Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe (1980) - New Vinyl 3 Lp 2019 Unseend Wounds Reissue with Download - Electronic / Ambient / New Age
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The Expanding Universe is the 1980 debut album by composer and computer music pioneer Laurie Spiegel. The original album is reissued here as a massively expanded 3LP, containing all four original album tracks plus an additional 15 tracks from the same period, nearly all previously unreleased and many making their first appearance on vinyl in this brand new 2018 edition. Since this album's first reissue in 2012, it has gone on to be widely established as a classic of electronic, ambient, and 20th century classical music. Some of the well-loved works included in this set are "Patchwork", the "Appalachian Grove" series, "East River Dawn" and "Kepler's Harmony of the Worlds", which was included on the Golden Record launched on board the Voyager spacecraft. The pieces comprising The Expanding Universe combine slowly evolving textures with the emotional richness of intricate counterpoint, harmony, and complex rhythms (John Fahey and J. S. Bach are both cited as major influences in the original cover's notes), all built of electronic sounds using the GROOVE system at Bell Laboratories during the 1970s. The 3LP vinyl edition was cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin.
Tracklist
A1 | Patchwork | 9:45 |
A2 | Old Wave | 6:52 |
A3 | Pentachrome | 7:17 |
A4 | A Folk Study | 2:02 |
B1 | The Expanding Universe | 28:29 |
C1 | The Orient Express | 10:02 |
C2 | Clockworks | 5:22 |
C3 | Drums | 7:09 |
D1 | Appalachian Grove I | 5:22 |
D2 | Appalachian Grove II | 7:56 |
D3 | Appalachian Grove III | 3:14 |
E1 | The East River Dawn | 14:16 |
E2 | The Unquestioned Answer | 6:30 |
F1 | Wandering in Our Times | 11:44 |
F2 | Kepler's Harmony of the Worlds | 10:40 |
Notes
Split-fountain printing on custom gatefold jacket.
Laurie Spiegel – The Expanding Universe
Label: | Unseen Worlds – UW19LP, Unseen Worlds – UW 19, Unseen Worlds – UW19 |
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Format: |
3 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
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Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Electronic |
Style: | Ambient, New Age |
A1 | Patchwork | 9:45 | |
A2 | Old Wave | 6:52 | |
A3 | Pentachrome | 7:17 | |
A4 | A Folk Study | 2:02 | |
B1 | The Expanding Universe | 28:29 | |
C1 | The Orient Express | 10:02 | |
C2 | Clockworks | 5:22 | |
C3 | Drums | 7:09 | |
D1 | Appalachian Grove I | 5:22 | |
D2 | Appalachian Grove II | 7:56 | |
D3 | Appalachian Grove III | 3:14 | |
E1 | The East River Dawn | 14:16 | |
E2 | The Unquestioned Answer | 6:30 | |
F1 | Wandering In Our Times | 11:44 | |
F2 | Kepler's Harmony Of The Worlds | 10:40 |
- Recorded At – Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.
- Published By – Laurie Spiegel Publishing
- Licensed To – Unseen Worlds Records
- Copyright © – Unseen Worlds
- Printed By – Stoughton Printing Co.
- Lacquer Cut By – Rashad Becker
- Mastered By, Producer, Composed By, Performer, Recorded By, Design Concept [Cover], Liner Notes [Texts] – Laurie Spiegel
Split-fountain printing on custom gatefold jacket.
- Barcode (Sticker): 766008587799
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching): 33⅓ [signature] UW19LP A
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching): 33⅓ [signature] UW19LP B
- Matrix / Runout (C-Side Runout Etching): 33⅓ [signature] UW19LP C
- Matrix / Runout (D-Side Runout Etching): 33⅓ [signature] UW19LP D
- Matrix / Runout (E-Side Runout Etching): 33⅓ [signature] UW19LP E
- Matrix / Runout (F-Side Runout Etching): 33⅓ [signature] UW19LP F
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