Boxset / Compilation · 1990
Tracklist
1. John Zorn Radio Hour, Part I (27'36)
- Mauricio Kagel: "Der Schall (1968), for five players" (short exc.) (LP: 'Der Schall' - Deutsche Gramophon, Germany, 1970)
- Napalm Death: "The Kill / Prison Without Walls / Dead Pt. 1" (EP: 'Peel Sessions' - Strange Fruit, UK, 1987)
- James 'Blood' Ulmer: "Black Rock" (LP: 'Black Rock' - Columbia, USA, 1982)
- Hasil Adkins: "We Got a Date" (LP: 'Out to Hunch: West Virginia Recordings (1955-65)' - Norton, USA, 1986)
- Esquivel: "La Raspa" (LP: 'Latin-Esque' - RCA, USA, 1962)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk: "Black Root" (LP: 'Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata' - Atlantic, USA, 1971)
- The Jazz Composer's Orchestra: "Preview" (LP: 'The Jazz Composer's Orchestra' - JCOA, USA, 1968)
- Hüsker Dü: "Bricklayer" (LP: 'Everything Falls Apart' - SST, USA, 1982)
- Die Kreuzen: "Sick People" (LP: 'Die Kreuzen' - Touch and Go, USA, 1984)
- Naked City: "Blunt Instrument" (EP: 'Torture Garden' - Shimmy Disc, USA, 1989)
- Naked City: "Snagglepuss" (LP/CD: John Zorn 'Naked City" - Nonesuch, USA, 1989)
2. John Zorn Radio Hour, Part II (33'06)
- Naked City: "Igneous Ejaculation / Blood Duster / Hammerhead / Demon Sanctuary / Obeah Man / Ujaku / Fuck the Facts / Speedball" (LP/CD: John Zorn 'Naked City" - Nonesuch, USA, 1989)
- Naked City: "A Shot in the Dark" (Henry Mancini) (LP/CD: John Zorn 'Naked City" - Nonesuch, USA, 1989)
- T. K. Ramamoorthy: "Kanakangi" (LP: 'Fabulous Notes and Beats of the Indian Carnatic-Jazz' - EMI/Odeon, India, 1969)
- Funkadelic: "Super Stupid" (LP: 'Maggot Brain' - Westbound, USA, 1971)
- The Beach Boys: "Pet Sounds" (LP: 'Pet Sounds' - Capitol, USA, 1966)
- Ennio Morricone: "Man with a Harmonica" (LP: 'Once Upon a Time in the West' (1968) - RCA, Italy, 1972)
- John Zorn: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (Morricone) / "White and Lazy - Main Title" (CD: 'Filmworks 1986 - 1990' - Eva/Wave, Japan, 1994)
- Lennie Tristano Trio: 'Line Up' (LP: 'Lennie Tristano' - Atlantic, USA, 1956)
- Naked City: "Gob of Spit" (EP: 'Torture Garden' - Shimmy Disc, USA, 1990)
Naked City (LP/CD: John Zorn 'Naked City" - Nonesuch, USA, 1989)
3. The James Bond Theme (John Barry) (3'08)
4. Graveyard Shift (3'33)
5. Gotham (formerly Batman) (2'05)
6. Latin Quarter (4'10)
total time: 73'38
Line-up/Musicians
Naked City:
John Zorn: alto sax;
Wayne Horvitz: keyboards;
Bill Frisell: electric guitar;
Fred Frith: electric bass;
Joey Baron: drums
About this release
Elektra/Nonesuch
"A one-hour special hosted by John Zorn, spinning discs by his favorite artists and Naked City.
PLUS four banded tracks from Naked City" (front info)
"Here's the real John Zorn, acting as DJ in a specially produced one-hour radio program - spinning his favorite discs, revealing his influences, and discussing Naked City." (rear info)
Thanks to snobb for the addition