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Gary Lucas Albums

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Le Beast Concrète (Gary Lucas and David Sisko)
Gargoyle

Released for streaming and digital download across all platforms through ONErpm

All songs by Gary Lucas and David Sisko
Gary Lucas - guitars, fx
David Sisko - beats, samples, keyboards, production
Arena 01 Records, 2021

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Le Beast Concrète (Gary Lucas and David Sisko)
Realize It single

Released for streaming and digital download across all platforms through ONErpm

Gary Lucas - guitars throughout
David Sisko - beats, samples, production
Arena 01 Records, 2021

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Gary Lucas
The Essential Gary Lucas

40-year retrospective double album

Lyrics | Press Raves

Written, co-written, and guitar throughout by Gary Lucas
Knitting Factory Records KFR1146-2, 2021

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The Niro featuring Gary Lucas
The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook


Co-written and guitar throughout by Gary Lucas
Esordisco ESCOCD 1902, 2019

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Pearly Clouds
Pearly Clouds


Gary Lucas - all guitars and songwriting throughout
Produced by Pearly Clouds
Hungarian CD edition, FONO FA 420-2, 2019

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Nona Hendryx and Gary Lucas
The World of Captain Beefheart

For more information, click here

Gary Lucas - guitars
Knitting Factory Records KFR1141-2, 2017

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Gary Lucas & Co de Kloet
I Have a Cat


The last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart conducted by Co de Kloet for national Dutch radio NPO and scored to original music by Gary Lucas
Gary Lucas - music, guitars
Digitally released on Okaymusic OKM-0014, 2017, download here

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Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas
Rishte

Press Raves

Gary Lucas - music and guitars throughout
Digitally re-released on Okaymusic OKM-0015, 2017, download here
Originally released on World Village WV450008, 2009

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Gary Lucas & Tóni Dezső
Gary and Toni Go Nutz!

Sonic sorcery by Attila Kolscenyi
Recorded at Tom-Tom Studios Budapest
Gary Lucas - guitars and fx throughout
Toni Dexso - alto and baritone sax
Rare Lumiere Rarelum 017, 2017
Digitally distributed by Okaymusic OKM-0013, 2017

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Pearly Clouds
Pearly Clouds


Gary Lucas - all guitars and songwriting throughout
Produced by Pearly Clouds
Trapeze Records TRACD6514, 2016

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Gary Lucas' Fleischerei featuring Sarah Stiles
Music from Max Fleischer Cartoons


Gary Lucas - acoustic guitar, guitar arrangements, vocals
Produced by Gary Lucas
Executive Producer: Bob Rubin
Cuneiform Records Rune 405, 2016

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Gary Lucas & Jann Klose
Stereopticon


Gary Lucas - co-wrote and acoustic guitar throughout
Produced by Dr. Tre (Lucas, Klose and Beck)
Cosmic Trigger Records CT201602, 2016

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Gary Lucas
Plays Bohemian Classics (digital release)
album originally released on vinyl on Faust Records only in the Czech Republic

Recorded live at the Czech Embassy Washington DC 2003 on the 14th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, with two additional studio tracks

Arranged and performed by Gary Lucas
Jason Candler - sax on "Magical Nights"
Produced by Gary Lucas
Rare Lumiere Rarelum 016, 2014

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Wild Rumpus Feat. Cosmo and Gary Lucas
Musical Blaze-Up (Double Vinyl LP)


Gary Lucas - co-wrote all tracks and guitar throughout
produced by Colleen Murphy
Bitches Brew Bitch 027, 2014

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Peter Hammill / Gary Lucas
Otherworld


Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
All songs by Peter Hammill and Gary Lucas
Produced by Peter Hammill and Gary Lucas
Esoteric Recordings EANTCD1026, 2014

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Urfaust & Gary Lucas
The Ghosts of Prague


Remixed remastered re-grooved version of the original 1996 album, with additional tracks

Gary Lucas - guitars throughout, vocals on "Fiery Man Drunkard," co-wrote 6 songs
Produced by Richard Mader
Faust Records FR 50-CD, 2013 (Czech Republic)

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Gary Lucas
Cinefantastique

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Gary Lucas - solo guitar throughout
Northern Spy Records NSCO 043, 2013

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Gary Lucas & Bruno Galindo
The Infra-Realist Session


Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
All compositions by Gary Lucas and Bruno Galindo
Digital only, find it on iTunes here
Rare Lumiere, 2013

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Gary Lucas
Plays Bohemian Classics (vinyl)


Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
Produced by Gary Lucas and Richard Mader
Faust Records FR-39, 2011

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The Magic Band
1: Oxford UK June 6, 2005 (available on CD and vinyl)


Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
Sundazed SC11212, 2011

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Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
The Ordeal of Civility


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Wild Rumpus Feat. Cosmo and Gary Lucas
Cloudhopping/Tikkety Boo 12" vinyl single


produced by Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy
Bitches Brew Bitch 322, 2011

