Down by Law (Deadline album) explained

Down by Law
Type:	album
Artist:	Deadline
Cover:	Deadline - Down by Law.jpg
Recorded:	Evergreen Studio, NYC
Genre:	Electronic
Length:	38:13
Label:	Celluloid
Producer:	Bill Laswell, Phillip Wilson
Next Title:	Dissident
Next Year:	1991

Down by Law is the debut studio album by Deadline, which was released on May 2, 1985, on Celluloid Records.^[1]

Personnel

Musicians

• Paul Butterfield – harmonica (4)
• Olu Dara – Holztrompete and cornet (2, 4)
• Aïyb Dieng – congas and cowbell (1, 2), talking drums (4)
• Manu Dibango – tenor saxophone (1, 2, 4), voice (1, 2)
• Jonas Hellborg – bass guitar (3, 5), fuzz bass (3)
• Bill Laswell – DMX (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), bass guitar (1), shortwave (3), producer
• Jaco Pastorius – bass guitar (4)
• Steve Turre – didjeridoo (2, 4, 6), conch shells (2, 6)
• Bernie Worrell – synthesizer (1, 2, 4)
• Phillip Wilson – DMX (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), percussion (2, 5, 6), Balafon (3, 4, 6), cymbals (1, 4), bells (3), bass synthesizer (4), mbira (5), processed piano (6), floor toms (6), congas (6), cabasa (6), producer

Technical personnel

• Mike Krowiak – assistant engineer, editing
• Robert Musso – engineering, mixing
• Hahn Rowe – assistant engineer
• Robert Stevens – engineering, processed piano (3), electric piano (6)
• Howie Weinberg – mastering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1985	Celluloid	CD, CS, LP	CELL 6111
France	1990	Celluloid	CD	CELD 6111
United States	1993	Celluloid	CD	CELD 6111
United Kingdom	1996	Charly	CD	CPCD 8192

External links

• • Down by Law at Bandcamp

Notes and References

1. Web site: Deadline - Down By Law . . 2014 . October 19, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201638/http://www.celluloidrecords.net/releases/CELL6111.php . September 23, 2015 . dead .