I would highly recommend all fans of Derek Bailey to pick this up, if they don't have it already. In this fan's opinion, it's his best solo recording! With Bailey being sick and retired, there will not be any new recordings made.



DEREK BAILEY - Aida (Dexter's Cigar 05) Originally released in 1981 on Incus Records, UK. Represses of some key reissues on the new defunct O'Rourke/Grubbs -ignited Dexter's Cigar label. Aida is a reissue of a long-gone Incus album, originally issued in 1981 (recorded in Paris & London, 1980). "AIDA is possibly the finest of Derek's several solo LPs, records that forever changed what it meant for a guitarist to play alone. He transforms the guitar into a small orchestra of strings and percussion; the music is simultaneously lyrical and aggressive...rated 'Number One' in Robert Nedelkoff's 'Top 100 LPs of the 80s'."

Aida is indeed great.

I like it too.

say... where did you hear this? i must be on the late show but I hadn't heard anything about him being ill...