WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS & BILL LASWELL
THE ROAD TO THE WESTERN LANDS
The original release (not to be confused with the Material remix album of the same name) was a limited edition, fully printed CD-R with artwork, available at the Burroughs at 100 show at The Stone in NYC, April, 2014. Remaining copies were
available for a short time through Downtown Music Gallery.
1/ The Western Lands/Hashisheen (Laswell,Skopelitis,Burroughs) 1.31
2/ The Western Lands (Laswell,Skopelitis,Burroughs) 6.12
3/ Soul Killer (Burroughs,Laswell) 4.16
4/ Seven Souls (Burroughs,Laswell) 5.45
5/ Words of Advice For Young People (Burroughs) 3.53
6/ The End of Words (Burroughs,Laswell) 4.14
Manipulated and tweaked at Orange Music, West Orange, New Jersey
Engineered by James Dellatacoma
Mix Translation by Bill Laswell
Produced by Bill Laswell
Artwork/Design: Yoko Yamabe @ Randesign
M.O.D. Technologies: Yoko Yamabe
M.O.D. Support: Dave Brunelle
William S. Burroughs: voice; Nicky Skopelitis: 6 & 12 string guitars,
baglama, coral sitar, saz, fairlight; Simon Shaheen & Shankar: violin; Bill Laswell:
4, 6 & 8 string basses, acoustic guitar, tapes, percussion; Jeff Bova: electronic
keyboards; Sly Dunbar: drums, fairlight; Aiyb Dieng: percussion.
2014 - no label (USA) (CD-R)
2016 - M.O.D. Technologies Digital (USA), MODDS00030 (digital) releases September 2, 2016