Composer/Piece | LP | Smoke and Mirrors/Tape | Smoke and Mirrors: Vanish/Tape |
Dorman/Udacrep Akubrad | x | x | |
Schissi/Juego de Relojes | x | x | |
Tywoniuk/Vanish | x | x | |
Tywoniuk/Happenstance | x | ||
Ravel/Sonatine | x | x | |
Harrison/Canticles | x | ||
Reich/Najoya Marimbas | x | ||
Toch/Geographical Fugue | x | ||
Vinao/Book of Grooves | x |
Until this weekend I thought that these two tapes were the product of different recording recording sessions. Then the 45 rpm LP release Smoke and Mirrors arrived this weekend.
Just a little back history. First, 10-inch reels hold at 15 ips ~32 minutes of music. Second, current reel-to-reel releases come as either a) one or b) two reels (with single reels of course being cheaper). In the case of two reels--say a reissue of an old recording--quite a bit of space up to 10 or so minutes might be wasted. In the case of a single reel, the company often wants to maximize the music and keep costs down and uses the whole time available. Take the IPI or Yarlung releases for instance.
Jump ahead to the present. I had always thought that the first Smoke and Mirrors tape contained selected excerpts from the LP. And Vanish was a totally separate recording. So the only way to hear all the music was to buy the LP.
Imagine my surprise when I found that not all the songs from the first tape were on the first LP. Then I pulled out the second tape and to my surprise found it too contained some of the songs from LP. So I decided to chart all the songs on the LP and two tapes and it appears that all the music was recorded at one session. In addition, the tapes contain all the music on the LP save for one song. Plus the tapes contain two more songs that aren't represented on the LP.
Oh and I highly recommend the LP if you don't have a tape machine. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, the playing and music is absolutely top notch. Unusual music. My only complaints are that the 45 rpm is only one album, not a double release and two, the surfaces could be a little better. Certainly the surfaces are no where as quiet as a QRP release.
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