DAVID SHEA
PRISONER
LABEL ROOM40
CAT # DRM431
FORMAT DIGITAL
RELEASE DATE 30 MAY 2015
STREAM (#2 + #3)
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- One of an ongoing series of remastered reissues of David Shea's iconic works on Room40, Prisoner was originally released 1994 on the Sub Rosa label and was Shea's first large ensemble recording.
- Based on Patrick McGoohan's TV series The Prisoner and the title is taken from the graphic ‘Prisoner’ in the last frames of the final episode.
- Originally planned as a follow up to Shock Corridor and to be released on the new Tzadik label by John Zorn, it was conceived as a full ensemble work based on each of the 17 episodes.
- Shea's third release for Room40, following 2014's Rituals and a reissue of Satyricon.
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