| Product Summary | | Label: Tzadik | | UPC: 00702397712626 | | Release Date: 9/15/1998 | | Buy.com Sku: 60248305 | | Item#: MW29V6 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Children Of The Revolution - Arto Lindsay/Marc Ribot ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Telegram Sam - Rebecca Moore ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Get It On - Kramer ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Buick Mackane - The Melvins ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Groove A Little - Medeski, Martin & Wood ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Cosmic Dancer - Lo Galluccio ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Chariot Choogle - Tantomas/Mike Patton ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Ride A White Swan - Tall Dwarfs ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Rip-Off - Chris Cochrane ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Deboraarobed - Gary Lucas ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Mambo Sun - Eszter Balint ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Jeepster - Vernon Reid ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Lunacy's Back - Danny Cohen ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Life's A Gas - Oren Bloedow ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Would I Be The One - Sean Lennon/Yuka Honda ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Like Love Charm - Cake ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Scenescof - Trey Spruance ~ Various Artists | | | 18. 20th Century Boy - Buckethead ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Romany Soup - Lloyd Cole ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Tributee: Marc Bolan. | | Personnel: Trey Spruance (vocals, guitar, piano, organ); Chris Cochrane, Chris Knox, Nina Hellman, Arto Lindsay (vocals, guitar); Gary Lucas (vocals, slide guitar); Rebecca Moore (vocals, violin, sampler); Eszter Balint (vocals, violin); Jody Seifert (vocals, drums); Danny Cohen, Jennifer Charles, Lloyd Cole, Sean Lennon, Yuka Honda (vocals); Vernon Reid (guitar, drum programming); Alec Bathgate (guitar, background vocals); Marc Ribot (guitar); Charles Curtis (cello); John Medeski (keyboards); Jim Pugliese, Christine Bard, Billy Martin (drums); Dougie Bowne (drum programming); J.D. Foster, Anthony Coleman (sampler). | | Audio Mixers: Craig Wedren; Rebecca Moore; Stephen Vitiello. | | Recording information: 04/1998-06/1998. | | Illustrator: Maruo Suehiro. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Oren Bloedow. | | Arrangers: Chris Cochrane; Danny Cohen; Eszter Balint; Gary Lucas ; John Medeski; Lloyd Cole; Marc Ribot; Rebecca Moore; Sean Lennon; Trey Spruance; Vernon Reid; Yuka Honda; Arto Lindsay; Billy Martin. | | Part of the Tzadik label's Radical Jewish Culture Series, which sought to highlight great music by Jews (instead of focusing on music with distinct Jewish cultural influences, though the two are not mutually exclusive), Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan is also part of a smaller series of tribute albums put out by the label. The diverse lineup of honored artists, which includes Serge Gainsbourg and Burt Bacharach, is presented on albums that feature interpretations by some of the avant-garde and experimental community's most talented musicians. Bolan may seem like the gritty odd-man-out in such company, but John Zorn, the creative force holding the reins at Tzadik, knows an influential musician when he sees one. Indeed, ripples of the impact that Marc Bolan and his band T. Rex had on punk and rock musicians can still be felt more than two decades after his death. His delicious creepiness is all over this album, especially on Kramer's version of "Get It On," where a child's voice singing over up-tempo drums and jangly guitar (with flute, drum machine, and string elements thrown in) lends an almost pedophiliac edge to Bolan's swampy sexual lure. Rebecca Moore's "Telegram Sam" is also reverently disturbing, with guttural utterances alternating between the atmospheric moaning, wailing, and buzzing of guitar and synth, like the last breath of someone who has given up fighting her own demons. The Tall Dwarfs' version of "Ride a White Swan" shows off Bolan's penchant for sounding raw and groovy at the same time, and Eszter Balint's rendition of "Mambo Sun" shows how a love song can be both sweet and angry. Overall, this is a great compilation, which instead of merely parroting Bolan's music, does what the best of tributes do -- captures the elements that made him wonderful, while letting the creativity and uniqueness of the artists performing the songs shine through. ~ Stacia Proefrock |
Producer: Craig Wedren; Gary Lucas; J.D. Foster; John Medeski; Scotty Hard; Billy Martin; Murray Weinstock |
Engineer: Martin Bisi; Tim Green; Travis Dickerson |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/15/1998 | | Original Release Date : 1998 | | Catalog ID : 7126 | | Label : Tzadik Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00702397712626 |
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