Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Phil Manzanera: Primitive Guitars (1982)

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"On all these pulsing, groove-centered instrumental tracks, Manzanera is backed only by a drum machine and, on one tune, John Wetton on bass. Otherwise all the diverse sounds, noises, melodies, and rhythms have been created on guitar, linking Manzanera to another progressive virtuoso, Adrian Belew. In between tracks, Manzanera inserts snatches of dialogue recorded at various rehearsals, making this a successful, very personal album." [source]

Let me just say that I agree with that.Once again, I find it truly astonishing that there are two Canadian pressings. May records released in Canada had only one pressing. Maybe the first run was a low run. Anyway, It's good.

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