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Memory Serves is a 1981 album by the New York based No Wave music group Material .
Track listing
"Memory Serves" (Bill Laswell , Michael Beinhorn ) – 5:08
"Disappearing" (Olu Dara , Sonny Sharrock , Laswell, Beinhorn, Fred Maher ) – 7:11
"Upriver" (Billy Bang , Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher) – 5:25
"Metal Test" (Fred Frith , Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher) – 4:30
"Conform To The Rhythm" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Frith) – 4:30
"Unauthorized" (Sharrock, Laswell, Maher) – 3:50
"Square Dance" (Frith, Laswell, Maher) – 4:29
"Silent Land" (George Lewis , Laswell, Beinhorn) – 3:48
"For A Few Dollars More" (E. Morricone) - 3:51 (7" edit, bonus track on CD release)
Personnel
Material
Additional personnel
Sonny Sharrock – guitar (except "Square Dance" and "Silent Land")
Fred Frith – guitar, violin, xylophone (1,4,5,7)
Olu Dara – cornet ("Disappearing", "Upriver")
Henry Threadgill – alto sax ("Disappearing", "Unauthorized", "Square Dance")
George Lewis – trombone ("Memory Serves", "Square Dance", "Silent Land")
Billy Bang – violin ("Upriver", "Unauthorized")
Charles K. Noyes – drums, percussion, bells ("Memory Serves", "Silent Land")
Production
Recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn, New York. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi .
References
Contributors
Vocal Rap Guitar Bass Keyboard Drums Percussion Saxophone Brass String
Studio albums Live albums EPs Singles Collaborations
Related
Solo
Studio albums As a pseudonym Remix albums Cover albums Soundtrack albums Compilations
Collaborative
Other albums