Guitar Solos 3

Guitar Solos 3
Studio album by Various artists
Released	1979 (1979)
Recorded	1976–1978
Genre	Experimental free improvisation
Length	54:50
Label	Rift (US)
Producer	Fred Frith
Guitar Solos series chronology
Guitar Solos 2 (1976) Various artists Guitar Solos 3 (1979) Various artists

Guitar Solos 3 is the third in a series of three albums of improvised guitar solos by various musicians, and was released in the United States by Rift Records in 1979. Frith coordinated and produced the series, which began with his 1974 debut solo album, Guitar Solos.

The three Fred Frith tracks on this album were later included on the 1991 CD reissue of Frith's, Guitar Solos.

Track listing

Side one

1. Henry Kaiser: "Robert Louis Stevenson" (Kaiser) – 3:32
2. Henry Kaiser: "Dien Da" (Kaiser) – 3:24
3. Chip Handy: "Foreign Music" (Handy) – 3:25
4. Chip Handy: "Little Missy" (Handy) – 1:55
5. Chip Handy: "Total Babes" (Handy) – 1:57
6. Peter Cusack: "Whistling with Guitar Accompaniment" (Cusack) – 7:20
7. Keith Rowe: "For A" (Rowe) – 7:20

Side two

1. Fred Frith: "Alienated Industrial Seagulls etc." (Frith) – 3:49
2. Fred Frith: "Song of River Nights" (Frith) – 1:40
3. Fred Frith: "Should Old Arthur " (Frith) – 1:20
4. Eugene Chadbourne: "Memories of Hanover Lodge" (Chadbourne) – 4:10
5. Eugene Chadbourne: "Memories of Wildey Road" (Chadbourne) – 4:06
6. Davey Williams: "Ezekiel" (Williams) – 6:12
7. Akira Iijima: "Coming No.4" (Iijima) – 4:40

Track notes

Side one

• Tracks 1,2 were recorded at Walden Studios, Carmel Highlands, California on 6 January 1979
• Track 3 was recorded at home in Davis, California on 22 December 1977
• Track 4 was recorded at home in Davis, California on July 8, 1978
• Track 5 was recorded at home in Davis, California on 1 April 1978
• Track 6 was recorded in Utrecht, Holland in June 1976
• Track 7 was recorded in December 1978

Side two

• Tracks 1-3 were recorded at Briollay, France in October 1978
• Tracks 4,5 were recorded at Grogkill Studio, Willow, New York on 27 November 1978
• Track 6 was recorded at Trans Studio, Tuscaloosa, Alabama on 28 September 1978
• Track 7 was recorded at Saito Studio, Tokyo on 28 November 1978

Personnel

• Fred Frith – guitar
• Henry Kaiser – guitar
• Chip Handy – guitar
• Peter Cusack – guitar
• Keith Rowe – guitar
• Eugene Chadbourne – guitar
• Davey Williams – guitar
• Akira Iijima – guitar

External links

• Fred Frith discography. New York Downtown Scene and Other Miscellaneous Discographies.
• Guitar Solos 3 at AllMusic
• Guitar Solos 3 at Discogs.