Down by Law (Deadline album)

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

Personnel

 * Musicians
 * Paul Butterfield – harmonica (4)
 * Olu Dara – Holztrompete and cornet (2, 4)
 * Aïyb Dieng – congas and cowbell (1, 2), talking drums (4)
 * 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)
 * Bernie Worrell – synthesizer (1, 2, 4)
 * 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