Performance (soundtrack)

1970 soundtrack album by various

Performance

Soundtrack album by

various

Released| September 19, 1970
Length| 36:26
Label| Warner Bros.
Producer| Jack Nitzsche
Singles from  Performance

1. "Memo from Turner"
Released: October 23, 1970

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
Christgau's Record Guide| B−[2]

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.

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

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Side 1

1. "Gone Dead Train" 2:56 - Randy Newman (Jack Nitzsche/Russ Titelman)[3]
2. "Performance" 1:49 (Bernie Krause,[4] Merry Clayton)
3. "Get Away" 2:09 (Ry Cooder)
4. "Powis Square 2:25 (Ry Cooder)
5. "Rolls Royce and Acid" 1:50 (Jack Nitzsche)
6. "Dyed, Dead, Red" 2:35 (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
7. "Harry Flowers" 4:03 (Jack Nitzsche, Randy Newman)

Side 2

1. "Memo from Turner" 4:08 (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
2. "Hashishin" 3:39 (Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ry Cooder)
3. "Wake Up, Niggers" 2:47 (The Last Poets)
4. "Poor White Hound Dog" 2:50 (Merry Clayton)
5. "Natural Magic" 1:40 (Jack Nitzsche)
6. "Turner's Murder" 4:15 (Merry Clayton Singers)

## Screen credits

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* 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

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* William Orbit recorded "Harry Flowers" for his Strange Cargo III (1993)

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 - via robertchristgau.com.
3. ^ Richardson, Chris (2 July 2015). "Randy Newman: Once a Rocker". Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
4. ^ Cope, Julian ("the Seth Man") (June 2010). "Unsung: Beaver & Krauserocksampler". Head Heritage. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

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