THE PARACHUTE YEARS, 1977-1980

CD 1 (71:09): Lacrosse
1. Take 3 (22:55)
2. Take 4 (18:55)
3. Take 6 (6:10)
4. Take 1 (6:54)
5. Take 2 (8:01)
6. Take 5 (8:14)

CD 2 (29:58): Lacrosse
1. Twins Version (29:58)

CD 3 (49:54): Hockey
Electric Version:
1. Take 1 (0:55)
2. Take 2 (3:11)
3. Take 3 (11:32)
4. Take 4 (11:18)
Acoustic Version:
5. Take 2 (3:43)
6. Take 4 (2:45)
7. Take 11 (0:54)
8. Take 13 (1:02)
9. Take 1 (3:10)
10. Take 3 (3:16)
11. Take 5 (1:08)
12. Take 6 (1:00)
13. Take 7 (1:07)
14. Take 8 (0:45)
15. Take 9 (1:22)
16. Take 10 (1:03)
17. Take 12 (1:16)

CD 4 (50:45): Pool
1. Pool (50:45)

CD 5 (76:58): Archery (Rehearsal)
1. Archery Rehearsal, Part 1 (32:11)
2. Archery Rehearsal, Part 2 (16:14)
3. Archery Rehearsal, Part 3 (28:33)

CD 6 (40:43): Archery
1. Archery, A1-D2 (20:35)
2. Archery, D3-G1 (20:08)

CD 7 (47:22): Archery
1. Archery, G2-L4 (23:52)
2. Archery, L5-O14 (23:30)

Total Time: 366:49 (6:06:49)

CD 1:
- Mark Abbott / electronics
- Polly Bradfield / violin, viola, electric violin
- Eugene Chadbourne / acoustic and electric 6-strings, 12-strings, dobro, tiple
- LaDonna Smith / violin, viola
- Davey Williams / banjo, hollow-body electric guitar
- John Zorn / alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, Bb clarinet

CD 2:
- Eugene Chadbourne / electric guitar
- Henry Kaiser / electric guitar
- Bruce Ackley / soprano saxophone
- John Zorn / alto saxophone

CD 3:
- Eugene Chadbourne (1-4) / electric guitar
- Wayne Horvitz (1-4) / amplified piano
- Bob Ostertag (1-4) / electronics
- Polly Bradfield (5-17) / violin
- Mark E. Miller (5-17) / percussion
- John Zorn (5-17) / goose, duck and crow calls, clarinet mouthpiece

CD 4:
- Polly Bradfield / violin
- Mark E. Miller / percussion, contact microphone, vibraphone
- Charles K. Noyes / percussion, saw, khene
- Bob Ostertag / electronics
- John Zorn / alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, Bb clarinets, game calls
- Lesli Dalaba / prompter

CD 5, 6 and 7:
- Robert Dick / flute, bass flute, piccolo, game calls
- George Lewis / tenor trombone
- John Zorn / alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, Bb clarinet, Eb clarinet, game calls
- Anthony Coleman / Yamaha organ, electric piano
- Wayne Horvitz / Farfisa organ, harmonica, tape, electronics
- Mark Kramer / cheap organ, tapes, synthesizer, radio, rhythm machine, devices
- Eugene Chadbourne / electric guitars, acoustic guitar
- Bill Horvitz / electric guitar
- Bill Laswell / 4 and 6 string Fender basses
- Polly Bradfield / violin
- Tom Cora / cello
- David Moss / drums, voice, percussion
- Mark Smith / prompter

7CD Tzadik (TZ 7316), 1997

"The Parachute Years, 1977-1980" is a 7CD boxset with remastered versions of John Zorn's first self-produced recordings. The featured works, "Lacrosse", "Hockey", "Pool" and "Archery", are all game pieces, originally released (at least partially) on Eugene Chadbourne's Parachute label. Included as a bonus are previously unreleased outtakes, rehearsals and other rarities.

Unreleased Tracks:
CD1:4-6
CD2:1
CD3:1-3,9-17
CD5:1-3