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Gary Lucas
Music for the Eden Project 7" vinyl single


Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
5nakefork Records, 2010

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Gary Lucas / Dean Bowman
Chase the Devil


Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
Knitting Factory Records KFR-1100, 2010

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Gary Lucas
The Edge of Heaven


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Fast 'N' Bulbous
Waxed Oop (An Impetuous Stream Bubbled Up)


Check out the Fast 'N' Bulbous website here

Guitar throughout
Cuneiform RUNE 277, 2009

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Gallo & The Roosters + Gary Lucas
The Exploding Note Theory


Gary Lucas - electric teisco guitar, straocaster #8, national steel dobro throughout, co-wrote "Milo"
El Gallo Rojo Records 314-25 (Italy), 2009

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Wild Rumpus Feat. Cosmo and Gary Lucas with Beardyman
Rock the Joint


Released 12/08 as 12 inch vinyl release and as a digital download

Gary Lucas - co-wrote and played guitar
produced by Colleen Murphy
Bitches Brew Bitch 014, 2008

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Gary Lucas
Rise Up to Be

Internet-only release

A collection of Gary Lucas solo compositions that became the instrumental basis of many of his well-known songs co-written with Jeff Buckley, incuding "Grace" and "Mojo Pin". Purchase the EP here.

Guitar throughout and wrote all tracks except "Ghosts" by Albert Ayler
produced by Gary Lucas
Rare Lumiere RARELUM 012, 2008

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Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets
Beyond the Pale


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Wild Rumpus (Gary Lucas and DJ Cosmo)
Purple Somersault


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Wild Rumpus (Gary Lucas and DJ Cosmo)
Musical Blaze-Up


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Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
Coming Clean (Mighty Quinn)


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Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
Coming Clean (Side Salad)


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Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
Coming Clean (Productions Speciales)


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Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
Coming Clean (Dawa Records)


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Gary Lucas
Monsters from the Id (Rarities and Verities)

Internet-only release

Guitar throughout and wrote most tracks
produced by Gary Lucas
Rare Lumiere RARELUM 08, 2008

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Gary Lucas
Down the Rabbit Hole


Guitar throughout and wrote most tracks
produced by Gary Lucas
Rare Lumiere RARELUM 09, 2008

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Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
...Follow


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The Magic Band
21st Century Mirror Men

Recorded live in the USA and England 2003-2004
Includes a live bonus DVD recored at Camber Sands, England, April 6, 2003

Guitars (left ear guitar)
Produced by John French
Proper Records PRPCD026, 2005

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Fast 'N' Bulbous
Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind


Press Raves

Guitar throughout
Cuneiform, 2005

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Gary Lucas & Jozef Van Wissem
The Universe of Absence


Click here to view press raves

Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
Bvhaast, 2004

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Free Flying
Free Flying


Guitar throughout
Produced by Richard Mader
Faust Records FR 26-2331, 2004

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Gary Lucas
Operators Are Standing By


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The Magic Band
Back to the Front


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Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas
Songs to No One


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Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas
She is Free


Promotional CD-single

Co-wrote and guitar on "She is Free" and "Grace"
produced by Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas
Knitting Factory Records/Discograph/Recall (France) PRO 006, 2002

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The Du-Tels (Gary Lucas & Peter Stampfel)
No Knowledge of Music Required


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Gary Lucas & Jozef Van Wissem
Diplopia


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Gary Lucas – National steel guitar and acoustic guitars; Josef Van Wissem – lute
produced by Josef Van Wissem
BVHaast 0103, 2003

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Gary Lucas
Street of Lost Brothers


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Gary Lucas
Level the Playing Field


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Gary Lucas
Improve the Shining Hour


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Gary Lucas
@Paradiso


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Gary Lucas
Busy Being Born


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Gary Lucas
Evangeline


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Gary Lucas & Urfaust
The Ghosts of Prague


Guitars throughout, vocals on "Fiery Man Drunkard," co-wrote 6 songs
Produced by Richard Mader
Faust Records FR 06-2331, 1996 (Czech Republic)

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Gary Lucas
Bad Boys of the Arctic


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The Killer Shrews
The Killer Shrews


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Gary Lucas
Gods and Monsters


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Gary Lucas
Skeleton at the Feast


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Albums

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Tim Lucas
The Secret Life of Love Songs book

Published by PS Publishing Sept 2021 which comes with a bonus CD

Gary Lucas - guitar on two tracks

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Various Artists
CoLive! Nick Vollebregt Jazz Cafe


Gary Lucas - live performance recorded for Co de Koet's CoLive! radio show of his composition "Dance of Destiny", a solo acoustic instrumental recorded live at Nick Vollebregt's Jazz Cafe in Laren Holland 12/15/19
Released July 2020 as a promo CD for NPO National Dutch Radio

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Various Artists
Pay It All Back Vol. 7


Gary Lucas - guitar and fx on "Toby's Place"
Arkel and Hargreaves on drums and bass
Produced and Mixed by Adrian Sherwood
On-U Sounds ONU 143, 2019

