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Early Electronic/Electroacoustic/Avant Garde/Experimental records for sale:
(alphabetized by composer)
Cover Pic LP Title Label/Cat# Vinyl Condition Cover Condition Current Asking Price
The Waltz Project: 17 Contemporary Waltzes For Piano-- John Cage / Philip Glass / Milton Babbitt / Lou Harrison / Ivan Tcherepnin / Roger Sessions / Virgil Thomson / Robert Moran / Joseph Fennimore / Zygmunt Krauze / Joan Tower / Alden Ashforth / Tom Constanten / Robert Helps / Alan Stout / Peter Gena / Richard Felciano. Experimental interpretations of the venerable waltz form, most of which were specially commissioned for this lp. The most significant is the Cage piece, 49 Waltzes for Five Boroughs, which incorporates electronic tape of field recordings from around New York City. The performers are Moran, John Cobb, Alan Feinberg, and Yvar Mikhashoff. Nonesuch Digital D-79011 ex- vg 23.00
Electronic Music-- John Cage: Fontana Mix (1958 for magnetic tape) / Luciano Berio: Visage (1961 for magnetic tape) / Ilhan Mimaroglu: Agony- Visual Study No. 4 after Arshile Gorky (1965 for magnetic tape). The Cage and Berio were composed at the Milan Studio di Fonologia; Mimaroglu's piece was realized at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. Essential early tape music works, the most important volume in Turnabout's legendary Electronic Music series. Vinyl has many visible scuffs, no feelable scratches but expect some surface noise. Turnabout TV 34046S vg- vg+ 7.50
John Cage assisted by David Tudor: Variations IV Volume II. Second volume of this brilliant 1964 electronic performance given at an L.A. art gallery, a realtime sound collage of radio and tv broadcasts, pre-recorded found sounds, and live recordings from microphones placed around and outside of the gallery. Everest 3230 ex vg+ 26.00
George Crumb: A Haunted Landscape (1984 for orchestra) / William Schuman: Three Colloquies For Horn And Orchestra (1979). DMM audiophile pressing with two works commissioned and performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Arthur Weisberg and Zubin Mehta. The Crumb work features a 45-piece percussion section with Cambodian, Japanese, Brazilian, Caribbean, and Appalachain folk instruments; the Schuman has Philip Myers as horn soloist. New World NW 326 ex- vg+ 6.00
Charles Dodge: Earth's Magnetic Field (1970 for computed electronic sound). Realized on the IBM/360 at the Columbia University Computer Center and at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Nonesuch H-71250 vg+ ex- 11.00
Morton Feldman: Intersection 3 (1953, version for organ) / John Cage: Variations III (1963 for any actions by any number of persons) / Gerd Zacher: Re (1969 for organist and tuner) / Giuseppe Giorgio Englert: Vagans animula (1969 for organ and tape). Experimental organ works performed by Zacher with help from Juan Allende-Blin. Deutsche Grammophon Gessellschaft 139 442 nm nm- 34.00
Adoration of the Clash-- Morton Feldman: Vertical Thoughts IV (1963 for piano); Piano Piece To Philip Guston (1963) / Ilhan Mimaroglu: Rosa (1978 for piano) / Henry Cowell: Piece for Piano Paris 1924 / Doris Hays: Sunday Nights (1977 for piano) / Leo Ornstein: Impressions De Notre-Dame (1914 for piano) / Russell Peck: Suspended Sentence (1973 for piano). Double album of first recordings of beautiful modern and avant garde piano works performed by Doris (aka Sorrel) Hays. Finnadar SR 2-720 nm, nm- vg+ 34.00
Philip Glass: Songs From Liquid Days (1986). Collaborative effort featuring Laurie Anderson, The Kronos String Quartet, David Byrne, Suzanne Vega, Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt, David Byrne, The Roches, others. CBS FM 39564 ex vg+ 3.00
