Live in Prague and Washington

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In a review of the CD release of the album in the improvised jazz and blues magazine Cadence, Carl Baugher wrote that this type of music "truly defies categorization", and that while it has elements of free jazz and classical music structures, "Frith and Cutler demand to be evaluated on their own terms". Baugher said that "Moscow" has moments that are "riveting" and others that are "distracted impersonal textures". He called "Prague" the album's "most interesting composition" in terms of structure and improvisation, adding that "tonality is hinted at but ... seldom used". Baugher described "Washington" as "strangely controlled and peaceful" compared to the other pieces. Baugher declared Live in Moscow, Prague & Washington "an unqualified success", and stated that more CDs like this would "make the world of improvised music a more interesting place".

In her 1990 book, Sonic Transports: New Frontiers in Our Music, Nicole V. Gagné wrote that the Prague concert credit "4500 Czechs: ambiance and opinions" is "no joke", as the audience contributes to the music. She said, "The murmuring undercurrent of voices, the whistling, clapping, and crying out, all affected the musicians and prompted several of the things they did."

All music by Chris Cutler and Fred Frith.

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| title1 = Live in Prague (part 1)

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| title2 = Live in Prague (cont.)

| title3 = Washington

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| title1 = Moscow

| length1 = 42:41

| title2 = Prague

| length2 = 27:14

| title3 = Washington

| length3 = 2:48

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Sources: AllMusic, Liner notes, Discogs, Fred Frith discography.

• Chris Cutler – drums, electrified drums, contact mics, telephone mouthpieces, jetsam
• Fred Frith – guitars, Vox Organ guitar, table guitars, adapted guitars, bass guitar, six-string bass guitar, violin, voice, flotsam
• 4500 Czechs (Prague concert) – ambiance, opinions{{efn|name=Ambiance|At the Prague concert, microphones where placed in the auditorium which recorded audience reaction to the music.}}

Sources: Liner notes, Discogs, Fred Frith discography.

• Moscow concert analogue mastering by Bill Sharp
• Prague concert recorded by Jiri Munzar, with live mix by E. M. Thomas
• Washington concert recorded by John Page
• Photography by Jiří Kučera, E. M. Thomas
• Cover design by E. M. Thomas

Sources: Liner notes, Discogs.

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{{cite magazine |last=Baugher |first=Carl |title=Chris Cutler and Fred Frith, Live in Moscow, Prague and Washington |magazine=Cadence |volume=17 |issue=8 |date=August 1991 |issn=0162-6973 |pages=73–74}}

{{AllMusic |class=album |id=live-in-moscow-prague-washington-mw0000464374 |title=Live in Moscow, Prague & Washington |access-date=17 November 2017}}

{{cite web | url = http://www.babyblaue-seiten.de/album_3615.html | title = Chris Cutler/Fred Frith: Live in Moscow, Prague & Washington | website = Babyblaue Seiten | language = de | access-date = 17 November 2017}}

{{cite web | url = https://www.discogs.com/Chris-Cutler-Fred-Frith-Live-In-Prague-And-Washington/release/696770 | title = Chris Cutler / Fred Frith – Live In Prague And Washington | website = Discogs | year = 1983 | access-date = 17 November 2017}}

{{cite web | url = https://www.discogs.com/Chris-Cutler-Fred-Frith-Live-In-Moscow-Prague-Washington/release/781564 | title = Chris Cutler / Fred Frith – Live In Moscow, Prague & Washington | website = Discogs | year = 1990 | access-date = 17 November 2017}}

{{cite web | url = https://www.discogs.com/Chris-Cutler-Fred-Frith-Live-In-Trondheim-Berlin-Limoges-Vol-2/release/827996 | title = Chris Cutler / Fred Frith – Live In Trondheim – Berlin – Limoges Vol. 2 | website = Discogs | year = 1994 | access-date = 15 November 2017}}

{{cite web | url = https://www.discogs.com/release/1194423 | title = Chris Cutler And Fred Frith – Limoges | website = Discogs | year = 1983 | access-date = 15 November 2017}}

{{cite AV media notes | title = Live in Prague and Washington | others= Chris Cutler and Fred Frith | year = 1983| last=Recommended Records |author-link=Recommended Records | type=LP liner notes}}

{{cite AV media notes | title = Live in Moscow, Prague & Washington | others= Chris Cutler and Fred Frith | year = 1990| last=Recommended Records |author-link=Recommended Records | type=CD liner notes}}

{{Cite web|url=http://nyds-discographies.com/frith.htm |title=Discography of Fred Frith |website=New York Downtown Scene and Other Miscellaneous Discographies |author1=Ramond, Michel |author2=Roussel, Patrice |author3=Vuilleumier, Stephane |access-date=14 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619155344/http://nyds-discographies.com/frith.htm |archive-date=19 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}

{{cite book |first=Nicole V. |last=Gagné |title=Sonic Transports: New Frontiers in Our Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N44YAQAAIAAJ |year=1990 |publisher=De Falco Books |page=112 |isbn=978-0-9625145-0-0}}

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