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Rich Krueger
NOWThen


Gary Lucas - 66 Fender Strat ("A Tout Jamais-Pour Eva") and Shanghai Rematch National Steel Resonator ("Don")
RockinK Music RKM005, 2018

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Various Artists
Temple of the Cat Vol. 3

Charity album benefitting cat and dog shelters in Spain, purchase it here for a very good cause

Gary Lucas - wrote and performed "Take Me to The Casbah"
Released 2018

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Alessio Franchini e Il Circolo Dei Baccanali
Tutto Duo Cambiare In Un Attimo


Gary Lucas - co-wrote and played acoustic guitar on "Expired Days"
Produced by Alessio Franchini / Alessio Maccaia
Seahorse Recordings SRCD 208, 2017

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Jeff Buckley
You and I


Gary Lucas - co-wrote "Grace"
Sony Legacy/Columbia 517586, 2016

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Brooklyn Blowhards
Brooklyn Blowhards


Gary Lucas - National steel guitar on "Shallow Brown", "Dancing Waters" and "Shenendoah"
Little (i) Music, 2016

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Ben Neill
Horizonal


Gary Lucas - electric guitar and fx on "Sweetness and Light" and "Magere Brug"
Produced by Ben Neill
Audiokult Records, 2015

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Various Artists
Temple of the Cat Vol. 2 (digital release)
proceeds benefit animal shelters in Spain

Gary Lucas - "Dream of the Wild Horses"
Produced by Gary Lucas
2015

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Avarp
Avarp


Gary Lucas - guitar on "Voyager", "Io", and "Heliopause"
Produced by Ales Vejnar
Avarp 889211035137, 2014

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Various Artists (with tracks by Daniel Lanois, Morley, and others)
The Music (Songs You May Have Missed)


Gary Lucas - wrote and performed "Lazy Flowers"
Compilation produced by Mark Prescott
Park Rock Records, 2014

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Joan Osborne
Love and Hate


Gary Lucas - co-wrote "Keep It Underground"
Produced by Joan Osborne and Jack Petruzzelli
Entertainment One EOM-CD-9396, 2014

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Roswell Rudd
Trombone for Lovers


Gary Lucas - guitar on "Green Onions"
Produced by Ivan Rubinstein-Gillis
Sunnyside SSC 1369, 2013

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The Andrew Oldham Orchestra and Friends
Play The Rolling Stones Songbook Volume Two


Gary Lucas - guitars on "Play With Fire", "Bitter Sweet Symphony" and "Lady Jane"
Gold Lake Records GLAO03262013, 2013

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AutorYno
Cosmopolitan Traffic


Gary Lucas - guitar on "Wroclaw"
Tzadik Records TZ 8181, 2013

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Karel Beer
Informer Times


Gary Lucas - guitar on "Duty Free"
This Must Be Some Kind of a Record Label, 2012

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Various Artists
Pioneers For a Cure—American Songs to Fight Cancer


Gary Lucas - guitar and vocal on "Go Down Moses", arr. and performed by Gary Lucas
2011

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Juan Galeano
Peregrino


Gary Lucas - guitar on "Se me Olvida"
produced by Andrew Loog Oldham
2010

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Mercedes Ferrer
Travesia


Gary Lucas - guitar on "Juegos de Otros"
CDDP/1409, 2009

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The Amorphous Androgynous
The Peppermint Tree and the Seeds of Superconsciousness


co-wrote and played guitars on "Opus of the Black Sun"
Produced by The Future Sound of London and Stone Freshwaters
FSOLD005 2, 2008

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Chris Cornell
Carry On

Gary Lucas - Electric guitar on "Arms Around Your Love", "Safe and Sound", "She'll Never Be Your Man", "Ghosts", "Killing Birds", "Billie Jean", "Scar On the Sky", "Your Soul Today", "Finally Forever", and "Silence the Voices"
National steel guitar and electric guitar on "Disappearing Act"
Electric guitar on "Today" and "Roads We Choose", bonus tracks on UK album only
Produced by Steve Lillywhite
Interscope Records B0008742-02, 2007

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Eric Duchamp
Dans Tous Les Sens Du Terme


Gary Lucas - guitar on "La Corde"
Produced by Eric Duchamp
Duchamp 01, 2007

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Melissa Mars
A La Recherche De L'Amour Perdu


Gary Lucas - co-wrote and played on "Little Blue"
Produced by Melissa Mars, Lilas Klif, Jack Lahana and Rob
Polygram/Universal Music France 530 258 0, 2007

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Onetwo
Instead


Gary Lucas - co-wrote and played guitar on "The Weakness in Me", and played guitar on "A Vision In the Sky"
Produced by Paul Humphreys and Claudia Brucken
There Records BOOOMGBOBK, 2007

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Essra Mohawk
Love is Still the Answer


Gary Lucas - co-wrote and performed on "The Devil's Gotta Move Along" | MP3
Engineered by Jeff Bernstein
MummyPump Records MPR-111, 2006

