Zappa & Shankar - 1984 Touch Me There

Veröffentlicht am 24.12.2012

The Album - Touch Me There - released in 1984 was a collaboration between Violin Virtuoso L. Shankar and Frank Zappa. Classical Carnatic ragas and Jazz riffs are effortlessly combined to create some electrifying music.

00:00 Dead Girls Of London (Shankar/FZ) 5:20
05:20 Little Stinker (Shankar) 3:20
08:40 Touch Me There (Shankar/FZ) 3:01
11:41 No More Mr. Nice Girl (Shankar/FZ) 8:12
19:53 Love Gone Away (Shankar) 3:31
23:24 Darlene (Shankar) 2:55
26:19 Windy Morning (Shankar) 3:56
30:15 Knee-Deep In Heaters (Shankar/FZ) 5:36

Shankar acoustic and 5 string Barcus Berry electric violin, vocals and string orchestra
Phil Palmer mandolin, acoustic and electric guitars
Dave Marquee bass
Simon Phillips drums
James Lascelles Fender Rhodes, organ, acoustic piano, synthesizer
Jack Emblow accordion on "No More Mr. Nice Girl"

vocals:
FZ & Ike Willis "Dead Girl Of London"
Vicky Blumenthal chorus on "Dead Girls Of London," "Knee-Deep In Heaters," "No More Mr. Nice Girl"
Jenny Lautrec "Touch Me There"
Shankar "Knee-Deep In Heaters"

Produced by Frank Zappa

Recorded at Advision Studios, London, UK
Engineer: Geoff Young
Tape Operator: Peter Wooldiscroft
Overdubs at AIR Studios, London, UK
Engineer: Steve Nye
Tape Operator: Tim Cuthbertson
Mixed at Townhouse Studios, London, UK
Engineer: Mick Glossop
Tape Operator: Alan Douglas