Skeleton Crew

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Learn To Talk
1-1	–Skeleton Crew	Que Viva / Onwards And Upwards	7:37
1-2	–Skeleton Crew	The Way Things Fall (Back Apart) Words By – Rebby Sharp, Tom Cora	2:33
1-3	–Skeleton Crew	Not My Shoes	2:16
1-4	–Skeleton Crew	The Washington Post Arranged By [Arr.] – Skeleton Crew Music By – Sousa*	1:31
1-5	–Skeleton Crew	We're Still Free	4:09
1-6	–Skeleton Crew	Victoryville	2:50
1-7	–Skeleton Crew	Los Colitos / Life At The Top Music By – Frith*, Cora*Music By [Los Colitos] – Trad. Ecuador*Recorded By [Part Recorded In Quebec City] – WCBNVoice [Extra On Los Colitos] – Katrin*, Röbl*	4:35
1-8	–Skeleton Crew	Learn To Talk	3:52
1-9	–Skeleton Crew	Factory Song Words By – Tom Cora	4:49
1-10	–Skeleton Crew	It's Fine	4:16
1-11	–Skeleton Crew	Zach's Flag Music By – Cora*	3:01
1-12	–Skeleton Crew	Sick As A Parrot	2:58
1-13	–Skeleton Crew	Automatic Pilot	1:27
1-14	–Skeleton Crew	Hook Alto Saxophone, Percussion – Dave NewhouseMusic By – Frith*	2:15
1-15	–Skeleton Crew	Killing Time Music By – Laswell*, Frith*, Maher*	2:26
The Country Of Blinds
2-1	–Skeleton Crew	The Country Of Blinds	4:09
2-2	–Skeleton Crew	The Border Words By – Anne Hemenway	3:30
2-3	–Skeleton Crew	The Hand That Bites	5:32
2-4	–Skeleton Crew	Dead Sheep	3:22
2-5	–Skeleton Crew	Bingo	3:25
2-6	–Skeleton Crew	Man Or Monkey Arranged By [Arr.] – Skeleton Crew Music By – Frith*, Cora*	2:30
2-7	–Skeleton Crew	Foot In Hole	3:09
2-8	–Skeleton Crew	Hot Field	2:37
2-9	–Skeleton Crew	The Birds Of Japan	3:59
2-10	–Skeleton Crew	You May Find A Bed Words By – Fred Frith, Rebby Sharp	6:12
2-11	–Skeleton Crew	Sparrow Song Music By – Frith*	1:29
2-12	–Skeleton Crew	Safety In Numbers	3:18
2-13	–Tom Cora	Howdywhoola Too Cello, Sampler, Percussion – Tom CoraMusic By – Cora*	2:47
2-14	–Skeleton Crew	Second Rate	5:32
2-15	–Skeleton Crew	New Orleans Stomp Arranged By [Arr.] – Skeleton Crew Music By – Jelly Roll Morton	3:14
2-16	–Skeleton Crew	Hasta La Victoria	3:24

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – ReR Megacorp
• Distributed By – ReR USA
• Distributed By – Locus Solus
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fred Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Anthill Music
• Copyright (c) – Fred Records
• Copyright (c) – Anthill Music
• Recorded At – Sunrise Studios
• Recorded At – Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville
• Recorded At – Théâtre Dunois
• Recorded At – Illinois State University
• Recorded At – CBGB
• Remastered At – Headless Buddha Mastering Lab
• Glass Mastered At – MorphiusDisc Manufacturing – MORPH-13280

Credits

• Accordion – Tom Cora (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10)
• Cello, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Performer [Contraptions] – Tom Cora (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-10)
• Design – Tomas Kurth
• Engineer – Fred Frith (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 1-11), Hairi Vogel (tracks: 2-1, 2-3 to 2-10), Robert Vogel (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 1-11), Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 2-1, 2-3 to 2-10)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Katrin Brändli (tracks: 2-1, 2-3 to 2-10)
• Guitar, Bass [6-string], Violin, Drums, Vocals, Performer [Home-mades] – Fred Frith (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-10)
• Organ, Harp [Electric], Accordion, Drums, Vocals – Zeena Parkins (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10)
• Painting [Cover Painting] – Peter Bäder
• Piano, Synthesizer [Casio] – Fred Frith (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Producer – Vogel* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11), Skeleton Crew (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11), Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10)
• Remastered By, Compiled By – Fred Frith, Myles Boisen
• Synthesizer [Casio], Drums [Home-made] – Tom Cora (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Technician [Archival Transfers From Cassette To Cd Assistant] – Jon Leidecker (tracks: 1-12 to 1-14, 2-11, 2-13, 2-14, 2-16)
• Technician [Archival Transfers From Cassette To Cd] – Vance Galloway (tracks: 1-12 to 1-14, 2-11, 2-13, 2-14, 2-16)

Notes

Learn To Talk recorded Christmas and New Year 1983-1984 at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg.
Track 1-6, recorded at theFestival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in 1983. The additional material heard on this song is the result of a malfunctioning tape recorder.
Part of track 1-7 was recorded in Quebec City and is used by courtesy of the station, with thanks.
Track 1-12 & 1-13 recorded 1984 live in Lyon.
Track 1-14 recorded 1982 live at 24, Rue Dunois, Paris.
Track 1-15 recorded 4th November 1984 live at Illinois State University, Normal (originally released on Passed Normal)

The Country Of Blinds recorded December 1985 / January 1986 at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg.
Track 2-2 and the last section of track 2-10 recorded 4th November 1985 live in Reykjavik.
Track 2-11, 2-13 & 2-14, place and date unknown, from cassette recorded during European tour, 1985.
Track 2-12 originally released on A Classic Guide To No Man's Land.
Track 2-15 recorded April 1985 at CBGB, New York (originally released on Hallelujah, Anyway- Remembering Tom Cora).
Track 2-16 recorded 1985 at the Isabella, Toronto.

Tracks 1-12 to 1-15 and 2-11 to 2-16 were not included on the original LP albums.
Remastered and compiled January / May 2005 at Headless Buddha, Oakland.
Archival transfers from cassette to CD made September 2000.

℗ & © Fred Records / Anthill Music
Made in USA
Distributed in USA by ReR USA
Distributed in Japan by Locus Solus
Distributed by ReR Megacorp

Packaging: 6 panel, clear plastic Digipak

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (On Strip): 7 52725 90142 0
• Matrix / Runout (Learn To Talk CD): ***1/2DCA19021* MORPHIUSDISC MFG WWW.MORPHIUSDISC.COM MORPH-13280 02
• Mastering SID Code (Learn To Talk CD): IFPI LL27
• Mould SID Code (Learn To Talk CD): none
• Matrix / Runout (The Country Of Blinds CD): ***2/2DCA19022* MORPHIUSDISC MFG WWW.MORPHIUSDISC.COM MORPH-13280
• Mastering SID Code (The Country Of Blinds CD): IFPI LK31
• Mould SID Code (The Country Of Blinds CD): IFPI F702
• Label Code: LC-02677

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