God Is My Co-Pilot - What Doctors Don't Tell You (1993) [Shrimper, SHR46, Cassette]

God Is My Co-Pilot - What Doctors Don't Tell You (1993) [Shrimper, SHR46, Cassette]

For anyone not aware, the cover image here depicts the characters Kiki and Jiji from the Studio Ghibli film Majo no Takkyuubin/Kiki's Delivery Service (1989). My copy of the tape, scanned here, has the name of the radio station it was mailed to written on it, but this is not standard to the tape.

Tracklist:

A1. Heavier Air
A2. Lullaby
A3. Opened Wide
A4. Then
A5. Finnegans Wake
A6. When Do I See The Lightning
A7. Every Night
A8. Close My Eyes
A9. Walk The Cat
B1. To Be Or Have Not
B2. Mechant
B3. Interlocking
B4. Hey Mister
B5. Girls Waiting
B6. Porcupine Homily
B7. Bludgeon
B8. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
B9. Vanessa
B10. Say The L Word
B11. I Pulled Up To Park

What Does This Tape Sound Like?

From the J-card:

Songs written by:

ST: A7, B5, 9 ; SD: A1 (a) ;
AK: A4, B1, 2, 3, 6, 7 ; ME: A3 (b), 4 ;
JZ: A3 (b), 6, B6 ; CP: B1, 2, 3, 7 ;
CF: wrote or cowrote all except A5, B6

A5: traditional; Mary Magdalene & Hugh
Lofting donated lyrics for A1; Anne
McDonald for B1 & B3; Wm Butler Yeats
for B8

SONGS ARE PLAYED BY

Sharon T: Vocals, saxophone Craig F:
Guitar, Drums, Bass, Vocals Alex K: Bass,
James G: Bass Siobhan D: Drums Michael E:
Drums, Speaking Rick B: Drums John Z:
Saxphone & Chris P: Drums!

Special guest singers: Fly (A7)
Daryl K (A5, B10) Mike BS (B1, B3, B10)

And then, condensing & expanding on the credits here, as I often like to do:

Sharon Topper: Vocals, Saxophone, writing: "Every Night", "Girls Waiting", "Vanessa"
Siobhan Duffy: Drums, writing: "Heavier Air"
Alex Klein: Bass, writing: "Then", "To Be Or Have Not", "Mechant", "Interlocking", "Porcupine Homily", "Bludgeon"
Michael Evans: Drums, Speaking, writing: "Opened Wide"
John Zorn: Saxophone, writing: "Opened Wide", "When Do I See The Lightning", "Porcupine Homily"
Chris Pellettieri: Drums, writing: "To Be Or Have Not", "Mechant", "Interlocking", "Bludgeon"
Craig F: wrote or cowrote all except "Finnegans Wake", "Porcupine Homily"
Rick Brown: Drums
James Garrison: Bass

Special guest singers:
Fly ("Every Night")
Daryl Kahan ("Finnegans Wake", "Say The L Word")
Michael Bromberg ("To Be Or Have Not", "Interlocking", "Say The L Word")

The "Heavier Air" quote from Doctor Dolittle In The Moon (Hugh Lofting):

The heavier air and gravity of the Earth took a good deal of getting used to after the very different conditions of the Moon. Feeling like nothing so much as a ton-weight of misery, I clambered down from the moth's back and took stock of my surroundings.

Morning mists were rolling and breaking over this flat piece of my native Earth. From higher up it had seemed so sunny and homelike and friendly. Down here on closer acquaintance it didn't seem attractive at all.

And the "Heavier Air" quote from the Gospel of Mary:

The soul answered and said, I saw you. You did not see me nor recognize me. I served you as a garment and you did not know me.

"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" referencing of course the Yeats poem.

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