COLLABORATIONS   HEX - The Gold Dust Sessions (2002) Hex Records 001 First 'official' release of Debbie Saloman's vocal talents. Summertime - 5:31 As - 4:01 All Of Me - 3:45 Spooky - 3:22 Piece Of My Heart - 3:32 Cry Me A River - 5:32 The Players (HEX): Debbie Saloman - Vocals Phil Grosso - Keyboards Tim Hussain - Bass (guests): Jules Fenton - Drums Lindon Riley - Trumpet Nick Saloman - Guitar Hex ia a is playing every Saturday at Quaglino's, a fancy west-end restaurant in London.   ACID JAM 2 (2000) Double CD - Woronzow WOO 41 Recorded at the Gold Dust Studios, Bromley, except "Desert Sands" which was recorded live at Terrastock III, London. Reformation Blues (Saloman) - 14:01 Funeral Ballet Music (Saloman, Shaw, Gunther) - 8:15 Long Velvet Sigh (Saloman) - 2:46 High (Hill, Shaw, Ward) - 14:07 Ice Plug (Shaw, Goodway, Saloman, House, Broughton) - 12:34 Change In The Weather (Saloman) - 9:25 Negative Blooty (Murphy) - 14:48 Deep Space Divers (Saloman, Shaw) - 16:20 Tanz Mekkanik (Shaw) - 6:10 Tide (Hill) - 5:23 Deef (Simmons, Shaw, Gunther, Watts) - 7:40 Just A Point (Saloman) - 4:06 Desert Sands (Goodway, Shaw) - 29:45 Star Map (Saloman, Watts) - 2:50 The Players: Nick Saloman - Guitar, Organ, Piano, Synth, Vocals Adrian Shaw - Bass, Keyboards Andy Ward - Drums Debbie Saloman - Vocals Bari Watts - Guitar Ric Gunther - Drums Tony Hill - Guitar Rod Goodway - Guitar, Vocals Simon House - Violin Steve Broughton - Drums Paul Simmons - Guitar Rick Murphy - Guitar Tom Hughes - Organ Luke Adams - Drums Alan Strawbridge - Bass Grenville Hammond - Percussion Pete Pavli - Bass Jon Guard - Bass Mat Love - Percussion Country Joe McDonald & The Bevis Frond (1999) EAT FLOWERS & KISS BABIES Woronzow WOO 33CD Recorded live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (13/05/98) and His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen (21/10/98). I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag - 3:50 Here I Go Again - 4:45 Rock Coast Blues - 3:40 Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine - 4:22 The Acid Commercial - 0:34 Bass Strings - 6:38 Who Am I? - 4:41 Flying High - 4:03 Rock 'N' Soul Music - 7:03 Death Sound Blues - 9:08 Joe McDonald - vocals, guitar, harmonica, kazoo Nick Saloman - guitar, vocals Aaron Shaw - Piano, Organ, Guitar Adrian Shaw - bass Andy Ward - drums After an interval, he (Country Joe) and Saloman duetted on accoustic guitars. but it was when the rest of the Frond plugged in that the evening really began to fly. As Joe said at the outset: "I had almost given up being able to play these old tunes in the old way, but a small miracle has occurred." He wasn't exaggerating. Despite onle a couple of hours rehearsal, the Bevis Frond pitched their performance perfectly between an undoubted reverence for the music and a desire to inject fresh vitality. A stunning version of the psychedelic Bass Strings almost managed to surpass the original. (excerpt from MOJO nr.56)   Adrian Shaw - Head Cleaner (1999) Woronzow WOO32 Guest appearances by Nick Saloman, Bari Watts, Simon House, Ric Gunther and Aaron Shaw. See for details the Adrian Shaw Solo Projects page. Doctor Frond (1998) Magic Gnome 4299322 LP These recordings feature the Dr. Brown line-up, jamming with Nick Saloman, recorded in 1995 after the sessions for Dr. Brown's "Another Realm" album. An acid-psych guitar fest that blends the dirty freak rock/blues of Dr. Brown with Nick Saloman's guitar techniques. This album has a limited edition of 500 copies, guaranteed never to be repressed. Icy Water (Buzzy Futton) - 4:40 Play It Soft (Dr. Frond) - 5:25 Doctrin' (Dr. Frond) - 1:40 Coming Down (Dr. Frond) - 12:40 Express Man (T. McPhee) - 2:10 Doglock (Dr. Frond) - 7:45 Frondulation (Dr. Frond) - 3:10 Dirty Damn (Dr. Frond) - 