tracks

Batman
The Sicilian Clan
You Will Be Shot
Latin Quarter
A Shot In The Dark
Reanimator
Snagglepuss
I Want To Live
Lonely Woman
Igneous Ejaculation
Blood Duster
Hammerhead
Demon Sanctuary
Obeah Man
Ujaku
Fuck The Facts
Speedball
Chinatown
Punk China Doll
N.Y. Flat Top Box
Saigon Pickup
The James Bond Theme
Den Of Sins
Contempt
Graveyard Shift
Inside Straight
Grand Guignol
Blood Is Thin
Thrash Jazz Assassin
Dead Spot
Bonehead
Piledriver
Shangkuan Ling-Feng
Numbskull
Perfume Of A Critic's Burning Flesh
Jazz Snob Eat Shit
The Prestidigitator
No Reason To Believe
Hellraiser
Torture Garden
Slan
The Ways Of Pain
The Noose
Sack Of Shit
Blunt Instrument
Osaka Bondage
Shallow Grave
Kaoru
Dead Dread
Billy Liar
Victims Of Torture
Speedfreaks
New Jersey Scum Swamp
S-M Sniper
Pigfucker
Cairo Chop Shop
Facelifter
Whiplash
The Blade
Gob Of Spit
La Cathédrale Engloutie
Three Preludes
Douloureux, Déchirant
Très Lent, Contemplatif
Allegro Drammatico
Prophetiae Sybillarum
The Cage
Louange A L'Eternité De Jesus
Grand Guignol (Vocal Version)
Main Titles
Sex Games
The Brood
Sweat, Sperm + Blood
Vliet
Heretic 1
Submission
Heretic 2
Catacombs
Heretic 3
My Master, My Slave
Saint Jude
The Conqueror Worm
Dominatrix 2B
Back Through The Looking Glass
Here Come The 7,000 Frogs
Slaughterhouse/Chase Sequence
Castle Keep
Mantra Of Resurrected Shit
Trypsicore
Fire And Ice (Club Scene)
Crosstalk
Copraphagist Rituals
Labyrinth
Asylum
Sunset Surfer
Party Girl
The Outsider
Triggerfingers
Terkmani Teepee
Sex Fiend
Razorwire
The Bitter And The Sweet
Krazy Kat
The Vault
Metaltov
Poisonhead
Bone Orchard
I Die Screaming
Pistol Whipping
Skatekey
Shock Corridor
American Psycho
Val De Travers
Une Correspondance
La Fée Verte
Fleurs Du Mal
Artemisia Absinthium
Notre Dame De L'Oubli (For Olivier Messiaen)
Verlaine
Part One "Un Midi Moins Dix"
Part Two "La Bleue"
...Rend Fou
Leng Tch'e

notes

Naked City: The Complete Recording Boxset features five discs, packaged in digipak cases, and accompanied by a book, Eight Million Stories: Naked City Ephemera, which contains a wealth of photos and art as well as testimonials from all five band members and numerous acquaintances, friends and fans.

Remastered at Hit Factory Mastering, NYC.

Original credites & notes:

• Naked City:
. Front cover photograph "Weegee Corpse with Revolver, 1940" courtesy of the Weegee Collection, curator Wilma Wilcox.

• Grand Guignol:
. This album is lovingly dedicated to Jack Smith.
. Recorded in SF, NYC, Brooklyn, Tokyo.
. All photos courtesy of Dr. Stanley B. Burns, Collection of the Historic Medical Photography.

• Heretic:
. This record is dedicated to Harry Smith, mystical Animator, pioneer ethnomusicologist, hermetic scholar, creator of Heavan + Earth Magic, one of the greatest films of all time.
. Recorded and mixed at Shelley Palmer Studios, NYC, 1991.
Heretic ℗ 1992 Avant

• Radio
. Inspiration/Refer: Charles Mingus on Candid/Eric Dolphy/Paul Bley•Bob Demmon + The Astronauts (3)•Little Feat•Ruins/Booker T & The MG's/Colin Wilson•Ennio Morricone/Albert King/Chuck Brown•Orchestra Baobab/Takeshi Terauchi/El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka•The Accüsed/The Meters/Yakuza Zankoku Hiroku•The Tony Williams Lifetime/O.L.D.•Anthony Braxton/Anton Webern "Six Bagatelles"/Sammy Cahn "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"/Frank Sinatra/Morton Feldman•Carl Stalling/Igor Stravinsky•Melvins/The Beatmasters/Septic Death/Hellfire/Leather Folk (the Book)•Abe Schwartz/Ivo Papasov/Naftule Brandwein•Repulsion•Led Zeppelin/Edo Akemi and Jagatara/Bernard Herrmann•Santana/Extreme Noise Terror/Conway Twitty•Agnostic Front/Siege (2)•Ornette Coleman/Corrosion Of Conformity/Massacre/Quincy Jones•Sam Fuller/Funkadelic/Carcass•Liberace/Jan Hammer/Napalm Death/Ed Blackwell/Charlie Haden/Mick Harris/Carole King/Red Garland/Boredoms/Jerry Reed/SPK/Roger Williams.
. Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI.
. Recorded April 1992. Mixed September 1992.

