Guitar Solos / Fifty

This article is about the Fred Frith album. For the melodic section or entire piece of music written for guitar, see Guitar solo. For the Derek Bailey album, see Solo Guitar (Derek Bailey album).

Guitar Solos / Fifty
The album cover is a black-and-white photograph of a cricket field with a sight screen in the distance, off-center to the left. Off-center to the right and in the distance Fred Frith is standing playing a guitar. There is no text on the cover.
Cover for disc 1 (Guitar Solos)
Studio album by
Fred Frith
Released16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)
Recorded
  • 1974 (Guitar Solos)
  • 2023 (Fifty)
Studio
  • Kaleidophon, London (Guitar Solos)
  • Guerrilla Sound, Oakland (Fifty)
GenreFree improvisation[1]
avant-garde[2]
Length75:31
LabelWeek-End Records
ProducerFred Frith
Fred Frith chronology
Laying Demons to Rest
(2023) 		Guitar Solos / Fifty
(2024)
Guitar Solos series chronology
Guitar Solos 3
(1979) 		Guitar Solos / Fifty
(2024)
Additional cover
The album cover is a black-and-white photograph of a cricket field with a sight screen in the distance, off-center to the left. Off-center to the right and in the distance Fred Frith is standing playing a guitar. There is no text on the cover.
Cover for disc 2 (Fifty)

Guitar Solos / Fifty is a 2024 solo double LP by English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith. It was released on vinyl in Germany by Week-End Records to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Frith's 1974 debut solo album, Guitar Solos. The first disc of the double album is a reissue of his original 1974 solo album remastered, and the second disc is a new solo album of 13 guitar tracks Frith recorded in 2023. Just as the original Guitar Solos was recorded without any overdubbing, Fifty also had no overdubs.[3]

  1. ^ Milkowski 1983, p. 24.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Westergaard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Bell 2024a, p. 41.