David Byrne - Music For The Knee Plays Album

Tracklist

1	(The Gift Of Sound) Where The Sun Never Goes Down Arranged By – David Blumberg, David Byrne, Clara Hudman 'The Georgia Peach'Written-By – Trad	2:34
2	Social Studies Written-By – David Byrne	4:52
3	Jungle Book Written-By – David Byrne	3:38
4	Winter Written-By – David Byrne	6:11
5	In The Upper Room Arranged By – The Baptist Methodist Choir Church Of GodWritten-By – Trad	3:35
6	The Sound Of Business Written-By – David Byrne	6:15
7	In The Future Written-By – David Byrne	6:35
8	I've Tried Arranged By – David Blumberg, David Byrne, Swan's Silvertone SingersWritten-By – Trad	3:24
9	Tree (Today Is An Important Occasion) Written-By – David Byrne	4:02
10	Theadora Is Dozing Arranged By – David Blumberg, David Byrne, Ensemble Of The Bulgarian RepublicWritten-By – Trad	2:59
11	I Bid You Goodnight Arranged By – David Blumberg, David Byrne, The Pindar FamilyWritten-By – Trad	2:51
12	Admiral Perry Written-By – David Byrne	5:32

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
1-25022, 9 25022-1 E	David Byrne	Music For The Knee Plays ‎(LP, Album)	ECM Records, ECM Records	1-25022, 9 25022-1 E	US	1985
EMS-91127, EJ 240381 1	David Byrne	Music For The Knee Plays ‎(LP, Album)	Toshiba EMI Ltd, Zonophone	EMS-91127, EJ 240381 1	Japan	1985
ECM 4-25022	David Byrne	Music For The Knee Plays ‎(Cass, Album)	ECM Records	ECM 4-25022	US	1985
EMC 262	David Byrne	Music For The Knee Plays ‎(LP, Album)	Regal Zonophone	EMC 262	New Zealand	1985
064-24 0381 1	David Byrne	Music For The Knee Plays ‎(LP, Album)	Zonophone	064-24 0381 1	Europe	1985

Credits

• Arranged By – David Byrne
• Baritone Saxophone – Ernie Fields, Bill Green
• Conductor, Arranged By – David Blumberg
• Design – David Byrne, Michael Hodgson
• Drums – Paul Humphrey
• Engineer [One On One Studio, N Hollywood] – Joel Moss
• Engineer [Studio Sound Recorders, N Hollywood] – Mark Wolfson
• Illustration [Drawings, Courtesy Of Paula Cooper Gallery] – Robert Wilson
• Liner Notes – Gaku Torii
• Mastered By [Sterling Sound, Ny] – Greg Calbi
• Mixed By [Assistant, Rpm Studio] – Mike Krowiak
• Mixed By [Rpm Studio] – David Byrne, Dominick Maita
• Percussion – Bobbye Hall
• Photography By – Glenn Halvorson, JoAnn Verburg
• Producer – David Byrne
• Saxophone – Don Myrick (tracks: A1 to A4, B5), Ernie Watts (tracks: A1 to A4, B5), Jackie Kelso (tracks: A5 to B4, B6), Pete Christlieb
• Trombone – Dana Hughes, David Stout, Fred Wesley, Garnett Brown, Phil Teil
• Trumpet – Chuck Findley (tracks: A1 to A4, B5), Harry Kim (tracks: A5 to B4), Nolan Smith, Ray Brown , Rich Cooper
• Voice – David Byrne

Notes

ZONOPHONE DJ promo labels with DJ promo sticker on back cover; with obi & insert with Japanese liner notes by Gaku Torii

Cover text:
Music for 'The Knee Plays' by Robert Wilson and David Byrne from Robert Wilson's 'The Civil Wars': A tree is best measured when it is down.

Back cover text:
This music was inspired by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band of New Orleans. First Produced and Performed at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis April 26th 1984. Choreography by Suzushi Hanayagi.

Recorded at One On One Studios, North Hollywood, April 4th 1984 and Sound Studio Recorders, North Hollywood, April 5th and 6th, 1984.

Mixed December 8th - 17th 1984.

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (Label - Side One): EJ 24 0381 1A
• Matrix / Runout (Label - Side Two): EJ 24 0381 1B

Companies

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Recorded At – One On One Studios
• Recorded At – Studio Sound Recorders
• Mixed At – RPM Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Video

Album

Music for The Knee Plays 1985 is an album by David Byrne composed for Robert Wilson's opera the CIVIL warS. The album was released on vinyl a remastered and expanded CD version was released in November 2007 under the title The Knee Plays. Tree Today Is An Important Occasion David Byrne - 4:02. In the Upper Room David Blumberg, Byrne - 3:35. The Sound of Business Byrne - 6:15. Social Studies Byrne - 4:52. The Gift of Sound Where the Sun Never Goes Down Blumberg, Byrne - 2:34. Songs in album David Byrne - Music For The Knee Plays 1985. David Byrne - Tree Today Is An Important Occasion. David Byrne - In The Upper Room. David Byrne - The Sound Of Business. Album 1985 20 Songs. The Knee Plays. David Byrne. Alternative 1985. Tree Today Is an Important Occasion. Music for The Knee Plays, by Robert Wilson and David Byrne from Robert Wilson's The Civil Wars. First produced and performed at the Walker Art free to David Byrne Music for The Knee Plays Tree Today Is an Important Occasion, In the Upper. 12 tracks 52:28. For David Byrne, this was one of the last times he would write in the hyperobjective style that marked his work with Talking Heads up through Remain in Light and some of Speaking in Tongues. The occasion, the chance to write interludes - or knee plays - for a large scale Robert Wilson opera, The Civil Wars, called on this kind of approach, Wilson being as detached as Byrne. An album by David Byrne composed for Robert Wilson's opera the CIVIL warS in 1985 and reissued in 2007 by Nonesuch records. The music was composed specifically for the joints knee plays, the moments between each act that allow actors and techs time to prepare for the next act. While the CIVIL warS was never performed in it's entirety, the soundtrack was reissued in 2007 by Nonesuch Records. Band Name David Byrne. Album Name Music for The Knee Plays. Type Album. Released date 1985. Labels Nonesuch Records. Music StylePost-punk. Members owning this album1. Musique composée pour l'opéra de Robert Wilson The CIVIL warS. Tree Today Is An Important Occasion. In the Upper Room. The Sound of Business. 062-240 3811 STEREO. Music For The Knee Plays LP, Album. Emial s. 062-240 3811 stereo. Wilson initiated this concept of inter-plays in 1976 in his partnership with the Philip Glass Ensemble on the operatic work Einstein On The Beach, within which the preludes, interludes and post-ludes could be 'run together', thus forming a play or structured work in itself. The Byrne partnership with Wilson began after Wilson heard a tape of Byrne's score for Twyla Tharp's Catherine Wheel, whilst Byrne was already inspired by Wilson's work on both Einstein and the Broadway spectacle A Letter To Queen Victoria. The Knee Plays Q&A. Producers David Byrne. Writers David Byrne, JoAnn Verburg, Robert Wilson & 1 more. Arranged By The Baptist Methodist Choir Church Of God, Clara Hudman, Dave Blumberg & 2 more. Baritone Saxophone Bill Green & Ernie Fields. Conductor Dave Blumberg. More David Byrne albums. Show all albums by David Byrne