Bill Bruford - The Bruford Tapes

TRACKLIST:
1. Hell's Bells 
2. Sample and Hold 
3. Fainting in Coils 
4. Travels with Myself - and Someone Else 
5. Beelzebub 
6. The Sahara of Snow (part 1) 
7. The Sahara of Snow (part 2) 
8. One of a Kind (part 2) 
9. 5g 10. The Age of Information 

The Bruford Tapes" was one of the first of the "beat the bootleggers" albums that are considered the norm these days. Featuring the later line- up of Bill Bruford, Dave Stewart, Jeff Berlin and the unknown John Clark, the album was recorded in the summer of 1979 for a live radio broadcast in Long Island, New York. "The Bruford Tapes" captures perfectly the raw atmosphere of the gig, whilst sacrificing none of the instrumental dexterity, which as ever with Bruford, is off the scale.

The material covered on this live album is drawn from the previous Bruford albums "Feels Good To Me" and "One Of A Kind" and includes improvisatory versions of "Hell's Bells", "Beelzebub" and "Sample And Hold" amongst its key tracks.

This re-issue of The Bruford Tapes has been re-mastered and also includes an unreleased bonus track "The Age Of Information".