Chore Of Enchantment

THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL079	2000	U.S.A.	C.D.
THRILL JOCKEY	THRILL079	2000	U.S.A.	DOUBLE L.P.
THRILL JOCKEY	TKCB 71963	2000	JAPAN	C.D.
LOOSE	VJCD113	2000	U.K.	C.D.

Produced By	Tucson - John Parish
	Memphis - Jim Dickinson
	New York - Kevin Salem
Co-Produced By	Howe Gelb
Mastered By	Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound
Published By	Amazing Black Sand (BMI) except 16 - 1997 Mushed Music
Dedicated with Great Love to Thee Grand Slider and Masterful Human Being: RAINER JAROMIR PTACEK 1951-1997

1	Overture	0:48	Gelb
2	(Well) Dusted (For The Millenium)	4:37	Gelb
3	Under A Punishing Sun	3:14	Gelb
4	X-tra Wide	3:24	Gelb
5	1972	1:02	Gelb
6	Temptation Of Egg	3:35	Gelb	(Version on "Hisser", also on "Selections")
7	Raw	3:29	Gelb
8	Wolfy	4:22	Gelb
9	Shiver	4:00	Gelb	(Also on "Selections Circa 1990-2000")
10	Dirty From The Rain	3:34	Gelb
11	Astonished (In Memphis)	4:47	Gelb
12	No Reply	4:34	Gelb
13	Satellite	6:45	Gelb	(Version on European "Hisser")
14	Bottom Line Man	4:41	Gelb
15	Way To End The Day	4:47	Gelb	(Version on "Hisser")
16	Shrine	0:59	Rainer Ptacek
17	Astonished (In Tucson)	4:25	Gelb	(Double L.P. & Japanese CD)(Also on "Rock Opera Years")
18	Dusted (In Tucson)	3:22	Gelb	(Double L.P. Only)(Also on "Rock Opera Years")
19	Shiver (In Tucson)	3:52	Gelb	(Double L.P. Only)(Also on "Rock Opera Years")
20	Punishing Sun (In Tucson)	4:46	Gelb	(Double L.P. & Japanese CD)(Also on "Rock Opera Years")
21	Bad	3:56	Gelb	(Double L.P. Only)(Version on "Rock Opera Years")
22	Music Arcade	6:47	Young	(Japanese CD Only)(Also on "Rock Opera Years" & "Selections")
23	Vanishing Point	2:53	Gelb	(Japanese CD Only)

Thanks to Kate Hyman for the severe pleasure.

Chore of Enchantment

ok now.
you are in a room with nothing but a candle.
no windows.
no doors you can see.
you calm yourself to be at peace with this lacking.
you begin to savor the candle.
it takes almost as long to do this as it does for your eyes to adjust to the
flicker light of the room.
and then there on the floor in the corner, you can just make out a silhouette
of a boom box.
you push play
this is the cd that begins to play.
the batteries are low.
they won't last more than an hour.
fortunately this record is 59 minutes and 59 seconds long.
but in truth, before you spied this boom box you have already found the way
to be at one with the room and candle and did not need anything else.
and it feels like a chore to get up from your place and reach into the corner
you hope you don't need it.
you hope it sucks.
but if it does enchant,
this too will be a chore.

- hop-a-long howe

	Howe Gelb	Toys with guitar, piano and sung some hum
	John Convertino	Drums some drum
	Joe Burns	Strum bass strum
	Juliana Hatfield	Backing vocals (6)
	Sofie Albertsen Gelb	Backing vocals (9,15)
	Jim Dickinson	Mellotron (2) Piano, Organ (11)
	John Parish	Piano, Pump Organ (15) Door Shutter (16)
	Kevin Salem	2nd Lead guitar (3) Acoustic (4) Mellotron (9)
	Susan Marshall-Powell	Backing vocals (4,11)
	Jackie Johnson	Backing vocals (4,11)
	William Brown	Backing vocals (4)
	Rich Mercurio	Drums (4,9)
	John Abbey	Bass (4,8,12)
	Rob Arthur	Mellotron (4) Organ (9,12)
	Nick Luca	Piano (5)
	Neil Harry	Pedal Steel (7)
	Alan Bezozi	Drum loop (8)
	Scott Loder	Bass (9)
	David Mansfield	Pedal steel (9,12) banjo (9)
	Lydia Kavanaugh	Backing vocals (12)
	Paula Brown	Bass, backing vocals (13)
	Rainer	Slide (16)