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David Byrne ‎– Songs From "The Catherine Wheel"

Label:
Sire ‎– SIR K 56 979, Sire ‎– SIR 56 979
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
Sweden
Released:
1981
Genre:
Electronic, Rock, Stage & Screen
Style:
Art Rock, Score

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A1 His Wife Refused
Gong [Gung Gong] – John ChernoffGuitar – David ByrneGuitar [Steel Drum Guitar] – Adrian BelewSynthesizer [Mini Moog], Piano – Bernie Worrell
 4:26
A2 Two Soldiers
Bass [Basses], Synthesizer [Obx, Primetime] – David ByrneBass, Piano – Brian EnoCongas – John ChernoffGuitar [Guitars] – Adrian BelewWritten By – Byrne/EnoWritten-By – Eno*
 4:45
A3 The Red House
Bass [Basses], Synthesizer [Prophet] – David ByrneSynthesizer [Prophet Scream] – Brian Eno
 3:17
A4 My Big Hands (Fall Through The Cracks)
Percussion, Synthesizer [Prophet] – David Byrne
 2:45
A5 Big Business
Clavinet – Bernie WorrellGuitar [Fierce And High Guitars] – David ByrneGuitar [Galloping] – John ChernoffWritten-By – Chernoff*
 5:16
B1 Eggs In A Briar Patch
Bass, Vibraphone [Vibes] – Brian EnoGong [Gung Gong] – John ChernoffGuitar [Floating Guitars] – Adrian BelewKeyboards – Jerry HarrisonPerformer [Horses] – David Byrne
 3:31
B2 Poison
Synthesizer [Mini], Strings [Prophet] – David ByrneVocals – Dolette McDonald
 2:38
B3 Cloud Chamber
Percussion [Kitchen Metals] – David ByrnePercussion [Large Drum] – Jerry HarrisonPerformer [Water Pot] – Twyla Tharp
 2:42
B4 What A Day That Was
Congas – Steve ScalesDrums – John CookseySynthesizer [Synthesizers] – David Byrne
 5:32
B5 Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)
Tom Tom [Concert Toms] – Yogi HortonVocals – Sue Halloran*
 4:45
B6 Light Bath
Flute [Triggered] – David ByrnePercussion – John Chernoff
 1:08

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Notes

Commissioned by the Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation, Inc.
"The Catherine Wheel" premiered September 22nd, 1981 at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York City
Choreographed and directed by Twyla Tharp

Studios:
Celestial Sound Studios, Olympic Sound (London) and Blank Tapes
Mastered at Sterling Sound

Vinyl mastered by Strawberry Mastering, London ("STRAWBERRY (G)"stamped into the runout grooves)
Catalog# "SIR K 56 979" on sleeve, "SIR 56 979" on labels
Printed antistatic inner sleeve

℗ & © 1981 Sire Records Company
Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf
Printed at Druckhaus Maack KG, Lüdenscheid
(SRK 3645)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: n©b
  • Label Code: LC 3228
  • Other (Distribution Code): France: WE 351
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): R/S Alsdorf A2 56979 A2 xx Ø STRAWBERRY(G)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): R/S Alsdorf 56979 B+1 Ø STRAWBERRY(G)

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Cat# Artist Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
SRK 3645 David Byrne Songs From The Broadway Production Of "The Catherine Wheel" ‎(LP, Album) Sire SRK 3645 US 1981 Sell This Version
SIR 56 979, SIR K 56 979 David Byrne Songs From The Broadway Production Of "The Catherine Wheel" ‎(LP, Album) Sire, Sire SIR 56 979, SIR K 56 979 UK 1981 Sell This Version
SRK 3645 David Byrne Songs From The Broadway Production Of "The Catherine Wheel" ‎(LP, Album) Sire SRK 3645 Italy 1982 Sell This Version
SRK 3645 David Byrne Songs From The Broadway Production Of "The Catherine Wheel" ‎(LP) Sire SRK 3645 UK 1981 Sell This Version
SRK 3645 David Byrne Songs From The Broadway Production Of "The Catherine Wheel" ‎(LP) Sire SRK 3645 New Zealand 1981 Sell This Version

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