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BRUFORD: THE BRUFORD TAPES

Bill Bruford

 

Jazz Rock/Fusion

3.63 | 62 ratings

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SouthSideoftheSky
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3 stars Travels with himself - and some others

The Bruford Tapes is a live album released in 1979 shortly after the One Of A Kind studio album. It features live performances of tunes taken from One Of A Kind as well as the debut Feels Good To Me. The line-up consists of Bill Bruford (obviously!) on drums, Jeff Berlin on bass, and Dave Stewart on keyboards, with John Clark replacing Allan Holdsworth on guitar. Clark was a student of Holdsworth's and was recommended by him as his replacement in the band.

The performance is wholly instrumental and even Fainting In Coils is without its original spoken word element which makes this version an improvement over the studio version in my view. The rest of the music is not improved upon though and I would recommend starting your Bruford experience with One Of A Kind before digging up this live recording. The Bruford Tapes might however be preferable over Feels Good To Me as a second purchase depending on whether you like the vocals of Annette Peacock who sang on that first studio album.

A nice addition, but not essential

SouthSideoftheSky | 3/5 |

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