ROBERT ASHLEY Private Parts LP LOVELY MUSIC LTD 1977 US orig+yellow GENE TYRANNY
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ROBERT ASHLEY
with "BLUE" GENE TYRANNY and KRIS*
*The tabla player credited as "Kris" is actually Krishna Bhatt (Source: Gann, Kyle: "Robert Ashley", University of Illinois Press, 2012 pg 55)Robert Ashley was a distinguished figure in American contemporary music, holds an international
reputation for his work in new forms of opera and multi-disciplinary projects.
His recorded works are acknowledged classics of language in a musical setting...
"PRIVATE PARTS"
Produced and recorded by Robert Ashley and Robert Sheff
1977 LP LOVELY MUSIC, LTD. RECORDS STEREO LML 1001
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
[Jacket comes in yellow and grey color variations]
SINGLE COVER
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: LOVELY MUSIC, LTD. - SILVER LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Label Code: none
Catalog on cover: LML 1001
Catalog on labels: LML 1001-A / LML 1001-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): LML-1001-A 10-X 10-77 T
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): LML-1001-B 10-X 10-77 T
On labels: Produced and recorded by Robert Ashley and Robert Sheff
? 1978 Lovely Music, LTD.
All rights reserved.
Rights Society / Publishing: Fine Stuff Music Publishers/BMI
On back cover: Recorded at The Recording Studio, Center for Contemporary Music,
Mills College (Oakland, California) July, 1977.
© ? 1977 Lovely Music, Ltd.
All Rights Reserved.
tracklisting
Side A: THE PARK
Side B: THE BACKYARD
gradingRECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
These two pieces are the initial versions of the first and last episodes (of seven) for Ashley's first "new narrative" opera-for-TV Perfect Lives. These are studies for an entirely new idea of opera divorced from the usual linear plot, where the voice inflections of the characters are built by the singers themselves, and much more. In these episodes, the part of the narrator/singer Raoul de Noget is spoken by Ashley, in his attractive tone, following the accents of the score which indicates stresses in otherwise open divisions, so that the text is "played" between musically inflected and natural speech. This is simultaneous with the character of Buddy "The World's Greatest Piano Player", who is present in the "settings for piano and orchestra." These are harmonies (played on Polymoog synthesizer and clavinet) and piano improvisations that were created by "Blue" Gene Tyranny specifically to realize this character. General rhythmic pulse in this version is kept by Kris on tabla...(AllMusic)
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