Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Label:
Catalog#:
2302 100, 2302 100
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
Scandinavia
Released:
1981
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Tribal, Electro, Experimental

Tracklist

A1   America Is Waiting 3:36 X
    Arranged By - Laswell* , Eno* , Byrne* , Van Tieghem* , Wright*
  Bass - Bill Laswell
  Bass [Click] - Tim Wright (2)
  Drums, Percussion - David Van Tieghem
A2   Mea Culpa 3:45 X
    Bodhrán - Dennis Keeley
A3   Regiment 3:56 X
    Arranged By - Eno* , Jones* , Frantz* , Byrne* , Fripp*
  Bass - Busta Jones
  Drums - Chris Frantz
  Drums, Percussion - David Van Tieghem
  Written-By - Jones*
A4   Help Me Somebody 4:18 X
    Congas, Percussion [Metals] - Steve Scales
  Drums - John Cooksey
A5   The Jezebel Spirit 5:00 X
    Bass Drum, Percussion [Can] - Prairie Prince
  Bata, Percussion [Sticks] - Mingo Lewis
B6   Qu'ran 3:46
    Drums - John Cooksey
B7   Moonlight In Glory 4:46 X
    Congas, Gong [Agong-gong] - Jose Rossy
B8   The Carrier 3:30 X
    Bass Drum, Percussion [Can] - Prairie Prince
  Bata, Percussion [Sticks] - Mingo Lewis
B9   A Secret Life 2:30 X
B10   Come With Us 2:38 X
B11   Mountain Of Needles 2:35 X

Credits

Artwork By [Cover] - Brian Eno
Artwork By [Typography] - Peter Saville
Engineer [Assistant At Blue Rock] - Michael Ewasko
Engineer [Assistant At Different Fur] - Don Mack , Howard Johnston
Engineer [Assistant At Eldorado] - George Sloane
Engineer [Assistant At Rpm] - Hugh Dwyer
Engineer [At Blue Rock] - Eddie Korvin
Engineer [At Different Fur] - Stacy Baird
Engineer [At Eldorado] - Dave Jerden
Engineer [At Rpm] - Neal Teeman
Engineer [At Sigma] - John Potoker
Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Drums, Percussion, Performer [Found Objects] - Brian Eno , David Byrne
Mastered By - Greg Calbi
Producer - Brian Eno , David Byrne
Written-By - Eno* , Byrne*

Notes

Studios:
RPM, New York, August 4 & 16, 1979.
Blue Rock, New York, September 5, 1979.
Eldorado, Los Angeles, February & March 1980.
Different Fur, San Francisco, April 1980.
Sigma, New York, October 1980.

Mastered at Sterling Sound.

Voices:
1. Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
2. Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
3.Dunya, Lebanese mountain singer (From 'The Human Voice in the World of Islam' Tangent Records TGS 131).
4. Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
5. Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
6. Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran. (Same source as 3).
7. The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia (From 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folkways FS 3841).
8. Dunya Yusin. (See 3).
9. Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer. (From 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records).
10. Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.

"Special thanks to Dave Jerden."

The tracks are numbered from 1 to 11 on the release.
Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola.

On later editions of this album the track "Qu'ran" was ommited because of religious reasons.

LC 0309
NCB

(P)&(C) 1981 EG Records Limited
Sleeve printed by Team Trykk Oslo
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