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Child's Play

Country Joe McDonald

Initial release : October 1983

Fantasy / Rag Baby 1018 / One Way Records OW 34431

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Tracks

  • Not in a Chinese Restaurant (McDonald)
  • Power Plant Blues (McDonald)
  • Picks And Lasers (McDonald)
  • Ice Pack (McDonald)
  • One More Year of Good Times (McDonald)
  • Vietnam Never Again (McDonald)
  • America My Home (McDonald)
  • Star Yeck: Voyage of the Good Ship Undersize (Graydon/Lawrence)
  • Mi Corazon (McDonald)
Musicians

The musicians on each of the tracks on this release are as follows.

Not in a Chinese Restaurant;

  • Country Joe McDonald - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Peter Walsh - bass, vocals
  • Gary Goodrow, Jim Cranna, Nancy Fish, Lisa Eunson - players
Power Plant Blues;
  • Country Joe McDonald - vocals
  • Jay Graydon - electric guitar
  • John Blakeley - electric guitar
  • Mike Porcaro - bass
  • David Foster - piano
  • Jeff Porcaro - drums
Picks And Lasers;
  • Country Joe McDonald - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, korg electronics, vocals
  • Peter Walsh - electric guitar
  • Jeffery Myers - drums
Ice Pack;
  • Country Joe McDonald - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Peter Walsh - bass
One More Year of Good Times;
  • Country Joe McDonald - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Peter Walsh - bass
Vietnam Never Again;
  • Country Joe McDonald - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Greg Douglass - electric guitar
  • David Hayes - bass
  • John Allair - piano
  • Tom Dollinger - drums
America My Home;
  • Country Joe McDonald - guitar, vocals
  • Peter Walsh - bass
  • and a cast of thousands of friendly non-human creatures
Star Yeck: Voyage of the Good Ship Undersize;
  • Capt. James P. Jerk - Country Joe McDonald
  • Mr. Spot - Gary Goodrow
  • Lt. Ungawa - Gary Goodrow
  • Mr. Jeckoff - Howard Hesseman
  • The Computer - Howard Hesseman
  • Spitty - Jim Cranna
  • Space garbage monster - Dr. Don Rose
  • Jay Graydon - guitar
  • Mac Cridlin - bass
  • Bill Cuomo - piano
  • Michael - Boedikker - effects
Mi Corazon;
  • Country Joe McDonald - acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals
  • David Hayes - bass
  • Peter Walsh - guitar
  • Jeffery Myers - drums
Credits

  • Sound environment - Joe McDonals, Bruce Walford
  • Producer - Bill Belmont, Joe McDonald, Trevor Lawrence, Bruce Walford
  • Engineer - Bruce Walford, John Fishback, Phil Kaffel, Jesse Osborne, Richard Corsello, Jamie Bridges
  • Mixing - Michael Herbick, Richard Corsello, Jamie Bridges, Joe McDonald, Bruce Walford
  • Cover concept - Bill Belmont, Joe McDonald
  • Photography - Phil Bray
  • Cover design - Tom Weller
  • Recorded over a period of time at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, with some recording at Crystal Studios, Los Angeles, California
Related releases

Power Plant Blues was included on;


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