Down by Law

Down by Law is the debut studio album by Deadline, which was released on May 2, 1985, on Celluloid Records. Track listing Personnel Musicians Paul Butterfield – harmonica (4) Olu Dara – Holztrompete and cornet (2, 4) Aïyb Dieng – congas and cowbell (1, 2), talking drums (4) Manu Dibango – tenor saxophone (1, 2, 4), voice (1, 2) Jonas Hellborg – bass guitar (3, 5), fuzz bass (3) Bill Laswell – DMX (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), bass guitar (1), sortwave (3), producer Jaco Pastorius – bass guitar (4) Steve Turre – didjeridoo (2, 4, 6), conch shells (2, 6) Bernie Worrell – synthesizer (1, 2, 4) Phillip Wilson – DMX (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), percussion (2, 5, 6), Balafon (3, 4, 6), cymbals (1, 4), bells (3), bass synthesizer (4), mbira (5), processed piano (6), floor toms (6), congas (6), cabasa (6), producer Technical personnel Mike Krowiak – assistant engineer, editing Robert Musso – engineering, mixing Hahn Rowe – assistant engineer Robert Stevens – engineering, processed piano (3), electric piano (6) Howie Weinberg – mastering Release history