Holdsworth and Towner offer a virtual masterclass in electric and acoustic playing
Disc A
BILL BRUFORD - FEELS GOOD TO ME
TRACKLIST:
1. Beelzebub
2. Back To The Beginning
3. Seems Like A Lifetime Ago (Part One)
4. Seems Like A Lifetime Ago (Part Two)
5. Sample And Hold
6. Feels Good To Me
7. Either End Of August
8. If You Can't Stand The Heat
9. Springtime In Siberia
10. Adios A La Pasada
Bonus Track:
11. Joe Frazier
Following his tenure with Genesis, Bill recorded his debut album as a leader-- "Feels Good To Me", released 1978. Considered a solo album, it predated the official start of the band "Bruford" although it features musical performances from many of the musicians who would go on to work with Bill full-time in that group.
The album features a number of key tracks including the instrumental tracks Beelzebub and Sample And Hold. Vocalist Annette Peacock contributes vocals to four tracks and a co-writing credit on the track "Adios a la Pasada" (Goodbye To The Past). Elsewhere the album features performances from keyboardist Dave Stewart, bassist Jeff Berlin, guitarists Allan Holdsworth and John Goodsall (Brand X) and flugelhorn player Kenny Wheeler.
Disc B
BILL BRUFORD - ONE OF A KIND
TRACKLIST:
1. Hell's Bells
2. One Of A Kind ( Part One )
3. One Of A Kind ( Part Two)
4. Travels With Myself... And Someone Else
5. Fainting In Coils
6. Five G
7. The Abingdon Chasp
8. Forever Until Sunday
9. The Sahara Of Snow ( Part One )
10. The Sahara Of Snow ( Part Two )
11. Manacles
Bill recorded his debut album as a leader in 1978-- "Feels Good To Me", but it wasn't until the conclusion of an 18-month spell with the band UK that his vision of a more permanent outfit bore fruit. Joining Bill and guitarist Allan Holdsworth in "Bruford" was bassist Jeff Berlin and keyboardist Dave Stewart, both of whom had also made key musical contributions to Feels Good to Me.
Key tracks on One of a Kind include Hell's Bells, Fainting In Coils and Five G. This re-issue of "One of a Kind" has been re-mastered, and includes a previously unreleased bonus track-- "Manacles".
Disc C
BILL BRUFORD, RALPH TOWNER, EDDIE GOMEZ - IF SUMMER HAD ITS GHOSTS
TRACKLIST:
1. If Summer Had Its Ghosts
2. Never The Same Way Once
3. Forgiveness
4. Somersaults
5. Thistledown
6. The Ballad Of Vilcabamba
7. Amethyst (for Carmen)
8. Splendour Among Shadows
9. Some Other Time
10. Silent Pool
11. Now Is The Next Time
Bill Bruford: drums, percussion
Ralph Towner: 12-string and classical guitars, piano, electronic keyboards
Eddie Gomez: bass
Executive Producer: Norm Waitt Jr.
Produced by Bill Bruford for Bill Bruford Productions Ltd.
Recording engineer. Tom Mark
Recorded and mixed at Make Believe Ballroom, West Shokan, NY, USA. February 1997
Mastering engineer: David Singleton
Mastered at Discipline Global Mobile, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
Project initiation: Russell Summers Project coordination: Richard Chadwick, Opium (Arts) Ltd.
Design: David Coppenhall. Photography and images: Split (David Coppenhall/Maggi Smith)
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