01 Fever Dream (4:39)
02 The Point (6:35)
03 Three Friends Remembered (1:27)
04 Eastern Blues (5:48)
05 Closed Door An Open Door (7:04)
06 Visions Of Sand And Eyes (2:33)
07 Rainwater (9:48)

Total time 37:45
LP released by Tragic Mule, NY, 1987

Ron Anderson: guitars, bass, synths, percussion, drum, programming, vocals
Ken Clare: alto & soprano saxophones
Ed Rollin: oboe, english horn, tenor saxophone
Kathy Life, Oren Bloedow, Toby Crocket: vocals

Ron Anderson lived in New York from 1982 to 1989 before relocating to San Francisco to launch his famous power trio The Molecules (see discography). In NY he played in no wave bands Rat At Rat R and Yellow Tang, while helding improvised music sessions in his Brooklyn studio. Tragic Mule was Anderson’s own label, later to release the first Molecules CD in 1991. His first solo LP, ‘Fever Dream’ can be compared to Robert Horton’s early releases (see previous post) or Marten Ingle’s Tago Mago cassette (see here). It actually sounds like a lost classic, with its highly creative use of synth and reed instruments, clever synth and drum programming, a jazz sensibility, Asian and Middle-East music hints, and guitar solos a la Fred Frith ca ‘Cheap At Half The Price’. The music has ‘avantgarde’ written all over, though with a decidedly relaxed, West Coast flavor thanks to its clear-cut guitar parts, exotic keyboard sounds and great horn section throughout.