''43 Songs'' is a three- CD

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avant-rock band

Etron Fou Leloublan Etron Fou Leloublan (French for "Crazy Shit, The White Wolf" or "Mad Shit, the White Wolf"), also known as EFL, were a French avant-garde rock band founded in 1973 by actor and saxophonist Chris Chanet. They recorded five studio albums between 1 ...

(EFL). It contains all tracks from the band's five

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s, ''Batelages'' (1977), ''Les Trois Fous Perdégagnent (Au Pays Des...)'' (1978), ''Les Poumons Gonflés'' (1982), ''Les Sillons de la Terre'' (1984) and ''Face Aux Éléments Déchaînés'' (1985). It was released in 1991. Some of the tracks were mastered from particularly noisy vinyl sources and there is no booklet included. The box set cover depicts "Crazy Shit, The White Wolf" (the rough English translation of the band's name) on top of a broken Eiffel Tower.

Background

(EFL), together with Henry Cow (England), Stormy Six (Italy),

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(Sweden) and Univers Zero (Belgium), was one of the five original Rock in Opposition (RIO) bands that performed at the inaugural RIO festival in London on 12 March 1978. RIO was a musical collective of

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groups united in their opposition to the music industry. EFL recorded five studio albums between 1976 and 1985, and their music has been described as "Art rock with a twisted A". Their compositions are "fractured" elements of jazz, rock and pop with unusual structures that sometimes sound like "demented and absurdist small-orchestra hymns". The ''43 Songs'' box set covers EFL's entire recording career.

Track listing

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Personnel

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Etron Fou Leloublan

Ferdinand Richard Hervé Richard (born 25 June 1950), better known as Ferdinand Richard, is a French avant-rock bass guitarist and composer. Richard was a founding member of the French avant-rock group Etron Fou Leloublan in 1973, and remained with them until th ...

– bass guitar, vocals * Guigou Chenevier – drums, percussion, tenor saxophone, vocals * Chris Chanet (Eulalie Ruynat) (1.1–5) – winds, vocals *

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(1.6–10, 2.1–2) – alto and tenor saxophone, melodica, flute, harmonica, zither, vocals *

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(2.3–17, 3.1–16) – organ, piano, trumpet, vocals * Bernard Mathieu (2.3–12) – soprano and tenor saxophone *

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(2.13–17, 3.1–5) – alto, tenor and baritone saxophones

Guests

* Jean-Pierre Grasset (1.6–9) – guitars * Michel Grezes (2.12) – voice *

Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...

(2.8, 2.12, 3.8–9, 3.13, 3.15) – guitar, violin

Production

*''Batelages'' (1977) **Recorded in November 1976 **Produced by

*''Les Trois Fous Perdégagnent (Au Pays Des...)'' (1978) **Recorded at Studio Tangara, Toulouse, France in November 1977 **Produced by

*''Les Poumons Gonflés'' (1982) **Recorded at THC,

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in November 1981 **Produced by

*''Les Sillons de la Terre'' (1984) **Recorded at Studio THC, Geneva, Switzerland, 20–30 August 1983 **Produced by Guigou Chenevier *''Face Aux Éléments Déchaînés'' (1985) **Recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg, Switzerland, August 1985 **Produced by

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