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Complete Studio Recordings

Label Tzadik ‎– TZ 7344
Series Archival Series ‎– TZ 7344
Format 5 x CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered Box Set, Compilation
Barcode 0702397734420
Country US
Released Mar 2005
Genre Jazz, Rock
Style Surf, Grindcore, Free Jazz, Punk, Avantgarde, Jazz-Rock
Naked City
1-1 Batman 2:03
1-2 The Sicilian Clan 3:33
1-3 You Will Be Shot 1:31
1-4 Latin Quarter 4:11
1-5 A Shot In The Dark 3:13
1-6 Reanimator 1:43
1-7 Snagglepuss 2:20
1-8 I Want To Live 2:12
1-9 Lonely Woman 2:45
1-10 Igneous Ejaculation 0:23
1-11 Blood Duster 0:16
1-12 Hammerhead 0:11
1-13 Demon Sanctuary 0:41
1-14 Obeah Man 0:20
1-15 Ujaku 0:30
1-16 Fuck The Facts 0:14
1-17 Speedball 0:43
1-18 Chinatown 4:28
1-19 Punk China Doll 3:05
1-20 N.Y. Flat Top Box 0:45
1-21 Saigon Pickup 4:50
1-22 The James Bond Theme 3:06
1-23 Den Of Sins 1:14
1-24 Contempt 2:53
1-25 Graveyard Shift 3:32
1-26 Inside Straight 4:17
Grand Guignol
2-1 Grand Guignol 17:41
2-2 Blood Is Thin 1:00
2-3 Thrash Jazz Assassin 0:45
2-4 Dead Spot 0:31
2-5 Bonehead 0:51
2-6 Piledriver 0:33
2-7 Shangkuan Ling-Feng 1:14
2-8 Numbskull 0:29
2-9 Perfume Of A Critic's Burning Flesh 0:24
2-10 Jazz Snob Eat Shit 0:24
2-11 The Prestidigitator 0:43
2-12 No Reason To Believe 0:26
2-13 Hellraiser 0:39
2-14 Torture Garden 0:35
2-15 Slan 0:23
2-16 The Ways Of Pain 0:31
2-17 The Noose 0:10
2-18 Sack Of Shit 0:43
2-19 Blunt Instrument 0:53
2-20 Osaka Bondage 1:14
2-21 Shallow Grave 0:40
2-22 Kaoru 0:50
2-23 Dead Dread 0:45
2-24 Billy Liar 0:10
2-25 Victims Of Torture 0:20
2-26 Speedfreaks 0:48
2-27 New Jersey Scum Swamp 0:41
2-28 S-M Sniper 0:14
2-29 Pigfucker 0:23
2-30 Cairo Chop Shop 0:22
2-31 Facelifter 0:54
2-32 Whiplash 0:19
2-33 The Blade 0:35
2-34 Gob Of Spit 0:18
2-35 La Cathédrale Engloutie 6:41
Three Preludes
2-36 Douloureux, DĂ©chirant 1:17
2-37 Très Lent, Contemplatif 1:47
2-38 Allegro Drammatico 0:49
2-39 Prophetiae Sybillarum 1:48
2-40 The Cage 2:07
2-41 Louange A L'Eternité De Jesus 7:10
2-42 Grand Guignol (Vocal Version) 17:41
Heretic: Jeux Des Dames Cruelles
3-1 Main Titles 1:28
3-2 Sex Games 2:23
3-3 The Brood 2:49
3-4 Sweat, Sperm + Blood 2:05
3-5 Vliet 0:50
3-6 Heretic 1 2:33
3-7 Submission 4:23
3-8 Heretic 2 1:46
3-9 Catacombs 2:46
3-10 Heretic 3 2:43
3-11 My Master, My Slave 2:23
3-12 Saint Jude 2:13
3-13 The Conqueror Worm 2:32
3-14 Dominatrix 2B 2:16
3-15 Back Through The Looking Glass 2:39
3-16 Here Come The 7,000 Frogs 1:59
3-17 Slaughterhouse/Chase Sequence 2:19
3-18 Castle Keep 1:49
3-19 Mantra Of Resurrected Shit 1:43
3-20 Trypsicore 1:46
3-21 Fire And Ice (Club Scene) 2:37
3-22 Crosstalk 1:41
3-23 Copraphagist Rituals 0:53
3-24 Labyrinth 5:47
Radio
4-1 Asylum 1:56
4-2 Sunset Surfer 3:23
4-3 Party Girl 2:34
4-4 The Outsider 2:27
4-5 Triggerfingers 3:31
4-6 Terkmani Teepee 2:27
4-7 Sex Fiend 3:31
4-8 Razorwire 5:31
4-9 The Bitter And The Sweet 4:52
4-10 Krazy Kat 2:03
4-11 The Vault 4:44
4-12 Metaltov 2:07
4-13 Poisonhead 1:09
4-14 Bone Orchard 3:55
4-15 I Die Screaming 2:29
4-16 Pistol Whipping 0:57
4-17 Skatekey 1:24
4-18 Shock Corridor 1:08
4-19 American Psycho 6:10
Absinthe
5-1 Val De Travers 6:13
5-2 Une Correspondance 5:04
5-3 La FĂ©e Verte 5:10
5-4 Fleurs Du Mal 4:06
5-5 Artemisia Absinthium 4:30
5-6 Notre Dame De L'Oubli (For Olivier Messiaen) 4:47
Verlaine
5-7 Part One "Un Midi Moins Dix" 4:23
5-8 Part Two "La Bleue" 6:01