• Absinthe:
. Recorded at Electric Lady, NYC, December 1992.
. Mixed at Platinum Island, NYC, January 1993.
. Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI.

• Leng Tch'e
. Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI.

Naked City ℗ 1989 Elektra Nonesuch
Grand Guignol ℗ 1992 Avant
Herectic ℗ 1992 Avant
Radio ℗ 1993 Avant
Absinthe ℗ 1993 Avante
Leng Tch'e ℗ 1992 Hips Road
this compilation © ℗ 2005 Tzadik

Tomoyo T.L. (Karath=Razar)
Lisa Wells (Strong Silent Type)

credits

Alto Saxophone – John Zorn
Arranged By – John Zorn (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 4-1 to 4-19), Naked City (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26)
Bass – Fred Frith
Composed By – John Zorn (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-7, 1-10 to 1-17, 1-19 to 1-21, 1-23, 1-25, 1-25, 2-1 to 2-34, 2-42, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10)
Design [Grand Guignol / Heretic / Radio / Absinthe] – Tomoyo T.L.
Design [Leng Tch'e] – Tomoyo T.L.
Design [Naked City] – Tanaka Tomoyo,
Design [Reissue] – Chippy (3), Heung-Heung Chin
Drums – Joey Baron
Edited By [Digital Editing] – Scott Hull (2) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19)
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Hoover Le (tracks: 4-1 to 4-19, 5-1 to 5-9)
Engineer [Engineered By] – Joe Ferla (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9)
Executive-Producer [Associate Producer] – Kazunori Sugiyama (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-1 to 5-9)
Executive-Producer [Grand Guignol / Heretic / Radio / Absinthe] – Disk Union
Executive-Producer [Naked City] – Bob Ludwig
Executive-Producer [Reissue / Associate Producer] – Kazunori Sugiyama
Guitar – Bill Frisell
Illustration [Naked City / Grand Guignol / Heretic] – Maruo Suehiro,
Keyboards – Wayne Horvitz
Liner Notes – Anthony Coleman, Bill Frisell, Eyvind Kang, Foetus, Fred Frith, J.G. Thirlwell, Joey Baron, John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Mick Harris, Mike Patton, Otomo Yoshihide, Ruins, Scott Hull (2), Sean Lennon, Yamamoto Seiichi, Steven Bernstein, Yoshida Tatsuya, Eye,
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10), Scott Hull (2) (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9)
Mixed By – Roger Moutenot (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19)
Music By – John Zorn (tracks: 5-1 to 5-9), Naked City (tracks: 3-1 to 3-24)
Photography By [Absinthe: Cover Photo - Les Jeux De La Poupée] – Hans Bellmer
Photography By [Radio: Cover Photos] – Man Ray
Producer – John Zorn (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-1 to 5-10), Naked City (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26)
Recorded By – Alec Head (tracks: 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10), Jason Baker (tracks: 3-1 to 3-24), Martin Bisi (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42), Oliver DiCicco (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42), Roger Moutenot (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42), Scott Ansel, (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42), Seigen Ono (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42)
Reissue Producer – John Zorn
Remastered By – Scott Hull (2)
Typography [Grand Guignol / Photo Typesetting] – Lisa Wells (2)
Typography [Naked City / Photo Typesetting] – Takahashi Yukihiru,
Typography [Photo Typesetting: Absinthe] – Lisa Wells (2)
Typography [Typesetting: Heretic / Radio] – Lisa Wells (2)
Vocals – John Zorn (tracks: 2-1 to 2-42, 5-10), Yamatsuka Eye (tracks: 1-1 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-42, 3-1 to 3-24, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-10)

companies

Copyright (c) – Tzadik
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Tzadik
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra Nonesuch
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Avant
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Hip's Road
Published By – Theatre of Musical Optics
Recorded At – Shelley Palmer Studio
Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
Mixed At – Shelley Palmer Studio
Mixed At – Platinum Island Studios
Mastered At – Hit Factory Mastering
Designed At – Karath=Razar

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