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First Thought Best Thought

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First Thought Best Thought
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Length
24 tracks, 115:22
Release Date
4 March 2002
Initially intended to be performed in one 48-hour cycle, "Instrumentals" was in fact only performed briefly in excerpts as a work in progress. The legendary performances captured live in New York at The Kitchen and Franklin St. Arts Center include the cream of that eras downtown new music scene including Ernie Brooks, Rhys Chatham, Jon Gibson, Peter Gordon, Garrett List, Andy Paley, Dave Van Tiegham, and Peter Zummo. Included here is the previously unreleased "Instrumentals" Vol. 1 along with "Instrumentals" Vol. 2 that has been out of print for over tw… read more
Initially intended to be performed in one 48-hour cycle, "Instrumentals" was in fact only performed briefly in excerpts as a work in progre… read more
Initially intended to be performed in one 48-hour cycle, "Instrumentals" was in fact only performed briefly in excerpts as a work in progress. The legendary performances captur… read more

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1 Play track "Instrumentals" Volume 1
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2 Play track "Instrumentals" Volume 1
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3 Play track "Instrumentals" Volume 1
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10 Play track "Instrumentals" Volume 1
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11 Play track "Instrumentals" Volume 2
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16 Play track Reach One
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17 Play track tower of meaning
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23 Play track tower of meaning
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24 Play track Sketch for the Face of Helen
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Arthur Russell (May 21 1951 - April 4, 1992) was a prodigious talent. Classically trained on cello while growing up in Oskaloosa, USA, Arthur studied with Ali Akbar Khan in San Francisco in the early 1970's. During this period he also collaborated with Allen Ginsberg, accompanying him on cello while Ginsberg read or sang. Russell also spent time in a Buddhist commune in California; he left when they decided to collectivize his cello. By the mid-1970's Russell relocated to New York City, where he studied at The Manhattan School of Music. He formed a band from 1975-1979, Th… read more
Arthur Russell (May 21 1951 - April 4, 1992) was a prodigious talent. Classically trained on cello while growing up in Oskaloosa, USA, Arthur studied with Ali Akbar Khan in San Francisco in… read more
Arthur Russell (May 21 1951 - April 4, 1992) was a prodigious talent. Classically trained on cello while growing up in Oskaloosa, USA, Arthur studied with Ali Akbar Khan in San Francisco in the early 1970's. During this period he… read more

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