The Motor Totemist Guild – Omaggio A Futi

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Label:	Auf Dem Nil – DMM 010 R, Recommended Records Italia – DMM 010 R, Rotary Totem Records – DMM 010 R
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	Italy
Released:	1989
Genre:	Rock, Non-Music
Style:	New Wave, Art Rock, Avantgarde

Tracklist

A	Omaggio A Futi Ensemble – ICA Ensemble, Musicians Of Cambodia & Laos, USC Contemporary Chamber Ensemble Text By [Warheads] – Herrin* Written-By – Grigsby* Written-By [Follow The Drinking Gourd] – Traditional Written-By [Infant Organ Harvest] – Heninger, Kerman, Hay, Strauss, Grigsby, Johnston Written-By [Melodies Of Cambodia & Laos] – Traditional Written-By [Musette] – J.S. Bach*	20:00
B1	Lightly Into Nappy Guitar – Ken Ando Tape – Brad Laner Written-By – Heninger, Laner, Grigsby, Ando, Johnston*	4:32
B2	Farmer Without Strings Voice – Curt Wilson Written-By – Grigsby*	4:14
	Barbie Variations Music By – Strauss, Grigsby Text By – Herrin*
B3	Ⅰ - Birth By Injection Mold	4:06
B4	Ⅱ - Marriage & Divorce	2:48
B5	Ⅲ - Ken Vs. Joe / Skipper's Fling Drums – Nigel Bladen Voice [Voices] – COMA Auxiliary Voice [The Voice Of Barbie] – Trelaine Lewis	4:49
B6	Ⅳ - Barbie In Hell	2:41

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – KCRW
Recorded At – KZSC
Recorded At – Long Beach Art Association
Recorded At – Iroquois Arts & Crafts Long Beach
Recorded At – Telstar Studio, Burbank, CA
Recorded At – Japan America Theatre, Los Angeles
Recorded At – Harbor College
Recorded At – St. Loonie's El Segundo
Copyright © – Home in a Tote Sack
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Home in a Tote Sack
Copyright © – Rotary Totem Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rotary Totem Records
Designed At – Whitney Lowe

Credits

Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Trumpet, Vibraphone, Percussion, Tape – James Grigsby
Cello – Becky Heninger
Clarinet, Saxophone, Horn, Percussion – Lynn Johnston
Cover [Cover Drawing] – Eric A. Kahn
Drums, Percussion, Toy [Toy Rat] – David Kerman
Flute, Voice – Emily Hay
Mixed By – Wilson*, Kerman*, Grigsby*
Overdubbed By, Effects, Assemblage, Engineer – Curt Wilson
Percussion, Violin, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Panpipes, Voice, Noises [Shortwave] – Eric Strauss
Producer – James Grigsby
Recorded By – Curt Wilson, DAS, Strauss*, James Grigsby, Jim Lloyd (5), Joseph Magee, Michael Loeg, Tom Peabody
Sleeve Notes – David Kerman

Notes

Sources recorded in California circa 1982 - 1988 at KRCW-FM Santa Monica, KZSC-FM Santa Cruz, Long Beach Art Association, Iroquois Arts & Crafts Long Beach, Telstar Studio Burbank, Japan America Theater Los Angeles, Rotary Totem Tustin/Playa del Rey/Los Angeles, Harbor College Wilmington, St. Loonie's El Segundo

"Omaggio A Futi is a tape collage. Most of the source material consists of live recordings of MTG performances. But, there has been no attempt to retain the original continuity. On the contrary, all the techniques of the analog studio (overdub, speed change, splicing, electronic processing) have been utilized. As many as four different sources are presented simultaneously. This is one of the process of Reconstruction (using a variety of sources). [...]"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): FUTI A DMM 010 R
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): FUTI B DMM 010 R

Other Versions (2)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Omaggio A Futi (LP, Album, Test Pressing)	Auf Dem Nil	none	Italy	1989
New Submission	A Luigi Futi (Cassette, Album)	Home in a Tote Sack, Rotary Totem Records	none	US	1989