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Various Artists
The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited 2-CD/2-DVD box

Disc One: Concert CD
1. Nick Cave - "John the Revelator": Gary Lucas - electric slide guitar
2. Eric Mingus & Gary Lucas - "Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting?": Gary Lucas - electric guitar, national steel guitar, effects
3: Geoff Muldaur - "K.C. Moan": Gary Lucas - national steel bottleneck guitar
Disc Two: Concert CD
1. Geoff Muldaur - "Poor Boy Blues": Gary Lucas - electric slide guitar
2. Nick Cave - "Shine On Me": Gary Lucas - electric slide guitar
Disc Three: Concert Film Live DVD
1. Nick Cave - "John the Revelator": Gary Lucas - electric slide guitar
2. Eric Mingus & Gary Lucas - "Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting?": Gary Lucas - electric guitar, national steel guitar, effects
3. Geoff Muldaur - "Poor Boy Blues": Gary Lucas - electric slide guitar

Concerts Conceived and Directed by Hal Willner
Box Set Produced by Rani Singh and Hal Willner
Shout! Factory 826663-10041, 2006

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super700
super700


Gary Lucas - steelguitar on "Nachbarin"
produced by Gordon Raphael and super700
MOT03552, 2006

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Various Artists
All Tomorrow's Parties 3.1 - Curated by Matt Groening


The Magic Band - "Dropout Boogie" (taken from the album "Back to the Front")
Gary "Mantis" Lucas - electric guitar
produced by John French and Bob Weston
ATPRCD16, 2005

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Various Artists
Guitar Harvest Volume One: Teachers, Mentors, Inspirations...


Wrote, arranged and performed on "Dream of the Wild Horses"
Produced by David Spelman and John Schaefer
Associate Producer: Caryn Havlik
Solid Air Records SACD 2042, 2003

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Various Artists
Light of Day - A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen


Arranged and performed on "Ain't Got You" (Springsteen), performed by Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
Executive Producers: Bob Benjamin and Salvador Trepat
Schoolhouse Records SHR0022-2, 2003

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Amorphous Androgynous
Alice in Ultraland


Guitar on "The Witchfinder" and "Billy the Onion"
Produced by The Future Sound of London
EMI Harvest 0946 3 33994 2 6, 2005

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Various Artists
WFMU Gone Wild! DVD


Guitar on "Abba Zabba" with Fast 'N' Bulbous, live on Irene Trudel's show, 12/13/2004
WFMU, 2005

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Various Artists
Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim + Jeff Buckley


Co-wrote "Grace" (performed by King Creosote) and "Mojo Pin" (performed by Adem)
Full Time Hobby FTH008CD, 2005

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Alabama 3
Outlaw


National steel guitar on "Have You Seen Bruce Richards Reynolds?" | MP3 sample
Produced by Mark Wallis and Dave Ruffy
Executive Production: Larry Love
One Little Indian TPLP389CD, 2005

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Pascal Plantinga
Arctic Poppy


Guitar on "24th Century Dinosaur"
Produced by Pyrolator and Pascal Plantinga
Ata Tak WR 94, 2005

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Greg Wall
Later Prophets


Special guest - guitar on "Among the Exile, By the River Kiver" and "Can These Bones Come to Life?"
Produced by Greg Wall with Marty Ehrlich
Tzadik Records TZ 7186, 2004

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Default
Elocation


Co-wrote "Cruel" with Jeff Buckley in 1992 (the original track appeared on the 2002 release "Songs to No One—Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas 1991-1992")
Produced by Rick Parashar
TVT Records TV-6000-2, 2003

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Hamell on Trial
Tough Love

Uncut magazine's Album of the Month for December 2003

Gods and Monsters (Gary Lucas - electric guitar, Jonathan Kane - drums, and Ernie Brooks - bass) performed on "Downs", and Gods and Monsters members Jonathan Kane and Ernie Brooks performed on "First Date"
Produced by John Leckie, Ani DiFranco, Andrew "Goat" Gilchrist, Frederick Reed and Ed Hammel
Executive Producer: Ed Hammel
Righteous Babe Records RBR033-D, 2003

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Various Artists
Dark Was the Night - A Tribute to the Music of Blind Willie Johnson


Guitar and vocals on "Praise God I'm Satisfied", performed by The Du-Tels (Gary Lucas & Peter Stampfel)
recorded by Edward Haber at Betrayal Studios, New York
produced by David Suff for Deep Sea
Deep Sea Records SeaD 8002, 2003

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Various Artists
Jazzthing presents - Wet Paint: Wolf Kampmann's Knitting Facts


Arranged and performed "Autobahn" (Kraftwerk)
Compilation by Wolf Kampmann
Executive Producer: Michael Dorf, Associate Producer: Stephanie Oxley
Knitting Factory Records KFW 116, 2002

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Various Artists
fRoots No. 19


Promotional CD included with the August/September 2002 issue of Folk Roots (fRoots) Magazine

