1993,
United States
00:55:26;
51M;
112JS;
90;
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Lucky Day, Overture
- 2:27
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The Black Rider
- 3:21
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November
- 2:53
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Just the Right Bullets
- 3:35
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Black Box Theme
- 2:42
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'T'Aint No Sin
- 2:25
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Flash Pan Huner, Intro
- 1:09
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That's the Way
- 1:07
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The Briar and the Rose
- 3:50
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Russian Dance
- 3:12
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Gospel Train, Orchestra
- 2:33
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I'll Shoot The Moon
- 3:51
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Flash Pan Hunter
- 3:10
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Crossroads
- 2:43
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Gospel Train
- 4:43
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Interlude
- 0:18
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Oily Night
- 4:23
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Lucky Day
- 3:42
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The Last Rose of Summer
- 2:06
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Carnival
- 1:16
Gerd Bessler - producer [2, 3, 5 to 9, 14, 16, 19, 20], viola [14]
Tchad Blake - producer [1, 4, 10 to 13, 15, 17, 18]
Hans-Jörn Braudenberg - organ [8, 9]
Kathleen Brennan - noises [boots] [10]
Matthew Brubeck - cello [1, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18]
William S. Burroughs - voice [6]
Clive Butters - noises [boots] [10]
Ralph Carney - saxophone [1, 12], clarinet [bass] [4, 11, 13, 15], saxophone, clarinet [bass] [17], tuba [baritone horn] [18]
Greg Cohen - bass, percussion, banjo , viola [2], bass, accordion [3], bass, clarinet, sampler [emax] [6], bass [14, 19, 20], percussion, bass [15]
Linda Deluca - viola [10, 11, 17]
Bill Douglass - bass [1, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18]
Joe Gore - banjo [1, 4, 5, 13], guitar [12, 18], banjo, guitar [17]
Volker Hemken - clarinet [7, 8, 9, 16]
Joe Marquez - noises [boots] [10]
Christoph Moinian - french horn [16]
Don Neely - saw [3, 5]
Nick Phelps - french horn [1, 5, 10, 11, 17]
Kevin Porter - trombone [1, 10, 11, 12, 17]
Larry Rhodes - bassoon [4, 5, 10, 11, 13], bassoon [contra] [17]
Stefan Schäfer - bass [7, 8, 9]
Henning Stoll - bassoon [contra] [7], viola [8, 9], bassoon [16]
Boners, The - featuring [17]
Frances Thum - noises [boots] [10]
Francis Thumm - organ [4, 12, 13]
Tom Waits - other [liner notes], vocals, organ [calliope] [1], organ, vocals [2, 18], piano, banjo, vocals [3], vocals, piano [4], keyboards [chamberlain] [5], marimba, sampler [emax] [6], sampler [emax strings], noises [boots] [10], sampler [emax strings] [11], vocals [12, 13], guitar, keyboards [chamberlain], vocals [14], whistle [train], vocals, congas, drums [log drum] [15], organ, vocals, keyboards [chamberlain] [19], keyboards [chamberlain], sampler [emax] [20]
Kenny Wollesen - percussion [1, 4, 5, 11, 13, 17], marimba [12]
This album contains songs Tom Waits wrote and performed for the stage production of The Black Rider directed by Robert Wilson and written by William Burroughs.
The Black Rider tells an updated version of a 19th century story of a clerk who makes a Faustian contract with the Devil, accepting magic bullets to win the hand of his beloved in a shooting contest. Wilson's vivid images paid homage to German expressionism, Waits performed a shotgun marriage between Tin Pan Alley and burlesque horror music, while Burroughs' politically acute librettos gave unique insight into the mind of a character whose actions lead to tragic consequences.
Performance of the play was done by The Talia Theatre Of Hamburg.
Album recorded at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California and Music Factory, Hamburg, Germany.
Marketed in Australasia by PolyGram Under exclusive license. Made in Australia.
Island Records, 518 559-2
