THE BEVIS FROND

Albums recorded by The Bevis Frond, including release dates and UK & US
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No

TITLE

RELEASED

1

Miasma

06/86

2

Inner Marshland

01/87

3

Bevis Through The Looking Glass

09/87

4

Triptych

07/88

5

The Auntie Winnie Album

08/88

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Any Gas Faster

12/89

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New River Head

04/90

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London Stone

05/91

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A Gathering Of Fronds [compilation]

06/92

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It Just Is

04/93

11

Sprawl

04/94

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Superseeder

06/95

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Son Of Walter

05/96

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North Circular

06/97

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Vavona Burr

05/99

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Live At The Great American Music Hall

10/99

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Valedictory Songs

07/00

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What Did For The Dinosaurs

05/02

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Hit Squad

05/04

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The Leaving Of London

10/11

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White Numbers

05/13

22

Live From The 4th Psychedelic Network Festival 2011

08/13

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1) MIASMA

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Garden Gate
She's In Love With Time
Wild Mind
Wild Afterthought
Splendid Isolation

The Earl Of Walthamstowe
The Newgate Wind
Release Yourself
Maybe
Ride The Train Of Thought
Confusion Days

Nick Saloman

Producer:

Vocals & Multi-Instruments

Nick Saloman

2) INNER MARSHLAND

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Cries From The Inner Marshland
Termination Station Grey
Window Eye
Once More

Defoliation Part One
Reflections In A Tall Mirror
Hey Mr Undecided
I've Got Eyes In The Back Of My Head
Minsmere Sphagnum
Mediaeval Sienese Acid Blues
Defoliation Part Two

Nick Saloman
Graham Cumming
Bari Watts
Mick Wills

Producer:

Vocals & Multi-Instruments
Piano (Track 9)
Lead Guitar (Track 4)
Acoustic Guitar (Track 11)

Nick Saloman

3) BEVIS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

 
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LP One
Intro
1970 Home Improvements
Now You Know

The Shrine

LP Two
Rat In A Waistcoat
In Another Year
Express Man
Mudman
Song For The Sky

Purtle Sline
I Can't Get Into Your Scene
Soot
Die Is Cast
Alistair Jones

LP Issue


CD Issue

Nick Saloman

Producer:

Vocals & Multi-Instruments

Nick Saloman

4) TRIPTYCH

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Into The Cryptic Mist
Lights Are Changing
Gemini Machine
Phil Exorcises The Dæmons
Old Man Blank
The Daily Round
Hurt Goes On

Corinthian
Nowhere Fast
Tangerine Infringement Beak
Hey Joe

Phil Collyer
Nick Saloman

Producer:

Drums (Track 5)
Vocals & Multi-Instruments

Nick Saloman

5) THE AUNTIE WINNIE ALBUM

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Malvolio's Dream Journey To Pikes
Foreign Laugh
Down Again
Will To Lose
Repressor
Winter's Blues

The Miz-Maze
Close
Without Mind
City Of The Sun

Mick Donovan
Nick Saloman

Producer:

Guitar (Track 3)
Vocals & Multi-Instruments

Nick Saloman

6) ANY GAS FASTER

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Lord Plentiful Reflects
Rejection Day (AM)
Ear Song
This Corner Of England
Legendary
Then You Wanted Me
Lost Rivers
Somewhere Else

These Dark Days
Head On A Pole
Your Mind's Gone Grey
Old Sea Dog
Rejection Day (PM)
Good Old Fashioned Pain
Olde Worlde

Martin Crowley
Nick Saloman

Producer:

Drums
Vocals & Multi-Instruments

Nick Saloman

7) NEW RIVER HEAD

 
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LP One
White Sun
Drowned
She's Entitled To
Waving
Down In The Well *
New River Head

Solar Marmalade *
Wild Jack Hammer
He'd Be A Diamond
Undertaker
Stain On The Sun

LP Two
Motherdust *
Cuvie *
Thankless Task
The Miskatonic Variations II

It Won't Come Again
Blurred Vision
Son Of Many Mothers *
Chinese Burn
God Speed You To Earth

