COLLECTION
RUBAIYAT - ELEKTRA'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY
This record features covers of classic tunes from the Elektra catalog by current (at the time) Elektra artists.
Disc One:
1/ Hello I Love You - The Cure 3.27
2/ House Of The Rising Sun - Tracy Chapman 2.03
3/ Seven & Seven Is - Billy Bragg 2.15
4/ I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing - Jevetta Steele 4.13
5/ Hotel California - Gipsy Kings 5.47
6/ Werewolves Of London - The Black Velvet Band 3.40
7/ Motorcycle Mama - Sugarcubes 3.44
8/ One Meatball - Shinehead 4.38
9/ Bottle Of Wine - The Havalinas 3.27
10/ Born In Chicago - The Pixies 2.11
11/ You're So Vain - Faster Pussycat 4.11
12/ Marquee Moon - Kronos Quartet 4.13
13/ Get Ourselves Together - Phoebe Snow 4.17
14/ Tokoloshe Man - Happy Mondays 4.18
15/ Let's Go - Ernie Isley 4.41
16/ Going Down - Lynch Mob 3.35
17/ A Little Bit Of Rain - Ambitious Lovers 3.15
18/ You Belong To Me - Anita Baker 4.42
19/ Road To Cairo - Howard Jones 5.34
Disc Two:
1/ Kick Out The Jams - The Big F 4.03
2/ Almost Saturday Night/Rockin' All Over The World - Georgia Satellites 4.04
3/ Hello, I Am Your Heart - Sara Hickman 2.44
4/ Make It With You - Teddy Pendergrass 5.32
5/ The Blacksmith - Linda Ronstadt 2.41
6/ Going Going Gone - Bill Frisell/Robin Holcomb/Wayne Horvitz 5.58
7/ First Girl I Loved - Jackson Browne 4.44
8/ These Days - 10,000 Maniacs 3.27
9/ Stone Cold Crazy - Metallica 2.17
10/ Apricot Brandy - Danny Gatton 3.11
11/ Union Man - Shaking Family 3.55
12/ One More Parade - They Might Be Giants 2.22
13/ I Can't Tell You Why - Howard Hewett 3.52
14/ Mt. Airy Groove - Leaders Of The New School 4.37
15/ You Brought The Sunshine - Shirley Murdock 4.17
16/ Inbetween Days - John Eddie 3.59
17/ Love Wars - The Beautiful South 4.36
18/ Both Sides Now - Michael Feinstein 5.14
19/ T.V. Eye - John Zorn 2.25
Disc two, track 19 recorded at B.C. Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Disc two, track 19 produced and arranged by John Zorn
Concept: Bob Krasnow
Executive Producer: Lenny Kaye
Production coordination: Tom Finch and Michelle Piza
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
John Zorn: alto; Yamatsuka Eye: vocals; Robert Quine: guitar; Bill Laswell:
bass; Ted Epstein: drums.
1990 - Elektra (USA), 60940-1 (4x12")
1990 - Elektra (USA), 60940-2 (2CD)
1990 - Elektra (Germany), 60940-2 (2CD)
1990 - Elektra (USA), PRCD 8216-2 (Promo CD Sampler)
1990 - Elektra (USA), PRCD 8208-2 + 9 60940-2 (4CD)
Note: The 1CD set contains 14 tracks from the set, including 'TV Eye'.
Note: The 4CD box (promotion only) is called RUBAIYAT: THE ORIGINALS,
and is made of the commercial 2CD set + an extra 2CD set with the
originals of the songs.