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Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan is a tribute album featuring the music of English singer/songwriter Marc Bolan of the band T.Rex. Produced by Danny Cohen[1], it was released on John Zorn's label Tzadik Records in 1998 as part of their series on "Radical Jewish Culture", following similar prior tributes to Burt Bacharach and Serge Gainsbourg.[2]

After covering the song "Would I Be the One?" on this album, Sean Lennon recorded a different version and included that version on his 2006 album Friendly Fire. Lennon said that he did this because he liked his arrangement of the 1998 version, but was unhappy about the quality of the recording, since it was recorded on a four-track recorder due to Zorn's limited album budget of $400 or $500.[3]

Fantômas's cover of "Chariot Choogle" for this album was the first official release by that band.[4]

Track Listing

  1. "Children of the Revolution" - Arto Lindsay and Marc Ribot - 2:41
  2. "Telegram Sam" - Rebecca Moore - 4:27
  3. "Get It On" - Kramer - 3:49
  4. "Buick MacKane" - Melvins - 3:07
  5. "Groove a Little" - Medeski Martin & Wood - 4:13
  6. "Cosmic Dancer" - Lo Galluccio - 4:47
  7. "Chariot Choogle" - Mike Patton and Fantômas - 1:51
  8. "Ride a White Swan" - Tall Dwarfs - 3:05
  9. "Rip Off" - Chris Cochrane - 3:40
  10. "Deboraarobed" - Gary Lucas - 2:44
  11. "Mambo Sun" - Eszter Balint - 3:51
  12. "Jeepster" - Vernon Reid - 4:33
  13. "Lunacy's Back" - Danny Cohen - 2:45
  14. "Life's A Gas" - Elysian Fields - 4:11
  15. "Would I Be the One?" - Sean Lennon and Yuka Honda - 3:36
  16. "Love Charm" - Cake Like - 2:48
  17. "Scenescof" - Trey Spruance - 1:41
  18. "20th Century Boy" - Buckethead - 7:24
  19. "Romany Soup" - Lloyd Cole - 3:55

References

  1. ^ Tudor, Silke. "House of Tudor", SF Weekly, January 10, 2001.
  2. ^ Kun, Josh. "New Jews", The Boston Phoenix, October 8-15, 1998.
  3. ^ Parish, Matt. "Taking Friendly Fire with Sean Lennon", The Music Box, May 2007, Volume 14, #5
  4. ^ Foster, Patrick. "Fantomas: April Is Their Coolest Month", The Washington Post, April 12, 2005, page C8.