Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan

Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	September 15, 1998
Recorded	April – June 1998
Genre	Avant-Garde
Label	Tzadik Records
Producer	Danny Cohen

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Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan is a tribute album featuring the music of English singer/songwriter Marc Bolan of the band T.Rex. Produced by Danny Cohen,^[3] it was released on John Zorn's label Tzadik Records in 1998 as part of their series on "Radical Jewish Culture", following similar prior tributes to Burt Bacharach and Serge Gainsbourg.^[4]

After covering the song "Would I Be the One?" on this album, Sean Lennon recorded a different version and included that version on his 2006 album Friendly Fire. Lennon said that he did this because he liked his arrangement of the 1998 version, but was unhappy about the quality of the recording, since it was recorded on a four-track recorder due to Zorn's limited album budget of $400 or $500.^[5]

Fantômas's cover of "Chariot Choogle" for this album was the first official release by that band.^[6]

Track listing

1. "Children of the Revolution" - Arto Lindsay and Marc Ribot - 2:41
2. "Telegram Sam" - Rebecca Moore - 4:27
3. "Get It On" - Kramer - 3:49
4. "Buick MacKane" - Melvins - 3:07
5. "Groove a Little" - Medeski Martin & Wood - 4:13
6. "Cosmic Dancer" - Lo Galluccio - 4:47
7. "Chariot Choogle" - Mike Patton as Fantômas - 1:51
8. "Ride a White Swan" - Tall Dwarfs - 3:05
9. "Rip Off" - Chris Cochrane - 3:40
10. "Deboraarobed" - Gary Lucas - 2:44
11. "Mambo Sun" - Eszter Balint - 3:51
12. "Jeepster" - Vernon Reid - 4:33
13. "Lunacy's Back" - Danny Cohen - 2:45
14. "Life's A Gas" - Elysian Fields - 4:11
15. "Would I Be the One?" - Sean Lennon and Yuka Honda - 3:36
16. "Love Charm" - Cake Like - 2:48
17. "Scenescof" - Trey Spruance - 1:41
18. "20th Century Boy" - Buckethead - 7:24
19. "Romany Soup" - Lloyd Cole - 3:55

Personnel

"Children of the Revolution" Melvin Gibbs - Bass Dougie Bowne - Drum programming Marc Ribot - Guitar, producer Arto Lindsay - Vocals, guitar, producer Eddie Sperry - Engineering, mixing Anthony Coleman - Sampler "Telegram Sam" Stephen Vitiello - Guitar, mixing Rebecca Moore - Producer, vocals, bass, sampler, Synthesizer, Violin, mixing "Get It On" Charles Curtis - Cello Kramer - Producer, voice, instruments Tess - Vocals "Buick MacKane" Mark Deutrom - Bass, producer Dale Crover - Drums, producer King Buzzo - Guitar, producer "Groove A Little" Billy Martin - Drums, producer Chris Wood - Guitar, producer John Medeski - Keyboards, producer Scotty Hard - Producer "Cosmic Dancer" Banjo Victor - Guitar Lo Galluccio - Producer, vocals, synthesizer "Chariot Choogle" Mike Patton - Producer, vocals, instruments "Ride a White Swan" Dr. Rhythm - "Drums thru a fuzz box" Chris Knox - Backing guitar, handclaps, lead vocals, producer Alec Bathgate - Guitar, handclaps, Backing vocals, producer "Rip-Off" JD Foster - Bass, sampler Chris Cochrane - Producer, vocals, instruments

"Deboraarobed" Gary Lucas - Slide guitar, Electronics, vocals, producer Murray Weinstock - producer "Mambo Sun" JD Foster - Bass, sampler, producer Christine Bard - Drums Jim Pugliese - Drums Chris Cochrane - Guitar Ted Reichman - Organ Martin Bisi - Engineering Eszter Balint - Vocals, violin "Life's A Gas" Oren Bloedow - Instruments, producer Jennifer Charles - Vocals, producer "Would I Be The One?" Sean Lennon - Producer, vocals, instruments Yuka Honda - Producer, vocals, instruments "Love Charm" Kerri Kenney - Bass, vocals Jody Seifert - Drums, vocals Nina Hellman - Guitar, vocals Craig Wedren - Producer, mixing Kevin McMahon - Producer, mixing "Scenescof" Phil Franklin - Percussion Trey Spruance - Producer, vocals, organ, guitar, Toy piano "20th Century Boy" Buckethead - Producer, guitar, bass, Tambourine Travis Dickerson - Engineering Pinchface - Vocals, drums "Romany Soup" Self Righteous Brothers - Producer Lloyd Cole - Vocals, instruments

Credits

• Suehiro Maruo - Artwork
• Ikue Mori - Design
• John Zorn - Executive producer
• David Newgarden - Executive producer
• Kazunori Sugiyama - Executive producer
• Allan Tucker - Mastering
• Marc Bolan - Music, Lyrics

References

1. Proefrock, Stacia. "Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan - Various Artists". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation.
2. Hernandez, Raoul (January 4, 1999). "Music: Tribute Records - Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan". The Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
3. Silke, Tudor (January 10, 2001). "House of Tudor - Danny Cohen; Laughing Squid's Fifth Anniversary Celebration". SF Weekly.
4. Kun, Josh (October 8–15, 1998). "New Jews". The Boston Phoenix.
5. Parish, Matt (May 2007). "Taking Friendly Fire with Sean Lennon". The Music Box. 14 (5).
6. Foster, Patrick (April 12, 2005). "Fantomas: April Is Their Coolest Month". The Washington Post. p. C08.

• "Various Artists : Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan". Tzadik.
• "Various – Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan". Discogs. 1998.