Church of Anthrax

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Released February 10, 1971 Length 33:48 Artists John Cale, Terry Riley Label Columbia Records		Recorded 1970 Producer John CaleJohn McClure Release date 10 February 1971

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Church of Anthrax is a collaborative studio album by musicians John Cale and Terry Riley. It was released in February 1971 by record label Columbia, nearly a year after the material was recorded; in fact, it was recorded prior to Cale's solo debut Vintage Violence.

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Content

"The Soul of Patrick Lee" is the only vocal track on the album; all others are instrumentals. No singles were taken from the album.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Cale and Terry Riley, except "The Soul of Patrick Lee" by John Cale.

Personnel

John Cale – keyboards, bass guitar, harpsichord, piano, guitar, viola, organ

Terry Riley – piano, organ, soprano saxophone

Additional personnel

Adam Miller – vocals on "The Soul of Patrick Lee"

Bobby Colomby – drums

Bobby Gregg – drums

Technical personnel

Don Meehan - engineer

John Berg, Richard Mantel – cover design

Kim Whitesides – cover art

Don Huntstein – cover photography

Songs

1Church of Anthrax9:05
2The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace at Versailles7:59
3The Soul of Patrick Lee2:50

References

Church of Anthrax Wikipedia

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