First Contact

~ Release by The Black Book Band (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Recorded live in concert at Marcon 29, Columbus OH, May 1994; InConJunction 14, Indianapolis IN, July 1994; and OVFF 10, Columbus OH, October 1994,

Annotation last modified on 2021-04-04 23:29 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Cassette
#TitleRatingLength
1Monorail to Atomland
live cover recording of:
Monorail to Atomland (from 1994 to present)
writer:
Barry Childs‐Helton
3:17
2If I Had A Rocket Launcher
live cover recording of:
If I Had a Rocket Launcher
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Cockburn (Canadian singer‐songwriter and guitarist)
4:50
3Small Designs
live cover recording of:
Small Designs
writer:
Barry Childs‐Helton
3:55
4Lightship Yarrow
live cover recording of:
Lightship Yarrow (part of "Lightsailor" world)
lyricist:
Barry Childs‐Helton
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:32
5Lady Be Crazy
live recording of:
Lady Be Crazy
writer:
Barry Childs‐Helton
3:37
6Madman On the Watchtower
live medley including a cover recording of:
All Along the Watchtower
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1967-10 until 1967-11)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995) and Dwarf Music (from 1968 to present)
live medley including a cover recording of:
Madman Across the Water
lyricist:
Bernie Taupin
composer:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
4:13
7Sailplane
live cover recording of:
Sailplane
writer:
Barry Childs‐Helton
3:23
8Comin’ Back to Me
live cover recording of:
Comin’ Back to Me
lyricist and composer:
Marty Balin
6:00
9Moondance
live cover recording of:
Moondance
lyricist and composer:
Van Morrison
publisher:
Caledonia Productions, Inc. (Caledonia Soul Music Division), Chappell Music (UK), Van-Jan Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell North America, Caledonia Soul Music (from 1970 until 1971), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1970 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:32
10Harbors
live cover recording of:
Harbors (space age music)
lyricist and composer:
Anne Passovoy (from 1979 to present)
4:13
11Hope Eyrie
live cover recording of:
Hope Eyrie (from 1976 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Leslie Fish (in 1975)
3:35

Credits

Release

mixer and recording engineer:Bill and Gretchen Roper
acoustic guitar [Guild F212 acoustic 12-string guitar] and electric guitar [Gibson Les Paul electric guitar]:Barry Childs‐Helton
acoustic guitar [Seagull acoustic guitar] and recorder [recorders]:Mary Ellen Wessels
acoustic guitar [Yamaki acoustic guitar], electric guitar [Carvin double-necked electric guitar], synthesizer [Roland D-20 synthesizer] and viola:Michael Kube-McDowell (science fiction writer, filk musician)
bell [bells], congas, cymbal [cymbals], darbuka [doumbek], electronic drum set [DrumKat 3.0], metallophone [Metallophone Galactica] and synthesizer [Kawai drum synthesizer]:Sally Childs‐Helton (percussionist)
cymbal and electric bass guitar [Fender electric bass]:Gwendolyn Lee Zak (filk and neopagan musician)
darbuka [low doumbek]:Mary Ellen Wessels
Gwendolyn Lee Zak (filk and neopagan musician)
background vocals [backup vocals]:Barry Childs‐Helton
Michael Kube-McDowell (science fiction writer, filk musician)
Mary Ellen Wessels
Gwendolyn Lee Zak (filk and neopagan musician)
lead vocals:Barry Childs‐Helton
Mary Ellen Wessels
arranger:The Black Book Band (electric filk ensemble)
artwork:Paul MacNerland (artist)