Guitar on "The Wall" (instrumental)
this track produced and arranged by Gary Lucas
FROOTCD 019, 2002

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Various Artists
Sound Unseen


Promotional CD for the 2002 Sound Unseen Film & Music Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Co-wrote and guitar on "Golgotha", performed by Gary Lucas & DJ Spooky
this track produced and arranged by Gary Lucas
Copy Cats Digital Media, 2002

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Gov't. Mule
The Deep End, Vol. 2


Co-wrote and guitar on "World of Confusion"
Produced and mixed by Michael Barbiero and Warren Haynes
Ato Records 21507, 2002

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Captain Beefheart and his Magic Bands
Magnetic Hands: Live in the UK 72-80


Guitar on "Flavour Bud Living", live at the Venue, London, November 1980
Viper CD 011, 2002

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Future Sound of London
The Isness


Electric guitar on "Elysian Feels" and "Divinity", steel and slide guitars on "Go Tell it to the Trees Egghead", bottleneck steel guitar on "Meadows", acoustic finger picking and electric guitar 'ghost' fx on "High Tide on the Sea of Flesh", guitar picking, electric guitar and the electric 'ghost' fx choir on "Goodbye Sky"
produced by The Future Sound of London
Cleopatra Records/Hypnotic Recordings CLP 1206, 2002

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Various Artists
Don't Shoot the Toy Piano Player

Live music from the studios of WFMU

Guitar and vocals on "Ring of Fire" (J. Carter/M. Kilgore), performed by The Du-Tels (Gary Lucas & Peter Stampfel)
performed live 2/24/01 on Rhubarb Cake, hosted by Douglas Wolk
Engineer: Jesse Cannon
Premium CD offered to listeners of WFMU-FM (91.1) East Orange, New Jersey, 2002

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Barrelhouse
Walking in Time


Slide steel guitar on "Last Night (I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep)" (Hank Williams)
produced by Michiel Jansen
Munich Records MRCD 219, 2002

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Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Mersey Trout


Performed on "Flavour Bud Living", "One Man Sentence", and "Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles", live in Liverpool England 1980
Ozit Morpheus Records BF 4003, 2001

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Jozef Van Wissem
Narcissus Drowning


dobro on "Brethren of the Free Spirit", "Diploplia", and "The Mirror Stage"
produced by Josef Van Wissem
Persephone 003, 2002

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Various Artists
Balling the Jack, The Birth of the Nu-Blues


produced, composed and performed on "Poison Tree" with Mary Margaret O'Hara, vocals
compilation produced by Joe Cushley
Ocho Records CDO12, 2002

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Various Artists
Wish You Were Here: Love Songs for New York


produced, arranged and performed on "We're Still Here", performed by The Du-Tels (Gary Lucas & Peter Stampfel)
compilation produced by Chuck Eddy
Village Voice Records 001, 2002

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Walter Horn
Sadhana


Co-wrote "O Colossus He", guitars and raygun on "O Colossus He" and "She-Haw"
Produced by Walter Horn, Engineer: Rob McCabe
Saxofonus Music SM 20011, 2001

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Sissel
All Good Things


Co-wrote "Weightless"
Produced by Jørn Dahl and John Kreutzer
Executive Producers: Sissel and Arne Svare
Mercury/Universal 542936-2, 2000

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Tanger
Le Détroit


Co-wrote and guitar on "Oui peut-être" and "À toi la seule", co-wrote "Overture", and guitar on "Le Détroit", "Eva" and "Aux Lumières de Six Heures"
Produced by Gary Lucas and Philippe Pigeard
Mercury/Universal 542311-2, 2000

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Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Grow Fins—Rarities 1965-1982


Solo guitar on "Evening Bell" (recorded at home NYC March 1982), "Flavour Bud Living" (live at the Beacon Theater NYC November 1980), and bass (uncredited) on "Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee" (live at the Venue, London November 1980)
Revenant Records 210, 1999

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Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology)


Glass finger guitar on "Ice Cream for Crow", "The Past Sure is Tense", and "Light Reflected off the Oceands of the Moon"
Warner Archives, Rhino Records Double CD R2 75863, 1999

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Various Artists
Klezmer Festival 1998—Live at the Knitting Factory


Arranged and performed on "Adir Hu/Rock of Ages Medley" (trad.)
produced by Gary Lucas
Executive Producer: Michael Dorf
Knitting Factory Records KFR 238, 1999

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Various Artists
The Other Sister (Soundtrack)


Slide guitar on Joan Osborne's "At Last" (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren)
produced by Rick Chertoff (Soundtrack Producer: Kathy Nelson)
Hollywood Records HR-62180-2, 1999

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Plazma
Vital Rythm Colors


Guitar on "Gary's Visit"
Faust Records FR 09-2331, 1998

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Various Artists
The Jewish Alternative Movement—A Guide for the Perplexed


