Big Science (disc “Made in West Germany by Polygram”)

~ Release by Laurie Anderson (see all versions of this release, 15 available)

Annotation

The first CD issue of Big Science was released in 1984 (April, according to the The Great Rock Discography) as a WEA Target Disc, although it is hard to find. Please see the link below for further information.

http://www.targetcd.com/labigwg.html

Annotation last modified on 2010-07-23 19:54 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1From the Air
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
alto saxophone [alto sax]:
Bill Obrecht
clarinet and tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Peter Gordon (composer, producer and orchestrator)
drums (drum set):
David Van Tieghem
farfisa and vocoder:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
farfisa [farfisa bass]:
Roma Baran
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
From the Air
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
44:35
2Big Science
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
analog synthesizer [OBXa], electronic instruments [electronics] and percussion:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
glass harmonica:
Roma Baran
percussion [bottles]:
Perry Hoberman
percussion [sticks]:
Anderson (experimental/art rock musician), Baran and Hoberman
rototom [RotoToms] and timpani:
David Van Tieghem
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Big Science
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
3.56:25
3Sweaters
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
bagpipe [bagpipes]:
Rufus Harley
drums (drum set):
David Van Tieghem
violin [violins]:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Sweaters
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
2:23
4Walking & Falling
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
bagpipe [bagpipes]:
Rufus Harley
electronic instruments [electronics]:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Walking & Falling
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
2:13
5Born, Never Asked
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
handclaps [claps]:
Anderson (experimental/art rock musician), Baran and Hoberman
keyboard [keyboards] and violin [violins]:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
marimba:
David Van Tieghem
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Born, Never Asked
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
4:59
6O Superman (For Massenet)
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
electronic instruments [electronics] and vocoder:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
farfisa and synthesizer [Casio]:
Roma Baran
flute and saxophone [sax]:
Perry Hoberman
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
O Superman (in 1981)
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
publisher:
Difficult Music
is based on:
Le Cid : Acte III, scène 3. « Ah ! tout est bien fini » ... No. 13 Prière « Ô souverain, ô juge, ô père » (Rodrigue, Saint Jacques, voix du ciel)
4.48:27
7Example #22
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
accordion:
Roma Baran
alto saxophone [alto sax] and tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Chuck Fisher (saxophonist)
baritone saxophone [bari sax], bass clarinet, bassoon, clarinet [Bb clarinet] and E-flat clarinet [Eb clarinet]:
Richard Cohen
drums (drum set) and percussion:
David Van Tieghem
farfisa and violin [violins]:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
flute and piccolo:
Perry Hoberman
background vocals [backup vocals]:
Hoberman and Ungar
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
whistling:
Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Baran
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Example #22
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
3:00
8Let X=X
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
analog synthesizer [OBXa], farfisa, marimba and vocoder:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
handclaps [claps]:
Anderson (experimental/art rock musician), Baran and Hoberman
rototom [RotoToms]:
David Van Tieghem
trombone:
George Lewis (Chicago-born trombonist and experimental composer)
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Let X=X
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
3:54
9It Tango
assistant engineer and assistant mixer:
Jon Smith (engineer)
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant producer:
Perry Hoberman
producer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician) and Roma Baran
analog synthesizer [OBXa], farfisa and marimba:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
handclaps [claps]:
Anderson (experimental/art rock musician), Baran and Hoberman
rototom [RotoToms]:
David Van Tieghem
vocals:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
recorded at:
The Lobby (Laurie Anderson's home studio) in New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
It Tango
lyricist and composer:
Laurie Anderson (experimental/art rock musician)
3:00