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A1	America Is Waiting Arranged By – Laswell*, Eno*, Byrne*, Van Tieghem*, Wright*Bass – Bill LaswellBass [Click] – Tim Wright Drums, Percussion – David Van Tieghem	3:36
A2	Mea Culpa Bodhrán – Dennis Keeley	3:45
A3	Regiment Arranged By – Eno*, Jones*, Frantz*, Byrne*, Fripp*Bass – Busta JonesDrums – Chris FrantzDrums, Percussion – David Van TieghemVoice – Dunya Yusin*Written-By – Jones*	3:56
A4	Help Me Somebody Congas, Percussion [Metals] – Steve ScalesDrums – John CookseyVoice – Reverend Paul Morton	4:18
A5	The Jezebel Spirit Bass Drum, Percussion [Can] – Prairie PrinceBata, Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo Lewis	5:00
B6	Qu'ran Drums – John Cooksey	3:46
B7	Moonlight In Glory Congas, Gong [Agong-gong] – Jose RossyVoice – The Moving Star Hall Singers	4:46
B8	The Carrier Bass Drum, Percussion [Can] – Prairie PrinceBata, Percussion [Sticks] – Mingo LewisVoice – Dunya Yusin*	3:30
B9	A Secret Life Voice – Samira Tewfik*	2:30
B10	Come With Us	2:38
B11	Mountain Of Needles	2:35

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – E.G. Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – E.G. Music Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Music
• Printed By – Gerhard Stalling AG
• Recorded At – RPM Studios
• Recorded At – Blue Rock Studio
• Recorded At – Eldorado Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Different Fur Studios
• Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Cover – Brian Eno
• Engineer [Assistant At Blue Rock] – Michael Ewasko
• Engineer [Assistant At Different Fur] – Don Mack, Howard Johnston
• Engineer [Assistant At Eldorado] – George Sloane
• Engineer [Assistant At Rpm] – Hugh Dwyer*
• Engineer [At Blue Rock] – Eddie Korvin
• Engineer [At Different Fur] – Stacy Baird
• Engineer [At Eldorado] – Dave Jerden
• Engineer [At Rpm] – Neal Teeman
• Engineer [At Sigma] – John Potoker
• Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Drums, Percussion, Performer [Found Objects] – Brian Eno, David Byrne
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Producer – Brian Eno, David Byrne
• Typography – Peter Saville
• Written-By – Eno*, Byrne*

Notes

Studios:
RPM, New York, August 4 & 16, 1979.
Blue Rock, New York, September 5, 1979.
Eldorado, Los Angeles, February & March 1980.
Different Fur, San Francisco, April 1980.
Sigma, New York, October 1980.

Mastered at Sterling Sound.

Voices:
1. Unidentified indignant radio host, San Francisco, April 1980.
2. Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York, July 1979.
3. Dunya Yusin, Lebanese mountain singer (From 'The Human Voice in the World of Islam' Tangent Records TGS 131).
4. Reverend Paul Morton, broadcast sermon, New Orleans, June 1980.
5. Unidentified exorcist, New York, September 1980.
6. Algerian Muslims chanting Qu'ran. (Same source as 3).
7. The Moving Star Hall Singers, Sea Islands, Georgia (From 'The Moving Star Hall Singers' Folkways FS 3841).
8. (See 3).
9. Samira Tewfik, Egyptian popular singer. (From 'Les Plus Grandes Artistes du Monde Arabe' EMI Records).
10. Unidentified radio evangelist, San Francisco, April 1980.

"Special thanks to Dave Jerden."

The tracks are numbered from 1 to 11 on the release.
Title from a novel by Amos Tutuola.

On later editions of this album the track "Qu'ran" was ommited because of religious reasons.

℗ 1981 EG Records Ltd.
© EG Records Ltd/Warner Bros. Music 1980

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 0309
• Matrix / Runout (Runout 1): 2302 100 S 1 320
• Matrix / Runout (Runout 2): 2302 100 S 2 320

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SRK 6093	Brian Eno - David Byrne	Brian Eno - David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(LP, Album, Win)	Sire	SRK 6093	US	1981
PRO 301705	Brian Eno & David Byrne	Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(CD, Album, RM, Promo)	Nonesuch	PRO 301705	US	2006
XM5S-6093	Brian Eno - David Byrne	Brian Eno - David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Sire	XM5S-6093	Canada	1981
EGMC 48, EGMC48	Brian Eno - David Byrne	Brian Eno - David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(Cass, Album, RE, Whi)	EG, EG	EGMC 48, EGMC48	UK	1987
CD 6093	Brian Eno - David Byrne	Brian Eno - David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Sire	CD 6093	Canada	1994