Memory Serves

Memory Serves is a 1981 album by the New York based No Wave music group Material.

Track listing

 * 1) "Memory Serves" (Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn) – 5:08
 * 2) "Disappearing" (Olu Dara, Sonny Sharrock, Laswell, Beinhorn, Fred Maher) – 7:11
 * 3) "Upriver" (Billy Bang, Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher) – 5:25
 * 4) "Metal Test" (Fred Frith, Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher) – 4:30
 * 5) "Conform To The Rhythm" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Frith) – 4:30
 * 6) "Unauthorized" (Sharrock, Laswell, Maher) – 3:50
 * 7) "Square Dance" (Frith, Laswell, Maher) – 4:29
 * 8) "Silent Land" (George Lewis, Laswell, Beinhorn) – 3:48
 * 9) "For A Few Dollars More" (E. Morricone) - 3:51 (7" edit, bonus track on CD release)

Personnel

 * Material
 * Bill Laswell – 4, 6 and 8 string basses
 * Michael Beinhorn – synthesizers, tapes, radio, guitar, drums, voice.
 * Fred Maher – drums, percussion, guitar (except "Silent Land")


 * Additional personnel
 * Sonny Sharrock – guitar (except "Square Dance" and "Silent Land")
 * Fred Frith – guitar, violin, xylophone (1,4,5,7)
 * Olu Dara – cornet ("Disappearing", "Upriver")
 * Henry Threadgill – alto sax ("Disappearing", "Unauthorized", "Square Dance")
 * George Lewis – trombone ("Memory Serves", "Square Dance", "Silent Land")
 * Billy Bang – violin ("Upriver", "Unauthorized")
 * Charles K. Noyes – drums, percussion, bells ("Memory Serves", "Silent Land")

Production

 * Recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn, New York. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi.