Nothing To It

Blackfoot Sue - Nothing To Hide (1973) {Repertoire REP 4579-WY rel 1995}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 328 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 125 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 57 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1973, 1995 Jam Records / Repertoire Records | REP 4579-WY
Rock / Glam Rock / Hard Rock

Many years ago when vinyl was the best way to listen to music, this album and MANY others I gave away to make room and start collecting Cd's. Little did I know that a lot of them would have a high value, this one included. After beating myself up I then decided to see if this album was released on CD. By the time I got round to this there was no trace of the release of a CD version, I believe 1993. I had left it too late. In the end it is well worth the long wait. A lot dearer than I paid for the vinyl version, then it would be in 1973. This CD copy is truly first class, love it. All the enjoyment I got the first time round I am having again. A brilliant album, I just love it Nothing to Hide.

A Mountain Doesn't Know It's Tall. The title reflects the mood of this duo record of Fred Frith and Ikue Mori – playful, poetic, mysterious and open. The guitarist and the sound-artist have been working together for forty years. Live excerpts from their work are documented on Fred Frith's 3 CD box set Live at the Stone (Intakt CD 320). In January 2015, Frith and Mori met in Germany to record the music for a radio play for Werner Penzel, the filmmaker and longtime friend of Fred Frith, for his film Zen for Nothing. After finishing their work, they used the free studio day to record their first duo album together. Influenced by the film music and inspired by the long friendship 15 pieces were created that are both wonderful sound sculptures and fascinating dialogues. Fred Frith writes: “Air moving through ears and hair and lungs and pores, through songs,and scrapes, and scraps of this, that and the other.” And Ikue Mori writes: “… it was about playing with the everyday noises that arise when cooking, playing ping-pong, and especially when laughing. There is a lot of joy in working with these recordings, interacting with them and making music.”

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