5-9 ...Rend Fou 6:03
Leng Tch'e
5-10 Leng Tch'e 31:38
Alto Saxophone – John Zorn
Arranged By – John Zorn (1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 4-1 to 4-19)
Arranged By – Naked City (1-1 to 1-26)
Bass – Fred Frith
Composed By – John Zorn (1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-7, 1-10 to 1-17, 1-19 to 1-21, 1-23, 1-25, 1-25, 2-1 to 2-34, 2-42, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10)
Design [Grand Guignol / Heretic / Radio / Absinthe] – Tomoyo T.L.
Design [Leng Tch'e] – Tomoyo T.L.
Design [Naked City] – Tanaka Tomoyo
Design [Reissue] – Chippy
Design [Reissue] – Heung-Heung Chin
Drums – Joey Baron
Edited By [Digital Editing] – Scott Hull (3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19)
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Hoover Le (4-1 to 4-19, 5-1 to 5-9)
Engineer [Engineered By] – Joe Ferla (5-1 to 5-9)
Executive-Producer [Associate Producer] – Kazunori Sugiyama (2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-1 to 5-9)
Executive-Producer [Grand Guignol / Heretic / Radio / Absinthe] – Disk Union
Executive-Producer [Naked City] – Bob Ludwig
Executive-Producer [Reissue / Associate Producer] – Kazunori Sugiyama
Guitar – Bill Frisell
Illustration [Naked City / Grand Guignol / Heretic] – Maruo Suehiro
Keyboards – Wayne Horvitz
Liner Notes – Anthony Coleman
Liner Notes – Bill Frisell
Liner Notes – Eyvind Kang
Liner Notes – Foetus
Liner Notes – Fred Frith
Liner Notes – J.G. Thirlwell
Liner Notes – Joey Baron
Liner Notes – John Zorn
Liner Notes – Marc Ribot
Liner Notes – Mick Harris
Liner Notes – Mike Patton
Liner Notes – Otomo Yoshihide
Liner Notes – Ruins
Liner Notes – Scott Hull
Liner Notes – Sean Lennon
Liner Notes – Yamamoto Seiichi
Liner Notes – Steven Bernstein
Liner Notes – Yoshida Tatsuya
Liner Notes – Eye
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig (2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10)
Mastered By – Scott Hull (5-1 to 5-9)
Mixed By – Roger Moutenot (1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19)
Music By – John Zorn (5-1 to 5-9)
Music By – Naked City (3-1 to 3-24)
Photography By [Absinthe: Cover Photo - Les Jeux De La Poupée] – Hans Bellmer
Photography By [Radio: Cover Photos] – Man Ray
Producer – John Zorn (1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-1 to 5-10)
Producer – Naked City (1-1 to 1-26)
Recorded By – Alec Head (4-1 to 4-19, 5-10)
Recorded By – Jason Baker (3-1 to 3-24)
Recorded By – Martin Bisi (2-1 to 2-42)
Recorded By – Oliver DiCicco (2-1 to 2-42)
Recorded By – Roger Moutenot (1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42)
Recorded By – Scott Ansel (2-1 to 2-42)
Recorded By – Seigen Ono (2-1 to 2-42)
Reissue Producer – John Zorn
Remastered By – Scott Hull
Typography [Grand Guignol / Photo Typesetting] – Lisa Wells
Typography [Naked City / Photo Typesetting] – Takahashi Yukihiru
Typography [Photo Typesetting: Absinthe] – Lisa Wells
Typography [Typesetting: Heretic / Radio] – Lisa Wells
Vocals – John Zorn (2-1 to 2-42, 5-10)
Vocals – Yamatsuka Eye (1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10)
Naked City: The Complete Recording Boxset features five discs, packaged in digipak cases, and accompanied by a book, Eight Million Stories: Naked City Ephemera, which contains a wealth of photos and art as well as testimonials from all five band members and numerous acquaintances, friends and fans.



