LP  by Brian Eno  and David Byrne ?– My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts. 1981 Sire  – SRK 6093   

  Rare Withdrawn US 1st pressing.                

 This is the classic, timeless and very rare Original 1st pressing of this album, which was Withdrawn worldwide for religious reasons; due to the track "Qu'ran" featuring spoken passages from the holy book; The Quran.   

The track "Qu'ran" was omitted, and replaced by the track 'Very very hungry' on all later editions of this album, and all other further pressings worldwide.

The track "Qu'ran" can only be found on this original 1st pressing. 

  Album Art by Brian Eno and Peter Saville, who worked for Factory Records, and designed the Classic covers for Joy division, New order etc.

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>   THE VINYL IS IN EXCELLENT+ TO NEAR MINT CONDITION ON BOTH SIDES. Nice and clean, with no marks.

>   THE OUTER COVER IS IN EXCELLENT SOLID CONDITION. Nice and clean, with no marks.

>   THE POLY LINED INNER COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. Nice and clean, with no marks.

>   From my own collection and handled with care. It has been fully play tested.

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is the first collaborative album by Brian Eno and David Byrne, released in February 1981. It is titled after Amos Tutuola's 1954 novel of the same name. Recorded by Eno and Byrne in between their work on Talking Heads projects, the album integrates sampled vocals and found sounds, African and Middle Eastern rhythms, and electronic music techniques. While it received mixed reviews upon its release, My Life is now widely regarded as a high point in the discographies of Eno and Byrne.

The album was reissued on March 27, 2006 in the UK and April 11, 2006 in the US, remastered and with seven extra tracks. To mark the reissue, two songs were made available to download online, consisting of the entire multitracks. Under the Creative Commons License, members of the public are able to download the multitracks, and use them for their own remixes.

The track "Qu'ran" was excluded from this release without comment. However, in an interview for Pitchfork magazine about the 2006 reissue, David Byrne said:

"Way back when the record first came out, in 1981, we got a request from an Islamic organization in London, and they said, 'We consider this blasphemy that you put grooves to the chanting of the Holy Book.' And we thought, 'Okay, in deference to somebody's religion, we'll take it off.' You could probably argue for and against monkeying with something like that. But I think we were certainly feeling very cautious about this whole thing. We made a big effort to try and clear all the voices, and make sure everybody was okay with everything. Because we thought, 'We're going to get accused of all kinds of things, and so we want to cover our asses as best we can.' So I think in that sense we reacted maybe with more caution than we had to. But that's the way it was."                                                                                                                                                               

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Brian Eno / David Byrne ?– My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts.

Label: Sire ?– SRK 6093 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, 1st Press. Withdrawn.         
Country: US                                Released: Feb 1981                              Genre: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul                Style: Avantgarde, Experimental, Funk

Tracklist                             

A1 America Is Waiting Arranged By – Brian Eno, David Byrne, David Van Tieghem, Tim Wright (2)Arranged By, Bass – Bill LaswellBass [Click] – Tim Wright (2)Drums, Percussion – David Van Tieghem 3:36 A2 Mea Culpa Drums [Bodhran] – Dennis Keeley 3:35 A3 Regiment Arranged By – Brian Eno, Busta Jones, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Robert FrippBass – Busta JonesDrums – Chris Frantz, David Van TieghemOther [Vocal Sample Source] – Dunya YusinPercussion – David Van Tieghem 3:56 A4 Help Me Somebody Congas, Percussion [Metals] – Steve ScalesDrums – John CookseyOther [Vocal Sample Source] – Reverend Paul Morton 4:18 A5 The Jezebel Spirit Drums [Bass Drum], Percussion [Can] – Prairie PrinceDrums [Bata], Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo Lewis 4:55 B1 Qu'Ran Drums – John Cooksey 3:46 B2 Moonlight In Glory Congas, Percussion [Agong-gong] – Jose RossyOther [Vocal Sample Source] – The Moving Star Hall Singers 4:19 B3 The Carrier Drums [Bass Drum], Percussion [Can] – Prairie PrinceDrums [Bata], Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo LewisOther [Vocal Sample Source] – Dunya Yusin 3:30 B4 A Secret Life Other [Vocal Sample Source] – Samira Tewfik* 2:30 B5 Come With Us 2:38 B6 Mountain Of Needles 2:35

                                

Credits

• Cover – Brian Eno,  Peter Saville       
• Engineer – Dave Jerden, Eddie Korvin, John Potoker, Neal Teeman, Stacy Baird
• Engineer [Assistant] – Don Mack, George Sloane, Howard Johnston, Hugh Dwyer, Michael Ewasko
• Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Drums, Percussion, Other [Found Objects], Producer – Brian Eno    David Byrne
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Typography – Peter Saville            

Notes

   On later editions of this album the track "Qu'ran" was omitted for religious reasons.     

? & © 1981 Sire Records Company
Made in U.S.A.

Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola.

Voices:
A1. Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
A2. Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
A3. Dunya Yusin, Lebanese mountain singer (from 'The Human Voice in the World of Islam' Tangent Records TGS 131).
A4. Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
A5. Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
B1. Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran (same source as A3).
B2. The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia (from 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folkways FS 3841).
B3. Dunya Yusin (see A3).
B4. Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer (from 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records).
B5. Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.

 

                   

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