Memory Serves

Memory Serves is a 1981 album by the New York based No Wave music group Material.[3][4]

Memory Serves
Studio album by
Material
Released1981
RecordedOAO Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Length38:51
LabelCelluloid Records, 529812
Elektra/Musician
ProducerMaterial with Martin Bisi
Material chronology
American Songs
(1981)		 Memory Serves
(1981)		 Bustin' Out
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Track listing
  1. "Memory Serves" (Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn) – 5:08
  2. "Disappearing" (Olu Dara, Sonny Sharrock, Laswell, Beinhorn, Fred Maher) – 7:11
  3. "Upriver" (Billy Bang, Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher) – 5:25
  4. "Metal Test" (Fred Frith, Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher) – 4:30
  5. "Conform To The Rhythm" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Frith) – 4:30
  6. "Unauthorized" (Sharrock, Laswell, Maher) – 3:50
  7. "Square Dance" (Frith, Laswell, Maher) – 4:29
  8. "Silent Land" (George Lewis, Laswell, Beinhorn) – 3:48
  9. "For A Few Dollars More" (E. Morricone) - 3:51 (7" edit, bonus track on CD release)

Personnel
Material
Additional personnel
  • Sonny Sharrock – guitar (except "Square Dance" and "Silent Land")
  • Fred Frith – guitar, violin, xylophone (1,4,5,7)
  • Olu Dara – cornet ("Disappearing", "Upriver")
  • Henry Threadgill – alto sax ("Disappearing", "Unauthorized", "Square Dance")
  • George Lewis – trombone ("Memory Serves", "Square Dance", "Silent Land")
  • Billy Bang – violin ("Upriver", "Unauthorized")
  • Charles K. Noyes – drums, percussion, bells ("Memory Serves", "Silent Land")

Production
  • Recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn, New York. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi.

References
  1. Memory Serves at AllMusic
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 132. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. Jazzlists: Elektra Musician LP discography, accessed March 20, 2018
  4. Both Sides Now: Elektra/Asylum Album Discography, Part 8: Consolidated 60000 Series (1982- ), accessed March 20, 2018
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