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Live at the Knitting Factory Works Vokume 2

(Knitting Factory Works, KFWCD-98) (CD)

For the jacket photo and sound clips of tracks 2 and 5, go to the Live At The Knitting Factory Volume Two page on the Knitting Factory web site.

  1. Part of the Family (3:35)
  2. Ghosts (4:09)
  3. Foxy Lady (4:45)
  4. Orbital Inversion (5:28)
  5. Some Kind of Blues (6:49)
  6. Dick Dogs (4:54)
  7. Silver Lining (4:41)
  8. Love Buds (4:44)
  9. Pause of the Clock (9:06)
  10. Ramana (7:09)
  11. Drala (10:43)
  1. Chunk
    Tim Spelios: shaker, bell, etc.
    David Simons: Hawaian guitar
    Samm Bennett: drums, electric percussion, vocals

  2. Gary Lucas: National Steel guitar

  3. Odd Job
    Samm Bennett: drums, electric percussion
    Ned Rothenberg: alto sax
    David Weinstein: keyboards
    Shelley Hirsch: vocals

  4. Ikue Mori: drums, electric percussion
    Fred Frith: guitar
    Mark Dresser: bass

  5. Myra Melford: piano

  6. Sonny Sharrock: guitar
    Abe Speller: drums
    Melvin Gibbs: bass
    Pheeroan akLaff: drums
    Dave Snyder: keyboards

  7. Christian Merclay: turntables, records
    Samm Bennett: electric percussion

  8. Odd Job
    Samm Bennett: drums, electric percussion
    Ned Rothenberg: alto sax
    David Weinstein: keyboards
    Shelley Hirsch: vocals

  9. Joey Barron: drums, keyboards, electronics

  10. Glen Velez: gaval, Filipino buzz sticks
    Lane Redmond: thon
    Steve Gon: Bansuri flute
    Scott Robinson: mbira

  11. Glen Velez: steel drum
    Lane Remond: Japanese frame drum
    Steve Gon: Bansuri flute

Recorded at the Knitting Factory in New York City by Bob Appel (1, 4, 5, 7, 9), Hahn Rowe (3, 8), Bill Kraws (6), and Kurt Heidinger (2, 10, 11)
Mastered by Mike Reese at A & M Mastering Studios
Produced by Bob Appel
Photography: Nancy Perlman

Released 1991