SWANS A Screw 12" vinyl RECORD single EP MICHAEL GIRA Jarboe GODFLESH Neurosis
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This auction is for a 12" inch single EP vinyl record called "A Screw" by the band Swans. It is in Very Good condition. Item ships by Media Mail in a cardboard record mailer. I only ship to the USA. I only accept PayPal for payment. Please pay for your item within 3 business days max. I will then ship your item within 3 business days. Check out my other items for sale for more records and CDs from Swans. Read below for more information about the item you are buying:
A Screw is the third EP by the New York City experimental rock group Swans. The EP's three songs were later appended as bonus tracks to the CD release of Holy Money. EP by Swans Released May 2, 1986 Genre
- Industrial
Background and composition
The EP's title track sees the band diving their farthest into the realm of industrial dance music, complete with dubby, distorted vocals and complex programmed rhythms, a distinct contrast to the naturalistic album version.[1] The piano-driven ode to obsessive love, "Blackmail", was Jarboe's first Swans track as lead vocalist.[1] A reworked version of "Blackmail" appears on the 1987 album Children of God.[2]
Regarding his contribution to the EP's title track, drummer Ted Parsons said:
"But you know the first recording I did with Swans, was "A Screw" on Holy Money? I get in there – I can’t remember what the studio was – and Michael Gira the singer said, "Well, you know what? There’s no drum kit here, we just want to set a snare drum up in the hallway and have you hit it." And I was like, "What? OK." So they set the snare up in this big hallway down this corridor, and I hit the drum, and that was it. They sampled it, and he said, "OK, that’s great, go home." That was it. That was "A Screw.""[3]
Track listing
No. Title Length 1. "A Screw" 5:40 2. "Blackmail" 4:42 3. "A Screw (Holy Money)" (Mix) 4:58 Total length: 15:20Notes
- Track 1 and 3 were mislabeled on most original releases. Later issues like the "Greed/Holy Money" compilation corrected this.[4]
Personnel
- Michael Gira – vocals, samples, sounds, piano, bass
- Norman Westberg – guitar
- Harry Crosby – bass
- Algis Kizys – bass
- Jarboe – vocals, backing vocals, mirage
- Ronaldo Gonzalez – drums
- Ted Parsons – drums
- Ivan Nahem – drums
- Greg Grinnell – trumpet
- Keene Carse – trombone
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