Performance (soundtrack)
1970 soundtrack album by various
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Performance is a 1970 soundtrack album to the film Performance by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg. It features music from Randy Newman, Merry Clayton, Ry Cooder, Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Last Poets and Mick Jagger.
| Performance | |
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| Soundtrack album by various | |
| Released | September 19, 1970 |
| Length | 36:26 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Producer | Jack Nitzsche |
| Singles from Performance | |
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B−[2] |
A single from the album, "Memo from Turner" sung by Mick Jagger (b/w the instrumental "Natural Magic") was released in 1970 reaching #32 on the UK singles chart.
Tracks
Side 1
- "Gone Dead Train" 2:56 - Randy Newman (Jack Nitzsche/Russ Titelman)[3]
- "Performance" 1:49 (Bernie Krause,[4] Merry Clayton)
- "Get Away" 2:09 (Ry Cooder)
- "Powis Square 2:25 (Ry Cooder)
- "Rolls Royce and Acid" 1:50 (Jack Nitzsche)
- "Dyed, Dead, Red" 2:35 (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
- "Harry Flowers" 4:03 (Jack Nitzsche, Randy Newman)
Side 2
- "Memo from Turner" 4:08 (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
- "Hashishin" 3:39 (Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ry Cooder)
- "Wake Up, Niggers" 2:47 (The Last Poets)
- "Poor White Hound Dog" 2:50 (Merry Clayton)
- "Natural Magic" 1:40 (Jack Nitzsche)
- "Turner's Murder" 4:15 (Merry Clayton Singers)
Screen credits
- Original music by Jack Nitzsche
- Conductor: Randy Newman
- Singers: Randy Newman (1), Mick Jagger (8), Merry Clayton (2, 11), Buffy Sainte-Marie (9), Merry Clayton Singers (13)
- Santoor: Nasser Rastegar-Nejad
- Moog synthesizer: Bernard Krause
Music performers
- Ry Cooder – guitar
- Amiyo Das Gupta – sitar
- Lowell George – guitar
- Milt Holland – drums, percussion
- Gene Parsons – drums, guitars
- Russ Titelman – percussion
- Bobby West – bass
Cover versions
- William Orbit recorded "Harry Flowers" for his Strange Cargo III (1993)
