Buy (album)
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Buy is a 1979
album
by James Chance and the Contortions
released under the name Contortions. Buy was Contortions' debut album, originally released by the indie label ZE
, while at the same time the album Off White
under the alias of James White, was also released.
Bonus tracks recorded at CBGB
's, Spring, 1978
1979 in music
See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by James Chance and the Contortions
James Chance and the Contortions
James Chance and the Contortions, led by saxophonist and vocalist James Chance, were one of the original punk jazz groups of the New York No Wave music scene. Their first recording, credited solely as Contortions, was on the 1978 compilation, No New York, produced by Brain Eno...
released under the name Contortions. Buy was Contortions' debut album, originally released by the indie label ZE
ZE Records
ZE Records was originally a New York-based record label, started in 1978 by Michael Zilkha and Michel Esteban. It has been re-established by Esteban since 2003.-History:Michael Zilkha ZE Records (always written with two capital letters) was originally a New York-based record label, started in...
, while at the same time the album Off White
Off White
Off White is a 1979 No Wave album by James White, also known as James Chance.-Side one:# "Contort Yourself" – 6:15 # "Stained Sheets" – 5:51# " Heat Wave" – 3:55...
under the alias of James White, was also released.
Track listing
All tracks by James ChanceJames Chance
James Chance, also known as James White , is an American saxophonist, songwriter and singer....
- "Design to Kill" - 2:47
- "My Infatuation" - 2:20
- "I Don't Want to Be Happy" - 3:21
- "Anesthetic" - 3:52
- "Contort Yourself" - 4:23
- "Throw Me Away" - 2:43
- "Roving Eye" - 3:09
- "Twice Removed" - 3:03
- "Bedroom Athlete" - 4:15
Bonus tracks recorded at CBGB
CBGB
CBGB was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands like Ramones, Misfits, Television, the...
's, Spring, 1978
- "Throw Me Away" (Live) (3:04)
- "Twice Removed" (Live) (3:12)
- "Jailhouse RockJailhouse Rock (song)"Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture, Jailhouse Rock...
" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) (Live) (3:23)
Personnel
- James ChanceJames ChanceJames Chance, also known as James White , is an American saxophonist, songwriter and singer....
- vocals, alto saxophone, keyboards - David Hofstra - bass
- Don Christensen - drums
- Jody HarrisJody HarrisJody Harris is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer who was born in Kansas and became a central figure in the seminal No Wave scene in New York City in the 1970s.-Career history:...
- guitar - Pat Place - slide guitar
- George Scott IIIGeorge Scott IIIGeorge Scott III was a bass player for several New York City bands during the No Wave era. He was a founding member of 8-Eyed Spy and the Raybeats, and he worked with James Chance and the Contortions, James White and the Blacks, Human Switchboard, and John Cale, among others.- Biography :George...
- bass on bonus tracks - Adele Bertei - Acetone organ on bonus tracks