Curlew (album)

Curlew
Studio album by Curlew
Released	1981 (1981)
Recorded	February 29–March 2, 1980 at The Creative Music Studio, NY February 1980 (1980-02) at CBGB's, NYC
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, Jazz fusion
Length	39:15
Label	Landslide
Producer	Curlew
Curlew chronology
Curlew (1981) North America (1985)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Curlew is the eponymously titled debut studio album by Curlew, released in 1981 by Landslide Records. ^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Bacon, George Cartwright, Tom Cora, Bill Laswell and Nicky Skopelitis, unless otherwise stated

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Panther Burn"	Cartwright	6:30
2.	"The Bear"		1:45
3.	"Bitter Thumbs"	Cartwright	6:00
4.	"The Victim"	Cartwright	2:33
5.	"The Hardwood"	Cartwright	5:13

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sports"	Cartwright, Cora	1:30
2.	"Bruno"		1:00
3.	"But Get It"		2:33
4.	"Rudders"	Cora	3:11
5.	"Binoculars"		1:00
6.	"The Ole Miss Exercise Song"	Cartwright	8:00

Personnel

Curlew

• Bill Bacon – drums, gamelan, percussion
• George Cartwright  – flute, saxophone
• Tom Cora  – cello, mixing (A1-A3, A5, B2-B6)
• Bill Laswell  – bass guitar
• Nicky Skopelitis  – guitar

Technical personnel

• Martin Bisi  – recording, mixing (A4, B1)
• Curlew  – producer
• Michael Lytle – mixing, recording (A1-A4, B1-B3, B5, B6)
• John Slagel – editing

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1981	Landslide	LP	LD 1004

References

1. Lynch, Dave. "Curlew". Allmusic. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
2. "Sessionography". mussomusic.com. 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.

External links

• Curlew at Discogs (list of releases)