Wrote, arranged and performed on "Breath of Bones" with Jonathan Kane (drums) and Kato Hideki (bowed electric bass) under the name Gods and Monsters
produced by Gary Lucas
Executive Producers: Andrew Hurwitz and Michael Dorf
Knitting Factory Records KFR 216, 1998

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Joan Osborne
Relish


Co-wrote and performed on "Spider Web," | (wav sample, 10sec., 105k), arranged and performed on "Help Me" (Sonny Boy Williamson)
Produced by Rick Chertoff
Blue Gorilla/Polygram Records 314 526 699-2, 1995

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Jeff Buckley
Grace


Co-wrote and performed on:"Mojo Pin" and "Grace" | sample size: 11 sec., 119k
Produced by Andy Wallace
Columbia Records CK 57528, 1994

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Francis Dunnery
Lets Go Do What Happens


Electric guitar and effects on "My Own Reality" and sampled electric guitar (uncredited) on "Crazy is a Pitstop"
produced by Francis Dunnery and Stephen Harris
Razor & Tie 82834-2, 1998

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Various Artists
Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan


Arranged and acoustic slide guitar, electronics and voices on "Deboraarobed" | lyrics/info
produced by Gary Lucas and Murray Weinstock
Executive Producer: John Zorn
Recorded at Krypton Studios NYC 5/15/98
Tzadik Records TZ 7126, 1998

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Sophie B. Hawkins
Tongues and Tails


Performed on "Carry Me," "Listen" and "I Want You" (Bob Dylan)
Produced by Rick Chertoff and Ralph Schuckett
Columbia ACC 46797, 1992

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Daniel Cartier
Avenue A


Co-wrote "Come Alive"
produced by Fred Maher and Daniel Cartier
PolyGram/Rocket Records 31453 6189 2, 1997

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Various Artists
Red Blooded Blues


Arranged and performed on Joan Osborne's "Help Me" (Sonny Boy Williamson)
Album proceeds to go to The American Liver Foundation
Arsenal/Polygram 314 525 879-2, 1995

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Various Artists
What's That Noise?


Promotional 7"

Arranged and performed on "Autobahn" (Kraftwerk), live at the Knitting Factory, New York City, January 1995
What's That Noise Magazine (Germany), Issue #15, 1995

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Various Artists
They Came, They Played, They Blocked The Driveway


Live music from the studios of WFMU

Arranged and performed on "Farewell Angelina" (Bob Dylan) with Jeff Buckley, as Gods and Monsters
Produced by Nicholas Hill for the Music Faucet
Premium CD offered to listeners of WFMU-FM (91.1) East Orange, New Jersey, 1993

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Kevin Coyne
Knocking on Your Brain


Double CD album

Co-wrote and guitars on "Wonderland" and "English Rose"
Produced by Ali Neander and Kevin Coyne, co-produced by Tom Liwa
Rockport Records DCD 388.7019.250, 1997

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Hasidic New Wave
Jews and the Abstract Truth


Electric guitar on "Finale: 'Juba'"
Recorded live in Koln, Germany 11/5/93
Produced by Frank London, Greg Wall and Brett Heinz
Knitting Factory Works KFW 192, 1997

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Various Artists
Guitars on Mars


Solo electric guitar on Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - "Flavour Bud Living" and "Evening Bell"
produced by David Toop
Virgin Records 7243 8 44799 2 3, 1997

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Various Artists
Piss and Vinegar—The Songs of Graham Parker


Electric guitar, vocals and arrangement on "Local Girls" (with Pat DiNizio and Frank Black)
Produced by Jon Tiven
Buy or Die Records 96032, 1996

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Juichi Morishige
Love Somebody


Electric guitar and dobro on "99%", acoustic and electric guitars on "It's Not So Bad Feeling"
Produced by Hoppy Kamiyama
COCA 13589 Nippon Columbia, 1996 (Japan)

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Mighty John Henry
Hot Air Head


Guitar and effects on "Pachinko Rebellion"
Recorded live in Koln, Germany 11/5/93
Produced by Dennis Gunn
Alida/Creativeman Disc CMDD--00041, 1996 (Japan)

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Pulnoc
Live in New York


Electric guitar throughout
Recorded live at P.S. 122, NYC, 4/25/89
Produced by Pulnoc
Globus International Z10185-Z, 1996 (Czech Republic)

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Bob Neuwirth
Look Up


Recorded, engineered and performed on "Cloudy Day"
Produced by Bob Neuwirth
Watermelon CD 1050, 1996

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Various Artists
For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson


Recorded, engineered and performed on "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City" (with Richard Barone) | sample size: 12 sec., 126k
Produced by Richard Barone and Mike Rathke
Executive Producers: Danny Kapilian and Al Kooper
MusicMasters/BMG 01612-65127-2, 1995

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Graham Parker
Graham Parker's Christmas Cracker


Performed on "Christmas is for Mugs"
Produced by Jon Tiven
Dakota Arts DA40001-2, 1994

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Various Artists
Darn it!—Poems by Paul Haines, Musics by Many


