Upbeat by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet

Tracklist

1.	Motormouth	4:11

2.	Stinky Eye_To Laugh Uncleanly at the Nurse	7:54

3.	Spitty Boy_Antaeus_Rosali's Song	13:30

4.	Squinty Pea	1:55

5.	Speedy Feety	5:17

6.	Red Rag	3:36

7.	Out to Bomb Fresh Kings	1:27

8.	Say Slinky	1:49

9.	Tout de Suite	8:07

10.	Skinny Bee	1:20

11.	No Bones	3:46

12.	Sinky Sea	2:14

Credits

released May 27, 2025

Nick Didkovsky: electric guitar
Fred Frith: electric guitar
René Lussier: guitare éléctrique
Mark Stewart: electric guitar

Motormouth, Stinky Eye, Spiity Boy, Squinty Pea, Say Slinky, Skinny Bee and Sinky Sea recorded at Tonstudio Amann, Vienna on November 13, 1997. Engineer: Christoph Amann

Antaeus and Out to Bomb recorded live at MC André Malraux, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy / Nov 8, 1997

Rosali and Tout de Suite recorded live at Kulturwerkstatt Kaserne, Basel / Nov 10, 1997

To Laugh and Red Rag recorded live at Colegio Mayor San Juan Evangelista, Madrid / Nov 16, 1997

Speedy Feety and No Bones recorded live at Mousonturm, Frankfurt / Nov 17, 1997

Live sound: Emmanuel Gilot

Mixed, compiled and mastered by Peter Hardt, Studio Jankowski, Stuttgart, February 1998

Remastered for Bandcamp by Fred Frith at Casa Pancio, April 2025

“Special thanks to Karin Kreisl, Thomas Stöwsand, and all at Saudades; to Christa Wörner and the team at Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse, Esslingen (our European rehearsal space and home); to M. Gilot (un être curieusement imperturbable); to Christoph Moser, Dominique Répécaud, Elisabeth Schuler, Philippe Surber and Joane Hétu; and to the promoters and friends who go out of their way to provide such wonderful hospitality on the road... this is for you”—FF
[These notes were written in 1998. Since then, sadly, Thomas, Christoph and Dominique have left us. They are not forgotten…]

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