David ByrneMy Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Label:

Sire – SRK 6093

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Test Pressing, White Label

Country:

US

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Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Funk

Tracklist

A1 America Is Waiting
Arranged ByTim Wright (2)
BassBill Laswell
Bass [Click]Tim Wright (2)
Drums, PercussionDavid Van Tieghem
Other [Vocal Sample Source]Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
3:36
A2 Mea Culpa
Bodhrán [Bodhran]Dennis Keeley
Other [Vocal Sample Source]Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
3:35
A3 Regiment
Arranged ByRobert Fripp
BassBusta Jones
DrumsDavid Van Tieghem
Other [Vocal Sample Source]Dunya Yusin, Lebanese mountain singer. (From 'The Human Voice in the World of Islam' Tangent Records TGS 131)
PercussionDavid Van Tieghem
3:56
A4 Help Me Somebody
Congas, Percussion [Metals]Steve Scales
DrumsJohn Cooksey
Other [Vocal Sample Source]Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
4:18
A5 The Jezebel Spirit
Bass Drum, Percussion [Can]Prairie Prince
Bata, Percussion [Sticks]Mingo Lewis
Other [Vocal Sample Source]Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
4:55
B1 Qu'Ran
DrumsJohn Cooksey
Other [Vocal Sample Source]Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran. (Same source as A3)
3:46
B2 Moonlight In Glory
Congas, Percussion [Agong-gong]Jose Rossy
Other [Vocal Sample Source]The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia. (From 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folways FS 3841).
4:19
B3 The Carrier
Bass Drum, Percussion [Can]Prairie Prince
Bata, Percussion [Sticks]Mingo Lewis
Other [Vocal Sample Source]Dunya Yusin. (See A3)
3:30
B4 A Secret Life
Other [Vocal Sample Source]Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer. (From 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records)
2:30
B5 Come With Us
Other [Vocal Sample Source]Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.
2:38
B6 Mountain Of Needles 2:35

Credits

  • CoverBrian Eno
  • EngineerStacy Baird
  • Engineer [Assistant]Michael Ewasko
  • Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Drums, Percussion, Effects [Found Objects], ProducerDavid Byrne
  • Mastered ByGreg Calbi
  • TypographyPeter Saville (2)

Notes

Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola.

Voices:
A1. Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
A2. Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
A3. Dunya Yusin, Lebanese mountain singer (from 'The Human Voice in the World of Islam' Tangent Records TGS 131).
A4. Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
A5. Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
B1. Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran (same source as A3).
B2. The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia (from 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folkways FS 3841).
B3. Dunya Yusin (see A3).
B4. Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer (from 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records).
B5. Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.

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

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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (LP, Album, Winchester Pressing) Sire SRK 6093 US 1981
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (LP, Album, Stereo, Editions EG Labels) Polydor 2302 100 Netherlands 1981
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (LP, Album, Impact Records Pressing) Sire XSR 6093 Canada 1981
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