Tracklist

CD 60401 Cobra: Studio Version	59:25
1.1	Opening	0:59
1.2	Allegro	4:32
1.3	Largo	6:13
1.4	Moderato	7:42
1.5	Fantasia	3:44
1.6	Presto	1:39
1.7	Adagio Maestoso	2:40
1.8	Violento	4:16
1.9	Allegro Scorrevole	2:35
1.10	Capricciocongusto	4:40
1.11	False Start / Giocoso	0:52
1.12	Scherzo	5:47
1.13	Maestoso Meccanico	1:22
1.14	Variations / Furioso	8:40
1.15	Epilogue	3:44
CD 60402 Cobra: Live Version	53:25
2.1	Prologue / Maestoso	6:05
2.2	Capriccio	13:23
2.3	Prestissimo	14:04
2.4	Lento / Mysterioso	9:29
2.5	Allegro	10:24

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Nippon Crown Co., Ltd.
• Record Company – Nippon Crown Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Accordion – Guy Klucevsek
• Artwork – Kiriko Kubo
• Celesta – David Weinstein (tracks: 1.1 to 1.15)
• Design – Walter Booshardt
• Electronic Drums – Bobby Previte (tracks: 2.1 to 2.5)
• Guitar [Doubleneck], Bass [Doubleneck], Voice – Elliott Sharp
• Guitar [Electric] – Bill Frisell
• Guitar [Electric], Voice – Arto Lindsay (tracks: 1.1 to 1.15)
• Guitar [Soprano] – Elliott Sharp (tracks: 1.1 to 1.15)
• Harp – Carol Emanuel (tracks: 1.1 to 1.15), Zeena Parkins (tracks: 1.1 to 1.15)
• Harpsichord, Celesta – Anthony Coleman (tracks: 1.1 to 1.15)
• Keyboards [Mirage Sampling] – David Weinstein
• Keyboards [Trombone Synthesizer], Electronics – J.A. Deane (tracks: 2.1 to 2.5)
• Organ [Hammond], Celesta – Wayne Horvitz (tracks: 1.1 to 1.15)
• Organ [Pipe] – Anthony Coleman (tracks: 2.1 to 2.5)
• Other [Prompter], Composed By – John Zorn
• Percussion – Bobby Previte (tracks: 1.1 to 1.15)
• Photography – Manfred Rinderspacher
• Piano, Keyboards [Dx 7] – Wayne Horvitz
• Piano, Organ [Yamaha] – Anthony Coleman
• Producer – John Zorn, Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
• Recorded By – Aaron Heller (tracks: 2.1 to 2.5), David L. L. Laskin* (tracks: 2.1 to 2.5), Don Hunerberg* (tracks: 1.1 to 1.15), Karl Francis (tracks: 2.1 to 2.5)
• Tape – Bob James
• Trombone – Jim Staley (tracks: 1.1 to 1.15)
• Turntables – Christian Marclay

Notes

[DDD]
Comes with a booklet which contains classes of cues, each with an associated body part and color, for changing the ensemble, solo and duo improvisational games, "cartoon trades" for fast intercuts between players, varying one dimension (music, ensemble, or volume), live sampling, and endings. There are a total of 19 basic cues. In addition, there are "guerilla systems" with "tactics" that may disrupt the ongoing proceedings.
Tracks 1.1, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.14, 2.3 are additional tracks not on original LP release.
Studio version recorded May 9, 1986 at Radio City Studios, New York City.
Live version recorded at Renseleer Polytechnic Institute October 21, 1985, Troy, New York.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ART 2034	John Zorn	Cobra ‎(2xLP, Album + Box)	Hat Hut Records	ART 2034	Switzerland	1987
hat ART CD 2-6040	John Zorn	Cobra (Studio & Live) ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd, Num)	hat ART	hat ART CD 2-6040	Switzerland	1991
hat ART CD 2-6040	John Zorn	Cobra (Studio & Live) ‎(2xCD, Album)	hat ART	hat ART CD 2-6040	Switzerland	1991
hatOLOGY 2-580	John Zorn	Cobra ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd, RM, 2nd)	hatOLOGY	hatOLOGY 2-580	Switzerland	2002
hatOLOGY 2-580	John Zorn	Cobra ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd)	hatOLOGY	hatOLOGY 2-580	Switzerland	2001

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