Recently,
my wife and I were in London for a few days.
On
one of them, we went from our South London place to Waterloo and then took the
Northern Line on the tube to Archway.
We
took a stroll past Dick Whittington’s very old cat (c.700 years!)
We
paid to see the dead in the east section of Highgate Cemetery…
Perhaps
an opportunity for Scouse entrepreneurs in graves exists here?
We
met MarxnMax (KarlnWall) and the great Frieze-Greene, Number One
cinematographer, as his descendants had obviously spent much time, money and
effort establishing for his posterity and their futures! Hutch the singer was
there, too.
Eventually
we made it to the café at Number 325 Archway.
There,
we revived ourselves. While Pauline had another coffee, I ventured next door to
Number 323 home of ‘sound 323’ (read card)…
So,
I went through the discs on display and what I acquired now forms the basis for
this evening’s loosely planned journey into improv… (mainly). I only got back on Tuesday afternoon,
Ampere
Derek
Bailey improvisation.
Pick 2 or three tracks c.10m…then
discuss: Is it a rip-off?
Foghorn Records
Tony
Bevan three oranges
Track 2… c.6m
Grob
Keith
Rowe Harsh
Track 3 ‘Extremely’ c.10m
UMS (Unheard Music Series)/
ALP
(Atavistic)
Han
Bennink 1973 Nerve Beats
Track 1 Bumble Rumble… c.5m
(Radio Bremen/ Made in Canada…)
BUZZ
Misha
Mengelberg solo
Track 6 c.4m
(A NON-LABEL)
Gustafsson,
Gennaro, Newman
Track 7 c 7m. (42)
WOBBLY RAIL
Jeb
Bishop duets
Tracks 7 (Vandermark) c.4m;
12 (Lonberg-Holm) c.2m;
3
(Abrams)
c. 4m. [10m]
SYNERGY (Andorra!)
Agusti
Fernandez 3 (Wm Parker; Susie Ibarra)
Track 4 c.7m (1 hour)
Misha+
Track 4 CD1 c.5m
Track 8 CD1 c.5m
The
complete M Duchamp
Tracks 2 + 4 (c.10m)