tracks 1-1, 1-2 co-producer Diamanda Galás tracks 1-1 to 1-7 composed by Diamanda Galás tracks 1-1, 1-2 consultant [consultation] Naut Humon tracks 2-1 to 2-8 consultant [consultation] Paul Kendall design ["saint of the pit"], art direction ["saint of the pit"] Me Company design [booklet design "you must be certain of the devil"] Paul White design, design [booklet design "you must be certain of the devil"], design [sleeve design "the divine punishment & saint of the pit"] Me Company tracks 2-1 to 2-8 drums Charlie Terstappen tracks 1-1, 1-2 engineer Frank Harris tracks 1-1, 1-2 engineer [additional signal processing] Richard Zvonar tracks 2-1 to 2-8 engineer [assistant engineer for drum recording] Peter Schmidt tracks 1-1, 1-2 engineer, producer, co-producer, mixed by Dave Hunt tracks 1-1 to 1-7 executive-producer Intravenal Sound Operations tracks 1-1 to 1-7 executive-producer Mute Records liner notes [introduction by] Biba Kopf tracks 2-1 to 2-8 mastered by John Dent tracks 2-2 to 2-5, 2-7, 2-8 music by Diamanda Galás tracks 1-1 to 1-7 performer Diamanda Galás photography by ["saint of the pit"] Monica Curtin photography by [back cover photo] Catherine McGann photography by [booklet cover "the divine punishment & saint of the pit] T.J. Eng photography by [cover], photography by [booklet cover "you must be certain of the devil"] Emily Andersen photography by [performance of the divine punishment] Petra Gall tracks 1-3 to 2-8 producer Diamanda Galás tracks 1-3 to 2-8 producer Gareth Jones tracks 1-3 to 1-7 soprano vocals, bass vocals, electric organ [hammond organs], synthesizer [digital & analogue synthesizers] Diamanda Galás tracks 1-2 text by [sono l'antichristo] Diamanda Galás tracks 2-1 to 2-8 vocals, electric organ [hammond], piano, synthesizer [synthesizers], keyboards [bass] Diamanda Galás tracks 2-1 to 2-8 words by Diamanda Galás Record Company Warner Communications Inc. Made By WEA Manufacturing Inc. Manufactured By Elektra Entertainment Distributed By Elektra Entertainment Phonographic Copyright (p) Mute Corporation Copyright (c) Mute Corporation Published By Mute Song Recorded At Hansa Tonstudios Recorded At Worldwide Studios Recorded At Tritonus Tonstudio Recorded At Informusik Studios Recorded At OTR Studios Produced At Hansa Tonstudios Mixed At Power Plant Studios Mastered At The Exchange Glass Mastered At Specialty Records Corporation A Plague Mass In Three Parts
1. The Divine Punishment 2. Saint Of The Pit 3. You Must Be Certain Of The Devil
Unlike the original box, this comes in a quad fatboy jewel case with three foldout inserts.
Tracks 1-1, 1-2: The first performance of The Divine Punishment is given on June 23rd 1986 at the Osweg Shipyards as a world premiere for the ARS Electronica Festival.
All texts are taken from the Old Testament except for part III (Sono L'Antichristo) of Free Among The Dead.
Recorded and mixed at Dave Hunt Studios, London. Additional signal processing recorded at Informusik Studios, San Francisco and OTR Studios, Belmont. Mixed at the Power Plant, London.
Executive production: Intravenal Sound Operations, San Diego. ARS Electronica, Linz, Austria. Mute Records, London. NEA Opera/Music Theatre, Washington, D.C. The Kitchen, N.Y.C. Informusik Studios and Third Wave Productions, San Francisco.
Tracks 1-3 to 1-8: Saint of the Pit is the second part of the plague mass Masque of the Red Death. The first part, The Divine Punishment, was released on June 23rd 1986 & premiered at the ARS Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria, on June 23rd 1986.
Tracks 1-4, 1-6 recorded at Hansa Tonstudio, Berlin. Track 1-3 recorded at Hansa; synthesizer overdubs recorded at Worldwide Studios, London. Track 1-7 recorded at Tritonus Studios, Berlin.