Mechanical Fantasy Box

~ Release by Patrick Cowley (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

4 page cd booklet with liner notes dated 2019-07. Hype sticker: "DE-269 Patrick Cowley - Mechanical Fantasy Box / Compilation of 13 unreleased songs from Disco / Hi-NRG producer circa 1973-80 flows from funk to kraut to psychedelic ambient electronics still influencing current artists w/ haunting simplicity & powerful, driving energy".
Track 1 from Fox Studio archives courtesy John Coletti
Tracks 2 to 4, 6 to 11 from Short Circuit archives courtesy Maurice Tani
Track 5 courtesy James Cowley
Track 12 from Megatone Records archives courtesy John Hedges
Track 13 courtesy Paul Parker
Thank You: Maurice Tani, John Hedges, John Coletti, James Cowley, Paul Parker, Joe Tarantino, George Horn and Gwenaël Rattke.
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This album is dedicated to the memory of Patrick Cowley
(October 19, 1950 - November 12, 1982)

Annotation last modified on 2024-10-03 18:45 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Out of Body (intro)
4:39
2Right Here, Right Now
3:16
3Broken Dishes
2:08
4Breakdown
3:23
5Moving Bodies I
performer:
Arthur Adcock (songwriter; member of SFX, Shiver, Thump Thump Thump)
arranger:
Arthur Adcock (songwriter; member of SFX, Shiver, Thump Thump Thump)
5:36
6Grisha’s Tune
5:43
7Sensitivity
6:37
8Shrouds
6:03
9Lumberjacks in Heat
11:26
10Mechanical Fantasy Box
7:33
11Thrill of the Hunt
5:06
12Before Original Sin
6:00
13Sea of China
8:16

Credits

Release

liner notes:Maurice Tani (California singer songwriter AKA 77)
mixer and transferrer:Joe Tarantino (audio engineer, mastering)
producer and recording engineer:Patrick Cowley
mastering:George Horn (mastering engineer)
performer:Patrick Cowley
writer and arranger:Patrick Cowley
design:Gwenaël Rattke (French-German graphic artist based in Berlin)
mastered at:Fantasy Studios (Berkeley) in Berkeley, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/14285129 [info]