Cassette Recordings '87

Cassette Recordings '87, also issued with the title From the Board, is the third live album by the free jazz group Last Exit. It was released in March 1987 by Enemy Records.[1]

Cassette Recordings '87
Live album by
ReleasedMarch 1987 (1987-03)
RecordedNorth Sea Jazz Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Den Haag, Allentown, PA
GenreFree jazz
Length39:20
LabelEnemy
ProducerRobert Musso
Last Exit chronology
The Noise of Trouble
(1986)
Cassette Recordings '87
(1987)
Iron Path
(1988)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
Allmusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [4]

In a review for AllMusic, John Dougan wrote: "Still live, still pumping big-time improvised noise wail... This is mighty powerful stuff, and those a tad squeamish when it comes to full-bore noisemaking and improvised energy should explore this record only with proper supervision. There's no telling what will happen if you're left alone with these guys for any length of time."[2]

Steve Huey, in a second AllMusic review, stated: "more fine work from free jazz's answer to heavy metal... if you like their sound, most of what's out there is pretty high-quality, and From the Board is no exception."[3]

Track listing

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All music is composed by Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Line of Fire"20:27
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Big Boss Man"1:03
2."Sore Titties"6:17
3."Ulli Bulli Fooli"3:57
4."Ma Rainey"5:09
5."My Balls/Your Chin"2:27

Personnel

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Last Exit
Technical personnel

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
Germany 1987 Enemy LP EMY 105
Japan 1988 Enemy CD 32JC-299
Japan 1988 Enemy LP 28JAL-3156
United States 1988 Celluloid CD, LP CEL 6140
United States 1995 Enemy CD EMY 105-2

References

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  1. ^ Kot, Greg (2007). "Last Exit". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Dougan, John. "From the Board: Cassette Records '87". Allmusic. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "From the Board". Allmusic. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 656.
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