Skeleton Crew
Free Dirt (Live) (2CD)
Format2CDLabelKlanggalerieGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Skeleton Crew was founded in the early 1980s by Fred Frith and Tom Cora. The original idea was to create a new group out of the ashes of Massacre. Hey started experimenting with what they could achieve by themselves, recorded the fantastic debut album Learn to Talk and finally decided to take the new project out on the road. After several years of searching for recordings, mixing and mastering, and held up by the global pandemic, we are proud to finally offer you this double CD of live recordings, including songs that never ended up on any of their albums.
Format
Issued in 6-panel digisleeve packaging.
Release notes
Issued in 6-panel digisleeve packaging.
| Skeleton Crew 1982-83 | |||
| 1-1 | The Introduction / The Way Things Fall | 4:18 | |
| 1-2 | Almost Free I | 1:32 | |
| 1-3 | Disporting Themselves At Improper Moments | 3:12 | |
| 1-4 | Not My Shoes | 2:39 | |
| 1-5 | Selected Short Stories I | 3:26 | |
| 1-6 | Factory Song | 6:18 | |
| 1-7 | Onwards And Upwards | 5:40 | |
| 1-8 | Automatic Pilot | 2:07 | |
| 1-9 | Hook | 4:33 | |
| 1-10 | Selected Short Stories II | 4:03 | |
| 1-11 | Life At The Top | 2:16 | |
| 1-12 | Almost Free II | 2:20 | |
| 1-13 | Yer Elegy | 1:17 | |
| 1-14 | Dere Geliyor (Traditional Turkish) | 3:18 | |
| 1-15 | Listening In | 0:44 | |
| 1-16 | Los Colitos | 4:01 | |
| 1-17 | Zach's Flag | 3:45 | |
| 1-18 | Half-Remembered Yesterdays | 2:20 | |
| Skeleton Crew 1984-86 | |||
| 2-1 | Just The Beginning | 1:38 | |
| 2-2 | The Hand That Bites | 6:17 | |
| 2-3 | Selected Short Stories III | 1:30 | |
| 2-4 | Safety In Numbers | 3:24 | |
| 2-5 | Bingo | 3:35 | |
| 2-6 | Dead Sheep Coda | 1:44 | |
| 2-7 | Factory Song (More Or Less Instrumental Version) | 3:51 | |
| 2-8 | It's Fine | 6:42 | |
| 2-9 | Spanner In The Works | 5:01 | |
| 2-10 | The Folk Tune (Traditional) | 2:52 | |
| 2-11 | Sparrow Song | 1:24 | |
| 2-12 | Selected Short Stories IV | 0:38 | |
| 2-13 | Begin Again | 2:54 | |
| 2-14 | Second Rate | 5:22 | |
| 2-15 | New Orleans Stomp | 2:33 | |
| 2-16 | Selected Short Stories V | 2:42 | |
| 2-17 | Birds Of Japan | 4:05 | |
| 2-18 | Selected Short Stories VI | 2:41 | |
| 2-19 | You May Find A Bed | 7:32 | |
- Dave Newhouse
- Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Keyboards, Percussion (1-4, 1-7, 1-9, 1-13 to 1-17)
- Tom Cora
- Cello, Bass, Sampler, Bass Drum, Wood Block, Percussion, Voice, Accordion
- Fred Frith
- Guitar, 6-String Bass, Violin, Keyboards, Snare, Bass Drum, Voice, Liner Notes, Compiled By, Edited By
- Zeena Parkins
- Harp, Keyboards, Accordion, Tom Tom, Voice (2-6 to 2-8, 2-10, 2-15, 2-16)
- Lisa Robotka
- Layout
- Myles Boisen
- Mastered By
- Peter Bäder
- Painting
- Andy Freeberg
- Photography By
- Daniel Waldner
- Photography By
- Jamie Livingstone
- Photography By
- Pierre Foussat
- Photography By
