The Golden Wire

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	A Piece Of Time Oboe – Paul McCandless	6:35
2	The Golden Wire	5:22
3	Earthly Pleasures Drum Programming – Kurt Wortman	6:29
4	Imagine You	2:37
5	Vigango Banjo – Andy Summers	6:10
6	Blues For Snake Drum Programming – David Hentschel	4:57
7	The Island Of Silk Written-By – A. Summers*, D. Hentschel*	5:09
8	Journey Through Blue Regions Tambourine [Xianjiang], Percussion – Kurt Wortman	2:10
9	Piya Tose Vocals – Najma Akhtar	4:36
10	Rain Forest In Manhattan Flute [Two Wooden Flutes Together] – Paul McCandless	5:53
11	A Thousand Stones	4:18

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Evoke Studios
• Recorded At – Mad Hatter Studios
• Mixed At – The Complex
• Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Norman Moore
• Bass – Doug Lunn (tracks: 1, 5, 8, 10), Jimmy Haslip (tracks: 2, 6, 9)
• Drums, Percussion – Kurt Wortman (tracks: 1, 5)
• Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Andy Summers (tracks: 2, 3, 7)
• Guitar – Andy Summers (tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 8 to 11)
• Keyboards – David Hentschel (tracks: 7, 9, 10)
• Keyboards, Drum Programming – David Hentschel (tracks: 1 to 3, 5)
• Mastered By – Brian Gardner
• Mixed By – David Hentschel
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Sharon Rice
• Percussion – Kurt Wortman (tracks: 2, 7, 9, 10)
• Photography By – Glen Erler
• Producer – Andy Summers, David Hentschel
• Recorded By – David Hentschel
• Recorded By [Assistant, Mad Hatter] – Darren Mora
• Recorded By [Assistant] – Dennis Smith
• Soprano Saxophone – Paul McCandless (tracks: 2, 5, 6)
• Synthesizer [Synclavier] – Stephen Croes (tracks: 2, 6, 9, 10)
• Written-By – A. Summers* (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 10, 11)

Notes

Recorded at Evoke Studios, Venice, California, November and December, 1988 and at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, California, November 1988.
Mixed at The Complex, Los Angeles, California, January 1989.
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, California.
Special thanks to Bob Bradshaw.
David Hentschel plays Ensoniq keyboards.
Kurt Wortman plays Remo products and Paiste cymbals.
Andy Summers plays on this record.
Extra special thanks to Najma for travelling so far and singing so beautifully.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2048-2-P	Andy Summers	The Golden Wire ‎(CD, Album)	Private Music	2048-2-P	US	1989
2048-1-P	Andy Summers	The Golden Wire ‎(LP, Album)	Private Music	2048-1-P	Australia	1989
259 784	Andy Summers	The Golden Wire ‎(CD, Album)	Private Music	259 784	Europe	1989
MOCCD 13213	Andy Summers	The Golden Wire ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Music On CD	MOCCD 13213	Europe	2015
150.8043	Andy Summers	The Golden Wire ‎(LP, Album)	Private Music	150.8043	Brazil	1989