Personnel
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Omar Rodríguez-López Guitars, bass, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, drum machine, percussion, melodica -
Blake Fleming Drums (1,4,9) -
Marcel Rodríguez-López Drums, percussion (3,7) -
Adrián Terrazas-González Saxophone -
Jon Debaun Engineer - Shawn Sullivan Mix
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Sonny Kay Layout [assumed] -
Chris von Rautenkranz Vinyl master [Clouds Hill reissue] -
Flo Siller Vinyl master [Clouds Hill reissue]
Liner Notes
This is A Manual Dexterity Volume II. Many of these songs contain components that would later appear in future The Mars Volta songs. Song credits are presumed as they were never formally released.
“Literally a timeless record: Remembering a friend, using a song that was too much for At The Drive-In and making a blueprint of a song The Mars Volta recorded many years later.” – Clouds Hill
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5 pressings
Credits
- Drums [Uncredited]: Blake Fleming (tracks: 1,4,9)
- Drums [Uncredited], Percussion [Uncredited]: Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez (tracks: 3,7)
- Engineer [Uncredited]: Jon Debaun
- Guitar [Uncredited], Bass [Uncredited], Keyboards [Uncredited], Synthesizer [Uncredited], Piano [Uncredited], Drum Machine [Uncredited], Percussion [Uncredited], Melodica [Uncredited]: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
- Mixed By [Uncredited]: Shawn Sullivan
- Producer, Written-By: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
- Saxophone [Uncredited]: Adrian Terrazas
Release notes
Pressed on a black CD, cased in a single-folded digipak.
Recorded and mixed between 2001 and 2008. The song "Hands Tied to the Roots of a Hemorrhage" is the foundation of what would become "Eriatarka" on The Mars Volta's first full-length, De-loused in the Comatorium. Also, the song "Teflon" from TMV's 2009 album Octahedron includes parts worked from the song "A Story Teeth Rotted For".
All pressings (5)
US Vinyl · LP, Album • 2008
Infrasonic Sound (INFRA006)
US CD · Album • 2008
Infrasonic Sound (INFRA006CD)
Europe CD · Album • 2008
Willie Anderson Recordings (WAR10CD)
Netherlands Vinyl · LP • 2008
Willie Anderson Recordings (WAR10)
US Vinyl · LP, Album, Reissue • 2024
Clouds Hill (CH245)
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