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Miniatures 2020 (2cd+bk)
DOUBLE-CD plus a 68-page book! Here is volume 3 in the series dedicated to Morgan Fisher's minimal but cornucopian concept, which was simplicity itself: invite a selected body of artists to make a one-minute composition and then group them together in through-listening blocks. This 40th anniversary edition, features 124 contributors - some well-thumbed (The Residents, Fred Frith, Stuart Lee, Billy Bragg, David Thomas, John Otway, Steve Moore, Peter Blegvad, Henry Kaiser, Atilla the Stockbroker, Terry Riley, Half Japanese, Tom Robinson, Bob Drake, Alternative TV, The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain) and many others lesser known, or equally well known, but in other musical circles - including members of Van der Graaf Generator, Curved Air, Zoviet France, Stomu Yamashta's Red Buddha Theatre, Soft Machine, Fairport Convention, The Blockheads, The Stranglers, John's Children, Alternative TV, Caravan, The Damned, Global Village Trucking Company, King Crimson, Adam And The Ants and The Monochrome Set.