Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol. 1
2009 3x CD, Box Set
Free Improvisation
Contemporary
Experimental

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WERGO
a&r [artist & repertoire] Earle Brown
tracks 3-1 composed by AMM
tracks 1-1 to 1-2 composed by Amadeo Roldán
tracks 1-7 composed by Henry Cowell
tracks 1-11 to 1-15 composed by John Cage
tracks 2-1 to 2-2 composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen
tracks 1-3, 1-11 composed by Lou Harrison
tracks 2-3 composed by Mauricio Kagel
tracks 3-2 composed by Musica Elettronica Viva
tracks 1-4 to 1-6, 1-8 to 1-10 composed by William Russell
coordinator [album coordination] Arpena Spargo
coordinator [album coordination] Audrey Portnoy
cover Heinz-Jürgen Kropp
design [album design] Burt Goldblatt
design [album design] Ely Besalel
design [album design] Murray Stein
tracks 1-1 to 1-15 engineer [original & re-recording] Bob Arnold
tracks 3-1 to 3-2 engineer [original recording] Bob Woolford
tracks 3-1 to 3-3 engineer [recording] Wolfgang Hirschmann
layout [booklet layout & editing] Ulrike Bretz-Faust
liner notes Alfred Frankenstein
liner notes Cornelius Cardew
liner notes Frederic Rzewski
liner notes Karlheinz Stockhausen
liner notes Mauricio Kagel
liner notes [essay] D.J. Hoek
tracks 3-1 to 3-2 mastered by Eugene Thompson
tracks 1-1 to 2-3 mastered by Hal Diepold
tracks 1-1 to 1-15 percussion Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
photography by Earle Brown
remastered by Udo Wüstendörfer
translated by Kurt Stone
typography The Composing Room, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Earle Brown Music Foundation, Rye, N.Y.
Phonographic Copyright (p) WERGO
Copyright (c) WERGO
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC
Packaged in a box with three CD's in regular jewel case and four booklets contaning liner notes in English, German and French. This set is volume one in a series of six volumes reproducing 18 LP albums originally released on Time Records and Mainstream Records. These albums were curated and published by Earle Brown between 1960 and 1973. The individual CD's have been reproduced with original artwork and liner notes. The fourth booklet contain further info on the series, not included with the original releases.
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Track 1-1 to 1-15 originally released in 1961 by Time Records as S/8000 (stereo) and 58000 (mono) under the title Concert Percussion for Orchestra.
Two Ritmicas (1930)
Canticle No. 1 (1939)
Three Dance Movements (1933)
Ostinado Pianissimo (1934)
Three Cuban Pieces (1939)
Double Music (1941)
Amores (1943)
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Track 2-1 to 2-3 originally released in 1961 by Time Records as S/8001 (stereo) and 58001 (mono) under the title Zyklus / Refrain / Transición II.
Zyklus (1959) for one percussionist
Refrain (1959) for three performers
Transición II (1958/59) for piano, percussion and two magnetic tapes
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Track 3-1 to 3-2 originally released in 1970 by Mainstream Records as MS/5002 under the title Live Electronic Music Improvised.
For this occasion AMM Music was recorded at a concert given for the Crypt Programme in Notting Hill Gate, London, June 12th, 1968. The tape has been edited and interspersed with silence in accordance with a random number programme to give a representative cross-section of a concert lasting two hours.
On the back of the CD case and in the booklet the first track is credited as MEV and the second as AMM. This information is incorrect. The first track is interspersed with silence which, according to the liner notes, would occur in the track by AMM. With reference to other recordings of Spacecraft by MEV, the second track is definitely MEV. These changes have been made in the track list and credit list so that the information is correct.
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Recording locations and dates are not available, except in the case of AMM.
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Catalogue number on the box: WER 6928 2
The CD's also have individual catalogue numbers.
Disc one (track 1-1 to 1-15): WER 6928 2
Disc two (track 2-1 to 2-3): WER 6929 2
Disc three (track 3-1 to 3-2): WER 6930 2

Barcode: 4 010228 692822
Label Code: LC 00846
SPARS Code: ADD
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0101276482-0101 11 A01 (CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0101276489-0101 11 A01 (CD 2)
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0101276498-0101 14 A00 (CD 3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L551 (CD 1 & 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L554 (CD 3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94K5 (CD 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94V5 (CD 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94K6 (CD 3)