Daniel Goode: The Bertoia In The Yamasaki Building - Princeton (1971 for Harry Bertoia sound sculpture); The Thrush From Upper Dunakyn (1979 for solo bass recorder). Great album by this Fluxus-associated experimental composer (founding member of Gamelan Son Of Lion) containing a rare performance on metal sound sculptures built by multimedia artist Harry Bertoia; this is one of the only recorded examples of someone other than Bertoia himself using the sculptures. Goode plays the piece along with his student Peter Blake on the sculpture installed in the lobby of the Yamasaki building on the campus of Princeton University. The other work is based on the composer's own transcriptions of bird songs and performed by Peter Rose. Opus One 71 vg+ vg+ 62.00
Alois Haba: String Quartet No.II Op.87 (1958 in 1/6 tone system); String Quartet No.12 Op.90 (1960 in 1/4 tone system); String Quartet No.13 Op.92 "Astronautic" (1961); Nonet No.1 Op.40 (1931). Ultra-rare lp with 2 brilliant early microtonal compositions by this underappreciated pioneer, made using the composer's own notation system for quarter-tones and sixth-tones. Played by the Czech Nonet and the Novak Quartet. Missing the non-English notes insert (but the English notes are included on the back cover). Supraphon 10524 nm ex- 37.00
Arthur Honegger: String Quartet No. 2 / Paul Hindemith: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 22. With The Prague City Quartet and The Dvorak String Quartet. Released as part of Supraphon's avant garde series. Supraphon Crossroads 22 16 0210 vg+ vg+ 3.00
New Music In Quarter-Tones-- Charles Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces (1924 for 2 microtuned pianos) / Teo Macero: One-Three Quarters (196x for chamber ensemble and 2 microtuned pianos) / Calvin Hampton: Triple Play (196x for Ondes Martenot and 2 microtuned pianos); Catch-Up (196x for tape recorder and 2 microtuned pianos) / Donald Lybbert: Lines For The Fallen (1967 for soprano and 2 microtuned pianos). Beautiful and pioneering microtonal works. Teo Macero conducts the Chamber Ensemble from the Syracuse University School of Music, and Hellen McGill plays Ondes Martenot. Produced by David Behrman. Odyssey Music of Our Time 32 16 0162 ex- ex- 23.00
Ben Johnston: String Quartet No.4 (1973) / Ruth Crawford-Seeger: String Quartet (1931) / John Downey: String Quartet No.2 (1976). The Johnston work microtonally recontextualizes the American hymn-tune "Amazing Grace." Performances by the Fine Arts Quartet. Gasparo GS-205 ex vg+ 7.00
Andre Jolivet: Concerto for Ondes Martenot and Orchestra (1955); Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra (1955). 1950s 1st US issue. The Ondes Martenot (depicted beautifully on the cover) is an early electronic keyboard instrument from 1928 with a design based on the Theremin. In this avant garde work, the Martenot is played by Ginette Martenot, sister of the inventor; its unique sound stays well in front and is not at all smothered by the orchestra. Jolivet conducts the Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera, and Lily Laskine plays harp in the other Concerto. Westminster Vega XWN 18360 vg+ vg+ 65.00
Electronic Music III-- Ilhan Mimaroglu: Six Preludes for Magnetic Tape (1966-7); Piano Music for Performer and Composer (1967 for processed piano sounds) / Luciano Berio: Thema Omaggio A Joyce (1958 for solo voice) / Jacob Druckman: Animus I (1966 for trombone and tape). Featuring pianist George Flynn, trombonist Andre Smith, and experimental vocalist Cathy Berberian. Mimaroglu's and Druckman's works were made at the Columbia Princeton Electronic Music Center. Turnabout TV 34177 ex+ vg+ 19.00
New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media-- Pauline Oliveros: Bye Bye Butterfly (1965) / Laurie Anderson: New York Social Life (1977); Time To Go (1977) / Johanna M. Beyer: Music Of The Spheres (1938) / Annea Lockwood: World Rhythms (1975) / Laurie Spiegel: Appalachian Grove I (1974) / Megan Roberts: I could Sit Here All Day (1976) / Ruth Anderson: Points (1974). Superb collection of early electronic music composed by women, ranging from tape music to live electronic performance to proto-no-wave/art-rock. Performers include Charles Amirkhanian on percussion and Donald Buchla on electronics. Oliveros' realtime tape delay collage was realized at the San Francisco Tape Music Center, Lockwood's and Ruth Anderson's pieces were realized at Hunter College Electronic Music Studio, and Spiegel's computer composition was realized at Bell Labs using Max Mathews' GROOVE software. This album also represents the first ever release of Laurie Anderson's music. With notes by Amirkhanian. 1750 Arch S-1765 vg+ vg 45.00
Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury - A Ritual of Dream and Delusion (1969 opera in 2 acts for large ensemble of unique instruments & voices). Probably the best ever audiophile recording of Partch's microtonal instrument-sculpture creations. Under the composer's supervision, Danlee Mitchel conducts this epic work in Partch's 43-note-to-the-octave scale. Also includes "The Instruments of Harry Partch," a full-length bonus lp filled entirely with recordings of Partch himself speaking about and then playing solos on each of the 27 instruments he invented. Rare complete 3lp box of this TAS-listed masterpiece. Columbia Masterworks M2 30576 vg+, ex, nm- ex- 69.00
Krzysztof Penderecki: Utrenja I and II (1971 for solo voices, boys choir, 2 mixed choirs, and large orchestra). Original Polish pressing of this experimental vocal work. Andrzej Markowski conducts the Chorus & Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic, Warsaw, with choirmaster Jozef Bok. 2 lps. Muza Polskie Nagrania SX 889-890 nm-, ex vg+ 22.00
William Penn: Crystal Rainbows - The Sounds Of Harmonious Craft. 6 works by this American composer showcasing sound sculptures and homemade instruments created by various designers, privately issued in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution for their 1978 exhibition of unique American handcrafted musical instruments. Features Cloud Chamber Bowls built by Skip LaPlante and designed by Harry Partch, Single String Stainless Steel Cello by Robert Rutman, Electronic Jawbone by Bob Natalini, Triple Ocarina by Susan Rawcliffe, Steel String Guitar by Max Krimmel, Bicentennial Turkey Tambourine by Jan Brooks Loyd, Portative Organ by John Brombaugh and George Taylor, Music By The Inch by Bob Hanson, Appalachian Dulcimer by Rufus Jacoby, Arp 2600 Synthesizer, rubber piano (Penn's own invention), and many additional unusual sound-emitting devices. Sounds Reasonable, Inc. (SRI) SR 7801 ex- vg+ 58.00
Computer Music-- J. K. Randall: Quartets In Pairs (1964); Quartersines (1969); Mudgett- Monologues by a Mass Murderer (1965) / Barry Vercoe: Synthesism (196x) / Charles Dodge: Changes (1970). Realized at the computer centers of Columbia, Princeton, and Bell Telephone Laboratories, using the ancient sound synthesis computer programs Music IV by Max V. Mathews, Music IVB by Hubert Howe, and Vercoe's own IBM Music 360. Vercoe's piece incorporates an equal tempered, 16-note-to-the-octave microtonal scale. Nonesuch H-71245 nm ex+ 22.00
New Sounds In Electronic Music-- Steve Reich: Come Out (1964 for tape) / Pauline Oliveros: I of IV (1966 for electronics) / Richard Maxfield: Night Music (1960 for tape). Come Out uses Reich's technique of phase shifting to create a gradually varying polyrhythmic text-sound drone out of multiple tape loops of the same vocal "sample" falling slightly out-of-sync with each other. Oliveros' sidelong work is a beautiful enveloping microtonal drone made at the Toronto Electronic Music Studio using 12 sine-tone square-wave generators connected to an organ keyboard, two amplifiers, a mixer, Hammond reverb, and a delay system using 2 tape recorders. The Maxfield work was realized with the assistance of David Tudor, and uses sawtooth wave and pulse generators in conjunction with tape splicing to evoke bird sounds. Odyssey 32 16 0160 vg+ vg- 35.00
