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Early Electronic Music

WDR Cologne Electronic Music Studio 1956

Download an 8pp article from HIGH FIDELITY magazine, October 1956, on the subject of the WDR Cologne Electronic Music studio; composer-in-residence Karl Stockhausen.  Author is Allen Forte.

DOWNLOAD: Forte_ElectronicMusic_WDR_Cologne_1956

This piece provides a fascinating look into the tools and techniques
used at one of the earliest dedicated electronic-music-production facilities in the world.  Instruments discussed include the Bode-Melochord and the Monochord.  We also learn in the article that apparently John Cage had to sell some of his Thirteen Radios to purchase Eight Tape Recorders.  In related news, I heard that you and your band sold your guitars and bought turntables; I  hear that you and your band sold your turntables and bought guitars.  (another connection – he was apparently there at the first CAN show – IN COLOGNE – coincidence?) And the great circle of life continues.

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Radio Shows

WPKN 89.5 FM P / S Radio Show 10.10.18 available to stream now thru Nov 10

This month’s Preservation Sound Radio show has been broadcast, but you listen to an archive stream now through November 11.  This month’s show focused on rare 70’s soul and soul jazz.

Here’s the link to listen to the show…

…and here’s the setlist.  Some v great and v rare cuts here, all from the original LPs.  Check it out

Setlist:

  1. the southside movement “I’ve been watching you”
  2. Candi Staton “i’ve got evidence”
  3. brother to brother “in the bottle
  4. Baby Huey “Hard times
  5. the escorts “all we need is one more chance”  (*SET BREAK*)
  6. the last poets “time
  7. Eugene McDaniels “the silent majority”
  8. fred wesley “damn right i am somebody”
  9. kool & the gang “ancestral ceremony
  10. mandrill “Tee Vee” (*SET BREAK*)
  11. Honey Cone “Sunday morning people”
  12. Andre Crouch “Everything changed”
  13. New york city “Hang your head in shame”
  14. smith connection “I’ve been in love”
  15. the true reflection “whisper” (*SET BREAK*)
  16. james brown “woman”
  17. Laura Lee “women’s love rights”
  18. cornelius bros and sister rose “let me down easy”
  19. the dramatics “in the rain”
  20. don covay “I was checking out she was checking in” (*SET BREAK*)
  21. the emotions “Going on strike”
  22. betty wright “come on up”
  23. john & ernest “superfly meets shaft”
  24. marvin gaye “T plays it cool”
  25. crown heights affair “you can’t bend my super rod” (*SET BREAK*)
  26. Act 1 “friends or lovers”
  27. brook benton “take a look at your hands”
  28. mavis staples “son of a preacher man”
  29. joe tex “the love you save”
  30. sam & dave “i’ve seen what loneliness can do” (*SET BREAK*)
  31. Julius Brockington “love world”
  32. william fischer “patience is a virtue”
  33. Placebo “inner city blues”
  34. the equatics “ain’t no sunshine”
  35. bob james “Nautilus” (*SET BREAK*)
  36. Sun Ra “We travel the spaceways” (live at Montreaux)
  37. Funkadelic “tales of kid funkadelic”
  38. Yusef Lateef “destination paradise”
  39. Herbie mann “come together”

 

 

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Gold Coast Recorders

Ula Ruth LP “Don’t Lose The Room” available now

Ula Ruth’s first full-length album is out now.

Here’s a link to listen on Spotify

Produced and recorded by yours truly at Gold Coast Recorders (RIP) and mixed by Greg Giorgio, this album is the culmination of several recording projects I have done with this group over the past five years.  I am super-proud of the work we’ve done here and I hope you enjoy the songs.  CR