Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi

Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi
Live album by Merzbow
Released	November 25, 1991
Recorded	1990 in USA and September 4, 1991 at ZSF Produkt Studio, Tokyo
Genre	Noise
Length	77:13
Label	Alchemy
Producer	Masami Akita
Merzbow chronology
Live at Middle East Cafe Boston 21 Sep 1990 (1990) Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi (1991) Music for Bondage Performance (1991)

Great American Nude / Crash for Hi-Fi is a live album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It features excerpts from seven performances recorded during the 1990 tour of the United States, plus a studio track recorded 1991 in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

The full performance of track 3 was included in the Merzbox. The full performance of track 7 was released on VHS as Live at Middle East Cafe Boston 21 Sep 1990. Raw material for track 8 was included on Stacy Q, Hi-Fi Sweet Leaf in the Merzbox.

Track listing

Great American Nude – Live in U.S.A. 1990
No.	Title	Length
1.	"RRR Loft, Lowell, MA" (19/9/90)	11:58
2.	"Babylon a Go Go, Cleveland, Ohio" (29/9/90)	6:55
3.	"WFMU, New York" (23/9/90)	3:59
4.	"WJUL, Lowell, MA" (17/9/90)	8:40
5.	"Lowell University, Lowell, MA" (18/9/90)	9:51
6.	"Edge of the Looking Glass, Chicago, Illinois" (30/9/90)	4:45
7.	"Middle East Cafe, Boston, MA" (21/9/90)	13:45

Crash for Hi-Fi
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Crash for Hi-Fi" (4/9/91)	17:20

Personnel

• Masami Akita – live electronics and found metals on tracks 1–7, electronics and tapes on track 8
• Reiko Azuma – bowed instruments and metals on tracks 1–7
• Abtechtonics – artwork
• Toshiji Mikawa – liner notes

Notes

• Good Alchemy Series Volume 2, Part 1
• Thanks to: Ron Lessard, Due Process, Illusion of Safety, Fabio, Gen Ken, Ralph, other stuffs [sic] in US tour & Alchemy Records

References

1. "Merzbow - Great American Nude / Crash For Hi-Fi (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved June 1, 2012.