Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan

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Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan
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Compilation album by
Various Artists
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1998
RecordedApril – June 1998
Genre Avant-Garde
Label Tzadik Records
Producer Danny Cohen
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Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan is a tribute album featuring the music of English singer/songwriter Marc Bolan of the band T.Rex. Produced by Danny Cohen, [3] it was released on John Zorn's label Tzadik Records in 1998 as part of their series on "Radical Jewish Culture", following similar prior tributes to Burt Bacharach and Serge Gainsbourg. [4]

Contents

After covering the song "Would I Be the One?" on this album, Sean Lennon recorded a different version and included that version on his 2006 album Friendly Fire . Lennon said that he did this because he liked his arrangement of the 1998 version, but was unhappy about the quality of the recording, since it was recorded on a four-track recorder due to Zorn's limited album budget of $400 or $500. [5]

Fantômas's cover of "Chariot Choogle" for this album was the first official release by that band. [6]

Track listing

  1. "Children of the Revolution" - Arto Lindsay and Marc Ribot - 2:41
  2. "Telegram Sam" - Rebecca Moore - 4:27
  3. "Get It On" - Kramer - 3:49
  4. "Buick MacKane" - Melvins - 3:07
  5. "Groove a Little" - Medeski Martin & Wood - 4:13
  6. "Cosmic Dancer" - Lo Galluccio - 4:47
  7. "Chariot Choogle" - Mike Patton as Fantômas - 1:51
  8. "Ride a White Swan" - Tall Dwarfs - 3:05
  9. "Rip Off" - Chris Cochrane - 3:40
  10. "Deboraarobed" - Gary Lucas - 2:44
  11. "Mambo Sun" - Eszter Balint - 3:51
  12. "Jeepster" - Vernon Reid - 4:33
  13. "Lunacy's Back" - Danny Cohen - 2:45
  14. "Life's A Gas" - Elysian Fields - 4:11
  15. "Would I Be the One?" - Sean Lennon and Yuka Honda - 3:36
  16. "Love Charm" - Cake Like - 2:48
  17. "Scenescof" - Trey Spruance - 1:41
  18. "20th Century Boy" - Buckethead - 7:24
  19. "Romany Soup" - Lloyd Cole - 3:55

Personnel

Credits

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