* LP only, later included in A Gathering Of Fronds

Cyke Bancroft

Martin Crowley
Barry Dransfield
Nick Saloman



Adrian Shaw
David Tibet
Bari Watts

Producer:

Saxophone (Tracks 1,15),
Blues Harp (Track 19)
Drums (Tracks 1-3,5-12,14-20)
Violin (Tracks 4,14,15)
Vocals (Tracks 2-6,8-12,16-20), Guitar, Bass (Tracks 1-3,5,6,8-12,16-20), Organ (Tracks 1,2,13,15,16,19), Electric Piano (Tracks 2,12,13), Recorder (Track 15)
Bass (Tracks 7,15)
Chanting (Track 15)
Guitar (Tracks 8,15,17)

Nick Saloman

8) LONDON STONE

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Stonedance
Coming Round
That Same Morning
Living Soul
Still Trying
Well Out Of It

A Most Singular Hole
Freedom Falling
London Stone
Lord Of Nothing
And Now She's Gone
On A Liquid Wheel

Martin Crowley
Barry Dransfield
Nick Saloman

Producer:

Drums (Tracks 2-7,11)
Violin (Tracks 1,9,10)
Vocals & Multi-Instruments

Nick Saloman

9) A GATHERING OF FRONDS

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Down In The Well [from New River Head]
Motherdust [from New River Head]
Cuvie [from New River Head]
Blurred Vision [from New River Head]
Solar Marmalade [from New River Head]
Son Of Many Mothers [from New River Head]
Hillview [from the compilation Woronzoid]
Bad Time [from a 7" flexi with issue 36 of Bucketfull of Brains magazine)
High In A Flat [from a 7" flexi with issue 26 of Bucketfull of Brains magazine)
Snow [from a limited edition EP included with early copies of New River Head]
Express Man [from Bevis Through A Looking Glass]
African Violet [from a 7" flexi with issue 4 of Freakbeat magazine)
Possession [from the compilation 1967]
Visions Through Dilated Eyes [from the compilation Woronzoid]
Somewhere Else [from a freebie single with Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine)
Alistair Jones [from Bevis Through A Looking Glass]

Martin Crowley
Dominic Colletti
Nick Saloman
Adrian Shaw
Bari Watts

Producer:

Drums (Tracks 1-7)
Bass (Track 7)
Vocals & Multi-Instruments
Bass (Track 5)
Guitar (Track 4)

Nick Saloman

10) IT JUST IS

 
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LP One
Can't Stop Lying
Time-Share Heart
Idiot Dance
Desperate

What It's All About
Day One
Let Me Live
Terrible Day

LP Two
Dreamboat Sinking
A Sorry Tale
Human Overload
I Can't Catch Up With You
Hit The Lights

Everyday Sunshine
Not For Now
All Gone
Time Piece
And Then?

Nick Saloman

Producer:

Vocals & Multi-Instruments

Nick Saloman

11) SPRAWL

 
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LP One
I Know We're Going
Awake!
Inner Wheel *
41 Years *

Love You More
The Puller
Oh Gideon
74/Gingham Rag *

LP Two
Right On (Hippie Dream)
Remember Me? *

Boa Constrictor *
I Bought My Love A Lapdog
Madrigal *
New Alexandria
Anodyne
See You

* on LP only

Tony Aldridge
Dean Carter
Mick Donovan
Jimmy Hastings
Nick Saloman









Ade Shaw
David Tibet
Andy Ward

Producer:

Violin (Tracks 6,9)
Vocals (Track 9)
Voice (Track 9)
Flute (Track 9)
Vocals (Tracks 1,4-12,14-16),
Guitar (Tracks 1,2,4-16),
Bass (Tracks 1,2,4-15),
Drums (Tracks 2,8,11),
Organ (Tracks 2,3,6,7,9,11),
Recorder (Tracks 2,3),
Effects (Tracks 2,3,8),
Lap Steel Guitar (Track 9),
Finger Cymbals (Track 9),
Piano (Track 16)
Vocals (Track 9)
Voice (Track 9)
Drums (Tracks 1,9,10,12-15)

Nick Saloman

12) SUPERSEEDER

 
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LP One
Superseded
Dolly Bug
Stoned Train Driver

Animal Tracks
Jaye
I Can't Cry
Could Be
Flashy

LP Two
Golden Walks Of London
House Of Mountains

The Queen Of May
Sue Me
Loveland
Could You Fly Higher?

