Naked City - Complete Studio Recordings

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Naked City
1-1	Batman	2:03
1-2	The Sicilian Clan Composed By – Ennio Morricone	3:33
1-3	You Will Be Shot	1:31
1-4	Latin Quarter	4:11
1-5	A Shot In The Dark Composed By – Henry Mancini	3:13
1-6	Reanimator	1:43
1-7	Snagglepuss	2:20
1-8	I Want To Live Composed By – Johnny Mandel	2:12
1-9	Lonely Woman Composed By – Ornette Coleman	2:45
1-10	Igneous Ejaculation	0:23
1-11	Blood Duster	0:16
1-12	Hammerhead	0:11
1-13	Demon Sanctuary	0:41
1-14	Obeah Man	0:20
1-15	Ujaku	0:30
1-16	Fuck The Facts	0:14
1-17	Speedball	0:43
1-18	Chinatown Composed By – Jerry Goldsmith	4:28
1-19	Punk China Doll	3:05
1-20	N.Y. Flat Top Box	0:45
1-21	Saigon Pickup	4:50
1-22	The James Bond Theme Composed By – John Barry	3:06
1-23	Den Of Sins	1:14
1-24	Contempt Composed By – Georges Delerue	2:53
1-25	Graveyard Shift	3:32
1-26	Inside Straight	4:17
Grand Guignol
2-1	Grand Guignol	17:41
2-2	Blood Is Thin	1:00
2-3	Thrash Jazz Assassin	0:45
2-4	Dead Spot	0:31
2-5	Bonehead	0:51
2-6	Piledriver	0:33
2-7	Shangkuan Ling-Feng	1:14
2-8	Numbskull	0:29
2-9	Perfume Of A Critic's Burning Flesh	0:24
2-10	Jazz Snob Eat Shit	0:24
2-11	The Prestidigitator	0:43
2-12	No Reason To Believe	0:26
2-13	Hellraiser	0:39
2-14	Torture Garden	0:35
2-15	Slan	0:23
2-16	The Ways Of Pain	0:31
2-17	The Noose	0:10
2-18	Sack Of Shit	0:43
2-19	Blunt Instrument	0:53
2-20	Osaka Bondage	1:14
2-21	Shallow Grave	0:40
2-22	Kaoru	0:50
2-23	Dead Dread	0:45
2-24	Billy Liar	0:10
2-25	Victims Of Torture	0:20
2-26	Speedfreaks	0:48
2-27	New Jersey Scum Swamp	0:41
2-28	S-M Sniper	0:14
2-29	Pigfucker	0:23
2-30	Cairo Chop Shop	0:22
2-31	Facelifter	0:54
2-32	Whiplash	0:19
2-33	The Blade	0:35
2-34	Gob Of Spit	0:18
2-35	La Cathédrale Engloutie Composed By – Debussy*	6:41
Three Preludes
2-36	Douloureux, Déchirant Composed By – Scriabin*	1:17
2-37	Très Lent, Contemplatif Composed By – Scriabin*	1:47
2-38	Allegro Drammatico Composed By – Scriabin*	0:49
2-39	Prophetiae Sybillarum Composed By – Orlando Di Lassus*	1:48
2-40	The Cage Composed By – Ives*Vocals – Bob Dorough	2:07
2-41	Louange A L'Eternité De Jesus Composed By – Messiaen*	7:10
2-42	Grand Guignol (Vocal Version) Vocals – Mike Patton	17:41
Heretic: Jeux Des Dames Cruelles
3-1	Main Titles	1:28
3-2	Sex Games	2:23
3-3	The Brood	2:49
3-4	Sweat, Sperm + Blood	2:05
3-5	Vliet	0:50
3-6	Heretic 1	2:33
3-7	Submission	4:23
3-8	Heretic 2	1:46
3-9	Catacombs	2:46
3-10	Heretic 3	2:43
3-11	My Master, My Slave	2:23
3-12	Saint Jude	2:13
3-13	The Conqueror Worm	2:32
3-14	Dominatrix 2B	2:16
3-15	Back Through The Looking Glass	2:39
3-16	Here Come The 7,000 Frogs	1:59
3-17	Slaughterhouse/Chase Sequence	2:19
3-18	Castle Keep	1:49
3-19	Mantra Of Resurrected Shit	1:43
3-20	Trypsicore	1:46
3-21	Fire And Ice (Club Scene)	2:37
3-22	Crosstalk	1:41
3-23	Copraphagist Rituals	0:53
3-24	Labyrinth	5:47
Radio
4-1	Asylum	1:56
4-2	Sunset Surfer	3:23
4-3	Party Girl	2:34
4-4	The Outsider	2:27
4-5	Triggerfingers	3:31
4-6	Terkmani Teepee	2:27
4-7	Sex Fiend	3:31
4-8	Razorwire	5:31
4-9	The Bitter And The Sweet	4:52
4-10	Krazy Kat	2:03
4-11	The Vault	4:44
4-12	Metaltov	2:07
4-13	Poisonhead	1:09
4-14	Bone Orchard	3:55
4-15	I Die Screaming	2:29
4-16	Pistol Whipping	0:57
4-17	Skatekey	1:24
4-18	Shock Corridor	1:08
4-19	American Psycho	6:10
Absinthe
5-1	Val De Travers	6:13
5-2	Une Correspondance	5:04
5-3	La Fée Verte	5:10
5-4	Fleurs Du Mal	4:06
5-5	Artemisia Absinthium	4:30
5-6	Notre Dame De L'Oubli (For Olivier Messiaen)	4:47
Verlaine
5-7	Part One "Un Midi Moins Dix"	4:23
5-8	Part Two "La Bleue"	6:01
5-9	...Rend Fou	6:03
Leng Tch'e
5-10	Leng Tch'e	31:38

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Tzadik
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Tzadik
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra Nonesuch
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Avant
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Hip's Road
• Published By – Theatre of Musical Optics
• Recorded At – Shelley Palmer Studio
• Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
• Mixed At – Shelley Palmer Studio
• Mixed At – Platinum Island Studios
• Mastered At – Hit Factory Mastering
• Designed At – Karath=Razar

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – John Zorn
• Arranged By – John Zorn (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 4-1 to 4-19), Naked City (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26)
• Bass – Fred Frith
• Composed By – John Zorn (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-7, 1-10 to 1-17, 1-19 to 1-21, 1-23, 1-25, 1-25, 2-1 to 2-34, 2-42, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10)
• Design [Grand Guignol / Heretic / Radio / Absinthe] – Tomoyo T.L.
• Design [Leng Tch'e] – Tomoyo T.L.
• Design [Naked City] – Tanaka Tomoyo*
• Design [Reissue] – Chippy , Heung-Heung Chin
• Drums – Joey Baron
• Edited By [Digital Editing] – Scott Hull (tracks: 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19)
• Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Hoover Le (tracks: 4-1 to 4-19, 5-1 to 5-9)
• Engineer [Engineered By] – Joe Ferla (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9)
• Executive-Producer [Grand Guigno / Heretic / Radio / Absinthe] – Disk Union
• Executive-Producer [Naked City] – Bob Ludwig
• Guitar – Bill Frisell
• Illustration [Naked City / Grand Guignol / Heretic] – Maruo Suehiro*
• Keyboards – Wayne Horvitz
• Liner Notes – Anthony Coleman, Bill Frisell, Eyvind Kang, Foetus, Fred Frith, J.G. Thirlwell, Joey Baron, John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Mick Harris, Mike Patton, Otomo Yoshihide, Ruins*, Scott Hull , Sean Lennon, Yamamoto Seiichi*, Steven Bernstein, Yoshida Tatsuya*, Eye*
• Mastered By – Bob Ludwig (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10), Scott Hull (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9)
• Mixed By – Roger Moutenot (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19)
• Music By – John Zorn (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9), Naked City (tracks: 3-1 to 3-24)
• Photography By [Absinthe: Cover Photo - Les Jeux De La Poupée] – Hans Bellmer
• Photography By [Radio: Cover Photos] – Man Ray
• Producer – John Zorn (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-1 to 5-10), Naked City (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26)
• Producer [Associate Producer] – Kazunori Sugiyama (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-1 to 5-9)
• Producer [Reissue / Associate Producer] – Kazunori Sugiyama
• Producer [Reissue] – John Zorn
• Recorded By – Alec Head (tracks: 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10), Jason Baker (tracks: 3-1 to 3-24), Martin Bisi (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42), Oliver DiCicco (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42), Roger Moutenot (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42), Scott Ansel* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42), Seigen Ono (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42)
• Remastered By – Scott Hull
• Typography [Grand Guignol / Photo Typesetting] – Lisa Wells
• Typography [Naked City / Photo Typesetting] – Takahashi Yukihiru*
• Typography [Photo Typesetting: Absinthe] – Lisa Wells
• Typography [Typesetting: Heretic / Radio] – Lisa Wells
• Vocals – John Zorn (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42, 5-10), Yamatsuka Eye (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10)

