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Former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford‘s epic career in music, stretching out over 50 years, is to celebrated in a new six-disc box set. Making A Song and Dance: A Complete Career Collection includes music from Bruford’s time with Yes, Crimson, UK, ABWH, his own Bruford and Earthworks projects and more is released through BMG on April 29.
“My interest was with the broader discourse on drums and drumming, rather than any notions of success or fame,” says Bruford. “The latter I could do little about but, in the 1960s, the former was wide open and meaningful contribution seemed everywhere possible. The context in which the first track in the set was conceived bears almost no relationship to the context in which the last was, four decades later.”
“There was a big premium put on the notion of difference. I wanted to sound different to contemporaries like Carl Palmer (ELP), Brian ‘Blinky’ Davison (Nice) or John Bonham (Led Zeppelin). I figured if I hadn’t heard it before, the other guys in the band probably hadn’t either. Thinking up interesting things to do on a drum kit was my reason to exist. I also thought that was what they were paying me to do. I didn’t care much what the critic, commentator or musicologist thought, and that was to remain my lodestone, my modus operandi for many years.”
Bruford has selected tracks from across his whole career for this anthology, comprising works from some 23 different artists and bands over a 40-year period.
“I’ve deliberately avoided forcing them into industry categories such as ‘progressive rock’, ‘fusion’ or ‘jazz’,” Bruford adds, “on the grounds that most of the music I’ve been associated with fits very poorly into such straight-jackets – round holes and square pegs come to mind.”
The new set also includes a detailed biography, written by Bruford, featuring rare and unseen photos. The outer box artwork, gatefold CDs and booklet have been designed by Bruford’s long-time artist and graphic designer Dave McKean. You can see the artwork and full tracklisting below.
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Bill Bruford: Making A Song and Dance: A Complete Career Collection
THE COLLABORATOR
Disc One
1. Yes – I’ve Seen all Good People
2. Yes – Heart of the Sunrise
3. Yes – And You & I
4. King Crimson – The Great Deceiver
5. King Crimson – Fracture
6. King Crimson – One More Red Nightmare
7. King Crimson – Starless
8. U.K. – Nevermore
Disc Two
1.King Crimson – Frame by Frame
2. King Crimson – Neal and Jack and Me
3. King Crimson – Heartbeat
4. King Crimson – Waiting Man
5. Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe – Brother of Mine (Radio Edit)
6. King Crimson – Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
7. King Crimson – Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Pt 2
8. King Crimson – Three of a Perfect Pair
9. King Crimson – Man with an Open Heart
10. King Crimson – Elephant Talk
11. King Crimson – Indiscipline
12. King Crimson – Big Funk
13. PianoCircus feat. Bill Bruford & Colin Riley – The Still Small Voice
The Composing Leader
Disc Three
1. Bruford – Seems Like a Lifetime Ago: Pt 1
2. Bruford – Seems Like a Lifetime Ago: Pt 2
3. Bruford – One of a Kind: Pt 1
4. Bruford – One of a Kind: Pt 2
5. Bruford – Palewell Park
6. Bruford – Joe Frazier
7. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – It Needn’t End in Tears
8. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – My Heart Declares a Holiday
9. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – Downtown
10. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – Pilgrims’ Way
11. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – Temple of the Winds
12. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – Candles Still Flicker in Romania’s Dark
13. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – Nerve
14. Bruford, Towner, Gomez – Thistledown
Disc Four
1. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – Beelzebub
2. Bruford-Levin – Original Sin
3. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – Revel Without a Pause
4. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – Triplicity
5. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – The Sound of Surprise
6. Earthworks Underground Orchestra – Speaking in Wooden Tongues
7. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – Modern Folk
8. Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – White Knuckle Wedding
9. Earthworks Underground Orchestra – Footloose and Fancy Free
10. Earthworks Underground Orchestra – Thud
The Special Guest
Disc Five
1. Roy Harper – Grown Ups are Just Silly Children
2. Roy Harper – Hallucinating Light
3. Chris Squire – Lucky Seven (Single Edit)
4. Chris Squire – Silently Falling
5. Al Di Meola – Calliope
6. David Torn – Voodoo Chile
7. Kazumi Watanabe – Andre
8. Kazumi Watanabe – Small Wonder
9. Steve Howe – The Inner Battle
10. Buddy Rich Big Band – Lingo
11. Pete Lockett’s Network of Sparks feat. Bill Bruford – Prism
12. PianoCircus feat. Bill Bruford & Colin Riley – Achilles Feel
The Impoviser
Disc Six
1. Moraz-Bruford – Galatea
2. Moraz-Bruford – Symmetry
3. PianoCircus feat. Bill Bruford & Colin Riley – Stalling Between Two Fools
4. King Crimson – No Warning
5. Moraz-Bruford – Flags
6. Moraz-Bruford -Split Seconds
7. David Torn – Previous Man
8. David Torn – Three Minutes of Pure Entertainment
9. Bruford-Borstlap – 16 Kingdoms of the 5 Barbarians
10. Bruford-Borstlap – Stand on Zanzibar
11. Earthworks – With Friends Like These…
12. Bruford-Borstlap – Low Tide, Camber Sands
13. Bruford-Borstlap – Kinship
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- Yes - Yes - German - vinyl LP - £18.00, $22.50, €21.06 (New Item) (arrived 25-May-2022 15:27)on May 25, 2022 at 5:18 pm
YES Yes (1984 German issue of their 1969 debut 8-track LP on the green & orange Atlantic label, including the singles Sweetness and Looking Around. The glossy gatefold picture sleeve has some shelfwear to the edges while the vinyl remains in barely played condition ATL40034-Z)
- Yes - BBC Sessions 1969~1970 - Something's Coming + Obi - Japanese - Blu-Spec CDS - £39.99, $49.99, €46.79 (New Item) (arrived 25-May-2022 12:08)on May 25, 2022 at 5:18 pm
YES BBC Sessions 1969~1970 - Something's Coming (2013 Japanese limited edition remastered Two Blu-Spec CD reissue of their 1997 compilation album which brings together of their band's early performances on BBC Radio featuring tracks taken mainly from their first two albums. The two discs comes issued within the Mini-LP style embossed gatefold card sleeve complete with the integral 8-page English lyric booklet, an additional fold-out Japanese text insert plus obi-strip AIRAC-1718/9)
- King Crimson - Red - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.50, €35.10 (New Item) (arrived 18-May-2022 13:01)on May 25, 2022 at 5:18 pm
KING CRIMSON Red (1977 UK second issue of the seminal 1974 5-track vinyl LP, for many fans the definitive King Crimson album and highly influential to future prog-metallers, picture sleeve. The sleeve has some notable spine wear and edge scuffing, but the vinyl shows only a few signs of play - a great play copy offered at an advantageous price)
- Bill Bruford - Feels Good To Me - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £8.00, $10.00, €9.36 (New Item) (arrived 18-May-2022 14:45)on May 25, 2022 at 5:18 pm
BILL BRUFORD Feels Good To Me (1978 UK 10-track LP, the band featuring Dave Stewart, Allan Holdsworth, Jeff Berlin & Kenny Wheeler, picture sleeve with illustrated inner. The sleeve is Excellent with light shelf wear & the vinyl is Excellent with minimal play)
- Bill Bruford - One Of A Kind - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 18-May-2022 15:05)on May 25, 2022 at 5:18 pm
BRUFORD One Of A Kind (1979 UK 10-track vinyl LP led by drummer Bill Bruford and starring guitarist Allan Holdsworth, bassist/vocalist Jeff Berlin and keyboardist Dave Stewart, picture sleeve with illustrated credits inner. The sleeve shows light general wear, whilst the vinyl has little sign of play POLD5020)
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