Nick Saloman






Adrian Shaw
Andy Ward
Bari Watts

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar (Tracks 1-8,11-14),
Sitar (Track 1), Blues Harp (Track 3),
Organ Drones (Track 1),
Organ (Tracks 4,12-14),
Bass (Tracks 5,8,13,14),
Harmonium (Track 9)
Piano (Track 12)
Bass (Tracks 1-3,6,10,12)
Drums (Tracks 1-3,6,10,12-14)
Guitar (Tracks 6,12)

Nick Saloman

13) SON OF WALTER

 
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LP One
Plastic Elvis
Beautiful Sister
Red Hair
You Saw Me Coming (But You Won't See Me Go)

Barking Or False Point Blues
Forgiven
All Hope Is Gone With You Away
Dead Man Sitting On A Train

LP Two
It's Not Like You
Garden Aeroplane Trap
Driven Away

Raining On TV
Requiem
Winner's Way
Goodnight From The Band

Nick Saloman



Producer:

Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Organ, Piano,
Drums, Theremin, Mellotron,
Harmonica, Dulcimer, Percussion

Nick Saloman

14) NORTH CIRCULAR

 
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LP One
Stars Burn Out
Hole Song No 2
The Sun Room
Eyeshine
He Had You

That's Why You Need Us
Where The Old Boys Go
The Pips
Blew Me Out

LP Two
Love Is
Heritage Coast
Stay At Home Girl

Growing Up
The Wind Blew All Around Me
There's Always One
Book
Psychedelic Unknowns

LP Three
You Make Me Feel
Revival
Gold And Silver
Her Father's Daughter

Stoneground Head
Timothy's Powders
For Want Of You
The Stranger's Mirror
Story Ends

Nick Saloman

Producer:

Vocals & Multi-Instruments

Nick Saloman

15) VAVONA BURR

 
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LP One
The Frond Cheer
Leave A Light On
Virus
Caught In The Headlights
National Drag

To The Lighthouse
Couldn't Care Less
Don Lang
You Just Don't Feel That Way About Me

LP Two
Let It Ride
One Leg Sand Dance
Bulldozer
Coming Down On You
Temple Falls

Almost Like Being Alive
Looks Like Rain
In Her Eyes
Begging Bowl

Country Joe McDonald
Nick Saloman


Producer:

leads The Frond Cheer
Vocals & Multi-Instruments

Nick Saloman

16) LIVE AT THE GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL

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Hole Song No 2
Maybe
Love Is
New River Head
Stoned Train Driver
Lights Are Changing
Red Hair
He'd Be A Diamond
Well Out Of It
Stain On The Sun
The Wind Blew All Around Me
Signed DC

Nick Saloman
Adrian Shaw
Andy Ward

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar, Dulcimer
Bass, Vocals
Drums

Nick Saloman

Recorded live at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California, USA on 16 April 1998

17) VALEDICTORY SONGS

 
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LP One
Godsent
By The Water's Edge
Early Riser
Let Them Beautify You
High On A Downer

Artillery Row
We Are The Dead
Portobello Man
Can't Feel It

LP Two
Sugar Voids
Back On My Star
The Speed Of Light
Old School Rock

Child
Living In Real Time
China Fry
Confession

Nick Saloman
Adrian Shaw
Andy Ward
Bari Watts

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Bass
Drums
Guitar (Track 9)

