Snake Charmer
Wobble, The Edge and Holger Czukay with producer Francois Kevorkian: five tracks, one a Paradise Garage staple.
Jah Wobble, 1983
- Released
- 1983
- Label
- Island
- Type
- ep
Released by Island in 1983, it billed Wobble as co-leader with The Edge, Czukay, Jaki Liebezeit and the producer Francois Kevorkian. On the title track Kevorkian programmed a Linn Drum, The Edge played slide guitar and the slide solo, and Czukay played French horn, lead guitar and grand piano. The title track became a Paradise Garage staple.
"Hold On to Your Dreams" has Liebezeit on drums, The Edge on lead guitar and atmospherics, Marcella Allen on vocals and lyrics by Arthur Russell. Liebezeit and Neville Murray wrote "It Was a Camel", and Jim Walker and Animal wrote "Sleazy".
Track listing
- Snake Charmer
- Hold On to Your Dreams
- It Was a Camel
- Sleazy
- Snake Charmer (Reprise)
Personnel
- Jah Wobble co-leader
- The Edge slide guitar, lead guitar, atmospherics
- Holger Czukay French horn, lead guitar, grand piano, dictaphone tape
- Jaki Liebezeit drums
- Francois Kevorkian producer, Linn Drum programming
- Marcella Allen vocals on "Hold On to Your Dreams"
More from Jah Wobble
The Legend Lives On... Jah Wobble in "Betrayal" (1980), How Much Are They? (1981), Full Circle (1982), Rising Above Bedlam (1991), Take Me to God (1994), Spinner (1995), A Brief History of Now (2023)
Sources
- Snake Charmer (EP), Wikipedia
- Discogs master 22925, Discogs
- The dubwise post-punk of Jah Wobble in 10 records, The Vinyl Factory (2019)