Record Details

Artists:	Brian Eno / David Byrne
Title:	My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Format:	12"
Label:	EG / Polydor
Cat No:	EGLP 48 / EGLP 48
Released:	Feb 1981
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Genres:	TribalAmbientAvantgardeExperimentalFunk
Status	Have
Added To List	4th May 2018

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This is the 1st UK edition with the track "Qu'ran" opening side 2; after an initial pressing it was withdrawn and subsequent releases replaced it with "Very, Very Hungry". Sleeve text is in gold, no barcode, small Polydor/EG logos on back cover, labels have yellow text on black. Tracks are numbered from 1 to 11 on the sleeve. Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola. Special thanks to David Jerden. Voices: A1. Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980. A2. Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979. A3. Dunya, Lebanese mountain singer (From [r=920909] Tangent Records TGS 131. A4. Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980. A5. Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980. B1. Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran. (Same source as 3). B2. The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia (From 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folkways FS 3841). B3. Dunya Yusin. (See 3). B4. Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer. (From 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records). B5. Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980. Rooks on A4 courtesy April Potts, Eglingham Hall. Studios: RPM, New York. August 4 & 16, 1979. Blue Rock, New York. September 5, 1979. Eldorado, Los Angeles. During February & March 1980. Different Fur, San Francisco. During April 1980. Sigma, New York. During October 1980. Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. Special Thanks to Dave Jerden. David Byrne appears courtesy of Sire Records. Cover: ℗© 1981 E.G. Records Limited Labels: ℗ 1981 EG Records Ltd All titles copyright © EG Music Ltd./Warner Bros. Music 1980

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