7:05 Nick Saloman - guitar, vocals (on 'Icy Water') Kev Ellis - vocals, harp Dave Shah - guitar Dave Cook - bass Rick Anderton - drums Mary Lou Lord - Got No Shadow (1998) Nick Saloman wrote: His Latest Flame (co-written with Mary Lou Lord) Lights Are Changing She Had You (a variant of 'He Had You') Two Boats (co-written with Mary Lou Lord) Supergun Down Along The Lea Adrian Shaw - Displaced Person (1997) Woronzow WOO29 Guest appearances by Nick Saloman, Bari Watts and Aaron Shaw. See for details the Adrian Shaw Solo Projects page. Bari Watts - Soulcatcher (1997) Darkskies Guest appearances by Nick Saloman and Adrian Shaw. Nick also donates two songs for this album. Mary Lou Lord - Martian Saints (1996) Kill Rock Stars Records Song written by Nick Saloman, who also plays guitar and bass (with Andy Ward on drums). Other two tracks on this 7 inch are "Salem '78" and "I Figured You Out". Adrian Shaw - Tea for the Hydra (1995) Woronzow Guest appearances by Nick Saloman, Bari Watts and Andy Ward. See for details the Adrian Shaw Solo Projects page. Debbie Saloman - The Radioactive Rabbit (one-sided 7" single) (1994) Fierce NEON 024 Debbie is Nick's daughter. Nick Saloman plays all instruments. Current 93 - Lucifer Over London (1994) Durtro Records DURTROHOHO 019 CD This is only a mini-LP / CD-EP. Nick Saloman is credited as playing "Black Sabbath" on one track, and lead guitar and electric dulcimer on another. Paul Roland - Sarabande (1994) Gaslight Records GAS CD 501 Nick Saloman plays lead guitar on three tracks. Outskirts Of Infinity - The Altar Of The Elements (1992) DSKCD17 Nick Saloman wrote two songs: "Gray Lady Ida" and "A Warning To The Curious" Current 93 - Thunder Perfect Mind (1992) Durtro Records DURTRO 011 CD Nick Saloman is credited as playing electric dulcimer, acoustic and electric guitar on one track. Todd Dillingham - Art into Dust (1992) Voiceprint VP121CD Nick Saloman is credited with variously backwards guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, sitar and backing vocals on nine tracks. Magic Muscle - Gulp! (1991) CD/LP: Woronzow WOO17 A Psychedelic freak-out by this occasional band. Frank? (6:16) Hailer of Taxis (7:45) Spaced & Displaced (12:49) Pipecall (4:21) Umbrellamental (8:36) Psymonic (1:47) Leaders (12:59) Rod Goodway - vocals & guitar Nick Saloman - lead guitar Adrian Shaw - bass Simon House - violin Steve Broughton - drums Rod Goodway - Ethereal Counterbalance (LP - 1990) Nick produces and plays on this cracking psychedelic LP. Phil Shoenfelt - Devil's Hole (single - 1990) Track on a 7" included in issue 5 of "Ptolemaic Terrascope". Nick played the lead guitar break on this song. Outskirts Of Infinity - Scenes From The Dreams Of Angels (1989) Infinity Music INF 001 Their second album. Nick's / Bevis' contributions are as for their first. Mick Wills - Untitled,   Pyschos Mum - I Don't remember (single - 1989) Tracks on a 7" included in issue 1 of "Ptolemaic Terrascope". Nick played the electric dulcimer on Mick Wills' track, and guitar on Pyschos Mum's track. This 7" includes also a Bevis Frond track (see the Singles section) Psycho's Mum - A Sibilant Sin (1989) Woronzow WOO 11 Their only album. Nick Saloman / Bevis Frond is variously credited for piano on a couple of songs, backing vocals on another, wah wah guitar on yet another and production. Walkingseeds - Sensory Deprivation Chamber Quartet (1989) EP - Glass Records MGLALP 037 Actually it is just a mini-LP (as the title would imply). The Bevis Frond is credited with backwards guitar on one track and guitar & organ on another. Nick Saloman produced it. Mick Wills - Fern Hill (1988) LP - Woronzow WOO9 Nick Saloman co-writes some songs and plays guitar. Nick and Nick and the Psychotic Drivers (1988) LP - Contempo