First Contact

~ Release by The Black Book Band (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Recorded live in concert at Marcon 29, Columbus OH, May 1994; InConJunction 14, Indianapolis IN, July 1994; and OVFF 10, Columbus OH, October 1994,

Annotation last modified on 2021-04-04 23:29 UTC.

Tracklist

▼Cassette 1
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Monorail to Atomland live cover recording of: Monorail to Atomland (from 1994 to present) writer: Barry Childs-Helton		3:17
2	If I Had A Rocket Launcher live cover recording of: If I Had a Rocket Launcher lyricist and composer: Bruce Cockburn		4:50
3	Small Designs live cover recording of: Small Designs writer: Barry Childs-Helton		3:55
4	Lightship Yarrow live cover recording of: Lightship Yarrow (part of "Lightsailor" world) lyricist: Barry Childs-Helton composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)		3:32
5	Lady Be Crazy live recording of: Lady Be Crazy writer: Barry Childs-Helton		3:37
6	Madman On the Watchtower live medley including a cover recording of: All Along the Watchtower lyricist and composer: Bob Dylan (from 1967-10 until 1967-11) publisher: B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Dwarf Music (from 1968 to present) live medley including a cover recording of: Madman Across the Water lyricist: Bernie Taupin composer: Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer) publisher: Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.		4:13
7	Sailplane live cover recording of: Sailplane writer: Barry Childs-Helton		3:23
8	Comin’ Back to Me live cover recording of: Comin' Back to Me lyricist and composer: Marty Balin		6:00
9	Moondance live cover recording of: Moondance lyricist and composer: Van Morrison publisher: Caledonia Productions, Inc. (Caledonia Soul Music Division), Chappell Music (UK), Van-Jan Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell North America, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, Caledonia Soul Music (from 1970 until 1971), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1970 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)		4:32
10	Harbors live cover recording of: Harbors (space age music) lyricist and composer: Anne Passovoy (from 1979 to present)		4:13
11	Hope Eyrie live cover recording of: Hope Eyrie (from 1976 to present) lyricist and composer: Leslie Fish (in 1975)		3:35

Credits

Release

mixer and recording engineer:	Bill and Gretchen Roper
acoustic guitar [Guild F212 acoustic 12-string guitar] and electric guitar [Gibson Les Paul electric guitar]:	Barry Childs-Helton
acoustic guitar [Seagull acoustic guitar] and recorder [recorders]:	Mary Ellen Wessels
acoustic guitar [Yamaki acoustic guitar], electric guitar [Carvin double-necked electric guitar], synthesizer [Roland D-20 synthesizer] and viola:	Michael Kube-McDowell (science fiction writer, filk musician)
bell [bells], congas, cymbal [cymbals], darbuka [doumbek], electronic drum set [DrumKat 3.0], metallophone [Metallophone Galactica] and synthesizer [Kawai drum synthesizer]:	Sally Childs-Helton (percussionist)
cymbal and electric bass guitar [Fender electric bass]:	Gwendolyn Lee Zak (filk and neopagan musician)
darbuka [low doumbek]:	Mary Ellen Wessels Gwendolyn Lee Zak (filk and neopagan musician)
background vocals [backup vocals]:	Barry Childs-Helton Michael Kube-McDowell (science fiction writer, filk musician) Mary Ellen Wessels Gwendolyn Lee Zak (filk and neopagan musician)
lead vocals:	Barry Childs-Helton Mary Ellen Wessels
arranger:	The Black Book Band (electric filk ensemble)
artwork:	Paul MacNerland (artist)