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

Tracklist

1	The Sinking Spell	5:10
2	The Object-Lesson	5:00
3	The Insect God	4:58
4	The Doubtful Guest	4:47
5	The Remembered Visit	6:27
6	The Hapless Child	7:02

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – WATT Works, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – ECM Records GmbH
• Copyright (c) – WATT Works, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Edward Gorey
• Manufactured By – PDO, Germany
• Made By – PDO, Germany
• Recorded At – Grog Kill Studio
• Recorded At – Manor Mobile
• Recorded At – Delfina's Farm
• Recorded At – Britannia Row Studios
• Mixed At – Britannia Row Studios
• Mixed At – Scorpio Sound

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Steve Swallow
• Cover, Illustration [Drawings] – Edward Gorey
• Drums, Percussion – Jack DeJohnette
• Engineer – Alan Perkins, Dennis Weinreich, Michael Mantler, Nick Mason
• Guitar – Terje Rypdal
• Mixed By – Dennis Weinreich (tracks: 6), Nick Mason (tracks: 1 to 5)
• Music By – Michael Mantler
• Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [String Synthesizer] – Carla Bley
• Producer – Carla Bley
• Vocals – Robert Wyatt
• Voice [Additional Speaker] – Albert Caulder, Nick Mason
• Voice [Speaker] – Alfreda Benge
• Words By – 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 January 1976 at Britannia Row
"The Hapless Child" mixed November 1975 at Scorpio Sound

A WATT Production

℗ 1976 Watt Works, Inc./ECM Records GmbH (on tray card)
music copyright © 1976 by Watt Works, Inc. (in booklet)
words copyright © 1972 by Edward Gorey (in booklet)
copyright ℗ 1976 by WATT WORKS, INC. (in booklet)

There is a typo in the cd: "Inscrutabel" instead of "Inscrutable", in Title

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 42283 18282 0
• Matrix / Runout: 831 828-2 01 MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 4438
• SPARS Code: AAD

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)	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey - The Hapless Child And Other Inscrutable Stories ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	VIRGIN, WATT Works	940.524, (WATT 4)	France	1976
WATT/4	Michael Mantler With Robert Wyatt, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Jack DeJohnette, Terje Rypdal Words By Edward Gorey	Michael Mantler With Robert Wyatt, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Jack DeJohnette, Terje Rypdal Words By Edward Gorey - The Hapless Child (And Other Inscrutable Stories) ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	WATT Works	WATT/4	Germany	1976
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
No 940.524, WATT/4	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey	Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey - The Hapless Child And Other Inscrutable Stories ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Virgin, WATT Works	No 940.524, WATT/4	France	1976

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