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Live at the Knitting Factory Works Vokume 5

(Knitting Factory Works, KFWCD-108) (CD)

For the jacket photo and sound clips of tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, go to the Live At The Knitting Factory Volume Five page on the Knitting Factory web site.

  1. Reflections (5:00)
  2. What Kind of Love (4:37)
  3. Acuity (5:29)
  4. Heaven (2:49)
  5. Clay Pigeons (5:25)
  6. The Holdovers (2:53)
  7. Neverafter (3:57)
  8. Zo Ble Zo (5:53)
  9. Slipshod (6:41)
  10. I Know the Problem (5:34)
  11. Co-Rage-Us (13:20)
  1. Anthony Coleman: sampler
    Roy Nathanson: soprano sax
    Recorded on August 17, 1991

  2. Oren Bloedow: vocal
    Danny Blume: guitar
    Gene Calderazzo: drums
    Phil Freeley: bass
    Aaron Heich: alto sax
    Dan Levine: trombone
    Recorded on October 18, 1991

  3. String Faced
    Fred Hopkins: bass
    Deidre Murray: cello
    Jim Nolet: violin
    Bern Nix: guitar
    Nick Balaban: piano
    Neuman Baker: drums
    Recorded on August 27, 1991

  4. Pere Ubu
    Jim Jones: guitar, vocal
    David Thomas: lead vocal
    Recorded on September 21, 1991

  5. 101 Crustaceans
    Oren Bloedow: bass
    Claire DeBrunner: bassoon
    Jan Kotik: drums
    Miki Navazio: guitar
    Ed Pastorini: vocal, guitar
    Recorded on May 2, 1991

  6. Kazutoki Umezu: reeds
    Samm Bennett: electronic and acoustic percussion
    Recorded on June 23, 1991

  7. Kazutoki Umezu: reeds
    Samm Bennett: electronic and acoustic percussion
    Recorded on June 23, 1991

  8. Expatriate Fantasy
    Pheeroan akLaff: drums, vocal
    Epizio Bangoura: jembe
    Jarawa: bongos, congas
    Magloire Koudou: vocal
    Ben Monder: guitar
    Tom Pierson: keyboards
    Steve Wilson: sax
    Tracey Wormworth: bass
    Recorded on August 22, 1991

  9. Joe Morris' Sweatshop
    Joe Morris: guitar
    Sebastian Steinberg: electric bass
    Jerry Dupree: drums
    Recorded on July 28, 1991

  10. String Faced
    Fred Hopkins: bass
    Deidre Murray: cello
    Jim Nolet: violin
    Bern Nix: guitar
    Nick Balaban: piano
    Neuman Baker: drums
    Recorded on August 27, 1991

  11. Electric Owthaus
    David Linton: sampler, percussion
    Yuval Gabay: traps
    Kumiko Kimoto: midi-bass, percussion
    Hahn Rowe: guitar
    Ben Neill: his mutant trumpet
    David Reid: bass
    Fritz Van Orden: keyboards
    Recorded on September 9, 1991

Recorded at the Knitting Factory in New York City by Bob Appel (1, 3, 10), Hugo Dwyer (2), Douglas Rice (5), James McLean (6, 7, 9), David Fulton (11), and Bob Appel and James McLean (4)
Produced by Bob Appel
Cover art: Jeremy Wolff

Released 1991