Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia

Label:

Arista

Catalog#:

07822 18825 2

Format:

CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Country:

Europe

Released:

18 Jun 1996

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Punk, Avantgarde

Tracklist

1	Ask The Angels	3:08	X
	Written-By - Kral* , Smith*
2	Ain't It Strange	6:36	X
	Written-By - Kral* , Smith*
3	Poppies	7:06	X
	Written-By - Smith* , Sohl*
4	Pissing In A River	4:52
	Written-By - Kral* , Smith*
5	Pumping (My Heart)	3:21	X
	Written-By - Kral* , Daugherty* , Smith*
6	Distant Fingers	4:20	X
	Written-By - Lanier* , Smith*
7	Radio Ethiopia	10:03	X
	Written-By - Kaye* , Smith*
8	Abyssinia	2:15	X
	Written-By - Kaye* , Smith* , Sohl*
9	Chiklets	6:23	X
	Engineer - Brian Sperber Mixed By - Jay Dee Daugherty , Lenny Kaye Written-By - Kral* , Smith*

Credits

Artwork By [Original Album Design] - Nancy Greenberg , Patti Smith
Artwork By [Reissuedesign] - Sherri Whitmarsh
Drums, Percussion - Jay Dee Daugherty
Engineer - Jay Messina
Engineer [Assistant] - Rod O'Brien , Sam Ginsberg
Executive Producer - Wartoke Records Inc.
Guitar [Fender Stratocaster], Bass, Vocals - Lenny Kaye
Guitar [Gibson Les Paul], Bass - Ivan Kral
Keyboards, Synthesizer - Richard Sohl
Mastered By [Originally Mastered By] - George Marino
Other [Head Of Crew] - Moe Slotin
Other [Liner Notes] - Patti Smith
Other [Musical Consultant] - Jay Dee Daugherty
Other [Reissue Mastering Supervision] - Bob Irwin
Photography [Amharic] - Andi Ostrowe
Photography [Cover] - Judy Linn
Photography [Group] - Lynn Goldsmith
Producer - Jack Douglas
Remastered By - Vic Anesini
Vocals, Guitar [Fender Duo-sonic] - Patti Smith

Notes

℗1976, 1996 & © 1996 Arista Records Inc., a unit of BMG Entertainment.
Distributed by the local BMG company.
LC3484. BIEM/GEMA. Made in the EC. F: BM 720.
Barcode: 0 7822-18825-2 1.
"The Patti Smith Masters".

Chicklets is a previously unreleased track from the original sessions (listed as bonus track).

Recorded and mixed at the Record Plant East.
Originally mastered at Sterling Sound.
Reissue mastered at Sterling Sound.
Chicklets mixed at Electric Lady Studios.

Special thanks to Jane Friedman and John Cale, Jimmy Iovine and Allen Lanier.

Ali is still champ.

Thanks to Pat Costello, Rod Jacobson, Jeffi Powell, Lisa Robinson, Rick Downey (Böc Crew), Mannys music store, Rinaldo, Todd Smith, Andy Paley, Nana Lee Berry, Mary Hale, Lynette and Sara and Marjorie, Topper Zookie, Tony Glover, Robert Mapplethorpe and Lionel Rodriguez.

Sony Two Way Radio courtesy of Paul Getty III.
Harry Crosbys opium pipe courtesy of Gotham Book Mart.

Poppies was inspired by Edie Sedgewick, Jim Morrison and the Queen of Sheba.

Radio Ethiopia/Abyssinia is dedicated to Arthur Rimbaud and Constantin Brancusi.

R.E./A. was recorded live August 9, 1976.

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