Steve Reich: Drumming (1971 for 8 small tuned drums, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, male and female voices, whistling, and piccolo); Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1973); Six Pianos (1973). 3lp box with a complete live performance of Drumming spanning 2 disks. Features the playing of Reich, Joan La Barbara (this is her earliest appearance on record), and Cornelius Cardew. Includes extensively illustrated insert booklet. Deutsche Grammophon 2740 106 nm, ex-, nm- ex 60.00
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Electronic Music Vol. IV-- Pril Smiley: Eclipse (1967) / Olly W. Wilson: Cetus (1967) / William Hellermann: Ariel (1967) / Eugeniusz Rudnik: Dixi (1967) / Bohdan Mazurek: Bozzetti (1967) / Jozef Malovec: Orthogenesis (1967). The winners of the 1968 Dartmouth College First International Electronic Music Competition (judged by Vladimir Ussachevsky and Milton Babbitt and directed by Jon Appleton). Sound sources include sine wave generators, early synthesizers, harp, viola, gong, and various percussions, all electronically processed and tape-manipulated. Realized at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, the University of Illinois Studio for Experimental Music, and the Polish Radio Experimental Studio in Warsaw. Side 1 has a long mark that causes occasional audible surface noise but nothing major. Turnabout TV 34301 vg- ex- 7.50
Morton Subotnick: Silver Apples of the Moon (1967 for Buchla electronic music synthesizer). Subotnick's first release, an epic study of the dynamic capabilities of his modular synthesizer custom-made by Don Buchla. This work is both the first full-scale composition created especially for the record medium as well as the first electronic work commissioned by a record company. Nonesuch H-71174 vg+ vg 17.00
Stefan Wolpe: 10 Songs From The Hebrew (1936-8 for alto voice, bass voice, and piano) / Alan Hovhaness: Upon Enchanted Ground (1951 for flute, cello, harp, tamtam); Suite For Violin, Piano, and Percussion (1952). 1957 lp featuring David Tudor (his second appearance on vinyl), flutist Samuel Baron, pianist Maro Ajemian, violinist Anahid Ajemian, percussionist Elden Bailey, harpist Lucile Lawrence, cellist Claus Adam, and singers Arline Carmen and Leon Lishner. Hovhaness conducts his piece. White label promo. Columbia ML 5179 ex- vg 28.00
Charles Wuorinen: Time's Encomium (1969 for processed synthesized sound). Pulitzer Prize-winning early electronic composition realized on the punchcard-fed, room-sized RCA Synthesizer at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. Nonesuch H-71225 nm- ex+ 13.00




Early Electronic Pop/Moogsploitation/Synthesized Classical/Space-Age Pop records for sale:
(in no particular order...)
Cover Pic LP Title Label/Cat# Vinyl Condition Cover Condition Current Asking Price
Jimmy Carroll: Speed The Parting Guest -- Hi Fi Bull In A Chime Shop. Intense all-percussion experimental pop from 1955, one of the earliest audiophile records ever pressed. Carroll's ensemble features many luminaries of space-age pop and exotica including Phil Kraus, Harry Breuer, Terry Snyder, Willie Rodriguez, Carroll Bratman, and Ed Vito, performing on buzzimba, kettles, gongs, cow bells, dulcimer, cocktail shakers, tymbales, glockenspiel, vibraphones, harp, toy drum, xylophones, wind machine, celeste, temple bells, sirens, and more. 10" 33rpm record. Cook Laboratories 1041 vg vg 19.00
Hot Butter: Popcorn. Classic 1972 early electronic pop instrumental lp containing the biggest hit of the Moogsploitation era. "Popcorn" was originally written by Gershon Kingsley and then re-recorded by Hot Butter aka keyboardist Stan Free (an original member of Kingsley's "First Moog Quartet"). Free's version is the one that became a hit; supposedly Kingsley himself appears uncredited on this recording. Aside from "Popcorn" this album contains 3 originals and 7 pop covers. Musicor MS 3242 ex+ vg+ 5.00
