Down by Law (Deadline album)

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Recorded Evergreen Studio, NYC Down by Law(1985) Dissident(1991) Release date 2 May 1985 Label Celluloid Records		Length 38:13 Artist Deadline Genre Rock

Released May 2, 1985 (1985-05-02) Producers Bill Laswell, Phillip Wilson Similar SXL Live in Japan, No Matter, Aspiration, Deconstruction: The Celluloid, Subsonic 2

Down by law self titled 1991 full album

Down by Law is the debut studio album by Deadline, released on May 2, 1985 by Celluloid Records.

Musicians

Manu Dibango – tenor saxophone (1, 2, 4), voice (1, 2)

Jonas Hellborg – bass guitar (3, 5), fuzz bass (3)

Bill Laswell – DMX (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), bass guitar (1), sortwave (3), producer

Jaco Pastorius – bass guitar (4)

Steve Turre – didjeridoo (2, 4, 6), conch shells (2, 6)

Phillip Wilson – DMX (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), percussion (2, 5, 6), Balafon (3, 4, 6), cymbals (1, 4), bells (3), bass synthesizer (4), mbira (5), processed piano (6), floor toms (6), congas (6), cabasa (6), producer

Technical personnel

Mike Krowiak – assistant engineer, editing

Robert Musso – engineering, mixing

Hahn Rowe – assistant engineer

Robert Stevens – engineering, processed piano (3), electric piano (6)

Howie Weinberg – mastering

1Afro Beat6:28
2Boat Peoples7:00
3Baliphone Dub4:20

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