Ghosts on Magnetic Tape


Ghosts on Magnetic Tape is the fourth studio album released by British musician, songwriter, and producer Steven Wilson under the pseudonym Bass Communion. It was created primarily from processing 78rpm records and piano sources. There was a limited edition of 300 copies available as a double CD including Andrew Liles' reconstruction disc.
The fourth track contains samples from Bernard Herrmann's score for Martin Scorsese's 1976 film "Taxi Driver".

Track listing

Limited edition

;CD 2 – Andrew Liles Reconstruction
  1. Part I – 9:17
  2. Part II – 11:04
  3. Part III – 9:56
  4. Part IV – 10:18
  5. Part V – 16:33
;2LP
Side A
  1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape I – 12:45
  2. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape II – 7:02
Side B
  1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape III – 10:15
  2. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape IV – 8:17
Side C
  1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape V – 18:48
Side D
  1. Ghosts on Magnetic Tape out-take – 16:04

Personnel

Other

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United KingdomFebruary 2004Headphone DustCDHDBCCD9
United KingdomFebruary 2006TonefloatDouble LPTF23
NetherlandsOctober 2021TonefloatDouble LP reissue TF202X