Musique Concrète

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  1969
Genre:       Electronic, Classical
Style:         Musique Concrète, Contemporary, Modern Classical

Comments:

 

Notes:

Compositions realized in the studios of Groupe de Recherches Musicales, O.R.T.F., Paris, France.

Includes double-sided 8.5" x 11" insert with notes on the pieces and production data:

"Recorded with DOLBY S/N STRETCHER / STEREO may also be played MONO"
"Anthology and Notes Compiled and Edited / By ILBAN MIMAROGLU"

Labels include:

"Candide / Vox" logos as two pennants, "Vox" tucked under end of "Candide"

"CE 31025"
"Side 1 / (VS 3231) / 20:12 minutes / Made in U.S.A."
[or
"Side 2 / (VS 3232) / 25:16 minutes / Made in U.S.A."
[and
"UNIVERSAL USE -- STEREO can be played MONO"

Some deadwax etchings are very faint, but includes "12-29-9" (likely 29-December, 1969 as date of mastering), and
initials (identities not yet found) probably for mastering facility and engineer: "IRC  Au"

"ARC" is clear on side A but appears more like "HPC" on side B. As "ARC" it would indicate [l512061 as the pressing facility.

Dating:

The majority of the first sixty Candide "CE 310xx" series issues are consistently dated 1966-1971, clustering at 1968-1969. There are two 1975 exceptions, likely reissues or misdated. Almost all were of "avant-garde" contemporary repertoire. Releases continued to at least CE 31118 (dated 1980).

These facts supports the interpretation that THIS release was the first produced and released in the US.

But the UK-produced and US-marketed "VOX Candide Series" release as "STGBY 639" also falls into 1969-1971.

 

A1. Pierre Schaeffer - Objets Liés (New Version) 2:50
A2. François-Bernard Mâche - Terre De Feu (Second Version) 6:55
A3. Michel Philippot - Etude III 10:04
B1. François Bayle - L'Oiseau-Chanteur (Second Version) 4:04
B2. Luc Ferrari - Tête Et Queue Du Dragon (Second Version) 9:12
B3. Ivo Malec - Dahovi (Second Version) 7:15
B4. Bernard Parmegiani - Danse 4:12

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout VS 3231 CE 31025 A ARC 12-29-9 IRC Au
Matrix / Runout VS 3232 ARC 12-29-9 CE 31025 B IRC Au
Pressing Plant ID ARC

 

Record Company VOX (6)
Recorded At Studios De l'O.R.T.F.
Pressed By Allentown Record Co. Inc.

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