The Book of Heads

Composed By, Producer, Artwork [Cover Collage], Liner Notes – John Zorn
Design [Cover Design] – Ikue Mori
Guitar [Solo] – Marc Ribot
Mastered By – Allan Tucker
Producer [Associate] – David Newgarden, Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded By – Jason Baker
Recorded March 19, 1995 at Shelly Palmer Studio, NYC.
Mastered at Foothill Digital.
On Étude #8, Ribot plays a six-note melody while dragging a violin bow across the strings.
On #14, he plays a few random notes for thirty seconds.
On #16, he knocks on the body and plays a few bent notes.
On #21, he sounds like he's pulling the guitar apart, string by string.
On #23, the acoustic guitar becomes electric — and it sounds like a power drill.
(The drill sound returns on #27, a very violent track.)
On #32, he plays different musical styles — funk, surf, and rock and roll.