I don't think Fripp's contribution was essential for this record. The only remembered fragment of his presence is that short guitar solo in Man-Erg, which isn't very articulable IMO. For instance, compare this to real terrific guitar solo he did for John Paul Jones album Thunderthief ( the song Leafy Meadows) And on Bowie's Law, or Eno's Another Green World there's some of Fripp's finest playing. On the other side, for VdGG Fripp didn't contrive anything special.VDGG - Pawn Hearts.
Don't recall a Fripp solo on Man Erg, but I disagree about his not doing anything special w/VdGG. As someone else mentioned, the solo in The Emperor in his War Room is pretty great (and was an influence on John Frusciante and Mars Volta when they collaborated).Originally Posted by gregory
WTF? Nobody mentioned Sacred Songs from Daryl Hall? That's my vote.
I completely agree that Fripp's contribution on Pawn Hearts is inconsequential. I spent years trying to even find his contribution. I think it's buried somewhere in A "Plage of Lighthouse Keepers," though, not in "Man-Erg."
I appreciate all the opinions though. I will certainly be checking out some Roches albums after years and years of avoiding them, and I may have to look into Sylvian/Fripp's The First Day due to the number of times that one's been mentioned.
"Incredibly dismal, pathetic chord sequence..."
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^ For years, I was convinced that it was PH's slide guitar (he is credited with it) on "Man-Erg," but I think a thread on PE convinced me otherwise. He is definitely on "Plague," though. But, yeah, inconsequential stuff.
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A few more stand out albums with inconsequential Fripp appearances:
Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet
Adrian Belew: side three
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I did, first page! And someone else too, have to go back and look...
Edit- IM Weasel, post 42.
Damn, I skimmed this thread too fast!! Apologizes.
I wondered about that, didn't remember Fripp. I think he has producer credit or something. But guitar is Byrne & 'soundscape' stuff is Eno on synth, I think
According to the Eno biography On Some Faraway Beach, that is Fripp uncredited on "Regiment."
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Wow, what a nice track
I just looked at it. Fripp is given a credit on arrangement (along with something like five other people) but not guitar.
I guess he was hanging out in the studio as they were putting it together.
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"Distributed Being" from Eno's Nerve Net contains one of the sickest Fripp solos ever. Also, "Troppo" from David Cross' Exiles album contains some sick Fripp; that track features Peter Hammill on vocals. Of course, Peter Gabriel's "White Shadow", already mentioned, deserves additional mentioning.
"Henry Cow always wanted to push itself, so sometimes we would write music that we couldn't actually play – I found that very encouraging." - Lindsay Cooper, 1998
"I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip." - Roger Waters, 2014
"I'm a collector. And I've always just seemed to collect personalities." - David Bowie, 1973
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"Henry Cow always wanted to push itself, so sometimes we would write music that we couldn't actually play – I found that very encouraging." - Lindsay Cooper, 1998
"I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip." - Roger Waters, 2014
"I'm a collector. And I've always just seemed to collect personalities." - David Bowie, 1973
Iirc,the original album credited Robert Fripp-Electric Razor. There's no way I could have made that up,me and my prog pals used to LOL over that,we couldn't locate the damn thing though. I have the original cd and don't think that credit is on there,but not sure and too damn tired to get up walk into the next room and try and find it. lol Whattya say VdGG experts?
I think that it was either Guy Evans or David Jackson that was credited for razor.
^Banton.
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Damn, I knew.
Nonetheless, it is my favorite album which has Fripp aboard. OP didn't say Fripp contribution should be very impressive to count
"The world will soon be right again,
Innocence and undying love will reign." - Transatlantic
Sylvian/Fripp - "The First Day", "Damage"
Bowie - "Heroes", "Scary Monster"
Gabriel III
Fripp/Eno - "No Pussyfooting"
David Sylvian - "Gone to Earth"
"Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest"
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Fripp only plays guitar on three songs from PG 3. The rest is David Rhodes and David Gregory, with Paul Weller featured on one track.
HB is credited with the psychedelic razor, and its appearance is at the beginning of Cog (a section of Lemmings). From Van der Graaf Generator: The Book page 124-25, HB: "There was a gap in the recording. Peter and I had gone to our parents' homes in Derby and Torquay, respectively. We both had reel to reel tape recorders with us at our homes and, coincidentally, both started messing around making electronic tapes. So I took my tape out of the capstan so I could rotate it by hand. I found that I could put it in record mode and get it to rewind at the same time, so it would record at about 200 ips and so on, backwards and forwards. I was recording a battery shaver, and it was just this incredible noise. Peter, meanwhile, was doing stuff with guitar frets and things. So we both said to each other 'You've got to hear this tape I made!' We put it together and that's what you hear at the beginning of 'Cog'."Damn, I knew.
scary monsters/ashes to ashes awesome guitar and amazing ending fade out......
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