Performance (soundtrack)

Performance
Performance
Soundtrack album by various
Released	September 19, 1970
Length	36:26
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Jack Nitzsche
Singles from Performance
	"Memo from Turner"; Released: October 23, 1970;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−^[2]

Performance is a 1970 soundtrack album to the film Performance by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg. It features music from Randy Newman, Merry Clayton, Ry Cooder, Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Last Poets and Mick Jagger.

A single from the album, "Memo from Turner" sung by Mick Jagger (b/w the instrumental "Natural Magic") was released in 1970 reaching #32 on the UK singles chart.

Tracks

Side 1

"Gone Dead Train" 2:56 - Randy Newman (Jack Nitzsche/Russ Titelman)^[3]
"Performance" 1:49 (Bernie Krause,^[4] Merry Clayton)
"Get Away" 2:09 (Ry Cooder)
"Powis Square 2:25 (Ry Cooder)
"Rolls Royce and Acid" 1:50 (Jack Nitzsche)
"Dyed, Dead, Red" 2:35 (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
"Harry Flowers" 4:03 (Jack Nitzsche, Randy Newman)

Side 2

"Memo from Turner" 4:08 (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
"Hashishin" 3:39 (Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ry Cooder)
"Wake Up, Niggers" 2:47 (The Last Poets)
"Poor White Hound Dog" 2:50 (Merry Clayton)
"Natural Magic" 1:40 (Jack Nitzsche)
"Turner's Murder" 4:15 (Merry Clayton Singers)

Screen credits

Original music by Jack Nitzsche
Conductor: Randy Newman
Singers: Mick Jagger, Merry Clayton, Buffy Sainte-Marie
Santoor: Nasser Rastegar-Nejad
Moog synthesizer: Bernard Krause

Music performers

Ry Cooder – guitar
Amiyo Das Gupta – sitar
Lowell George – guitar
Milt Holland – drums, percussion
Gene Parsons – drums, guitars
Russ Titelman – percussion
Bobby West – bass

Cover Versions

William Orbit recorded "Harry Flowers" for his Strange Cargo III (1993)

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Richardson, Chris (2 July 2015). "Randy Newman: Once a Rocker". Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ Cope, Julian ("the Seth Man") (June 2010). "Unsung: Beaver & Krauserocksampler". Head Heritage. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

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[1] Allmusic review

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[3] Richardson, Chris (2 July 2015). "Randy Newman: Once a Rocker". Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[4] Cope, Julian ("the Seth Man") (June 2010). "Unsung: Beaver & Krauserocksampler". Head Heritage. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

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