Todd Anderson: Comprehensive Production Music Library Volume 2: Contemporary. Obscure 1983 commercial library music record (intended for TV and film use) with uptempo synth pop, disco funk, and pop jazz, with slightly unsettling out of place electronic effects. Sounds like an 80s TV show soundtrack. Tracks are Week End, Thunderbolt, Happy Hour, and Rock Hard, each of which is offered in several different breakdowns (including "Rhythm Only") for optimal use by producers. Comprehensive Video Supply Corporation Production Music Library Volume 2 ex ex 5.00
Todd Anderson: Comprehensive Production Music Library Volume 3: Contemporary. Obscure 1983 commercial library music record (intended for TV and film use) with synth pop, orchestral pop, funk disco, and uptempo orchestral. Sounds like TV gameshow music. A very random and weird mix of styles, true to library record tradition. Tracks titles are After Hours, Shakedown Cruise, Daddy's Money, and Thunder Buns, each of which is offered in several different breakdowns (including "Rhythm Only") for optimal use by producers. Comprehensive Video Supply Corporation Production Music Library Volume 3 nm- ex 5.00
The Incredible Sounds Of Synclavier II. Ultra rare private pressing demo record from 1981 on clear blue vinyl showcasing the capabilities of this classic synth which combined sampled and FM synthesized sounds and was designed by legendary electronic composer Jon Appleton at Dartmouth College. It contains a montage of unique sound effects and melodies, with programming credited to Denny Jaeger and Bill Keenan, plus there is an excerpt of a synthesized version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Patrick Gleeson (member of Herbie Hancock's 70s-era electric funk band). New England Digital Corp. NED 1 nm- (blank as issued) 110.00
Chopin A La Moog - with lots of strings attached. Arranged, conducted, and synthesized by Hans Wurman. RCA LSC-3171 vg+ vg 4.00
Walter Carlos and The Well-Tempered Synthesizer. 1969 follow up lp to Switched-On Bach with works by Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Handel, and J.S. Bach beautifully arranged for Moog. Includes insert with notes by Glenn Gould and Carlos. Columbia Masterworks MS 7286 vg+ ex 3.00
Tomita: Snowflakes Are Dancing - The Newest Sound Of Debussy. Performed mostly on Moog synthesizer. RCA ARL1-0488 nm ex 3.00
Vangelis: Spiral. RCA AFL1-2627 vg+ vg+ 4.00




20th Century Classical [less-avant/modernist/prewar/neoclassical/etc.] records for sale:
(alphabetized by composer)
LP Title Label/Cat# Vinyl Condition Cover Condition Current Asking Price
Leonard Bernstein: Ballet from West Side Story; Overture to Candide / Morton Gould: American Salute / Aaron Copeland: Hoe-Down from Rodeo / Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag; The Entertainer / Ferde Grofe: On the Trail from the Grand Canyon Suite. With conductors Maurice Abravanel, Ferde Grofe, Robert Shaw, and Donald Johanos, and pianist Robert Shields on the Joplin pieces. Funk & Wagnalls Great Music of Our Time FW 402 vg+ ex 2.00
American Song Series Vol. 2: Paul Sperry Sings Romantic American Songs by Paul Bowels / Theodore Chanler / Arthur Farwell / Richard Hundley. With pianist Irman Vallecillo. Greg Smith Singers Productions GSS 105 (sealed) m (sealed) 3.00
Reinhold Gliere: Symphony No. 3, B Minor (Ilya Mourometz). Jacques Rachmilovich conducting the Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Saint Cecilia, Rome. Capitol P8047 vg- vg+ 1.50
Aram Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet Suite / Jacques Offenbach+Manuel Rosenthal: Gaite Parisienne. RCA LSC-2267 vg vg- 2.00
Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Orchestral Suite / Erno Dohnanyi: Ruralia Hungarica. Wilhelm Schuechter conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra of London. MGM E3019 vg+ vg- 3.00
Zoltan Kodaly: Concerto for Orchestra / Prokofiev: Scythian Suite. Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra under Heinz Bongartz and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Rolf Kleinert. Urania UR 7138 vg- vg- 1.50
