James White & the Blacks >> Off White 
 
Track Listing •
01 Contort Yourself (August Darnell Remix) 6:15
02 Contort Yourself 3:08
03 Stained Sheets 5:50
04 (Tropical) Heat Wave 3:52
05 Almost Black Part 1 3:17
06 White Savages 4:52
07 Off Black 6:28
08 Almost Black Part 2 3:58
09 White Devil 4:36
10 Bleached Black 2:51
Bonus tracks
11 Christmas With Satan 10:00
12 Disposable You (Live) 6:05
13 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough (Live) 6:35
14 Exorcise The Funk (Live) 6:41
Credits •
Recorded at Blank Tape Studios, NYC, Fall 1978,
Engineered and processed by Bob Blank,
"Contort Yourself Remix" produced & mixed by August Darnell,
"Christmas With Satan" recorded in 1983 at Big Apple Studio NYC,
Live tracks recorded in Rottterdam, Holland, June 1980,
All tracks composed by James Siegfrield, published by Copastatic except
Stained Sheets by James Siegfried & Lydia Lunch, published by Copastatic,
(Tropical) Heat Wave by Irving Berlin, Arrangements by James White, published by,
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson, published byWarner Chappell

Original Art Cover by Michel Esteban , Photo by Anya Philips
Digipack & Booklet Art Direction & Design by Michel Esteban,
Front cover Photo & Page 8,9,15 by Anya Philips,
Photos page 2,5,11 by Edo Bertoglio
Page 6 Julia Gordon, Page 11 by Maripol

Original sound recording made by ZE Records © 1979
This reissue (p) & © ZE Records 2004
Remastered by Florian at Auvi One, Paris 2004
Special thanks to Michael Zilkha
 
Personnel •
James Chance : Vocals, Alto Sax, Organ on "White Savages",
Jody Harris : Guitar
Don Christensen : Drums
Pat Place : Slide Guitar
George Scott : Bass
Adele Bertei : Electric Piano on "Contort Yourself",
Vocals on "Almost Black Part 1"
Kristian Hoffman : Piano on "Stained Sheets" & "(Tropical) Heat Wave", Vocals on "(Tropical) Heat Wave"
Paul Colin : Tenor Sax on "Almost Black Part 1 & Part 2"
Bob Quine : Guitar on "Off Black " & "Almost Black Part 2"
Ray Mantilla : Congas on "(Tropical) Heat Wave"
Lydia Lunch : Guitar on "White Devil" Vocals on "Stained Sheets"
Vivienne Dick : Viola on " White Devil"
Anya Philips : Lead Vocals on "(Tropical) Heat Wave " & "Almost Black Part", Background vocals on " Contort Yourself"
Bonus track "Christmas With Satan"
James Chance : Lead Vocals, Alto Sax, Accoustic Piano
Jerry Agony : Guitar
Chris Cunningham : Guitar
Rodney Forstall : Bass
Ralph Rolle : Drums
Bruce Purce : Trumpet
Robert Arron : Tenor Sax
Luther Thomas : Baritone Sax
Cherie Marilyn & Robin Marlowe : Background Vocals
Bonus live tracks
James Chance : Lead Vocals, Alto sax, Organ
Patrick Geoffrois ; Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals
Fred Wells : Guitar
Lorenzo Wyche : Trumpet
Al McDowell : Bass
Richie Harrison : Drums
 
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