Co-wrote and performed on "Third World Two Medley" (with Mary Margaret O'Hara and Fernando Saunders), performed on "On the Way to Elsewhere and Here" | sample size: 9 sec., 97k (with Mary Margaret O'Hara and Steve Swallow)
Produced by Kip Hanrahan
American Clave 1014/18, 1994

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Fred Schneider
Just Fred


Co-wrote "Bad Dream"
Produced by Steve Albini
Reprise Records 9 46215-2, 1996

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Various Artists
Back to the Streets—Celebrating the Music of Don Covay


Performed on "Sookie Sookie" (with Iggy Pop, Vernon Reid and Noel Redding)
Produced by Jon Tiven and Joe Ferry
Shanachie 9006, 1993

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Samm Bennett
The Big Off


Performed on "Hail the Hero"
Produced by Samm Bennett
Knitting Factory Works KFWD 126, 1993

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Various Artists
Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus


Arranged and performed on "Haitian Fight Song," performed on "Canon" and "Freedom" (with Dr. John)
Produced by Hal Willner
Columbia CK 52739, 1992

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Various Artists
Knitting Factory Tours Europe 1991

Includes four solo guitar compositions arranged and performed by Gary Lucas:

1. Autobahn (Kraftwerk) | sample size: 9.5 sec., 102k
2. Third World Two (Lucas)
3. Comicosmics (Hoagy Carmichael/Gary Lucas)
4. Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro (Abdullah Ibrahim)

Produced by Bob Appel
Enemy Records KFN-CD105, 1991

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Lori Carson
Shelter


Performed on "Stand on Your Own" and "Imagine Love"
Produced by Hal Willner
Geffen DGC 924256-D2, 1990

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Various Artists
Live at the Knitting Factory
Volume 2

Arranged and performed on "Ghosts" (Albert Ayler) | sample size: 8 sec., 85k
produced by Bob Appel
A & M Records CD5276, 1989

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Matthew Sweet
Earth


Performed on "Love," "Vertigo" and "Having a Bad Dream"
Produced by Fred Maher and David M. Allen
A & M Records CD5233, 1989

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Singers and Players
Vacuum Pumping


Performed on "Lighthouse/Dream World"
Produced by Adrian Sherwood
ON-U SOUND LP39, 1988

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The Woodentops
Wooden Foot Cops on the Highway


Performed on "They Can Say What They Want," "No One Makes Me Feel," "Wheels Turning" and "What You Give Out"
Produced by Scott Litt and Rolo McGinty
Columbia CK 40861, 1988

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Peter Gordon
Innocent


Performed on "The Day the Devil Comes to Get You"
Produced by Gary Lucas and Peter Gordon
CBS FM 42098, 1985

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Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Ice Cream for Crow


Performed on all songs including solo guitar composition "Evening Bell" | sample size: 13.5 sec., 143k
Produced by Don Van Vliet
Virgin CDV 2237, 1982

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Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Ice Cream for Crow

7" single with picture sleeve

Performed on "Ice Cream For Crow"
and B-side, "Light Reflected Off the Oceands of the Moon"
Produced by Don Van Vliet
Virgin/Epic, 14-03190, 1982

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Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Doc at the Radar Station


Performed on solo guitar composition "Flavour Bud Living" | sample size: 13 sec., 142k
and French horn on "Best Batch Yet"
Produced by Don Van Vliet
Virgin CDV 2172, 1980

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Producer

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Gary Lucas - The Edge of Heaven - Gary Lucas Plays Mid-Century Chinese Pop
Indigo/Label Bleu LBLC 2582 HM 83, 2001

Gary Lucas - Street of Lost Brothers
Tzadik Records TZ 7145, 2000

Gary Lucas - Level the Playing Field
Last Call Records 3063132, 2000

Gary Lucas - Improve the Shining Hour
Knitting Factory Records KFW-265, 2000

Tanger - Le Détroit (co-produced with Philippe Pigeard)
Mercury/Universal 542311-2, 2000

Gary Lucas - @Paradiso
Oxygen Music Works OMWCD11, 1999

Gary Lucas - Busy Being Born
Tzadik Records TZ 7121, 1998

Gary Lucas - Evangeline
Paradigm Records PME 0012-2, 1997
Zenzor Records ZS152, 1996

Gary Lucas - Bad Boys Of The Arctic
Enemy Records EMY 146-2, 1994

The Killer Shrews - The Killer Shrews
Enemy Records EMY 141-1, 1993

Gary Lucas - Gods And Monsters
Enemy Records EMY 133-2, 1992

Gary Lucas - Skeleton At The Feast
Enemy Records EMY 126-2, 1991

Tim Berne - Fulton Street Maul
Columbia CK 40530, 1987








Peter Gordon - Innocent
CBS FM 42098, 1985

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Compilation Producer

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Rhythm Come Forward Vol. I
(with liner notes by Gary Lucas)
Columbia CK 39472, 1984