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D Major. Jascha Horenstein conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. Nonesuch H-71240 nm vg- 2.50
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D ("Titan"). The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Paul Kletzki. Angel S 35913 vg+ ex 3.00
Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone; London Symphony Orchestra under George Szell. Angel S-36547 ex nm 3.00
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major -- Bedachtig; In gemachlicher Bewegung; Ruhevoll (Poco adagio); Sehr behaglich. New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein. Columbia ML 5485 vg+ vg- 2.50
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde (The Song of the Earth) -- Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde; Der Einsame im Herbst; Von der Jugend; Von der Schonheit; Der Trunkene im Fruhling; Der Abschied. New York Philharmonic under Bruno Walter. Columbia Odyssey Y 30043 ex+ vg+ 3.00
Darius Milhaud: Piano Music-- Saudades do Brazil (1921); Trois Rag-Caprices (1922); Le Printemps (1920). William Bolcom, piano. Nonesuch H-71316 ex ex- 3.00
Francis Poulenc: Le Bal Masque (1932 for voice, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, piano, violin, cello, percussion) / Maurice Ravel: Chansons Madecasses (1926 for voice, flute, cello, piano) / Gabriel Faure: La Bonne Chanson Op.61 (1894 for voice, violins, cello, double bass, piano). With baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, pianist Wolfgang Sawallisch, and soloists from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. HNH 4045 nm nm- 3.00
Francis Poulenc: Concerto For Organ, Strings, And Timpani / Igor Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes. Boston Symphony Orchestra under Charles Munch with Berj Zamkochian, organist, and Everett Firth, timpanist. RCA LM 2567 vg+ ex- 2.00
George Rochberg: String Quartet No. 3 (1972). With the Concord String Quartet. Nonesuch H-71283 vg+ nm- 3.00
Arnold Schoenberg: Gurre Lieder (1911 oratorio for 5 soloists, reciter, chorus & orchestra). Uses text by Danish writer Jens Peter Jacobsen. Rafael Kubelik conducts the Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks featuring Inge Borkh, Hertha Topper, Keith Engen, Lorenz Fehenberger, Herbert Schachtschneider, and Hans Herbert Fiedler. 2lp box. Deutsche Grammophon Geselschaft LPM 19 984/85 ex+, vg+ ex 5.00
Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire Op.21 (1912). With Jan DeGaetani, voice, and the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble conducted by Arthur Weisberg. Nonesuch H-71251 ex- nm- 3.00
Roger Sessions: The Black Maskers / Roy Harris: Symphony No.3 / William Schuman: American Festival Overture. Walter Hendl conducts the American Recording Society Orchestra. American Recording Society ARS 115 vg- vg 1.50
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Humoresques. Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducts the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Melodiya Angel SR-40020 ex ex- 2.00
Igor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (composer's arrangement for two pianos); Scherzo a la Russe for Two Pianos. With pianists Michael Tilson Thomas and Ralph Grierson. Angel S-36024 vg+ vg+ 3.00
Igor Stravinsky: Quatre Etudes Pour Orchestre; Suite No. 1 Pour Petit Orchestre; Suite No. 2 Pour Petit Orchestre; Divertimento--Le Baiser de la Fee. Performed by L'Orchestra de la Suisse Romande under Ernest Ansermet. London CM 9325 vg vg 2.00
Mostly French-- Henri Tomasi: Danse Profane; Chant Corse / Emmanuel Chabrier: Larghetto / Luigi Cherubini: Sonata No. 2 / Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, op. 70 / Camille Saint-Saens: Morceau de Concert. Froydis Ree Wekre, horn, and Zita Carno, piano. Crystal S377 sealed nm (sealed) 3.00




Oddball/Spoken Word/Educational/Sound Effects/World/Misc records for sale
(in no particular order...)
