One Down
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One Down is a 1982 album by the New York based No Wave music group Material. 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 Hugh Hopper song written just prior to his joining Soft Machine, but most well known from Daevid Allen's Banana Moon album which featured a lead vocal from Robert Wyatt. 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).
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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)