Bruford's Bundle: 1st Album
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Topic: Bruford's Bundle: 1st Album
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Bruford's Bundle: 1st Album
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 12:11
An eclectic bundle of artists and albums where the only link is drum legend Bill Bruford. This is the first in an all-inclusive series of polls featuring all of the bands and collaborative projects that Bill Bruford has ever been involved with (unless I've missed anyone out) and with an asterisk marking albums NOT featuring Bill Bruford.   1976: Absolute Elsewhere - In Search of Ancient Gods - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wJ6C8cEE7c" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wJ6C8cEE7c  1978: Bruford - Feels Good to Me - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIElvPyMSLUJ3xINuWUhotW" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIElvPyMSLUJ3xINuWUhotW 1987: Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Earthworks - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIMzDx2mM-5GmDKQ_pXCBKQ" rel="nofollow - 1997: Bruford, Towner & Gomez - If Summer Had Its Ghosts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n5zjPyY7XLJ6fefnxHNyUfGGnoHk1f1O4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n5zjPyY7XLJ6fefnxHNyUfGGnoHk1f1O4  1998: Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIVtH7JPIpVGO05csJO7f5p" rel="nofollow - 2004: Bruford & Borstlap - In Concert in Holland - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQAU3OqfZ0Af9h3O_lbPv_lZjSHt-0Bmk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQAU3OqfZ0Af9h3O_lbPv_lZjSHt-0Bmk  1998: Gordian Knot - Gordian Knot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0vJGKMwels" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0vJGKMwels 1969: King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King* - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhfRoiJBIiuXOUv_7EJ1i7UKj0aGfy0U" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhfRoiJBIiuXOUv_7EJ1i7UKj0aGfy0U 1999: Pete Lockett's Network of Sparks - One - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kRu_vUCKfQf-XLm3Y73HpFQ4DVzmxg2Co" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kRu_vUCKfQf-XLm3Y73HpFQ4DVzmxg2Co 1976: Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Gazeuse!* - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ntcXIN-OlzdPtKU5ct87mHE4FpikPvPIs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ntcXIN-OlzdPtKU5ct87mHE4FpikPvPIs 1983: Moraz-Bruford - Music for Piano and Drums - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n0-aR66J326b3MqtYStrV6eg0POOpWiFM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n0-aR66J326b3MqtYStrV6eg0POOpWiFM 1978: National Health - National Health* - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l4v-1-VUXOEB35EOWIOBCXQLnaW2fY3KM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l4v-1-VUXOEB35EOWIOBCXQLnaW2fY3KM 1989: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpgOvZmoj4ybrrEegEEIZNe3JKt90Umio" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpgOvZmoj4ybrrEegEEIZNe3JKt90Umio 1978: U.K. - U.K. - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpDuVnWVnjuylNW0f3K7CnGIZDxQZfLQi" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpDuVnWVnjuylNW0f3K7CnGIZDxQZfLQi 1969: Yes - Yes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLifQFWY_emBhCsPSwTv0bWscPv1FviWi6" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLifQFWY_emBhCsPSwTv0bWscPv1FviWi6 |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 12:27
No ABWH?! Such an exclusion. 
Also he didn't play on King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King or Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Gazeuse!
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 12:38
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While Bill did play a couple months with National Health he was not on that album. Also, he was on some of the second Gordian Knot release. UK will probably get the most votes, so I'll choose Earthworks. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 12:44
| UK! |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 12:44
 Of the above 'feels good to me' is a fave  ------------- |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 13:00
It's an all-inclusive poll, meaning ABWH will be coming up in the 13th poll (if we get that far). On second thoughts though, you're right, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe should have been included in this first poll, so I just added them retroactively in place of Projekct One, who no one would've voted for anyway.
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Cristi wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 13:04
I could vote for King Crimson or U.K, but they'll both get plenty of votes anyway, so I'll vote for Absolutely Elsewhere instead.
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Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 13:28
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In the Court, albeit according to the Bruford's Bundle premise, the 1st album with Bill sitting in should take its place, namely Larks Tongues.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 13:44
Was Bruford a member of Genesis too? I must have missed that line-up.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 13:53
| Bill Bruford was Genesis' drummer on the A Trick of the Tail tour. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 14:00
Okay, thanks. I didn't know that.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 15:14
| Earthworks! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 16:54
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1. Absolute Elsewhere 2. King Crimson 3. U.K. 4. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 04 2025 at 23:51
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A vote for Gordian Knot. The late Sean Malone was an incredible musician. + Absolute Elsewhere ABWH Bill Bruford's Earthworks Bruford Bruford Levin Upper Extremities King Crimson Moraz-Bruford U.K. Yes ...a surplus of greatness! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 00:02
| UK |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 03:21
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Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 05:14
| U.K. - U.K. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 05:20
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 07:30
| think I voted for Extremities |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 13:20
And one track from that tour (the Cinema show) features on 'Seconds out'.. his only (official) recording with the band.. there is also the Stafford Bingley Hall 1976 official film which features BB on all tracks. There was a series of these posh (and expensive.. at the time) promotional photos commissioned so i think there was a supposition that he might hang around a bit longer! It probably wasnt really his scene but the potential earnings were tempting? ------------- |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 13:50
| UK. One of my favorite albums. |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 13:53
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A no-brainer - ITCOCK ------------- Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused? |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 13:57
The real no-brainer is that this album should not even be in such a poll.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 14:27
I have you to thank for reminding me to include Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, even if you don't think King Crimson should be included here.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 14:40
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King Crimson with Bill Bruford 1972-1974 Bill Bruford - drums, percussion › 1981-1984 -//- › 1994-1998 -//- |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 14:51
I'll get to Bill Bruford's King Crimson albums eventually.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 14:55
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 05 2025 at 15:02
I can see your point, but on the other hand, I could hardly list Larks' Tongues in Aspic as being the first album by King Crimson. It's an all-inclusive poll, so I'll be including ALL of the albums by bands that Bruford has been involved with over the years, even if he doesn't appear on every album.
