Henry Cow founder Fred Frith's stunning Guitar Solos is an album of eight tracks recorded in four days of improvisation using modified and specially tuned guitars. On the track "No Birds" he's simultaneously playing two guitars placed neck to neck on a table.
The album made the NME Critics Poll of Best albums of 1974. At the 9:45 mark, you can probably hear why Brian Eno wanted to record Before and After Science and Music for Films with Frith.
The rest of the NME Critics Poll looked like this:
1. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
2. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - Rolling Stones
3. Before The Flood - Bob Dylan
4. 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
5. Todd - Todd Rundgren
6. On The Beach - Neil Young
7. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
8. Fulfillingness First Finale - Stevie Wonder
9. Country Life - Roxy Music
10. Average White Band - Average White Band
11. Future Days - Can
12. Smiler - Rod Stewart
13. Secret Treaties - Blue Oyster Cult
14. Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur
15. Another Saturday Night - Various
16. Sold American - Kinky Friedman
17. On The Border - Eagles
18. Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell
19. Odds And Sods - The Who
20. Kimono My House - Sparks
21. Okie - J.J. Cale
22. Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
23. Radio City - Big Star
24. Mysterious Traveller - Weather Report
== Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
== Big Fun - Miles Davis
27. Rock 'n' Roll Animal - Lou Reed
28. Deal Gone Down - Michael Chapman
== I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard And Linda Thompson
== It's Too Late To Stop Now - Van Morrison
31. Teasin' - Cornel Dupree
== Close Up The Honky Tonks - Flying Burrito Brothers
33. Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Little Feat
== Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison
35. Paradise And Lunch - Ry Cooder
== Dreamer - Bobby Bland
37. In Concert - Beach Boys
== Fear - John Cale
== For Everyman - Jackson Browne
== His California Album - Bobby Bland
41. Limited Edition - Can
42. The Psychomodo - Cockney Rebel
== Good For You Too - Toni Brown
== Live - Marvin Gaye
45. Live From Deep In The Heart Of Texas - Commander Cody
46. All American Boy - Rick Derringer
== Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash - Mike Nesmith
== Streetwalkers - Chapman-Whitney
== Keep On Smilin' - Wet Willie
== Planet Waves - Bob Dylan
51. Anthology - Marvin Gaye
52. Soon Over Babaluma - Can
== Spyglass - Greenslade
54. Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley - Robert Palmer
55. Propaganda - Sparks
56. The Shipbuilder - Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt
== Learn To Love It - Jesse Winchester
== Guitar Solos - Fred Frith
59. Angel's Egg - Gong
== Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
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