Special on Derek Bailey.
Derek Bailey (1930-2005) was one of the most important experimental guitar players from England. He moved from the fifties-jazz to the sixties-improvisation music. He was a member of the Joseph Holbrooke Trio, Spontaneous Music Ensemble and the Music Improvisation Company.
At the beginning of the 70s, he started together with Evan Parker his own record label Incus Records.
In My Studio is on a compilation CD that comes with the magazine Aerial #5.
M9 is on the LP Improvisation which was recorded in Studio Ricordi in Milan.
Niigata Snow was recorded in the ICA in London on 3 August 1980, in memory of Aida Akira (1946-1978).
Part 4 and Part 1A are from the LP The London Concert, which was recorded during a concert in Wigmore Hall in 1975.
Fixed Elsewhere is from the LP The Topography Of The Lungs, which was recorded in London on 13 July 1970.
Group Composing 2 is side 2 of the LP Groupcomposing, which was recorded in Rotterdam on 14 May 1970.
Untitled is a remix, which Derek Bailey made from a track by Thurston Moore (guitar player from i.a. Sonic Youth). For this project, Thurston Moore had recorded 25 guitar pieces from 1 minute and sent it to 100 different artists.
Track 1
Artist: Derek Bailey
Title: In My Studio
Duration: 6:09
Album Title: The Aerial #5
Label: The Aerial
Catalogue#: AER 1992/5
Format: CD Compilation
Country of release: US
Year of release: 1992
Track 2
Artist: Derek Bailey
Title: M 9
Duration: 4:35
Album Title: Improvisation
Label: Cramps Records
Catalogue#: CRSLP 6202
Format: LP
Country of release: Italy
Year of release: 1975
Track 3
Artist: Derek Bailey
Title: Niigata Snow
Duration: 6:36
Album Title: Aida
Label: Incus Records
Catalogue#: 40
Format: LP
Country of release: England
Year of release: 1980
Track 4
Artist: Derek Bailey / Evan Parker
Title: Part 4
Duration: 6:51
Album Title: The London Concert
Label: Incus Records
Catalogue#: 16
Format: LP
Country of release: England
Year of release: 1975
Track 5
Artist: Evan Parker / Derek Bailey / Han Bennink
Title: Fixed Elsewhere
Duration: 5:03
Album Title: The Topography Of The Lungs
Label: Incus Records
Catalogue#: 01
Format: LP
Country of release: England
Year of release: 1970
Track 6
Artist: Derek Bailey / Evan Parker
Title: Part 1A
Duration: 4:49
Album Title: The London Concert
Label: Incus Records
Catalogue#: 16
Format: LP
Country of release: England
Year of release: 1975
Track 7
Artist: Misha Mengelberg, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Peter Bennink, Paul Rutherford, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink
Title: Group Composing 2
Duration: 24:14
Album Title: Groupcomposing
Label: Instant Composers Pool
Catalogue#: ICP 006
Format: LP
Country of release: the Netherlands
Year of release: 1970
Track 8
Artist: Derek Bailey
Title: Untitled
Duration: 1:03
Album Title: Root
Label: Lo Recordings
Catalogue#: LCD 11
Format: CD Remix Compilation
Country of release: England
Year of release: 1998
