Jill Kroesen • Stop Vicious Cycles

The subjects of Kroesen's songs range from the old Wayne Hayes sex scandal [?] to Alexander the Great, to tunes of personal and political exploitation. On the first side she rocks, rolls, wails, and whines her way through songs with spunky, sometimes bizarre arrangements by Peter Gordon and Kroesen. The mood is now romantic, now introspective, now rollicking, with titles like Honey, You're So Mean and I Am Not Seeing That You Are Here as featured on Soul Jazz Records New York Noise Volume 2, not to mention the thought provoking I'm Sorry I'm Such A Weenie. The second side is contemplative, including I'm Just A Human Being.

1. Wayne Hayes Blues
Rebecca Armstrong: vocal
Peter Gordon: vocal
Jill Kroesen: vocal, Hammond organ
Bill Laswell: bass
George Lewis: trombone
Tony Machine: Tama Drums
David Van Tieghem: percussion

2. I Am Not Seeing That You Are Here
Peter Gordon: sax
Jill Kroesen: vocal, congas
Bill Laswell: bass
George Lewis: trombone
Tony Machine: Tama Drums

3. Ride Your Pony
Don Christensen: drums
Peter Gordon: Prophet 5, organ, sax, vocal
Jody Harris: guitar
Jill Kroesen: vocal, percussion
Bill Laswell: bass
Larry Saltzman: guitar

4. Honey, You’re So Mean
Jill Kroesen: vocal, piano

5. I’m Sorry I’m Such a Weenie
Peter Gordon: sax mouthpiece
Jill Kroesen: vocal, clavinet
Bill Laswell: bass
George Lewis: trombone
Tony Machine: Tama Drums
David Van Tieghem: percussion

6. I Am Not Seeing That You Are Here
Jill Kroesen: vocal, congas
Bill Laswell: bass
Fred Maher: drums

7. Alexander the Great
Jill Kroesen: vocal, piano

8. Fay Shism Blues
Peter Gordon: string ensemble, clavinet, sax, Hammond organ
Jill Kroesen: vocal, piano
Bill Laswell: sax
Tony Machine: Tama Drums
Fred Maher: Guitar
Arthur Russell: cello
Fred Smith: bass
“Blue” Gene Tyranny: piano

9. “I’m Just a Human Being”
Jill Kroesen: vocal, piano

Produced by Peter Gordon and Jill Kroesen.
All songs by Jill Kroesen, except “Ride Your Pony” by Naomi Neville.

Recorded December 1979-February 1982.

Found on a now defunct blog