Lol Coxhill-frog dance ( impetus lp 1986) Flac and Lame

More out of print Lol, this is the soundtrack to a documentary film about coxhill which aired on channel 4 ,in the U K in 1987 ..made over 5 years the film (which i have not seen) is made up of interviews and performance footage ..
for full personnel details click on the gate fold image...

some highlights are a lengthy duet with pianist Steven Miller ,
a solo recorded in an empty swimming pool , a duet with a bagpiper.. and a set with "the Recedents' a trio comprised of Lol .. Mike Cooper And percussionist Roger Turner...
THIS SET MOSTLY CONSISTS OF ENTIRELY FREE IMPROVS... its fucking great!!!!can anyone post the video??
ENJOY!!!

Lol Coxhill-Fleas in custard ,1975(caroline c1515 lp)Flac and....

This is one of the records Coxhill recorded for the Virgin subsidiary Carloline label in the mid 70's .
Back in its day virgin was quite an exploratory independent label ..the rough trade of it's day... one would have a hard time releasing a patchwork oddity like this now ,it simply doesn't fit into any specific category... most improv labels and fans would no doubt baulk at the cheesy effects deployed throughout.
Coxhill's a master (still) at employing kitch and cheese imaginatively and subversively..playing around with cliche ,and disappointing serious minded listener's expectations is all part of the game.

its certainly one of his most eccentric records.. side one consists of a duet with little known guitarist G.F fitzgerald.
side 2 is a collage of excerpted assortments of what sounds like lol answering questions of passers by on the street while busking..bits of between set banter at gigs ..jokes and overdubbed solo saxophone pieces ..the solo tracks utilise ring modulation and other synthesised effects.
Coxhill discusses having worked in a glue factory in the early 60's "throwing horses hooves in a bone crushing machine"

flac and 320 lame ... ENJOY!

Lol Coxhill-the Bald Soprano companion (1989 tak tak casette001)flac and lame

This was released in 1989 as a tape only accompanying the book of the same name by British Anarchist writer/poet /magazine publisher-editor Jeff Nutall, the book apparently being a fictionalised biography of Coxhill.
Nutall is best known (by me ) as the author of 'Bomb Culture'his 1968 account of the early situationist counter cultural movement in the UK.
That's the only book of Nutall's i have ever perused.. i know nothing about the bald soprano.
perhaps some of you may know more about Nutall and his work, and specifically more about the book this was meant to accompany.

" The music on this cassette was chosen specifically in relation to Jeff Nuttalls book 'the Bald Soprano' I know that certain of Jeff's admirers will pick up copies without knowing anything about my work.
Though i would not normally release them for any other purpose..the Tango , near Ska romantic jazz and voice tracks show something in relation to the book, whilst certain of the freely improvised sections there are references to certain musical areas i sometimes play within in the company of other musicians"
Lol Coxhill- from the tape insert

Basically Coxhill is improvising inventively through 2 hours of music.. even some of the 'Stock'soundtrack pieces included are never anything other than his usual uncompromising best.