"Adult Guitar started with Noël selecting and forwarding ten hours of wonderfully heterogeneous archival recordings. The best stuff floated to the top, really" - David Grubbs.
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 16, 17, 20: recorded Wien, 2003
Track 3: record live at L'Olympic, Nantes, 2000
Tracks 7, 8, 14: recorded Marseille, 1998. Thanks to Ferdinand Richard, Caroline Sury, Pakito Bolino.
Track 9: recorded at Moat Studios, London, 1997.
Track 10: Recorded during Dave Leibman's master class at EDIM, Sceaux, France, 1994. Unknown rhythm section. Thanks to Daniel Beaussier.
Track 11: Recorded at HBS (original location), Paris, 1982-83. Unknown musicians
Track 12: Recorded at Studio Only One, Lyon, 1998. Soundtrack to a scene of the film "La Vie Rêvée Des Anges" by Eric Zonca.
Track 13: Recorded at home on Tascam four-track cassette, 1989.
Track 15: Recorded during reharsal of "Jazz Dans Les Cordes" master class organized by Didier Levallet, 1986.
Track 18: Recorded live at L'Atmosphère, 2001.
Track 19: Jacques Thollot interviewed by Noël Akchoté, 1996. Thanks to Jean Rouchard, Philipped Carles and Jazz Magazine.