LP Title Label/Cat# Vinyl Condition Cover Condition Current Asking Price
Conroy Library: Solo Harmonica. With guitar accompaniment. Tracks are "Knights And Dragons," "The Daylight Song," "Dream Day," "Boy Soldier," etc. Composers: D. & T. Reilly. Cover has large tear on front but is otherwise fully intact. Conroy Recorded Music Library BMLP 088 ex g+ 2.00
Comprehensive Production Music Library Volume 5: Classical. Obscure commercial library music lp with arrangements by D. Savino of pieces by Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Grieg. Comprehensive Video Supply Corporation Production Music Library Volume 5 ex ex 1.50
Comprehensive Production Music Library Volume 14: Classical. Obscure commercial library music lp with pieces by Veracini, Paganini, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Chopin, Dvorak. No arranger/performer credits given. Comprehensive Video Supply Corporation Production Music Library Volume 14 ex ex 1.50
The Living Constitution Of The United States. Dramatic readings of the Constitution, the Bill Of Rights, and the Pledge Of Allegiance, plus a few scripted dramatic sequences, with background music composed by Robert Armbruster. 1961 lp. Union Oil Company Of California / Kaydan Records KR-1001 vg+ vg+ 2.50
America's Story Retold. 1966 lp containing a performance of a school play that claims to summarize all of the major events in US history on one side, with the other side containing just the background sounds and music of the play to use for live classroom performance. Written, edited, and directed by Lois Prante Ellis. Includes the complete script inside the gatefold. Bowmar Records B2059 ex- vg+ 2.50
Music From The Black Forest. German folk music performed by The Hellberg Duo with the Black Forest Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by Rolf Schneebigl. Mace MXX 10044 vg+ ex- 3.00
Rod McKuen: Pastorale. Words and music. Arranged and conducted by Arthur Greenslade with Members of The Westminster Symphony Orchestra. 2 lps. Stanyan/Warner Brothers 2WS 1894 ex, ex vg+ 4.00
The Band Of The Grenadier Guards Conducted By Capt. R. B. Bashford: Pomp And Circumstance - The Spectacular Sounds Of The Grenadier Guards. London PS 317 ex vg+ 3.00
Chet Atkins: Christmas With Chet Atkins. Original 1961 white dog pressing of one of the most famous recordings of Christmas standards. RCA Living Stereo LSP 2423 vg ex- 4.00




Jazz/Funk/Improv records for sale
(alphabetized by leader or group name)
LP Title Label/Cat# Vinyl Condition Cover Condition Current Asking Price
George Benson: The Collection. 2lp set. Warner Bros. 2HW 3577 ex, vg+ vg+ 2.00
The Clarinet Summit: Southern Bells. With David Murray on bass clarinet and Alvin Batiste, John Carter, and Jimmy Hamilton on B-flat clarinets. The only studio recording of this unusual group, mixing experimental, swing, and bop elements. Black Saint BSR 0107 ex+ ex- 9.00
Milt Jackson Sings And Plays: Soul Believer. With Jackson on vocals as well as his usual vibes, also featuring Cedar Walton, John Collins, Ray Brown, Frank Severino, Dennis Budimer, Billy Higgins, Plas Johnson, Michael Lang, and Ian Underwood. Pablo 2310 832 nm- ex+ 5.00
Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book. 33rpm issue, with bonus tracks not found on 45rpm version. Gunther Schuller conducts the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble. Angel S-36060 vg+ ex 3.00
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Boogie-Woogie String Along For Real. Kirk's last album, released just after his death in 1978, with a large ensemble featuring Tiny Grimes, Percy Heath (on cello!), Hilton Ruiz, Steve Turre, Sonny Brown, and Phil Bowlerwith. 3 Kirk originals, a Percy Heath original, and some standards. Warner Bros. BSK 3085 ex ex- 5.00
Yusef Lateef: The Complete. With Hugh Lawson, piano, Cecil McBee, bass, and Roy Brooks, drums. 70s issue of this 1968 album. Atlantic SD 1499 vg+ ex+ 5.00
Shorty Rogers + Bud Shank with Vic Lewis And His Big Band: Back Again. 1984 reunion of big band era old timers performing new compositions by Rogers and Bill Holman. Also features John Critcherson on piano, Ron Matthewson on bass, and Kenny Clare on drums. Choice CRS6829 ex vg 3.00
Terje Rypdal + David Darling: Eos. Avant improv duet with Rypdal on electronic guitar and Casio mt-30 and Darling on cello and electric cello. ECM 1263 ex vg+ 6.00