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: January 06 2025 at 04:57
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ABWH from this list. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: January 06 2025 at 05:49
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U.K.'s debut gets my vote. The parking meters approached me about the smell of my socks. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: January 06 2025 at 16:42
While I won't put it quite that way, I think that all this kind of polls would be much more interesting and prolific if they were historically correct, e.g. this poll series only included the albums on which Bruford actually participated. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 06 2025 at 17:06
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While I think it's fair enough to add an album like Itchycock as long as it's clear. Paul has written in the OP "An eclectic bundle of artists and albums where the only link is drum legend Bill Bruford. This is the first in an all-inclusive series of polls featuring all of the bands and collaborative projects that Bill Bruford has ever been involved with (unless I've missed anyone out). I actually would not in the poll itself that ones that don't contain Bruford. Personally, I would rather just consider the albums that Bruford was involved with but I recognise that Paul likes to go broad and cover whole discographies starting from the beginning. One can always make ones own topics rather than complain about how others make them or critique them. Mind you, unless we try to actively support each others topics (to a reasonable extent) that might not make for a very good experience. Paul, noting those not containing Bruford would be helpful and more informative to me. I actually would rather not vote for the ones without Bruford, but to know all of those would take research on my behalf. You could even just pan an asterisk beside each one without Bruford and note in the OP that those are not Bruford-involved albums. When it comes to series like this, I do want to feel like I'm learning something from it. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: January 06 2025 at 23:19
I don't think that it's a bad idea to tell one's thoughts about others' way of doing, as long as telling it in a considerate way, and by the way, when talking about a good experience, I definitely think that it's good to respect the OPs, or even that people ought to do it.
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 07 2025 at 02:01
* Thanks for the tip. I'll do that from now on. *
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 07 2025 at 09:41
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^ Paul, It's like something I sometimes do for ones that some might question as sufficiently relevant. ^^ David, I agree with you. Constructive criticism and cordially sharing one's concerns is good. I think. I think it's important to be able to take constructive criticism well, and I like having such discussions at the forum. It's when one gets lots of negativity and people making the same kind of criticism again and again that it can get me down. Move on. Many of those who will complain in various topics will not even back up their criticisms nor respond when one tries to explain one's thinking in my experience, and it can seem very snarky and petty. Often people, including myself, could be a lot more thoughtful, charitable and understanding. I think the OP makes the purpose clear enough (projects that include Bruford at some point), and now by highlighting the albums without Bruford it makes it clearer. Somehow I would still feel uncomfortable voting for a non-Bruford one although the only album I know and really like in this poll is In the Court. But if that is an issue, it is now easier to ignore the non-Bruford ones. Nothing wrong with voting for a non-Bruford one with how this is set up at all, just preference on my part (as well as my lack of knowledge). |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 07 2025 at 12:57
To be honest, I made a mistake including National Health and Pierre Moerlen's Gong here, because although Bill Bruford was an early member of both bands, he doesn't actually appear on any of their albums. 
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: January 07 2025 at 14:03
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^Actually on National Health "Complete" Bill plays for 1:41 on the tune Paraclesus. Steve Hillage is on that song also.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 07 2025 at 14:41
Oh well, at least I wasn't totally mistaken then, so that's some consolation.
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Posted By: Jacob Schoolcraft
Date Posted: January 07 2025 at 17:40
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I like his drumming on National Health Missing Pieces. There are in fact some unusual sounding pieces on this album and some reminiscent of King Crimson...including Phil Miller having similarities to Robert Fripp. Gong Live In Oslo 1974 features Bill Bruford on drums. I like his drumming on Sprinkling Of Clouds and he's great on the Daevid Allen material and the Fish Rising Steve Hillage material. This concert is a unique setting. It's Daevid Allen sounding different and heading in a new direction which was stylistically based on a more gentle style of writing he recorded a few months later on Good Morning...and Steve Hillage playing songs which surfaced on Fish Rising. There is also a strange instrumental improvisation which is in a King Crimson style...but it's Gong progressing forward with Hillage and Allen leaving to pursue solo albums and Bruford is backing this up with creative playing. It's a shame that it is an audience recording, but if you have an EQ it can sound decent. |