Brian Eno - David Byrne ‎– My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Label:
EG ‎– EGLP48, Polydor ‎– 2302 100
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
Feb 1981
Genre:
Electronic, Rock
Style:
Tribal, Ambient, Avantgarde, Experimental, Funk
Tracklist
A1    America Is Waiting
Arranged By – Laswell*, Eno*, Byrne*, Van Tieghem*, Wright*
Bass – Bill Laswell
Bass [Click] – Tim Wright (2)
Drums, Percussion – David Van Tieghem
3:36
A2    Mea Culpa
Bodhrán [Bodhran] – Dennis Keeley
3:45
A3    Regiment
Arranged By – Eno*, Jones*, Frantz*, Byrne*, Fripp*
Bass – Busta Jones
Drums – Chris Frantz
Drums, Percussion – David Van Tieghem
3:56
A4    Help Me Somebody
Congas, Percussion [Metals] – Steve Scales
Drums – John Cooksey
4:18
A5    The Jezebel Spirit
Bass Drum, Percussion [Can] – Prairie Prince
Bata, Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo Lewis
5:00
B1    Qu'ran    3:46
B2    Moonlight In Glory
Congas, Agogô [Agong-gong] – Jose Rossy
4:46
B3    The Carrier
Bass Drum, Percussion [Can] – Prairie Prince
Bata, Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo Lewis
3:30
B4    A Secret Life    2:30
B5    Come With Us    2:38
B6    Mountain Of Needles    2:35
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – E.G. Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – E.G. Records Ltd.
Recorded At – RPM Studios
Recorded At – Blue Rock Studio
Recorded At – Eldorado Recording Studios
Recorded At – Different Fur Studios
Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – PRS Ltd.
Published By – E.G. Music Ltd.
Published By – Warner Bros. Music
Credits
Cover [From A Video By] – Brian Eno
Engineer [Blue Rock, Assistant] – Michael Ewasko
Engineer [Blue Rock] – Eddie Korvin
Engineer [Different Fur, Assistant] – Don Mack, Howard Johnston
Engineer [Different Fur] – Stacy Baird
Engineer [Eldorado, Assistant] – George Sloane
Engineer [Eldorado] – Dave Jerden
Engineer [RPM, Assistant] – Hugh Dwyer*
Engineer [RPM] – Neal Teeman
Engineer [Sigma] – John Potoker
Guitar [Guitars], Bass [Basses], Synthesizer [Synthesizers], Drums, Percussion, Other [Found Objects] – Brian Eno, David Byrne
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Producer – Brian Eno, David Byrne
Typography – Peter Saville (2)
Written-By – Eno*, Jones* (tracks: A3), Byrne*
Notes
This is the 1st UK edition with the track "Qu'ran" opening side 2; after an initial pressing it was withdrawn and subsequent releases replaced it with "Very, Very Hungry".
Sleeve text is in gold, no barcode, small Polydor/EG logos on back cover, labels have yellow text on black.
Tracks are numbered from 1 to 11 on the sleeve.
Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola.
Special thanks to David Jerden.
Voices:
A1. Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
A2. Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
A3. Dunya, Lebanese mountain singer (From Music In The World Of Islam, 1: The Human Voice Tangent Records TGS 131.
A4. Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
A5. Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
B1. Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran. (Same source as 3).
B2. The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia (From 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folkways FS 3841).
B3. Dunya Yusin. (See 3).
B4. Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer. (From 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records).
B5. Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.
Rooks on A4 courtesy April Potts, Eglingham Hall.
Studios:
RPM, New York. August 4 & 16, 1979.
Blue Rock, New York. September 5, 1979.
Eldorado, Los Angeles. During February & March 1980.
Different Fur, San Francisco. During April 1980.
Sigma, New York. During October 1980.
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound.
Special Thanks to Dave Jerden.
David Byrne appears courtesy of Sire Records.
Cover:
℗© 1981 E.G. Records Limited
Labels:
℗ 1981 EG Records Ltd
All titles copyright
© EG Music Ltd./Warner Bros. Music 1980
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A etched runout, all variants): SIDE A - E.B.
Matrix / Runout (Side B etched runout, all variants): SIDE B - EB '
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: Side A machine stamped runout): EGLP 48 A//1▽E ST STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: Side B machine stamped runout): EGLP 48 B//1▽EST STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side A machine stamped runout): EGLP 48 A//1▽E ST STERLING 1 1 5
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side B machine stamped runout): EGLP 48 B//1▽EST STERLING 1 1 3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3: Side A machine stamped runout): EGLP 48 A//1▽EST 1 1 9 STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3: Side B machine stamped runout): EGLP 48 B//1▽EST 1 3 2 STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4: Side A machine stamped runout): EGLP 48 A//1▽E ST STERLING 1 1 1 3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4: Side B machine stamped runout): EGLP 48 B//1▽EST STERLING 1 3 1