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Live at the Knitting Factory Works Vokume 4

(Knitting Factory Works, KFWCD 100) (CD)

For the jacket photo and sound clips of tracks 6, 8 and 10, go to the Live At The Knitting Factory Volume Four page on the Knitting Factory web site.

  1. Rai-Hop (7:21)
  2. Freight Train (3:52)
  3. The Sprawl (9:01)
  4. Strom (3:05)
  5. Erghen Diado (5:56)
  6. Cave Man (4:51)
  7. Jersey Devil (11:22)
  8. Fast Forward (4:52)
  9. 1990 (9:13)
  10. Farm Life (7:56)
  1. Ned Rothenberg Double Band
    Jerome Harris: electric bass guitar (right)
    Gregory Jones: electric bass guitar (left)
    Pheeroan akLaff: drums, percussion (right)
    Samm Bennett: drums, percussion (left)
    Thomas Chapin: alto sax (right)
    Ned Rothenberg: alto sax (left)
    Recorded on July 28, 1990

  2. Universal Congress of
    Joe Biaza: guitar, vocals
    Steve Moss: tenor sax, background vocals
    Bob Fitzer: bass
    Paul Lyons: drums
    Recorded on August 1, 1990

  3. Last Exit
    Peter Bro¨tzman: reeds
    Ronald Shannon Jackson: crums
    Bill Laswell: bass
    Sonny Sharrock: guitar
    Recorded on February 3, 1990

  4. Iva Bittova: violin, voice
    Pavel Fajt: drums, special metals
    Recorded on October 11, 1989

  5. Framework
    Erik Friedlander: cello
    Kevin Norton: drums, samples
    Laura Seaton: violin
    Recorded on July 23, 1990

  6. Spanish Fly
    Steven Bernstein: cornet, slide trumpet
    Marcus Rojas: tuba
    Dave Tronzo: slide guitar
    Recorded on July 9, 1990

  7. MiniaTURE
    Joey Baron: drums, electronics
    Tim Berne: alto sax
    Hank Roberts: vocal, cello, electronically modified cello
    Recorded on February 21, 1990

  8. X-Legged Sally
    Peter Vermeersch: tenor sax
    Eric Steichim: alto sax
    Michel Mast: baritone sax
    Jan Weuts: trumpet
    Pieter Lamotte: trombone
    Michel Delorie: electric guitar
    Bruno Deneuter: bass guitar
    Danny Van Hoeck: drums
    Recorded on February 4, 1990

  9. Bob Holman: talk
    Recorded on June 9, 1990

  10. New & Used
    Dave Douglas: trumpet
    Kermit Driscoll: bass
    Mark Feldman: violin
    Andy Laster: reeds
    Tom Rainey: drums
    Recorded on April 24, 1990

Recorded at the Knitting Factory in New York City by Bob Appel (1-6, 9), Jonathan Nelson (7, 8) and Douglas Rice (10)
Mastered by Mike Reese
Produced by Bob Appel
Art direction and design: Richard Frankel and F. Ron Miller
Photography: Nancy Perlman and Nola Lopez

Released 1991