title: Down by Law (Deadline album)
text: # Down by Law (Deadline album)
  
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  Down by Law is the debut studio album by Deadline, which was released on May 2, 1985, on Celluloid Records.
  
  ## 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
  
  | Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United States | 1985 | Celluloid | CD, CS, LP | CELL 6111 |
  | France | 1990 | Celluloid | CD | CELD 6111 |
  | United States | 1993 | Celluloid | CD | CELD 6111 |
  | United Kingdom | 1996 | Charly | CD | CPCD 8192 |
  