BOOKLET

 

Last Exit – Iron Path

Venture: 2-91015 (7 91015-2) {1988}

01 Prayer 04:37

02 Iron Path 03:28

03 The Black Bat (For Aki Ikuta) 04:33

04 Marked For Death 02:19

05 The Fire Drum 04:18

06 Detonator 03:47

07 Sand Dancer 01:56

08 Cut And Run 02:30

09 Eye For An Eye 04:54

10 Devil’s Rain 04:12

10 tracks, 36:34

Musicians

Saxophone, Stritch, Taragato Peter Brötzmann

Guitar Sonny Sharrock

Drums Ronald Shannon Jackson

Bass Bill Laswell

Credits

Producer Last Exit; Bill Laswell

Engineer Martin Bisi

Liner Notes Steve Lake

Details

Studio / Venue BC Studios

Place Brooklyn, N.Y.

Date Of This Release 1988

Sound Stereo

UPC/EAC 075679101525

Rare Yes

Review/Notes

AMG review by John Dougan

Their sole major-label release, their first studio recording, and a record that iconoclastic critic Chuck Eddy considers one of the 500 greatest heavy metal albums in the history of the universe. But that doesn’t mean you should invite all your Deep Purple and Iron Maiden loving friends over for a listening party; they won’t be amused. Using the studio to their advantage, Last Exit explores sonic texture on “Prayer” and “The Fire Drum,” but never loses sight of the power and energy that makes their live recordings so memorable. If you were to have one Last Exit recording, this might well be the one. But any one of their live records would enhance your appreciation of this great record immeasurably.