The Parachute Years - Personnel

Personnel

• Disc One and Two
• John Zorn – alto saxophone, clarinet, soprano saxophone, liner notes
• Mark Abbott – electronics
• Bruce Ackley – soprano saxophone, liner notes
• Allen Asaf – engineer
• Polly Bradfield – violin, viola, electric violin
• Eugene Chadbourne – acoustic guitar, dobro, electric guitar, twelve string guitar, liner notes, tiple, six string bass, twelve string acoustic guitar
• Henry Kaiser – electric guitar
• LaDonna Smith – violin, viola
• Davey Williams – banjo, electric guitar, hollow body guitar

Disc One recorded at WKCR in June 1978 and Disc Two recorded in San Francisco, California in June 1977.

• Disc Three
• Polly Bradfield - Violin
• Mark E. Miller - percussion, Contact Microphones, Vibraphone
• Eugene Chadbourne - Electric Guitar, Personal Effects
• Wayne Horvitz - Amplified Piano
• Bob Ostertag - Electronics
• John Zorn - Duck, Goose and Crow Calls, Clarinet, Mouthpiece

Recorded at Sorcerer Sound Studio, New York City on March 1, 1980

• Disc Four
• Polly Bradfield - Violin
• Mark E. Miller - percussion, Contact Microphones, Vibraphone
• Charles K. Noyes - percussion, Saw, Knene
• Bob Ostertag - Electronics
• John Zorn - Alto And Soprano Saxophones, Bb Clarinet, Game Calls, E-flat Clarinet

Recorded at Sorcerer Sound Studio, New York City on March 1, 1980

• Disc Five, Six and Seven
• Polly Bradfield - Violin
• Eugene Chadbourne - Guitars, Dobro
• Anthony Coleman - keyboards
• Tom Cora - Cello
• Robert Dick - Flute, Bass Flute, Piccolo, Game Calls
• Wayne Horvitz - keyboards, Harmonica, Tape, Electronics
• Bill Horvitz - Electric Guitar
• Kramer - keyboards
• Bill Laswell - Electric Bass
• George Lewis - Trombone
• David Moss - drums, Voice, Water, Hammered dulcimer, cymbals, Zither, etc.
• John Zorn - Alto And Soprano Saxophones, Bb Clarinet, Game Calls, E-flat Clarinet

Recorded at the OAO Studio in Brooklyn, New York on September 12 and 13, 1981