Life In Exile After Abdication / Maureen Tucker (1989)

Life In Exile After Abdication / Maureen Tucker (1989)

Label: 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Watts Records (Netherlands)

Catalog#: MOE 7-1, LP 16551-08

Format: Vinyl, LP

Credits: Produced, Mixed & Arranged by Maureen Tucker

Vocals - Maureen Tucker (All), Daniel Johnston (B5)

Bass - Kim Gordon (A4, B2 to B4), Barry Stock (B1), Hank Beckmeyer (B1)

Drums - Maureen Tucker (A4, B2), Steve Shelley (B3), Scott Jarvis (A1, A2, B1, B4) 

Guitar - Lou Reed (A1, B2), Lee Ranaldo (A4), Thurston Moore (A4), Jad Fair (A2, A5), Hank Beckmeyer (A1, A2, A4 to B2), Kate Messer (A1, A2, A5, B1, B4), Maureen Tucker (A1 to A3, A5, B2 to B4) 

Percussion - Hank Beckmeyer, Jad Fair, Kate Messer, Kim Gordon, M.C. Kostek, Maureen Tucker (A2)

Congas - Kate Messer (A4)

Cymbal - Jad Fair (A4)

Piano - Maureen Tucker (A4), Ann Marie Ear (B4), Daniel Johnston (B5)

Backing Vocals - Joe Martinelli (A3), Hank Beckmeyer (A3, B2, B3) , Kate Messer (A3, B2, B3), Daniel Johnston (B2), Don Fleming (B2), Jad Fair (B2, B3), Kim Gordon (B2, B3), Maureen Tucker (B2, B3), Rob Elk (B2), Scott Jarvis (B2, B3)

Recorded March 1988 at Noise New York, NYC, New York

Engineer - Mark Kramer

June-October 1988 at Mirror Image, Gainesville, Florida

Engineer - Bill Dudley, Bob McPeek, Buddy Ray

Mixed Friday and Saturday, December 1988 at Cheshire Sound, Atlanta, Georgia

Mixed By - George Pappas

A1: Hey Mersh!   3:13

A2: Spam Again   5:23

A3: Goodnight Irene   2:26

       Written by Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax

A4: Chase   8:07

A5: Andy   5:07  

B1: Work   3:35   

B2: Pale Blue Eyes   6:42

B3: Bo Diddley 5:04

       Written by E. McDaniel

B4: Talk So Mean   4:57

B5: Do It Right   3:09

       Writen by Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston

Velvet Undergroundを正に後方から支え続けた彼女のソロ2作目。グランジに着火する火薬の臭い漂う中、新旧の豪華すぎる面子に支えられながら初期ロックンロールにグルーヴする、21世紀直前のアメリカン・フォークロア。愛されるとはかくも素晴らしい。

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