'LP version. Long-awaited reissue of the second full-length album from 1982 by late 1970s/early 1980s UK DIY super-group The 49 Americans. The main instigator behind The 49 Americans was Andrew "Giblet" Brenner, who assembled a loose, disparate group of musical/non-musical practitioners as an experiment in equality and democracy. This democracy included David Toop, Steve Beresford, Max Eastley, Lol Coxhill and Peter Cusack (coming out of the anything goes improv scene), Nag And Bendle of The Door And The Window, Viv Albertine of the Slits, Vivien Goldman, Giblet's mum, and many more. The Wire listed We Know Nonsense in their legendary list of "100 Records That Set The World On Fire (While No One Was Listening) + Extra 30 Records": "Not many of those visiting the London Musicians' Collective venue in Camden Town during the late 1970s, and hearing the free improvisers active therein, would have conceived the idea of recording an album of happy-go-lucky pop songs with them. But that's exactly what American expat Giblet (alias Andrew Brenner) set out to do, and so here are 17 doo-wop, disco and samba ditties produced and co-written by David Toop and Steve Beresford. Musicians include Lol Coxhill, Peter Cusack, Max Eastley, Viv Albertine (of The Slits), and Etta and Eddy Saunders."'
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Tracklist
A1 Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee
A2 It Is And It Is
Guitar ? Eric Ingham
A3 Edible
A4 Verbal Culture
A5 Liberty
A6 We Know Nonsense
A7 Tendency To Lie
A8 Glimpse Go By
Backing Vocals ? Margot Sangov, Viv Albertine
A9 It's Time
B1 Mon Nuisance
B2 Taste
B3 Imagination
Vocals ? Vivian Goldman
B4 Do
B5 I Be Later
B6 Move Around All Day
Saxophone [Alto Sax Solo] ? Terry Day
B7 Free Trade
B8 Mummy Was A Record Player
Credits
Acoustic Guitar ? Max Eastley (tracks: B6, B7), Peter Cusack (tracks: A6, A9, B3, B6, B7)
Backing Vocals ? Eddie Saunders (tracks: A1, A4, B4, B5, B7), Giblet (tracks: A6, A9), Jenny O'Connor (2) (tracks: A1, A4, A6, B1, B6, B8), Vanessa Strang (tracks: A1, A4, A6, B1, B6, B8)
Bass ? David Toop (tracks: A3, A5), Giblet (tracks: A1, A2, B3), Jim Wannal (tracks: A6, A9, B6 to B8), Steve Beresford (tracks: A7, A8, B1)
Drums ? Else Watts (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to A9, B1, B3, B6, B7)
Engineer ? Hugh Portnow
Euphonium ? Steve Beresford (tracks: A5, B5)
Executive-Producer [Reissue] ? Markus Detmer
Flute ? David Toop (tracks: A5, B8)
Guitar [Electric Guitar] ? David Toop (tracks: A1, A6 to A8, B1, B3, B6, B7)
Lyrics By, Vocals ? Giblet (tracks: A3, A4, A5, A8, B1, B4 to B8)
Percussion ? David Toop (tracks: A1, A5, B2, B8), Giblet (tracks: A1, A5, B8), Max Eastley (tracks: B2, B8)
Piano ? Steve Beresford (tracks: A1, A5)
Producer ? David Toop (tracks: A1 to A8, B1 to B3, B5 to B7), Giblet (tracks: A9, B4, B8), Steve Beresford (tracks: A1 to A5, A7, A8, B1, B3, B5)
Saxophone [Baritone, Soprano & Tenor Saxophones] ? Lol Coxhill (tracks: A3, A5, B1, B5, B6, B8)
Vocals ? Eddie Saunders (tracks: A2, A7, A9, B1, B4), Etta Saunders (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B1, B3, B4)
Whistle [Penny Whistle] ? Giblet (tracks: A9)
Notes
Recorded April and June 1981.