Records CONTE120 Amedeo Tortella's Bathroom But, Who was Straccy Vendoli? The Car in The Ditch Want Your Head Dick, I've Lost My Sun! Extasy Game In My Brain The musicians (The Soul Hunters) joining Bevis are: Nick Vannini - vocals, narration and direction. J.J.Masini - bass, high vocals and persecution manias Davide Ragonesi - guitar and manovalanza Cassini Raggi - keyboards and medical advice Tarchiani - drums Steve Semeraro - dangerous drive assistance As you can tell from the musicians descriptions this lot are seriously deranged, and so is the music but well worth a listen. It seems that Nick not only did not think much of the recording, which was an impromptu jam, he did NOT authorize its release or the use of his name, nor did he receive any sort of compensation for it. Outskirts Of Infinity - Lord Of The Dark Skies (1987) Woronzow WOO 7 Their first album. Rick Gunther on Drums, Bari Watts on Guitar and vocals, Nick Saloman plays bass and wrote/co-wrote some of the songs. Bevis Frond plays keyboards, Nick is variously credited as Nick Saloman and Bevis Frond on the album. "The twelve inches of smouldering black plastic encased in a phantasmagorical sleeve represents a lifetime of thought processes filtered through eyes that have scented all live's evils, transferred to fingers that add all the beauty, grace and precision of a swan falling from the skies with a steel bolt through his neck. Compressed into intagliated microgrooves that transmit the sounds thus created on instruments of love, peace and enmity with crystal sharp clarity, the structured dissonance of the Supreme Being is hereby presented in 37 minutes of music - music that will shake the foundations of your dwellingplace and have the rate performing the dance macabre as the acid-drenched notes fall from the guitars like rain falling on a night-clad pine forest." (excerpt of sleeve notes by Phil McMullen) Oddsocks - Men Of The Moment (Sweet Folk SFA 030, 1975) Nick played bass guitar on this LP by a folk duo called Oddsocks (i.e. Robin Brooks and Gerald Claridge), who were made up to a four-piece band (incl. Nick Saloman and Nick Perrot on drums) for the album sessions. Nick recalls the album: "Men Of The Moment is no classic, but I have to say it's not that bad either. Oddsocks were an acoustic duo comprising Gerald Claridge and Robin Brooks. I met them while I was at college in Weymouth. They'd already been at college for a couple of years when I arrived, and were pretty well established round the area playing pubs and clubs. Both Gerald and Robin were great songwriters and they did a set made up of their own stuff, a couple of covers and a few comedy songs chucked in. Now I've never been a fan of the comedy song, but back in the early 70s it was what most folk-based musos did occasionally, and I must say Robin & Gerald were very funny. Well, a guy called Joe Stead asked if they'd like to cut an album. Needless to say, the leapt at the chance, and asked me to play bass and keyboards, and a guy called Nick Perrott who was in another local band called Anyway to play drums. So we all trooped off to Mid Wales in the snow to cut the record in a studio halfway up a mountain. It took 2 days to record and mix. All the material was written by Robin & Gerald. It's kind of folky rock, quite melodic and gentle. Certainly not psychedelic or heavy at all. When the album came out we did a one-off live performance of the record as a four piece in the College Bar. I'm sorry to say I got pissed as a fart, and played like an idiot. I don't think anyone noticed. I remember Gerald offered me a share of the profits of the LP or a £15 session fee. I took the £15. I think I was the only one of the band to earn anything!! Love Nick" Back to discography.