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Neely Bruce - Electric Phoenix
The Plague & Other Vocal Works

Album US 1991 on Mode label
Rock and Classical (Contemporary)

Eight Ghosts (1989) The Dream Of The Other Dreamers (1987) The Plague (1983-4) a commentary on the work of the Fourth Horseman Recorded at: October Sound, London Digital mastering: LRP Productions, NY Recording dates: Eight Ghosts & The Dream on July 22 and 24-27, 1989. The backing tape for The Plague was recorded January 4-7, 16, 21 and February 1 & 7, 1984. The parts for the lead voices were recorded on March 22, 1985. The Plague is dedicated to the Electric Phoenix; Eight Ghosts is dedicated to Mary Jane and the EPs; The Dream is dedicated to Sibyl Baird Dearing, who introduced me to the poetry of Walt Whitman. A lecture on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by William Burroughs has had a profound, though somewhat indirect, influence on the entire project. Texts: Eight Ghosts is taken from Ghost Tantras by Michael McClure, ©1964 by Michael McClure, used by permission. The translations of the four poems from the The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio is by Richard Aldington, ©1957, 1985. Used by permission. Excerpt from The Jerusalem Bible, ©1966 by Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Used by permission. The translation of Death of the Rats by Shih Tao-Nan is in the public domain. It is taken from Plague: An Ancient Disease in the Twentieth Century, by Charles T. Gregg, University of New Mexico Press, ©1985 by Charles T. Gregg. The second verse of The Bubonic Plague Song is used by permission of the poet, Tony Connor All other materials in the libretto of The Plague are the work of the composer, or in the public domain. All original text by the composer, ©1991 by Neely Bruce. Special thanks to Tim, Shep, Phyllis and Mary Jane

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	Neely Bruce p, syn, ep, *1944 US synthesizer, korg 800, electric piano, wurlitzer, executive producer, lyrics by, text, music by, album by
	Electric Phoenix , GB vocals, album by
	Brian Brandt , art direction, executive producer, photography by, neely bruce
	Daryl Runswick b, eb, *1946 GB bass guitar, synthesizer, korg 800, electric piano, wurlitzer, tenor vocals
	Terry Edwards voc, *1939 GB bass vocals, producer
	John Marshall dr, perc, *1941 GB drums
	Ray Russell g, *1947 GB guitar, rhythm
	Brigitte Bley-Swinston liner notes, translations
	Dominique Jullien org, liner notes, translations
	Giovanni Boccaccio , 1313-1375 IT lyrics by, text
	Michael McClure , *1932 US lyrics by, text
	Linda Hirst voc, GB mezzo-soprano vocals
	Meriel Dickinson voc, *1940 GB mezzo-soprano vocals
	Steve J. Sherman , photography by, electric phoenix
	Judith Rees ss, soprano vocals
	Linda Snider typography, typesetting
	Walt Whitman , 1819-1892 US lyrics by, text

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