David Byrne - Music For The Knee Plays Album

Tracklist

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

Credits

• Arranged By – David Blumberg, David Byrne
• Baritone Saxophone – Ernie Fields, Bill Green
• Composed By – David Byrne (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1, B4 to B6), Trad. (tracks: A2, A5, A6, B2, B3)
• Conductor [Conducted By] – David Blumberg
• Design – David Byrne
• Design [With] – Michael Hodgson
• Drums – Paul Humphrey
• Engineer – Joel Moss, Mark Wolfson
• Illustration [Cover Drawing] – Robert Wilson
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Mixed By – David Byrne, Dominick Maita
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Mike Krowiak
• Percussion – Bobbye Hall
• Photography By [Backsleeve Bottom] – Glenn Halvorson
• Photography By [Backsleeve Top] – 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

Promo - Gold foil stamp bottom left front cover

Round black & white sticker top left front "PRESSED IN ENGLAND/ Direct Metal Mastering"

Complete title on front sleeve: "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"

This music was inspired by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band of New Orleans
First produced and performed at The Walker Centre, Minneapolis April 26, 27, 28, 1984
Choreographed by Suzushi Hanayagi

Recorded:
One On One Studio, North Hollywood, April 4, 1984
Engineer: Mark Wolfson
Studio Sound Recorders, North Hollywood, April 5 & 6, 1984
Engineer: Joel Moss
Mixed at RPM Studio, December 8-17, 1984
Originally Mastered at Sterling Sound, N.Y.
This album was digitally mastered

Cover Drawing, 19 1/4" x 26 1/8" © 1984 Robert Wilson, courtesy of the Paula Cooper Gallery
Performance Photographs © 1984 JoAnn Verburg (Top), and Glenn Halvorson (Bottom), courtesy of the Walker Art Center

©℗ 1985 Sire Records Company
Published by Index Music, Inc. ASCAP
Manufactured and distributed by Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Made in U.S.A.

Sequential track positions

Barcodes

• Barcode: 0 7599-25022-1
• Matrix / Runout: (A-side runout): 9252871 A-1-1-2 D
• Barcode: (B-side runout): 9252871 B-1-1-1 D

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sire Records Company
• Copyright (c) – Sire Records Company
• Copyright (c) – Robert Wilson
• Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Distributed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Published By – Index Music, Inc.
• Recorded At – One On One Studios
• Recorded At – Studio Sound Recorders
• Mixed At – RPM Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Short intro

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. 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. 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. 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