Nick Saloman

18) WHAT DID FOR THE DINOSAURS

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What Did For The Dinosaurs
The Wrong Side
Return Of The Stylites
The Real Deal
Our Number
Splitting Clingfilm
Silver Dart
Yo-De-Lo
Hold Me Up
Breathe Out
Lost Soul's Day
Candles
Courtrai
Nursery Rhyme
Good Enough For You
Down To Earth
The Inhibition Twist
Dustbins In The Rain

Debbie Saloman
Nick Saloman

Adrian Shaw
Andy Ward
Bari Watts

Producer:

Vocals
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards,
Synthesiser
Bass, Guitar
Drums
Guitar

Colin Andrews, Nick Saloman

19) HIT SQUAD

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All Set?
Dragons
Through The Hedge
I Feel Bad About You
Hit Squad
Alpha Waves
Way Back When
Mission Completed
Flood Warning
Your Little Point
Crumbs
Doing Nothing
High Point
It's A Gut Thing
No Attempt
Your Secret Doors
Am I Burning?
Fast Falls Eventide

Mark Burgess
Jules Fenton
Roddy Lorimer
Debbie Saloman
Nick Saloman

Ade Shaw
Paul Simmons

Producer:

Effects
Drums
Trumpet
Vocals
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesiser, Harmonica
Bass
Guitar

Colin Andrews, Nick Saloman

20) THE LEAVING OF LONDON

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Johnny Kwango
Speedboat
An Old Vice
More To This Than That
The Leaving Of London
Hold The Fort
Why Have You Been Fighting Me?
The Divide
Reanimation
Stupid Circle
Son Of A Warm Gun
Barely Anthropoid
Testament
You'll Come
Preservation Hill
Heavy Hand
Too Kind
True North

Dave Pearce
Nick Saloman
Adrian Shaw
Paul Simmons

Producer:

Drums
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Bass
Guitar

Nick Saloman

21) WHITE NUMBERS

 
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LP One
Begone
Opthalmic Microdots
The Garden Feature
She's Just Like You
Cruel World

Beautiful To Me
Tree Line
High Wind Crow
For Pat (On The Chaise Longue Dreaming)
This One
Neverwas

LP Two
Dead Weight
I Crave You
Just Cause (Wins Wars)
The LIkes Of Us
It's Coming On
I'm The Only One

Alta
Major Crime
More Chalk
Dream It
White Numbers
The Hook

LP Three
Homemade Traditional Electric Jam (Part One)

Homemade Traditional Electric Jam (Part Two)

Dave Pearce
Debbie Saloman
Nick Saloman
Ade Shaw
Paul Simmons

Producer:

Drums
Vocals
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Bass
Guitar

Nick Saloman

22) LIVE FROM THE 4TH PSYCHEDELIC NETWORK FESTIVAL 2011

 
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LP One
Reanimation
Speedboat
She's Entitled To
He'd Be A Diamond
Son Of A Warm Gun

Superseded
Why Have You Been Fighting Me?
Confusion Days

LP Two
Lights Are Changing
Reflections In A Tall Mirror
Barely Anthropoid
Stain On The Sun
High In A Flat

Johnny Kwango
Too Kind
Down In The Well

Dave Pearce
Nick Saloman
Adrian Shaw
Paul Simmons

Producer:

Drums
Vocals, Guitar
Vocals, Bass
Guitar

Recorded live at The Psychedelic Network Festival in Würzburg, Germany on 26 November 2011

23) EXAMPLE 22

 
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LP One
Are We Nearly There Yet
Waiting For Sinatra
Longships
I Blame The Rain

Hot Sauce Or Nothing
Where Is Egon Schiele
Winter Breaks
Pale Blue Blood

LP Two
Backanile
Come With Us
Stand Back From The Handle
Second Son

Vital Signs
Manual Labour
Down Here
Well?

Dave Palmer
Dave Pearce
Nick Saloman
Ade Shaw
Paul Simmons
Bari Watts

Producer:

Backing Vocals (Track 13)
Drums, Backing Vocals (Track 13)
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Bass
Guitar
Guitar (Tracks 4,12)

Nick Saloman