1 November 2020

COLIN OFFORD & PETER KELLY ‎– A MERE FINGER POINTING AT THE MOON (FRINGE BENEFIT RECORDS, 1979)

 



A1.  Üks (Door Or One)
A2.  Wakening
A3.  Streamsong
A4.  Bones
A5.  Joy
A6.  For All The Babies
A7.  Messiaen
A8.  Tahini
A9.  Shamballa
A10. Earthen
A11. Little Celtic Song

B1.  Light Your Own Lamp
B2.  Not The Wind, Not The Flag
B3.  One Way

Colin Offord, Chinese flute, Chinese piccolo, gong, bells, recorder, flageolet, voice, waterfall, concert flute, 5-note panpipes, bamboo dronepipe, percussion, ukulele, handdrums

Peter Kelly, gong, bells, watergong, percussion, Indonesian drum, rattle, voice, berimbau, clay flute, Moroccan flute, marimba, vibraphone

Recorded at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, One Central Street on 19-21 May 1978 and at the Blue Mountains on 5 June 1978.

Fringe Benefit Records ‎– FBR 23

LP Rip

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11 comments:

  1. magogiallo2 November 2020 at 15:45:00 CET

    @ Nick, thank you very much for all of these Fringe Benefit records, These musicians are, apart for Jon Rose, almost all new to me, actually Jon Rose's music has never been my cup of tea, but I have to say I haven't had many chances to dig it.
    I am listening now to this last upload, pretty amazing! Thank you

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  2. correct silence2 November 2020 at 21:48:00 CET

    @Magogiallo
    if you were not faster than me I had surely suggested you to catch this one due to our preview exchanges about Don Cherry, we are in some close territories here isn't it? This might be the only lp of this style produced by Fringe Benefit, very different than the others but very pleasant too. Obviously Peter Kelly doesn't record anymore but Colin Offord is operating in the new age style, remaining me that Frank Perry did the same. Thank you very much again Nick to have provided so fast my request. I can only support you to continue this serie, few more rips like these ones and you will be able to open a bandcamp store of Fringe Benefit. I have seen that there is another lp with Burdett, Ermoll, Kelly and Rose titled improvisation, in the future it will be welcome. Obviously Jon Rose sometimes plays also the north Indian sarangi in some of his recordings, for those who don't like violin, after you'll hear sarangi, you will really appreciate violin :)

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  3. magogiallo3 November 2020 at 09:49:00 CET

    @ correct silence, Yes I agree, this record moves in those same territories, I didn't know Colin Offord at all, he has a not long discograpy, the second album The Empty Vessel 1981, a solo affair, is pretty nice too, I found a 320 rip if you or someone else is interested. He is also an instruments inventor take a look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AULYRoVlH1I.

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  4. magogiallo3 November 2020 at 14:12:00 CET

    @ Nick,it is getting better with Rose's music :), I owned only a CD Brain Weather, I bought it long ago after reading an article about Mr Rose, but I never liked it much. I guess I have to give it another try now. Of course if it happens that you have also the solo improvisation vol.1 & 2 they will be very welcome! The Colin Offord record is a discovery for me and opened me to another bunch of australian musicians I totally didn't know, at least some of them sounds interesting. Thanks again for your shares and suggestions helping me to discover interesting new music.

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  5. BT3 November 2020 at 18:54:00 CET

    Much appreciated

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  6. francisco santos4 November 2020 at 06:15:00 CET

    HUGE THX!...

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  7. correct silence4 November 2020 at 08:05:00 CET

    @Magogialo
    I have seen that you have placed a request about Arkhangelsk, in some way our taste are close, I also like this band, I already have portrait that you want to provide if some are interested but I'm with you for the two lp of Arkhangelsk. Try the others Jon Rose lp posted by Nick, personally i found them all interesting even the trio of Rose Russell and Nicole that I have first passed because I'm more free jazz than improvised music. Due to the fact that I have appreciated the others i made a return on this one and found Russell's guitar quite melodic and not only connected with the deconstruction. Also the vocal performance of Maggie Nicole in the second side is really pertinent.

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  8. corvimax13 November 2020 at 11:02:00 CET

    wonderful, these guys were really inspired, many thanks

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  9. coelocanth5 December 2020 at 01:25:00 CET

    Thanks so much for posting this. I think there are very few LPs in existence. I've been looking for it for years. 2MBSFM or 2JJJ played it in late 1978 in Sydney I recall.

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  10. duxextra23 January 2024 at 00:31:00 CET

    This will shortly be joining the many other FBR releases we're sharing with Jon Rose on the Fringe Benefit Records bandcamp page https://fringebenefitrecords.bandcamp.com/

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  11. Nick23 January 2024 at 02:31:00 CET

    Great - I'll take the links down.

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