COMPANY "BBC STUDIOS, MAY 1983"

While preparing this post I got confused a bit. Got this with a text file which states 11 items but my version has 12. The point of consideration are tracks 5 and 6. The list coming with the CD-r I've got years ago says there's only tr. 5 ( EP-HD-JL). But the folder contained also tr. 6 (EP-JL).
Maybe the performance of the trio was split into two separate tracks? And I cannot hear Hugh Davies on track 6. So it seems the way it is offered here might be accurate enough. Maybe someone can shed some light on this...Andy?

I left the short announcements which are obviously truncated - but better some meagre crumps of hopefully reliable information than none at all.
Interestingly this recording is not mentioned in Ben Watson's book on Derek Bailey, although it has a particular chapter on Company concerts and recordings.
There is an official Company recording from the I.C.A., London, 24-28 May 1983, which is also the only Company never reissued.


But the music is great and IMO that's what is important.


Jon Corbett, trumpet
Vinko Globokar, trombone, vocals
Evan Parker, soprano & tenor saxophone
Hugh Davies, electronics
J.D. Parran, piccolo flute, alto clarinet
Peter Brötzmann, tenor & baritone saxophone, clarinet, tarogato
Derek Bailey, guitar
Ernst Reijseger, cello
Joelle Léandre, double bass, vocals
Jamie Muir, percussion


01. EP-HD-JM 7:05
02. DB-JL 4:24
03. Announcement Speaker 0:46
04. DB-JM 6:41
05. EP-HD-JL 4:03
06. EP-JL 2:23
07. Announcement Speaker 0:11
08. JP-PB-JC-VG 6:11
09. Announcement Speaker 0:05
10. DB-ER 6:04
11. DB-JM-JP-PB-JC-VG-ER 11:52
12. Announcement Speaker 0:06

Recorded at the BBC Studios, London on May 23, 1983.

COMPANY. 1991 Broadcast.

DEREK BAILEY - guitar
VANESSA MACKNESS - voice
JOHN BUTCHER - saxophones
PHIL WACHSMANN - violin
LOUIS MOHOLO - drums
THEBE LIPERE - percussion, didgeridoo

1. LM.TL   6:19
2. DB.PW   4:31
3. VM.JB   7:21
4. DB.LM.TL   11:21
5. VM.JB.PW   11:03
6. DB.VM.JB.PW.LM.TL   10:41

BBC Radio 3.  Music in Our Time. March 1991  

Company - Trios

Here's a contribution from Robert aka "amnesia" who has generously supplied the blog with some choice selections in the past and who sent me this gem in the post. Thanks Robert and if there's more (actually, there is, but we'll get to that) ...

Pics courtesy of Discogs

Basic info:

The last Company recording to be issued on lp and yet to appear on cd:

Company – Trios Incus 51 1983

Vinko Globokar, trombone, voice, flute;
Joelle Leandre, bass, voice;
Hugh Davies, live electronics;
J.D.Parran, basset horn & piccolo;
Peter Brötzmann, tenor & baritone saxophones;
Jamie Muir, percussion;
Ernst Reijseger, cello & electric cello;
Evan Parker, tenor & soprano saxophones,
John Corbett, trumpet & flugelhorn;
Derek Bailey, acoustic and electric guitars.

Tracks:

1.Trio - one Globokar/Leandre/Davies (13.27)
2. Trio - two Parran/Bailey/Leandre (14.39)
3. Trio - three Parker/Reijseger/Bailey (02.02)
4. Trio - four Muir/Globokar/Parran (09.00)
5. Trio - five Leandre/Davies/Parker (05.20)
6. Trio - minus one Reijseger/Bailey (07.50)
7. Trio - trio [all players except Leandre] (11.03)

Recorded during Company Week 1983 at the ICA, London, 24-28 May 1983, by Adam Skeaping.

Company - Live in London '79 vol.2

This session of the Company took place at ICA (Institute of
Contemporary Arts in London) the following day that at
the Conway Hall : same line-up with the "little" addition
of A.Braxton.

Rec. live at "ICA", London, on March 4, 1979
(mics recording)

Anthony Braxton,alto sax (1-3/6)
Steve Lacy,soprano saxophone (3/5)
Han Bennink,drums,viola,bass clarinet,trumpet,etc (4/6)
Wadada Leo Smith,trumpet (3/6)
Evan Parker,tenor and soprano saxophones (1-2/4)
Tristan Honsinger,cello (1-2/5)
Derek Bailey,electric and acoustic guitars (3/4)
Maarten van Regteren Altena,bass (3)

1. AB/EP/TH #1 (11:19)
2. AB/EP/TH #2 07:31)
3. MA/DB/WLS/AB/SL (24:08)
4. HB/EP/DB (23:47)
5. SL/TH (12:44)
6. AB/HB/WLS 31:50)

Total Time 1:51:22

AB/EP/TH #2

Company - Live in London '79 vol.1

"For me, Company is still the best way for me to work. It has always
meant that, "in company" as opposed to solo, just with other people,
really. The only thing I could say about Company is that it is not solo.
I always thought the name was anonymous enough not to mean
anything." D.Bailey

Rec. live at "Conway Hall", London, on March 3, 1979
(mics recording)

Steve Lacy,soprano saxophone (1/4)
Han Bennink,drums,viola,bass clarinet,trumpet,etc (1/3)
Wadada Leo Smith,trumpet (2)
Evan Parker,tenor and soprano saxophones (2/4)
Tristan Honsinger,cello (2)
Derek Bailey,electric and acoustic guitars (3)
Maarten van Regteren Altena,bass (4)

1. SL/HB (07:46)
2. WLS/EP/TH (24:54)
3. DB/HB (20:05)
4. SL/EP/MA (19:05)

Total Time 1:11:52

company- fables (1980- incus 36) - flac

this too, was a lucky introduction to free improvised music.

bought on the same day as the previously posted fictions .. and the bailey/holland improvised duets on ecm(which i no longer own) this one was a real revelation and remains one of my favourite incus sets.

a very luminous album ..that hopefully may one day see the light of day once more.

the incus back catalog in disarray now that derek's gone

who knows..

fables incus 36- 1980

derek bailey -guitar

evan parker -soprano and tenor saxes

george lewis- trombone

dave holland -bass

side 1-

atg 4

atg 6

atg 3

side 2-

atg 13

atg 2

atg 9

if by any chance someone has the bailey/holland duets they could upload in either flac or 320 mp3 that would be wonderful!!

company- fictions 1977 incus.. flac and lame

An early improv purchase , thats long out of print and hasn’t seen cd reissue.
This is an often misunderstood album.. almost universally panned by critics who tend to miss the pervasive whimsy and obvious self parody.
In part it stems from the fact that each of the group read from Derek baileys book ‘improvisation its nature and practice in music’ as the music unfolds.
Nothing portentious or even remotely self important here though at times they appear to be hamming serious pretense..

Mengelbergs solo and interaction with coxhill( in particular) on side 2 where he builds an incredible solo which incorporates quotes and dissections of several Beethoven sontas,(including the’ hammerklavier’) seemingly tossing them all in a rhythmic blender.

Beautiful stuff.



Great to hear bailey, mengleberg,and coxhill together, I hadn’t listened to this in years .. what a joy !!!



Info
Side 1
Consisting of-
1) theology
2) ontology
3)speak up lad

side 2
1) so few
2) so many
3) so so
4) so what
5) so long



Derek bailey- guitar, voice
Lol coxhill- soprano sax , voice
Steven Beresford- piano ,toys, voice
Mischa mengelberg- piano, celeste, voice
Ian croall- voice

Recorded in London, august 1977