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Songs From Liquid Days
1-1	Changing Opinion Flute – Paul DunkelLyrics By – Paul SimonPiano – Michael RiesmanVocals – Bernard Fowler	9:56
1-2	Lightning Alto Saxophone – Richard PeckFlute – Jack KriplLyrics By – Suzanne VegaSoprano Saxophone – Jon Gibson Vocals – Janice Pendarvis	6:43
1-3	Freezing Lyrics By – Suzanne VegaStrings – Kronos String Quartet, The*Vocals, Backing Vocals – Linda Ronstadt	3:16
1-4	Liquid Days (Part I) Lyrics By – David ByrneVocals – The Roches	4:46
1-5	Open The Kingdom (Liquid Days, Part II) Lyrics By – David ByrneVocals – Douglas Perry	7:00
1-6	Forgetting Backing Vocals – The RochesLyrics By – Laurie AndersonStrings – Kronos String Quartet, The*Vocals – Linda Ronstadt	8:05
Songs From The Trilogy
2-1	Protest Tenor Vocals – Douglas Perry	4:19
2-2	Evening Song Tenor Vocals – Douglas Perry	4:07
2-3	Hymn To The Sun Tenor Vocals – Paul Esswood	6:16
2-4	Trial / Prison Bass Clarinet – Richard LandrySoprano Saxophone – Jon Gibson Voice [Speaker] – Lucinda Childs	2:47
2-5	Akhnaten & Nefertiti Soprano Vocals – Milagro VargasTenor Vocals – Paul Esswood	4:15
2-6	Kuru Field Of Justice Baritone Vocals – Robert McFarlandTenor Vocals – Douglas Perry	6:04
2-7	Knee 1 Organ – Philip GlassVoice [Speaker] – Lucinda Childs, Sheryl Sutton	3:32
2-8	Tolstoy Farm Alto Vocals – Rhonda LissBaritone Vocals – Robert McFarlandBass Vocals – Scott ReeveSoprano Vocals – Claudia Cummings, Sheryl WoodsTenor Vocals – Douglas Perry	4:54
2-9	Window Of Appearance Soprano Vocals – Milagro VargasTenor Vocals – Paul Esswood	4:22
2-10	Bed Organ – George AndoniadisSoprano Vocals – Iris Hiskey	3:40
2-11	Epilogue Soprano Vocals – Milagro VargasTenor Vocals – Paul Esswood	4:18
2-12	Knee 5 Organ – Philip GlassViolin – Paul ZukofskyVoice [Bus Driver] – Mr. JohnsonVoice [Speaker] – Lucinda Childs, Sheryl Sutton	5:10

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
• Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
• Recorded At – The Living Room
• Recorded At – The Complex
• Recorded At – Big Apple Recording Studios
• Recorded At – RCA Studio A
• Recorded At – Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg
• Recorded At – Tonstudio Bauer
• Engineered At – The Living Room
• Mixed At – The Living Room
• Mastered At – Masterdisk
• Glass Mastered At – Sony Music
• Published By – Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.
• Published By – Waifersongs Ltd.
• Published By – AGF Music Ltd.
• Published By – Index Music, Inc.
• Published By – Canal Street Communications, Inc.

Credits

• Adapted By – Constance DeJong (tracks: 2-2, 2-6, 2-8), Philip Glass (tracks: 2-2, 2-6, 2-8)
• Art Direction – Mirjam Rosa Blom, Sony Music Communications
• Composed By – Philip Glass (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6)
• Concept By – Sony Music Media
• Conductor [New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus] – Christopher Keene (tracks: 2-2, 2-6, 2-8)
• Conductor [Philip Glass Ensemble, The] – Michael Riesman (tracks: 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-12)
• Conductor [Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus] – Dennis Russell Davies (tracks: 2-3, 2-5, 2-9, 2-11)
• Coordinator [Album] – Rory Johnston (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
• Edited By, Programmed By [Sequenced By] – Digidesign (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
• Engineer – Dan Dryden (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6), Don Christensen (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6)
• Engineer [Additional Recording Assistant] – Sharon Rice (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6)
• Engineer [Additional Recording] – George Massenburg (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6)
• Engineer [Mastering] – Bill Kipper (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6)
• Libretto By – Philip Glass (tracks: 2-3, 2-5, 2-9, 2-11)
• Libretto By [Book By] – Philip Glass (tracks: 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-12), Robert Wilson (tracks: 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-12)
• Libretto By [In Association With] – Richard Riddell (tracks: 2-3, 2-5, 2-9, 2-11), Robert Israel (tracks: 2-3, 2-5, 2-9, 2-11), Shalom Goldman (tracks: 2-3, 2-5, 2-9, 2-11)
• Liner Notes – Philip Glass
• Lyrics By – Philip Glass (tracks: 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-12)
• Music By – Philip Glass (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
• Performer – New York City Opera Chorus (tracks: 2-2, 2-6, 2-8), New York City Opera Orchestra (tracks: 2-2, 2-6, 2-8), The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra and Chorus* (tracks: 2-3, 2-5, 2-9, 2-11), The Philip Glass Ensemble (tracks: 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-12)
• Producer – Kurt Munkacsi (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6)
• Producer [Compilation] – Kurt Munkacsi (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
• Supervised By [Musical Supervision] – Michael Riesman (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
• Words By [Spoken Text] – Christopher Knowles (tracks: 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-12)
• Words By [Vocal Text] – Constance DeJong (tracks: 2-2, 2-6, 2-8)

Notes

"Songs From Liquid Days"
Produced for Euphorbia Productions Ltd.
Recorded and mixed at The Living Room, NY
Additional recording at The Complex, LA
Mastered at Masterdisk, NY

Track 1-1 Dunvegan Music Pub. Inc.
Track 1-2 & 1-3 Dunvegan Music Pub. Inc. - Waifersongs / AGF Music Ltd.
Track 1-4 & 1-5 Dunvegan Music Pub. Inc. - Index Music Inc.
Track 1-6 Dunvegan Music Pub. Inc. - Canal Street Communications, Inc.

"Songs From The Trilogy" Dunvegan Music Publishers Inc.:

"Einstein On The Beach" tracks 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-12
Recorded in 1978 at The Big Apple Recording Studios, New York
Spoken text: These Are The Days & I Feel The Earth Move

"Satyagraha" tracks 2-2, 2-6, 2-8
Recorded in 1984 at RCA Studio A, New York
Adapted from the Bhagavad-Gita book

"Akhnaten" tracks 2-3, 2-5, 2-9, 2-11
Recorded in 1987 at Karlshöhe Church and Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany

Compilation produced for Euphorbia Productions Ltd.
Edited and sequenced using Sound Tools at the Living Room, NY
Mastered at Masterdisk

Compilation © 2001 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
© 2001 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) B.V.
Made in Austria

Jewel case housed in an O-Card.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5099789745276
• Rights Society: SACEM/BIEM