Rackabones

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Rackabones
Mnemonists - Rackabones.jpg
Studio album by
Biota
Released1985 (1985)
RecordedSpring 1984 (1984) – Winter 1985 (1985)
StudioPendragon
(Fort Collins, CO)
Genre Free improvisation
Length88:44
Label Dys
Producer Carol Heineman, Tom Katsimpalis, Mark Piersel, Steve Scholbe, William Sharp, Randy Yeates
Biota chronology
Gyromancy
(1984)		Rackabones
(1985)		 Bellowing Room
(1987)

Rackabones is the sixth studio album by the free improvisation ensemble Biota, released in 1985 by Dys Records. [1] The album marked the official beginning of Biota as an ensemble separate from the Mnemonists name. (The name Mnemonists has continued to be retained for the group's visual output.)

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Carol Heineman, Tom Katsimpalis, Mark Piersel, Steve Scholbe, William Sharp and Randy Yeates.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Vagabones A"26:31
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Vagabones B"26:26
Side three
No.TitleLength
1."Rackabones A"18:01
Side four
No.TitleLength
1."Rackabones B"17:46

Personnel

Adapted from the Rackabones liner notes. [2]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1985Dys LP DYS 12&13

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References

  1. ↑ Colli, Beppe (March 8, 2005). "An Interview With Bill Sharp/Biota (1994)". CloudsandClocks.net. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Rackabones (sleeve). Mnemonists. Fort Collins, Colorado: Dys Records. 1985.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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