please help me parse this fuckin NWW list

I want that box so bad, didn't subscribe this year.

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/09/adventures_in_t_1.html

haha didn't notice that was an old post, guess someone has been there already

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buncha stuff from the nww list is available on wfmu's beware of the blog: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/09/adventures_in_t_1.html#more i had no idea benzaiten was on that list! i used to have that record, picked it up cuz it looked interesting a... [Read More]

i have a few terje rypdal things but i was wondering what you guys thought were his more nww list-worthy moments?

never heard any of his solo stuff, but (maybe too obviously) his contributions to mantler's edward gorey record comes immediately to mind, given a lot of the participants on it made the list.

also if you can find it this is amazing: url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gittin%27_to_Know_Y%27All/url

his piece on that has vocals provided by the great karin krog

damn my lack of internet skillz^ lp is gittin' to know y'all recorded at the baden-baden free jazz meeting in 1969 and it's immense!

got a heck of a cover, that's for sure

for the curious, just discovered 4 discs worth of material from the baden-baden free jazz meeting at:

http://inconstantsol.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/baden-baden-free-jazz-meeting-1969.html

haven't attempted to d/l yet, so caveat emptor etc.

i like inconstant sol

inconstant sol is pretty reliable -- has been posting free improv stuff for many years.

Also, I finally heard Lemon Kittens -- and they are totally awesome

I have been really really into them lately, even more than usual. All of Karl Blake's solo output is also totally awesome (The Underneath and Evil Twin especially, Shock Headed Peters too).

Stapleton is selling some of his record collection...

http://www.nursewithwound.co.uk/shop/?category=STEVEN%27S+VINYL+ARCHIVE

one of those black sun ensemble records is soooo much better than the other

was a photo of his collection on d.keenan's twitter feed the other day btw:

https://twitter.com/reversediorama/status/699578441834885120

arent a handful of bands on that list made up or something. i remember hearing someone tell me it was a wild goose chase sort of thing

don't think so, but I could be wrong

one of those black sun ensemble records is soooo much better than the other

hope you mean the S/T there!

Chamberpot
Checkpoint Charlie

mentally merged these two as Chamberpot Charlie. if i ever own a racehorse, well...

hope you mean the S/T there!

ja ja ja! been a looong time since i ran aghast from 'lambent flame' tbh, though maybe i might like it more now?

my advice is "don't go there"

i have that dimthings record in my store right now. it's a hard sell.

also, the Ultra album is essential.

arent a handful of bands on that list made up or something. i remember hearing someone tell me it was a wild goose chase sort of thing

Given their obscurity, some of the artists named on the list have been a mystery for many collectors.[4] Stapleton has even boasted that some of the names on the list were invented,[5] a statement absolutely refuted by John Fothergill.[6]

http://nwwlist.org/

yowza, this looks awesome - I don't think I've heard a single one of these tracks

https://finderskeepersrecords.bandcamp.com/album/strain-crack-break-music-from-the-nurse-with-wound-list-volume-one

Well, you're in for a treat. The only tracks I recognize by name are Lard Free's "Warinobaril" and the Horrific Child's "Frayeur", but they're both stone cold classics. (The Horrific Child is probably the best record JP Massiera put out.) I know the others by name - the only Mahjun I spin regularly is a dodgy audience bootleg from a '76 French rock festival but it's a jam.

I have the ZNR record the track is from, I'm sure because of the list...

Not sure if I know the particular tracks, but Etron Fou Leloublan have some great stuff, also know Horrific Child, Henry and Guerin. Which means there's still a lot for me to discover there.

I did a weird French music of the 70s comp for a friend a few years ago that had most of these tracks and/or artists on it!

Have never heard of Mahjun though.

are these all French bands?

Yes.

a lot of these artists can also be found on the first disc of https://www.discogs.com/Various-30-Ans-DAgitation-Musicale-En-France-30-Years-Of-Musical-Insurrection-In-France/release/3074205

that release is focused on super rare shit though

£97 it's rare itself!

The strain-crack-break comp is on Spotify btw

Great thread.

At this point I've heard probably around half of these.

Done a quick tot up there and I count 176 I've heard, out of... excuse while I check... 291. There is a lot of pretty terrible stuff on there, especially among the German bands.

sure, but a lot of those records (e.g. Kollektiv Rote Ruben) just had one track or even one moment that was really on the NWW radar, they didn't care abt the rest

former NWW member John Fothergill has some notes on that Strain Crack Break set I mentioned upthread:

Not a bad selection, although Steve had never heard that Pierre Henry "Malefices" track to my knowledge, and Pierre Henry was added to the list when we played him an "Orphee" extract and he was amazed how NWW it sounded. Also, Besombes was a last minute addition due to Steve just getting his "Ceci Est Celà" album. And, what's Dashiell Hedayat doing on this? He's not on the NWW list!

(note: the liner notes argue that the Hedayet album is in effect a Gong album, fair enough imo)

sure, but a lot of those records (e.g. Kollektiv Rote Ruben) just had one track or even one moment that was really on the NWW radar, they didn't care abt the rest

Yes, that makes sense, even terrible albums can have the occasional good track or moment!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8sDC23ZzBo

As ever, it seems on these occasions, frustratingly short!

Have we covered this?

https://lagowski.com/2019/03/09/nurse-with-wound-and-david-tibet-letters/

the Roger Doyle album ('Thalia') is almost a manual for a lot of NWW stuff! Keen to hear Operating Theatre (Doyle again) next.

He's released a lot of albums. Roger Doyle, that is.

The vol 2 is just coming up now, German this time...

Chamberpot
Checkpoint Charlie

mentally merged these two as Chamberpot Charlie. if i ever own a racehorse, well...

found a copy of the chamberpot lp a while back, didn't know it was on *the list*

looking through it again now 12(!) years later & given the other swedish entries, whither trad gras och stenar!?

too jammy, not enough quick cuts or weirdness (just guessing though)