Re: [microsound] Re: RLW

[David Beardsley <xouoxno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

bob maynard wrote:
> 
> greg wrote:
> 
> >I will disagree here, as the Conrad related recordings on TotE are >pretty
> >damn fantastic.
> 
> Man, I knew I was gonna take some flak for my table of the elements
> comments.  I guess I mean that there have been multiple instances of me
> purchasing a glossy TOTE album, only to find that each listen turns out to
> be an endurance test (eg, dead c; conrad; youngs).
> 
> >His Early Minimalism 1 box set and the recent
> >Cale/Conrad/Maclaise/Young/Zazella "Day of Niagara" are not only well
> >packaged but are important documents of 60's experimental sound.
> 
> funny, because one of the legal criticisms leveled against the TOTE label by
> mr.Lamonte Young himself is that the "Niagra" packaging falls WAYYY short of
> his personal aesthetic standards. i'd actually be interested in knowing what
> those standards are, considering that Lamonte Young albums/recorded material
> are about as rare as the beef i had last night.  

The "Day of Niagra" CD lacks liner notes as well decent
cover art.

http://www.virtulink.com/immp/lmyjpg/ppn.jpg
http://www.virtulink.com/immp/lmyjpg/dream.jpg
http://www.virtulink.com/immp/lmyjpg/shandar.jpg

I found this one on ebay a while back:
http://www.virtulink.com/immp/lmyjpg/black.jpg

I'd have more to show if my scanner was working.

The cover of the Well Tuned Piano looks a lot 
like the Dream House post card you see at http://lamonteyoung.com
Click on it - there's larger versions.


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