Fred Frith Step Across The Border
2002 CD 3-Fold Digipak
Fusion
Avantgarde
Experimental
Soundtrack

Main image
ReR Megacorp, Fred Records
design Tomas Kurth
engineer Benedykt Grodon
field recording [additional field recordings], recorded by [additional live recordings] Jean Vapeur
tracks 1 to 3, 5 to 22, 24 to 26 guitar, violin, bass, instruments [home-mades], synthesizer [dx7, casio], voice, percussion, performer [bottles, 'trumpet'] Fred Frith
mastered by Myles Boisen
photography by [cover] Oscar Salgado
Manufactured By The ADS Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) Fred Records
Copyright (c) Fred Records
Published By Anthill Music
Distributed By ReR Megacorp
Distributed By Cuneiform Records
Distributed By Locus Solus
Made By www.morphius.com
A ninety-minute celluloid improvisation by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel.
Compiled with additions and alterations at Sound Fabrik, Munich in December 1989.
Mastered at Headless Buddha Mastering Lab, Oakland in August, 2002.

Track 1 and 10 recorded at Sunrise, Kirchberg in December 1985
Track 2a and 24 recorded live at Pass, New York in January 1981
Track 2a, 22 and 24 recorded live in Munich in December 1989
Track 2b recorded at OAO Studio, New York in June 1981
Track 3a and 4 recorded at MUE Studio, Osaka in February 1988
Track 3b, 6, 8, 12, 16 and 17b recorded in Munich in December 1989
Track 5 and 7 recorded live at the Kitchen, New York City in February 1989
Track 9 and 12 recorded live at the Romanisches Cafe, Tokyo in February 1988
Track 11 recorded live at Roulette, New York City in February 1988
Track 13 recorded in Uppsala and at Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg in 1979
Track 14, 20 and 22 recorded live at Rox, Tokyo in February 1988
Track 14 recorded in Yorkshire & Brixton in December 1988
Track 15, 18 and 26 recorded at Bavaria TV Studios in December 1989
Track 17a, 21 and 25 recorded in New York City in August 1983
Track 19 recorded in Provence in July 1989 and at Paosostr., Munich in July 1989
Track 23 recorded at Hotel room, Bern in March 1989

Track 1 was originally released as part of Island Of Sanity: New Music From New York City
Track 2b is from Killing Time
Track 10 is from The Country Of Blinds
Track 13 is from the Gravity
Tracks 17, 21, 25 are from Cheap At Half The Price

℗&© 2002 Fred Records
All titles Anthill Music (GEMA)

Made in USA
Distributed in USA by Cuneiform
Distributed in Japan by Locus Solus.

Some copies came with an obi strip.
Barcode: 752725900225
Matrix / Runout: 3080-CD-0024 WWW.MORPHIUS.COM MORPH-1981 (Mirrored)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LK15 (Mirrored)
Mould SID Code: IFPI L812 (Moulded in hub, picture side)
Rights Society: GEMA
SPARS Code: AAD



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