BD5: The Social Set (LP)

The Social Set consists of two extended whole-group pieces and was recorded in 1980 during The Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music: a scrummage of musicians who had previously recorded on The Beak Doctor/Metalanguage label.

This music was revealed in the hills above Berkeley (1750 Arch Street Studio) and was a full-blown, all-day affair. We probably ate pizza.

BD5: The Social Set -- The Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980 Volume 1

• Bruce Ackley: soprano saxophone
  
• Greg Goodman: piano & percussion
  
• Henry Kaiser: electric guitar
  
• Toshinori Kondo: trumpet
  
• Larry Ochs: tenor & sopranino saxophones
  
• Evan Parker: tenor & soprano saxophones
  
• Jon Raskin: clarinet, baritone & alto saxophones
  
• Andrew Voigt: alto & sopranino saxophones
  

• Side 1: The Social Set, part 1 (23:04)
  
• Side 2: The Social Set, part 2 (24:03)
  

Recorded on October 19, 1980, in Berkeley at 1750 Arch Street Studio by Bob Shumaker.

• Mastered by Phil Brown at Warner Brothers, Los Angeles.
  
• Produced by Henry Kaiser in conjunction with Beak Doctor Records.
  
• Cover design and layout: M.K. Frank, Berkeley.
  
• © (P) Metalanguage, 1980.
  
• LP: presently out of print; Released as CD in 2002.