Rhythm Come Forward Vol. II
Columbia/Legacy CK 47966, 1991








Rhythm Come Forward Vol. III
Columbia/Legacy CK 52726, 1993








The Real Jamaica Ska
Epic/Legacy EK 52724, 1993








Johnny Nash - The Reggae Collection
Epic/Legacy EK 52770, 1993

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Film and Television Scores

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Film Scores

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TO SEE A LISTING OF GARY'S LIVE MUSIC AND FILM PROJECTS, please click here

Barney's Wall: Portrait of a Game Changer
directed by Sandy Gotham Meehan and Williams Cole
Gary Lucas contributed original music to the soundtrack
released October 2017


The Hermit
directed by Lena Friedrich
original music composed and performed by Gary Lucas
released 2015 to film festivals


DIRTY BUSINESS: 'Clean Coal' and the Battle for our Energy Future
directed by Peter Bull
original music by Gary Lucas
2010


American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi
directed by Sebastian Doggart
original music by Gary Lucas
premiered at the Denver Film Festival, November 2009


Paint What You Remember
directed by Slawomir Gruberg
original score by Gary Lucas
premiered at the Jewish Museum NYC, June 2009

The Lost Door
directed by Roy Stuart
additional music by Gary Lucas
2008





8: Ivy League Football and America
directed by Erik Greenberg Anjou
original score by Gary Lucas
premiered at the Yale Club NYC, April 24, 2008


The Legacy of Jedwabne
A documentary film by Slawomir Grunberg
original music score by Gary Lucas, and Gary is also interviewed in the film and his mother's family came from Jedwabne
2007 Special Prize for 'an intelligent treatment of an important national issue' at Rozstaje Europy "Crossroads of Europe" The International Days of Documentary Films in Lublin, Poland
premiered at Krakow International Film Festival 2005, screened at many international film festivals, broadcast on PBS (2006), Link TV (2006), Polish Television Network - Channel Kultura (2005), Planete Poland (2006), Russian Cable - Channel Nostalgia (2006)


Mayor of the West Side
A documentary directed by Judd Ehrlich
nominated for a 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary
premiered at the Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival, April 2003
premiered on television in 2007 on Thirteen/WNET New York (America's most-watched public television station), aired on PBS stations nationwide through May 2008





Trust Me
A documentary directed by Rob Fruchtman
premiered at the RiverRun International Film Festival, North Carolina, April 2003
chosen for the Hamptons International Film Festival, October 2003
aired in February 2004 on Showtime





Bed and Breakfast Guestbook – 9/11 (click here for description and credits in .doc format)
A film by award-winning documentary film maker Slawomir Grunberg (click here for resume/filmography in .doc format)
premiered at the Bare Bones International Film Festival, Oklahoma, April 2003

Museum of Jewish Heritage, "A Living Memorial to the Holocaust" educational film
Directed by Doug Sloan
premiered at the Waldorf Astoria Fundraiser, April 2001
35th Annual Worldfest Houston International Film Festival 2002, Special Jury Gold Award 2002
23rd Annual Telly Awards 2002, Silver Award

LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
Directed by Susan Froemke and Deborah Dickson with Albert Maysles
premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, January 2001
broadcast on HBO September 2002






Eerie
Directed by Phillip Hartman
New York City, 1997

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
compiled and 'Nervous System Projection' by Ken Jacobs, 1995
Premiered at The Knitting Factory, June 1995

The Kite Flies Out of Sight, or Be Positive Ketchup
Winner - Best Experimental Film, NYU Film Festival, March 1992
Directed by Peter Steinberg
Broadcast on PBS Television






Aquatic Ecology
Narrated by Rod Serling
New York State Department of Forestry, Film Department, 1971

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Television Scores

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Who Do You Think You Are?
A documentary directed by Kate O'Driscoll
Edited by John Mister
premiered on BBC 2 TV, December 2004


"20/20: The Unabomber" 5/4/98


"Turning Point: Who Killed Martin Luther King, Jr.?" 6/17/97

"Turning Point: When Children Accuse: Who to Believe?" 11/14/96

"Primetime Live: Judgment at Midnight" June 1996





"Turning Point: Rebirth: Untold Stories of the Oklahoma City Bombing" April 1996

"Turning Point: Guns & Self-Defense: When Can You Shoot?" 10/5/94

"Turning Point: Tragedy on Storm King Mountain" 7/13/94

"Turning Point: The Untold Story of the Exxon Valdez" 6/15/94

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Dance Scores

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Big Dance Theater Company, excerpts of "The Edge of Heaven" and Gary Lucas' recording of Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" featured in Plan B
International touring project, debuts at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis, January 2004

Big Dance Theater Company, Gary Lucas' recording of "Songstress on the Edge of Heaven" featured in Antigone
International touring project, premiered at Dance Theatre Workshop in New York City, Winter 2003

Original score for Dance Theater Workshop
New York City, October 1994

Original score for Nina Winthrop and Dancers,
Premiered at Merce Cunningham Studios
New York City, September 1993

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