Jack Sheldon Quartet: Stand By For. Featuring Jack Sheldon (trumpet, vocals), Ross Tompkins (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Jake Hanna (drums). Concord Jazz CJ-229 nm- vg+ 3.00
Charlie Shoemake Sextet: Away From the Crowd. With Charlie Shoemake (vibes), Hank Jones (piano), Tom Harrell (trumpet, flugelhorn), Ted Nash (alto sax, flute), Ed Schuller (bass), Paul Motian (drums), and Sandi Shoemake (vocals). Discovery DS-856 nm- vg+ 3.00
Jimmy Smith: Hoochie Cooche Man. Original 1966 stereo pressing. Hammond organ big band blues/hard bop arranged by Oliver Nelson and featuring the Oliver Nelson Big Band. Players include Jimmy Smith on organ (plus vocals on 3 tracks), Phil Woods, Ernie Royal, Dick Williams, Billy Butler, Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate, Richard Davis on upright bass, and Bob Cranshaw on Fender electric bass. Verve V6-8667 ex- vg+ 5.00
Jimmy Smith: Any Number Can Win. Original 1963 mono pressing. Hammond organ-centered big band hard bop with arrangements by Claus Ogerman and Billy Byers, featuring Jimmy Smith on organ, Kenny Burrell on guitar, Kai Winding on trombone, Phil Woods on sax. Verve V-8552 vg vg+ 3.00
Willie "The Lion" Smith: Reminiscing The Piano Greats. Original 1950 French 10" (recorded in France for Vogue, later released in the US on Dial) with the legendary stride pianist reminiscing about his favorite early jazz pianists, playing their tunes and narrating in English and French. A fascinating artifact! Vogue LD.008 vg vg+ 25.00
McCoy Tyner: Fly With The Wind. 1976 avant fusion with Tyner, piano, Hubert Laws, flute, Billy Cobham, drums, Ron Carter, bass, and modern classical violinist Daniel Kobialka. Milestone M-9067 ex vg+ 5.00
McCoy Tyner: Inner Voices. Avant-leaning 1977 session from this pianist featuring Earl Klugh, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, and Eric Gravatt. Milestone M-9079 ex- vg+ 5.00
Grover Washington, Jr.: Live At The Bijou. Funk double album sampled by GangStarr/DJ Premier a couple of times, also by Das EFX and Lootpack. Featuring John Blake, Tyrone Brown, Leslie Burrs, Leonard Gibbs, James Simmons, Richard Steacker, and Millard Vinson. Kudu KUX 3637 M2 ex-, ex- vg+ 6.00
Grover Washington, Jr.: Reed Seed. Funk fusion with breaks sampled by A Tribe Called Quest ("Push it Along"), Original Flavor, King T, and Siah & Yeshua. The players include Grover Washington, Jr. (flute, saxes), John Blake (synthesizers, violin, vocals), Tyrone Brown (bass), Leonard "Doc" Gibbs (percussion, vocals), Jeanine Otis (vocals), James Sid Simmons (keyboards, clavinet), Richard Lee Steacker (guitar, vocals), Millard Vinson (drums ). Motown M7-910R1 vg+ vg 5.00
Gerald Wilson Orchestra: The Golden Sword - Torero Impressions In Jazz. Featuring Roy Ayers on vibes and Laurindo Almeida on guitar. Discovery DS-901 vg+ vg+ 3.00







Also available: software and music by Marcel Blum, proprietor of keymap records...
Marcel Blum: Soundplant + Music CD-R. Purchase a discounted copy of Marcel's Soundplant audio software ($20 value) on CD along with his music. You will receive an Enhanced-CD-R featuring the latest registered Windows version and Mac Classic and OS X beta versions of Soundplant, plus sample WAV files for use with Soundplant, plus a selection of recent audio tracks by Marcel Blum. Marcel's music incorporates turntables, computer, obsolesced appliances, randomization routines, homebrewed software, non-audio data from the Soundplant source code, and other instruments, often joined by collaborators from the underworlds of jazz and electronic music. Some representative MP3s from past releases by Marcel are available for free download here. 18.50 incl. shipping anywhere
[this discount price is for record/eBay customers only; otherwise, go here to purchase Soundplant at full price]
Radio Action II - free103point9 Audio Dispatch 20. A collection of new works that use radio as a sound source or theme. Compilation CD released by Brooklyn-based experimental music/sound art microradio station free103point9. 15 tracks encompassing noise rock, turntable performance, sound collage, electroacoustic composition, free improv, experimental radio theater, and many points in between; artists include Marcel Blum, Christof Migone, Matt Bua, Joshua Fried, Tom Roe, 31 Down, The Dust Dive, Radio Ruido, Keith Obadike, Sabers, Matt Mikas, Hepatitis Youth, Mammal, and Ben Owen. Cover art by Takeshi Murata. no longer available here but still available through: