Album
Twang Bar King
1983 · Electronic, Rock
7 collectors on Gatefold own this
Twang Bar King is a Rock album by Adrian Belew, originally released in 1983. On Gatefold: 18 pressings tracked, owned by 7 collectors.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1I'm Down2:54
- A2I Wonder4:39
- A3Life Without A Cage3:20
- A4Sexy Rhino0:37
- A5Twang Bar King1:26
- A6Another Time3:02
- A7The Rail Song5:39
Side B
- B1Paint The Road3:19
- B2She Is Not Dead4:41
- B3Fish Head4:30
- B4The Ideal Woman4:08
- B5Ballet For A Blue Whale4:44
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- angular
- playful
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Gatefold cover with barcode on back, 4 lines of text at center bottom under Island logo 90108-1.
Another Specialty Records pressing with no barcode and different text at bottom of back cover here:
B5 performed entirely on Roland guitar synthesizer and acoustic guitar.
Recorded with the Full Sail Mobile Unit at our rehearsal studio in the C.V. Lloyde Complex in the Greater Downtown Champaign, Illinois February/March 1983
Remixed to JVC Digital at Fifth Floor Studio in Greater Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio
Edited and mastered at The JVC Cutting Center in Greater Downtown Los Angeles, California
The lead guitar and vocal in A5 were recorded in 1979 at Cwazy Wabbit 8-track studio and former potato cooler in Springfield, Illinois
Thanks to the friends and strangers from the streets of Cincinnati for their comments on B4
Production assistant for Macaque, Inc.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Adrian BelewGUITAR, PERCUSSION, LEAD VOCALS GUITAR
- Bill JanssenSAXOPHONE, BASS CLARINET, VOCALS SAXOPHONE, BASS, CLARINET, VOCALS SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
- Christy BleyPIANO , VOCALS
- Gary PlattBASS TROMBONE TROMBONE
- J. Clifton MayhughBASS, VOCALS
- Larrie LondinDRUMS
7 collectors on Gatefold own this · 18 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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