One of a Kind (Bruford album)

One of a Kind
Studio album by Bruford
Released	June 1979
Recorded	January & February 1979
Studio	Trident Studios, London
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	46:28
Label	EG/Polydor
Producer	Bill Bruford
Bruford chronology
Feels Good to Me (1978) One of a Kind (1979) The Bruford Tapes (1979)

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One of a Kind is the second solo album by the drummer Bill Bruford, and the first proper album by his band Bruford. Released in 1979 on EG Records, it is a collection of instrumentals in a style that can loosely be defined as jazz fusion. Bruford features guitarist Allan Holdsworth, bassist Jeff Berlin, and keyboardist Dave Stewart. "Forever Until Sunday" and "The Sahara of Snow" had originally been performed at 1978 concerts by Bruford and Holdsworth’s previous band U.K.. They were intended for a studio album, but were never properly recorded by U.K. as Bruford kept the pieces for himself when he and Holdsworth exited the band. U.K. bandmate Eddie Jobson co-wrote "The Sahara of Snow" and reprises his violin part on "Forever Until Sunday". Stewart's "Hell's Bells" utilizes a fragment penned by his former National Health colleague Alan Gowen (the 3-chord pattern underlying the guitar solo). Holdsworth's "The Abingdon Chasp" is the only piece he wrote for Bruford.

Track listing[]

1. "Hell's Bells" (Dave Stewart, Alan Gowen) 3:32
2. "One of a Kind, Pt. 1" (Bill Bruford) 2:20
3. "One of a Kind, Pt. 2" (Bruford, Stewart) 4:00
4. "Travels with Myself – And Someone Else" (Bruford) 6:10
5. "Fainting in Coils" (Bruford) 6:33
6. "Five G" (Jeff Berlin, Bruford, Stewart) 4:41
7. "The Abingdon Chasp" (Allan Holdsworth) 4:50
8. "Forever Until Sunday" (Bruford) 5:46
9. "The Sahara of Snow, Pt. 1" (Bruford) 5:18
10. "The Sahara of Snow, Pt. 2" (Bruford, Eddie Jobson) 3:23

2005 bonus cut

11. Manacles [live 1979] (Stewart, Bruford) 7:25

Personnel[]

• Allan Holdsworth – electric guitar
• Dave Stewart – keyboards, synthesizers, electronics
• Jeff Berlin – bass guitar
• Bill Bruford – drums & percussions, voice of the Mock Turtle ("Fainting in Coils")

with

• Eddie Jobson – violin ("Forever Until Sunday")
• Anthea Norman Taylor - voice of Alice ("Fainting in Coils")
• Sam Alder – narrator ("Fainting in Coils")

• John Clark – electric guitar ("Manacles")

Production[]

• Alwyn Clayden – art direction, design
• Sheila Rock – photography
• John Shaw – photography
• Stephen W Tayler – engineer, production assistant

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