Tracklist

1	–David Weinstein	Non-Verbal News	1:00
2	–Barbara Barg	Hey Geoge	1:00
3	–Borbetomagus & Voice Crack	Westworld	1:03
4	–The Soldier String Quartet	Patchwork Quilt For Those Now Gone	0:55
5	–Margot Mifflin	Backlash	1:03
6	–Krackhouse	The Whole World Turned Upside Down	0:53
7	–Ikue Mori	Frankspeach/Tonge And Groove	0:59
8	–Anthony Coleman	Patches '91	0:56
9	–God Is My Co-Pilot	Role Model	0:55
10	–Lois V. Vierk & Ngoneni Cele	Nkosi Sikelel 'l Africa	1:07
11	–Marc Ribot	Motherless Child	1:04
12	–Vicki Stansbury	African Spit Poems	0:58
13	–Gen Ken Montgomery	Keystone Model CC-16	1:03
14	–John Zorn & Yamatsuka Eye	Cowlick Pussyman	1:07
15	–David Fulton	Overture For The 90's	1:06
16	–Nicholas Collins*	Tropical Boubou	0:52
17	–Marc Sloan	Murk	1:21
18	–Syd Straw	What I Heard	0:54
19	–David Linton	Land Du Lack	1:11
20	–Pamela Z	State	1:09
21	–Grafted Media Devil	A Minute To Pray	0:57
22	–Mofungo	Down He Looked, At Her Pocketbook	0:51
23	–Henry Kaiser	Moosylvania Perestroika Guitar Solo	0:59
24	–Mad Arab	The Cold Silent Treatment	1:04
25	–David Shea	Quiet Please!	0:54
26	–Alex Noyes	Vocalize	0:59
27	–Wanda Phipps & Mike Doughty & Jonathan Maron	Marching To Euphoria	1:04
28	–Michelle Kinney	An Arrival	0:58
29	–Brian Karl	Inspirational Message	0:54
30	–Lee Ann Brown & Sarah Boyd Blair	The Of A The	0:59
31	–A Thousand Tiny Fingers	Ready, Set, Shred	1:09
32	–Leslie Ross	A New World Sympathy	0:54
33	–Hal Willner	Jerry's Hymn Of The Republic	1:13
34	–Shelley Hirsch	Hallucinogen	0:55
35	–John Lurie	Good Morning Dear	1:05
36	–Felipe Orrego	One Minute	1:04
37	–Peter Blegvad & John Greaves	Like A Baby	1:01
38	–Diana Meckley	A Small Motion	1:02
39	–Bill Obrecht	Cornered	1:09
40	–Pulsallama	May	1:44
41	–Bartok Liebermann	As Told To Andrew Zev Weinstein	0:35
42	–Michael Boom	Misery Loop	0:44
43	–Squat Theatre	Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free	1:28
44	–A.C. Chubb	Rough Translations Will Be Provided For The Ancient Inscriptions	0:50
45	–Gerry Lindahl	What's To Come	1:00
46	–Arto Lindsay & Toni Nogueira	Due Pay To	1:05
47	–Social Climbers	Standing In The Need Of Prayer	1:00
48	–Sonorexia	F Troop	0:57
49	–Tim Wright	My Town	1:00
50	–Spalding Gray	Address	1:23
51	–Thi-Linh Le	No Regrets	1:18
52	–Christian Marclay	Disc Composition #23	1:07
53	–Adele Bertei	Baal	1:17
54	–Ivan Kupala*	Discoration Of Independence	1:09
55	–Charles K. Noyes	Discrepancies	0:59
56	–Chris Vine	Terminal Activity	1:02
57	–Tuli Kupferberg	A Rant	1:20
58	–Sue Hanel	Agenda	1:06
59	–Butch Morris & Jessica Hagedorn	Crayon Bondage	1:13
60	–F.A. Nettelbeck & Wayne Horvitz	Beer Notation	0:40
61	–Martin Bisi & Victoria Galvez Bisi	Bear Dance	0:54
62	–Melody Sumner	The Time Is Now	1:02
63	–Marina La Palma	World Whirl	1:15
64	–Bob Holman & Vito Ricci	Panic DJ's State Of The Union	1:10
65	–Artless Time	Cherry Blossom	1:12
66	–Fred Frith & Tina Curran	I'm Still Here And I Know What Time It Is	1:06
67	–Patrick Sumner	Precious Chemicals And Dice	1:15
68	–Hi-Sheriffs Of Blue*	HMZ	1:08

Credits

• Compiled By, Producer – Elliott Sharp

Notes

STATE OF THE UNION has been an ongoing project since the zOaR records release of 1982. Changing political, cultural, and technical climates plus inspired response yields biting satire, bracing sounds, sly observations. Every artist contributes with about one minute each.

State Of The Union (releases)
State Of The Union, ZOAR 10 (LP) - 1982
State Of The Union, Arrest Records, AR 003 (CD) - 1992
State Of The Union, MuWorks Records, MUW 1016 (CD) - 1993
State Of The Union, Atavistic, ALP69CD (2xCD) - 1996
State Of The Union 2.001, Electronic Music Foundation, EMF CD 028 (3xCD) - 2001
The Arrest Records release includes the original 1982 tracks plus 1992 recordings. The Atavistic release includes the previous 1982/1992 recordings, plus new tracks. The EMF release contains all previously unissued material.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 75126-71016-26

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ZOAR 10	Various	State Of The Union ‎(LP, Comp)	Zoar Records	ZOAR 10	US	1982
MUW 1016	Various	State Of The Union ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	MuWorks Records	MUW 1016	Canada	1993
AR 003	Various	State Of The Union ‎(CD, Comp)	Arrest Records	AR 003	US	1992
ALP069CD	Various	State Of The Union ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Atavistic	ALP069CD	US	1996