22 June 2013

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

21 comments:

  1. Nick, that's fantastic!!!
    i can't express the whole scale of emotions that i'm feeling now, seeing this stuff on top of the blog, even being notified of a possibility of that it can happen some day!)) it is like receiving a holyday present i was dreaming about, i'm so happy!
    thank you very much, Nick!

    Igor

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  2. thank you, indeed! As a student I used to go round the corner to the London Musicians Collective to listen to these guys. I am not sure any of us knew how lucky we were. It was just as the first wave of gentrification was setting in, well before re-gentrification and re-re-gentrification. The loss of interstitial spaces where people gracefully did wonderful things at little expense in the central city and the glut of suits instead has done us more harm than we shall ever be able to measure. Anyway, great to have this, as a memory but more so as a vital listening experience. msj

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  3. thanks a lot for this fine rip, nick! is there any chance for "my favorite animals" on nato?

    cheers, lucky

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  4. Y'all know the one about all mans endeavors, I don't think it was meant to be inclusive of IS and what goes down here. Thank you Nick and Thank you Igor for requesting this prime slice of beef. Simply Tasty

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  5. I have that one Lucky, is it OOP?

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  6. Yes, the Alterations LP "My favourite animals" on NATO is OOP.

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  7. nick - on the nato site's page for "my favorite animals" there's a link to the 'les allumes du jazz' homepage - but it's a dead link, it doesn't go nowhere. to my knowledge this vinyl lp never saw a re-release in any form since 1984.

    the only alterations in print might be the "voila enough!" live compilation cd on atavistic (in the 'unheard music series') - the only one i have in physical form. according to discogs there has been another cd issued in denmark in 2000 ("alterations live"), which is oop, too.

    looking/hearing forward... greetings nick + onxidlib!!!

    lucky :)

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  8. p.s.: correction - the "alterations live" cd is still in print from intuitive records, denmark (google it)!

    l:)

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  9. after has been mentioned in request section I was curious and looking for it, here it is! thank you Nick

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  10. i have been listened to the "alterations live" cd from intuitive records several times already - and it's simply mindblowing! great sound quality, absolutely recommendable. and these are not short tracks, but long improvisations with a lot of happening...

    here you can reach carl bergstrøm-nielsen who runs intuitive records in denmark:
    http://www.angelfire.com/ut/irecord
    s/index.html

    cheers :)

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  11. Thanks for all ones from Bead catalogue, particularly loved!!!!! Cheers, best blog in the planet
    Poseurrome

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  12. Can this be considered for possible re-up? Thanks.

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  13. Indeed a reup would be very much welcommed!

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  14. ask again as the previous by them, re post plesae..
    THX!...

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  15. Can you please repost? Thank you!

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