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First Though Best Thought
artist: Arthur Russell
year: 2006
label: Audika Records
catalog_no: au-1005-2
country: US
discogsID: 667377
format:
2xCD
tracks:
1-1: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 1 (5:19)
1-2: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 1 (1:56)
1-3: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 1 (1:11)
1-4: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 1 (5:43)
1-5: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 1 (2:38)
1-6: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 1 (2:11)
1-7: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 1 (2:32)
1-8: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 1 (0:57)
1-9: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 1 (2:02)
1-10: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 1 (0:30)
1-11: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 2, Part I (6:33)
1-12: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 2, Part II (9:57)
1-13: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 2, Part III (6:45)
1-14: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 2, Part III (5:18)
1-15: Arthur Russell - Instrumentals - 1974 Volume 2, Part III (2:36)
1-16: Arthur Russell - Reach One (With Two Fender Rhodes) (16:30)
2-1: Arthur Russell - Tower Of Meaning (2:03)
2-2: Arthur Russell - Tower Of Meaning (6:01)
2-3: Arthur Russell - Tower Of Meaning (2:05)
2-4: Arthur Russell - Tower Of Meaning (2:49)
2-5: Arthur Russell - Tower Of Meaning (6:22)
2-6: Arthur Russell - Tower Of Meaning (3:37)
2-7: Arthur Russell - Tower Of Meaning (21:39)
2-8: Arthur Russell - Sketch For The Face Of Helen (9:43)




genres:
['Electronic', 'Jazz', 'Rock']
styles:
['Modern Classical', 'Avantgarde', 'Fusion', 'Art Rock', 'Abstract', 'Experimental']
tags:
['Compilation']
notes:
2xCD in jewel box with slipcase. 

<i>Tracks 1-1 to 1-10:</i> 
Previously unreleased. Recorded April 27th, 1975 at the Kitchen.

<i>Tracks 1-11 to 1-15</i>
<a href="http://www.discogs.com/release/265056">Previously released</a> via Another Side of Les Disques Du Crépuscule (SIDE 8401) in 1984. The rare original pressing's B-side was mastered at the wrong speed, and wrong recording dates/artist credits were given on labels and cover. These are corrected on this issue. Track 1-11 recorded June 23rd, 1977 at Franklyn St. Art Center, tracks 1-12 to 1-15 recorded May 10th, 1978 at the Kitchen.

<i>Track 1-16</i>
Previously unreleased. Recorded May 7th, 1975 at Experimental Intermedia Foundation.

<i>Track 2-1 to 2-7</i>
Originally released in 1983 in an edition of 320 copies on Chatham Sq (CLS 145). Recorded in February 1981.

<i>Track 2-8</i>
Recorded sometime in the early 80s. Previously unreleased.