Bill Bruford's Earthworks (feat. Iain Bellamy), Tokyo (1986 - FM)

01. My Heart Declares a Holiday (Free the Boys) 9.09 0:00:18 02. BB introductory remarks 0.59 0:09:27 03. Making a Song and a Dance 7.13 0:10:26 04. Up North 6.18 0:17:40 05. Pressure (Gothic 18) 12.22 0:23:59 06. BB band intros 1.11 0:36:21 07. Fall In 7.03 0:37:33 08. I Kebana 6.40 0:44:36 09. Hollyhocks 5.35 0:51:16 10. A Stone's Throw (Fire Inside) 10.23 0:56:51 11. It Needn't End in Tears 5.24 1:07:15 12. Bridge of Inhibition (Program 26) 10.17 1:12:40 13. Thud 5.47 1:22:57 14. Japanese DJ 1 2.51 1:28:45 15. Japanese DJ 2 1.00 1:31:36 16. Japanese DJ 3 2.37 1:32:36 17. Japanese DJ 4 1.23 1:35:14 Bill Bruford's Earthwork's Bravas Club Tokyo, Japan 1986-06-27 FM Django Bates: keyboards, tenor horn and trumpet Iain Bellamy: soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, keys Mick Hutton: acoustic bass Bill Bruford: acoustic and electronic drums, percussion, whirled instruments Original comment: "or my money, this is at least as good of a live artifact of this first Earthworks as the now officially released "Bill Bruford's Earthworks Live at the Schauburg Bremen 1987" or the later officially released Stamping Ground that was recorded in 1992. It does date back to the time before the release of the first Earthworks album, which wasn't even recorded until October of 1986. This Tokyo performance finds them working on material for that eventual recording. A few songs played here never appeared on any Earthworks release. Bill's focus at this time was very much on working with "actual" jazz musicians, rather than people from the fusion camp, as he'd done in Bruford. He also was keen to incorporate the seemingly exciting promise of electronic drums in live performance, and in the studio. This version of the band, with a change in the bass chair from Mick Hutton to Tim Harries, would continue touring and recording into the early 90's. Two great English players, Django Bates, and Iain Ballamy were the feature soloists. A later, much more acoustic, Earthworks emerged again in 1998. For the proggers out there, ABWH and the Yes Union things happened during the version of Earthworks showcased in this share, and the Thrak/Level Five/Power to Believe King Crimson came back between this version and the later more acoustically focused Earthworks that followed and kept going up to 2006. Bill is now back to it with the Pete Roth Trio, and some of their shows from 2025 have popped up here over the last year. He's still "got it"." Thanks to pablodrums, Footage & production by bigfootpegrande.