JOHN TILBURY / DEREK BAILEY : Playing With A Dead Person

'John Tilbury, piano. Derek Bailey, guitar. Session commissioned and produced by BBC.
“Derek and I always wanted to do a duo recording together and we never quite managed that. Within the later years that we were trying to set something and his health was failing, we would get close to it and he would phone up and say “I’m just not up to it, I can’t do it”, and of course he died and I always regretted it – that we never did that. […] So when you contacted me about the duos, I thought there is nothing more original than playing with a dead person […] which is curious because Derek is very much alive, especially when we hear his voice and I feel he’s sort of sitting here, in the studio, and he’s waiting for me and I’m waiting for him and we’re not quite sure what’s gonna happen”.'



Tracklist
A1 Birthday Party I 5:04
A2 Birthday Party II 3:55
B1 Birthday Party III 12:55

Credits
Layout – Mirt
Music By, Guitar [Guitars] – Derek Bailey
Music By, Piano [Prepared And Unprepared] – John Tilbury

Notes
Session commissioned and produced by BBC.
LP produced by Bôłt Records. Session was for Late Junction, BBC Radio 3, transmission 11 July 2013: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036j5sy