:, and
118:Length
89:Studio
2691:Impur
1631:19:31
1541:Title
1522:18:08
1443:Title
1425:Fifty
1416:19:03
1406:12:42
1359:Title
1340:18:49
1283:Title
1125:11:08
1100:Title
1076:18:43
1066:12:46
1019:Title
1000:18:34
943:Title
910:Fifty
578:range
496:mixer
371:blues
270:group
135:Label
98:Genre
2732:and
2185:ISBN
2158:ISSN
2133:ISBN
2114:ISSN
2089:2024
2019:2012
1940:ISSN
1912:2009
1790:2009
1621:1:51
1610:4:07
1599:3:28
1588:1:39
1577:3:54
1566:2:24
1555:2:08
1512:1:33
1501:3:52
1490:2:04
1479:2:41
1468:4:28
1457:3:30
1395:1:42
1384:2:44
1373:1:55
1330:8:31
1319:3:11
1308:5:36
1297:1:31
1213:1:17
1202:3:13
1191:2:50
1180:2:10
1169:4:45
1158:1:23
1147:1:23
1136:3:53
1114:3:58
1055:1:37
1044:2:38
1033:1:42
990:8:24
979:3:07
968:5:33
957:1:30
870:and
816:and
582:neck
576:and
488:capo
444:and
402:and
337:was
2221:at
2209:at
1932:".
1747:at
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1593:11.
1582:10.
1537:No.
1439:No.
1355:No.
1279:No.
1207:18.
1196:17.
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1096:No.
1015:No.
939:No.
699:NME
691:by
476:nut
389:'s
308:NME
305:by
279:by
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