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One Down Studio album by Material Released 1982 Recorded O.A.O Studio, Brooklyn, New York and RPM Sound Studio, New York City Genre No Wave Label Elektra, 60206 Producer Material Professional reviews Material chronology Bustin' Out
(1981)One Down
(1982)Seven Souls
(1989)One Down is a 1982 album by the New York based No Wave music group Material, recorded by indie producer/engineer Martin Bisi. The album sees the band reduced to a duo of Michael Beinhorn and Bill Laswell, collaborating with different musicians and singers on each track.
"Let Me Have It All" is a cover from Sly and the Family Stone's 1973 album Fresh.
"Memories" is a cover of a song written by Hugh Hopper, recorded by Soft Machine in 1967, prior to his joining the band. Soft Machine's Robert Wyatt recorded a solo version and another version on Daevid Allen's Banana Moon album. Recently (2008) it has been covered by The Mars Volta. The vocal here is performed by Whitney Houston in one of her first ever featured lead performances.
A dance mix by John Luongo of "I'm the One"/"Don't Lose Control" was released as a 12" single in 1982 (Celluloid/Elektra, 0-67970). Mixes of "Time Out" was released as a 12" single in 1983 (Elektra, 0-67916).
Contents
Track listing
- "Take a Chance" (Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn) – 4:31
- "I'm the One" (Laswell, Beinhorn, R. Bernard Fowler) – 5:25
- "Time Out" (Laswell, Thi-Linh Le, Beinhorn) – 4:52
- "Let Me Have It All" (Sly Stewart) – 5:23
- "Come Down" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Fowler) – 4:43
- "Holding On" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Brian Eno) – 4:40
- "Memories" (Hugh Hopper) – 3:58
- "Don't Lose Control" (Laswell, Beinhorn) – 4:18
CD bonus track
- "Bustin' Out" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Fred Maher) – 8:03
Personnel
- Michael Beinhorn – Prophet-5, Oberheim OBXa, DSX sequencer, Roland TR-808 drum machine, Roland vocoder, tapes, percussion
- Bill Laswell – Man Sting Ray bass, Fender Precision bass, effects
Vocalists
- Nona Hendryx – vocals ("Take a Chance", "Let Me Have It All", "Bustin' Out")
- B.J. Nelson – vocals ("Take a Chance", "Let Me Have It All", "Holding On")
- R. Bernard Fowler – vocals ("I'm the One", "Come Down")
- Thi-Linh Le – voice ("Time Out")
- Noris Night – voice ("Let Me Have It All")
- Whitney Houston – vocals ("Memories")
- Jean Karakos – voice ("Don't Lose Control")
Musicians
- Nile Rodgers – guitar ("I'm the One", "Come Down")
- Fred Frith – guitar ("Time Out")
- Nicky Skopelitis – guitar ("Holding On", "Don't Lose Control")
- Ronnie Drayton – guitar ("Let Me Have It All", "Holding On", "Bustin' Out")
- J.T. Lewis – drums ("Take a Chance", "Time Out", "Holding On")
- Yogi Horton – drums ("Let Me Have It All", "Memories")
- Tony Thompson – drums ("I'm the One", "Come Down", "Don't Lose Control")
- Fred Maher – drums ("Bustin' Out")
- Daniel Ponce – bongos ("I'm the One", "Don't Lose Control")
- Nicky Marrero – percussion ("Take a Chance", "Time Out", "Holding On")
- Oliver Lake – tenor and alto saxophone ("Come Down")
- Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone ("Memories")
- Raymond Jones – Yamaha CP-70 B electronic grand piano ("Memories")
Production
- Recorded at O.A.O Studio, Brooklyn, New York and RPM Sound Studio, New York City by Martin Bisi. Produced by Material.
Release history
- 1982 – Celluloid / Vogue (Fr.), CEL 541003 (LP)
- 1982 – Elektra (USA), 60206 (LP)
- 1982 – Celluloid, CELCD 5504 (CD)
- 1983 – CBS / Sony (Jp.), 25 AP 2754 (LP)
- 1992 – Metronome / Restless, 7 72654-2 (CD)
- 1992 – Demon / MauMau, MauCD 624 (CD)
- 1992 – Jimco, Jp., JICK 89047 (CD)
- 1997 – Movie Play Gold, MPG 74047 (CD)
- 2005 – Golden Stars, GSS 5406 (CD, Portugal, retitled CD 1)
Bill Laswell Related people Ginger Baker · Eraldo Bernocchi · Peter Brötzmann · Buckethead · William S. Burroughs · Bootsy Collins · Aïyb Dieng · DJ Disk · Anton Fier · Fred Frith · Gigi · Grand Mixer DXT · Herbie Hancock · Mick Harris · Jonas Hellborg · Zakir Hussain · Tetsu Inoue · Ronald Shannon Jackson · Toshinori Kondo · John Lydon · Bryan "Brain" Mantia · Robert Musso · Pete Namlook · Iggy Pop · Pharoah Sanders · Sonny Sharrock · Nicky Skopelitis · Sly and Robbie · James Blood Ulmer · Jah Wobble · Bernie Worrell · John ZornAlbums Killing Time (1981) · Future Shock (1983) · Sound-System (1984) · Album (1986) · Instinct (1988) · The Burning World (1989) · Make Them Die Slowly (1989) · Brain Drain (1989) · Funk of Ages (1990) · Bucketheadland (1992) · Third Eye Open (1992) · Holy Terror (1993) · Pieces Of Woo: The Other Side (1993) · Giant Robot (1994) · Dreamatorium (1994) · Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud · Funkcronomicon (1995) · Day of the Robot (1996) · The Last Wave (1996) · Aftershock 2005 (1996) · Disembodied (1997) · Arc of the Testimony (1997) · Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey (1997) · Future2Future (2001) · No Place to Be (2006) · Torn from Black Space (2009)Bands Method of Defiance The Only Way To Go Is Down · Inamorata · NihonThe Golden Palominos The Golden Palominos · Visions of Excess · Blast of Silence · A Dead Horse · Drunk With Passion · This Is How It Feels · Pure · Dead InsideMaterial About Time · Temporary Music · Memory Serves · One Down · Seven Souls · Live at Soundscape · The Third Power · Live in Japan · Hallucination Engine · The Road to the Western Lands · IntonarumoriPainkiller Guts of a Virgin · Buried Secrets · Rituals: Live in Japan · Execution Ground · Painkiller: The Collected Works · Talisman: Live in Nagoya · 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12Praxis Shin Terai Unison · Heaven & Hell · LightyearsLabels Categories:- 1982 albums
- Material albums
- Elektra Records albums
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