Memory Serves

Memory Serves is a 1981 album by the New York based No Wave music group Material.

Memory Serves
Studio album by Material
Released	1981
Recorded	OAO Studio, Brooklyn, New York
Length	38:51
Label	Celluloid, 529812 Elektra/Musician
Producer	Material with Martin Bisi
Material chronology
American Songs (1981) Memory Serves (1981) Bustin' Out (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10

Track listing

1. "Memory Serves" (Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn) – 5:08
2. "Disappearing" (Olu Dara, Sonny Sharrock, Laswell, Beinhorn, Fred Maher) – 7:11
3. "Upriver" (Billy Bang, Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher) – 5:25
4. "Metal Test" (Fred Frith, Laswell, Beinhorn, Maher) – 4:30
5. "Conform To The Rhythm" (Laswell, Beinhorn, Frith) – 4:30
6. "Unauthorized" (Sharrock, Laswell, Maher) – 3:50
7. "Square Dance" (Frith, Laswell, Maher) – 4:29
8. "Silent Land" (George Lewis, Laswell, Beinhorn) – 3:48
9. "For A Few Dollars More" (E. Morricone) - 3:51 (7" edit, bonus track on CD release)

Personnel

Material

• Bill Laswell – 4, 6 and 8 string basses
• Michael Beinhorn – synthesizers, tapes, radio, guitar, drums, voice.
• Fred Maher – drums, percussion, guitar (except "Silent Land")

Additional personnel

• Sonny Sharrock – guitar (except "Square Dance" and "Silent Land")
• Fred Frith – guitar, violin, xylophone (1,4,5,7)
• Olu Dara – cornet ("Disappearing", "Upriver")
• Henry Threadgill – alto sax ("Disappearing", "Unauthorized", "Square Dance")
• George Lewis – trombone ("Memory Serves", "Square Dance", "Silent Land")
• Billy Bang – violin ("Upriver", "Unauthorized")
• Charles K. Noyes – drums, percussion, bells ("Memory Serves", "Silent Land")

Production

• Recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn, New York. Produced by Material with Martin Bisi.