Pools of Mercury
By Jim Carroll
Mercury Records, October 1998
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LINER NOTES
Produced by Anton Sanko
Recorded and mixed by Denny McNerney
Mastered by Denny McNerney
Recorded & mastered at Easter Island Recording, NYC (212-229-2949)
Assistant engineering–Jim Naisby
The Poems: “I Am Not Kurt Schwitters,” “Things That Fly,” “It
Goes,” and “Cinco De Mayo” are from the book, FEAR OF DREAMING,
published by Penguin Books (New York 1993). The
Poems “8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain,” “Female as Thunder,” “Train
Surfing,” “My Ruins,” “Zeno’s Law of High-Heeled Shoes,” and
“Message Left on a Phone Machine,” are from the book VOID OF COURSE, published by Penguin Books (New York 1998)
Thanks to:
David Silver, Michael Lesser, Bob Fitzgerald, Steve Gordon, Lai Tsang, Walter McDonough,
Cassie Carter, Danny and Rosemary, Robert Roth, and the band “Truly,” Jim Flynn
and Gabriel Vivas at Jim Flynn Rentals, Flip Scipio at Scipio Guitars, Tom Cassell,
Brewbar. Special thanks to Donna and Dylan. This record could not have been made without
the sapient insight of Lenny Kaye.
Art direction: *R* Patrick
Photography: lego cut the fat
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SONGS & CREDITS
All clips used by permission of Mercury Records
1. “Train Surfing”
Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Frank Vilardi and Anton Sanko
Frank Vilardi – drums, percussion
Anton Sanko -keyboards
2. “Falling Down Laughing”
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Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Robert Roth
Frank Vilardi – drums
Erik Sanko – bass
Tristan Avakian – guitar, background vocals
Anton Sanko – keyboards
3. “Zeno’s Law of High-Heeled Shoes”
Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by David Torn and Anton Sanko
David Torn – guitar, loops
Anton Sanko – processing
4.”Desert Town”
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Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Tristan Avakian and Anton Sanko
Frank Vilardi – drums
Erik Sanko – bass, background vocals
Anton Sanko – keyboards
Tristan Avakian – guitar, background vocals
5. “It Goes”
Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Gordon Minette and Anton Sanko
Gordon Minette – trumpet
Anton Sanko – keyboards, processing
6. “My Ruins”
Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Anton Sanko
string arrangement by Anton Sanko
7. “Pools of Mercury”
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Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Tristan Avakian, Erik Sanko, Anton Sanko
Frank Vilardi – drums
Erik Sanko – bass, background vocals
Tristan Avakian – guitar
Anton Sanko – keyboards
8. “Things That Fly”
Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Erik Sanko
Erik Sanko – guitar, e-bow
Anton Sanko – guitar, bass, chamberlin
9. “I Am Not Kurt Schwitters”
Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by David Torn and Anton Sanko
David Torn – loops, dobro, koto
Erik Sanko – bass
Anton Sanko – keyboards, processing
10. “Hairshirt Fracture”
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Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Robert Roth
arranged by Anton Sanko
Frank Vilardi – drums
Erik Sanko – bass
Tristan Avakian – guitar
Anton Sanko – keyboards
11. “Female as Thunder”
Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Lenny Kaye
Anton Sanko – lap steel guitar, keyboards
12. “Cinco de Mayo”
Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Gordon Minette and Anton Sanko
Gordon Minette – keyboards, trumpet, bass
Anton Sanko – lap steel
13. “Message Left on a Phone Machine”
Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Gordon Minette, Frank Vilardi and Anton Sanko
Frank Vilardi – drums, percussion
Erik Sanko – bass
Gordon Minette – piano
Anton Sanko – keyboards, processing
14. “The Beast Within”
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Lyrics by Jim Carroll and Lenny Kaye
music by Lenny Kaye and Anton Sanko
Frank Vilardi – drums
Erik Sanko – bass
Lenny Kaye – guitar, background vocals
Tristan Avakian – guitar
Anton Sanko – keyboards
15. “Eight Fragments for Kurt Cobain”
Lyrics by Jim Carroll
music by Anton Sanko and Tristan Avakian
Tristan Avakian – guitar, bass
Anton Sanko – processing