Notes

Naked City: The Complete Recording Boxset features five discs, packaged in digipak cases, and accompanied by a book, Eight Million Stories: Naked City Ephemera, which contains a wealth of photos and art as well as testimonials from all five band members and numerous acquaintances, friends and fans.

Remastered at Hit Factory Mastering, NYC.

Original credites & notes:

• Naked City:
. Front cover photograph "Weegee Corpse with Revolver, 1940" courtesy of the Weegee Collection, curator Wilma Wilcox.

• Grand Guignol:
. This album is lovingly dedicated to Jack Smith.
. Recorded in SF, NYC, Brooklyn, Tokyo.
. All photos courtesy of Dr. Stanley B. Burns, Collection of the Historic Medical Photography.

• Heretic:
. This record is dedicated to Harry Smith, mystical Animator, pioneer ethnomusicologist, hermetic scholar, creator of Heavan + Earth Magic, one of the greatest films of all time.
. Recorded and mixed at Shelley Palmer Studios, NYC, 1991.
Heretic ℗ 1992 Avant

• Radio
. Inspiration/Refer: Charles Mingus on Candid/Eric Dolphy/Paul Bley•Bob Demmon + The Astronauts •Little Feat•Ruins/Booker T & The MG's/Colin Wilson•Ennio Morricone/Albert King/Chuck Brown•Orchestra Baobab/Takeshi Terauchi/El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka•The Accüsed/The Meters/Yakuza Zankoku Hiroku•The Tony Williams Lifetime/O.L.D.•Anthony Braxton/Anton Webern "Six Bagatelles"/Sammy Cahn "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"/Frank Sinatra/Morton Feldman•Carl Stalling/Igor Stravinsky•Melvins/The Beatmasters/Septic Death/Hellfire/Leather Folk (the Book)•Abe Schwartz/Ivo Papasov/Naftule Brandwein•Repulsion•Led Zeppelin/Edo Akemi and Jagatara/Bernard Herrmann•Santana/Extreme Noise Terror/Conway Twitty•Agnostic Front/Siege •Ornette Coleman/Corrosion Of Conformity/Massacre/Quincy Jones•Sam Fuller/Funkadelic/Carcass•Liberace/Jan Hammer/Napalm Death/Ed Blackwell/Charlie Haden/Mick Harris/Carole King/Red Garland/Boredoms/Jerry Reed/SPK/Roger Williams.
. Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI.
. Recorded April 1992. Mixed September 1992.

• Absinthe:
. Recorded at Electric Lady, NYC, December 1992.
. Mixed at Platinum Island, NYC, January 1993.
. Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI.

• Leng Tch'e
. Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI.

Naked City ℗ 1989 Elektra Nonesuch
Grand Guignol ℗ 1992 Avant
Herectic ℗ 1992 Avant
Radio ℗ 1993 Avant
Absinthe ℗ 1993 Avante
Leng Tch'e ℗ 1992 Hips Road
this compilation © ℗ 2005 Tzadik

Tomoyo T.L. (Karath=Razar)
Lisa Wells (Strong Silent Type)

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