Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey - The Hapless Child (And Other Inscrutable Stories) download

Tracklist

A1	The Sinking Spell	5:10
A2	The Object-Lesson	5:00
A3	The Insect God	4:58
B1	The Doubtful Guest	4:47
B2	The Remembered Visit	6:27
B3	The Hapless Child	7:02

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – ECM Records – 2313 104
• Manufactured By – ECM Records – 2313 104
• Recorded By – Manor Mobile
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Watt Works, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Watt Works, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Edward Gorey
• Published By – Watt Works
• Published By – G. P. Putnam's Sons
• Recorded At – Grog Kill Studio
• Recorded At – Delfina's Farm
• Recorded At – Britannia Row Studios
• Mixed At – Britannia Row Studios
• Mixed At – Scorpio Sound
• Lacquer Cut At – Tonstudio Bauer
• Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Steve Swallow
• Composed By, Engineer – Michael Mantler
• Drums, Percussion – Jack DeJohnette
• Engineer – Alan Perkins, Dennis Weinreich
• Guitar – Terje Rypdal
• Lacquer Cut By – HR*
• Mixed By – Dennis Weinreich (tracks: B3), Nick Mason (tracks: A1 to B2)
• Narrator – Albert Caulder, Alfreda Benge
• Narrator, Engineer – Nick Mason
• Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [String], Producer [Produced By] – Carla Bley
• Vocals – Robert Wyatt
• Words By, Artwork [Cover, Drawings] – Edward Gorey

Notes

Recorded July 1975 through January 1976 at Grog Kill Studio in Willow, NY, with the Manor Mobile at Robert Wyatt's house and Delfina's farm in England, and at Britannia Row in London. Mixed November 1975 at Scorpio Sound & January 1976 at Britannia Row.

©1976
Words copyright ©1972 by Edward Gorey (from "Amphigorey", published by G.P. Putnam's Sons), used and reprinted by permission of the author
℗1976
Manufactured and marketed by ECM Records
Printed in W.-Germany

Title on spine: Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey The Hapless Child

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout stamp side A): ST WATT 4-A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout stamp side B): ST WATT 4-B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout both sides etched): HR
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Rights Society (Publisher): BMI
• Label Code: LC 4438

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WATT/ 4	Michael Mantler	The Hapless Child (And Other Inscrutable Stories) ‎(LP)	WATT Works	WATT/ 4	US	1976
940.524, (WATT 4), WATT/4	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey - The Hapless Child And Other Inscrutable Stories ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	VIRGIN, WATT Works, WATT Works	940.524, (WATT 4), WATT/4	France	1976
WATT/ 4, 831 828-2	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey - The Hapless Child (And Other Inscrutable Stories) ‎(CD, Album, RE, PDO)	WATT Works, ECM Records	WATT/ 4, 831 828-2	Germany	Unknown
WATT/ 4, 831 828-2	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey - The Hapless Child (And Other Inscrutable Stories) ‎(CD, Album, RE, PMD)	WATT Works, ECM Records	WATT/ 4, 831 828-2	Germany	Unknown
WATT/4	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey - The Hapless Child And Other Inscrutable Stories ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	WATT Works, Virgin	WATT/4	UK	1976