David Torn – Cloud About Mercury

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Label:	ECM Records – ECM 1322, ECM Records – 831 108-1
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	Germany
Released:	1987
Genre:	Electronic, Jazz
Style:	Ambient

Tracklist

A1	Suyafhu Skin... Snapping The Hollow Reed	8:15
A2	The Mercury Grid	6:32
A3	3 Minutes Of Pure Entertainment	7:05
B1	Previous Man Written-By – Bruford, Torn, Isham, Levin	7:52
	The Network Of Sparks
B2	a) The Delicate Code	4:50
B3	b) Egg Learns To Walk ...Suyafhu Seal Written-By – Bruford, Torn, Isham, Levin	10:22

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ECM Records GmbH
Pressed By – PRS Hannover
Published By – ECM Verlag
Published By – E.G. Music Ltd.
Recorded At – Audio International Studios
Mixed At – Rainbow Studio

Credits

Chapman Stick, Synthesizer [Synthesizer-Bass] – Tony Levin
Design [Cover Design] – Dieter Rehm
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – David Torn
Electronic Drums [Simmons Drums], Synthesizer [Synthesizer-Drums], Percussion – Bill Bruford
Engineer [Assistant, Audio International] – Nick O'Donnell
Engineer [Audio International] – Andy Jackson
Engineer [Rainbow Studio] – Jan Erik Kongshaug
Producer – Manfred Eicher
Synthesizer – Mark Isham (tracks: A1)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet – Mark Isham
Written-By – David Torn

Notes

Recorded March 1986 at Audio International, London
Mixed At Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bill Bruford courtesy EG Records

Gear support: Steinberger Guitars, Pearce Amps, Simmons, ADA Signal Processors, Bob Gatzen/Creative Music, Gary Hall

An ECM Production
℗ 1987 ECM Records GmbH
Made and printed in W.Germany

The side A label indicates a duration of 1:11 for "Suyafhu Skin..." and a duration of 7:04 for "Snapping The Hollow Reed"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Label Code: LC 2516
Rights Society: GEMA
Other (Debossed in the back cover - bottom left center): PRS Hannover
Matrix / Runout (Side A): 831 108 - 1 S 1 = 3 ECM 1322 320
Matrix / Runout (Side B): 831 108 - 1 S 2 ECM 1322 320
Matrix / Runout (On both sides ): F [lying] 1

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Cloud About Mercury (CD, Album)	ECM Records, ECM Records	ECM 1322, 831 108-2	Germany	1987
Recently Edited	Cloud About Mercury (LP, Album)	ECM Records, ECM Records	ECM 1322, 831 108-1	US	1987
New Submission	Cloud About Mercury (Cassette, Album)	ECM Records	831 108-4	US	1987
Recently Edited	Cloud About Mercury (Cassette, Album)	ECM Records	831 108-4	Canada	1987
New Submission	Cloud About Mercury (LP, Album, Promo)	ECM Records, ECM Records	ECM 1322, 831 108-1	Germany	1987

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Reviews

_Obscuremuse_ Jul 31, 2022
Beautiful and wild melding of Jazz fusion and jungle like progressive rock. A very strange outlier for the label as well as an excellent example of where the state of Jazz was in the 80's. The final track always takes me to a wild and pitched air battle above a pacific island for some reason.
ForestPoetry Aug 16, 2020
I blind bought this record years ago because of the names Levin and Bruford on the front of the sleeve and I liked the trippy artwork. It blew me away. 80s sounding jazz fusion with a world influence and very tasteful shred guitar. It still sounds fresh and invigorating every time I hear it.
iamnobody3 Jun 4, 2019
this is a great album, i saw it at a flea market for $2 on vinyl, had to grab it, really glad i did, its some jazzy ambient type stuff, real good, and the record i got is a pretty nice pressing.