CD1 - Naked City

CD2 - Grand Guignol

CD3 - Heretic: Jeux Des Dames Cruelles

CD4 - Radio

CD5 - Absinthe - Leng Tch'e



Remastered at Hit Factory Mastering, NYC.



Original credites & notes:



• Naked City:

.Front cover photograph "Weegee Corpse with Revolver, 1940" courtesy of the Weegee Collection, curator Wilma Wilcox.





• Grand Guignol:

. This album is lovingly dedicated to Jack Smith.

. Recorded in SF, NYC, Brooklyn, Tokyo.

. All photos courtesy of Dr. Stanley B. Burns, Collection of the Historic Medical Photography.





• Heretic:

. This record is dedicated to Harry Smith, mystical Animator, pioneer ethnomusicologist, hermetic scholar, creator of Heavan + Earth Magic, one of the greatest films of all time.

. Recorded and mixed at Shelley Palmer Studios, NYC, 1991.



Heretic ℗ 1992 Avant



• Radio

. Inspiration/Refer: [a=Charles Mingus] on Candid/[a=Eric Dolphy]/[a=Paul Bley]•[a=Bob Demmon] + [a=Astronauts, The (3)]•[a=Little Feat]•[a=Ruins]/[a=Booker T & The MG's]/Colin Wilson•[a=Ennio Morricone]/[a=Albert King]/[a=Chuck Brown]•[a=Orchestra Baobab]/[a=Takeshi Terauchi]/[a=El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka]•[a=Accüsed, The]/[a=Meters, The]/Yakuza Zankoku Hiroku•[a=Tony Williams Lifetime, The]/[a=O.L.D.]•[a=Anthony Braxton]/[a=Anton Webern] "Six Bagatelles"/[a=Sammy Cahn] "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"/[a=Frank Sinatra]/[a=Morton Feldman]•[a=Carl Stalling]/[a=Igor Stravinsky]•[a=Melvins]/[a=Beatmasters, The]/[a=Septic Death]/Hellfire/Leather Folk (the Book)•[a=Abe Schwartz]/[a=Ivo Papasov]/[a=Naftule Brandwein]•[a=Repulsion]•[a=Led Zeppelin]/[a=Edo Akemi] and [a=Jagatara]/[a=Bernard Herrmann]•[a=Santana]/[a=Extreme Noise Terror]/[a=Conway Twitty]•[a=Agnostic Front]/[a=Siege (2)]•[a=Ornette Coleman]/[a=Corrosion of Conformity]/[a=Massacre]/[a=Quincy Jones]•Sam Fuller/[a=Funkadelic]/[a=Carcass]•[a=Liberace]/[a=Jan Hammer]/[a=Napalm Death]/[a=Ed Blackwell]/[a=Charlie Haden]/[a=Mick Harris]/[a=Carole King]/[a=Red Garland]/[a=Boredoms]/[a=Jerry Reed]/[a=SPK]/Roger Williams.

. Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI.

. Recorded April 1992. Mixed September 1992.



• Absinthe:

. Recorded at Electric Lady, NYC, December 1992.

. Mixed at Platinum Island, NYC, January 1993.

. Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI.



• Leng Tch'e

. Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI.



Naked City ℗ 1989 Elektra Nonesuch

Grand Guignol ℗ 1992 Avant

Herectic ℗ 1992 Avant

Radio ℗ 1993 Avant

Absinthe ℗ 1993 Avante

Leng Tch'e ℗ 1992 Hips Road

this compilation © ℗ 2005 Tzadik
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Mastering SID Code (CD1) – IFPI L239
Mastering SID Code (CD2) – IFPI L239
Mastering SID Code (CD3) – IFPI L239
Mastering SID Code (CD4) – IFPI L239
Mastering SID Code (CD5) – IFPI L239
Mould SID Code (CD1) – IFPI 4121
Mould SID Code (CD2) – IFPI 4162
Mould SID Code (CD3) – IFPI 4121
Mould SID Code (CD4) – IFPI 4121
Mould SID Code (CD5) – IFPI 4121
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