Tape, Tone, Pulse: American Experimental Music

Original 1981 mint copies of the first edition of Tudor's electronic environment masterpiece from 1973 published by the legendary Edition Block.

1985 composition with the perfect fusion of turn of the Century Romantic music with Minimalism, released by Nonesuch on the "Meet The Composer Orchestra Residency Series" contemporary music series in the same year.

Original US edition on Warner Bros. of the 1984 electronic avant-garde pop masterwork featuring Peter Gabriel, Adrian Belew, Nile Rogers, David van Tieghem, Bill Laswell and William Burroughs among others.

1995 promo-only EP on Warner Bros. with several versions of two strange minimal songs co-written and -produced by Brian Eno, featuring Lou Reed on guitar.

Rare original edition on Lovely Music of the first installment of the 1978 revolutionary and extraordinarily beautiful electronic opera for television Private Parts, released in 1978, an essential masterpiece. Yellow cover version.

Rare original edition on Lovely Music of the 1979 unsurpassed psychedelic electronic avant-garde masterpiece, one of the greatest experimental records ever made and absolutely essential.

Original edition on Lovely Music of the third installment of the 1978 revolutionary and extraordinarily beautiful electronic opera for television Private Parts, released in 1981, an essential masterpiece.

condition (record/cover): VG (some  surface noise) /  VG (general wear) Released October 1968. Ten Bach pieces, each recorded note-by-note on an eight-track machine because the Moog modular was monophonic. Roughly 1,100 working hours of overdubbing. Carlos and Benjamin Folkman played the parts; Rachel Elkind produced from the West 88th Street brownstone studio she shared with Carlos. The album reached Billboard 200 #10, topped the Classical chart from 1969 to 1972, sold a million by 1974, went p…

1972 Italian edition on CBS of the complete beautiful and ground-breaking electronic soundtrack (different from the original soundtrack including the orchestral pieces) to one of the greatest films ever made, A Clockwork Orange.

Great 1972 double album on Columbia of expermental electronic ambient music fusing field recordings and Moog by the composer previously know for the landmark switched-on renditions of classical masterworks.

Rare first edition of 500 copies with bonus disc of the experimental genius' 1995 collaboration with Jim O'Rourke and David Grubbs' band, released by Table Of The Elements in folded poster sleeve.

Very rare and undeservedly obscure album with two absolutely fantastic experimental pieces for live instruments, demonic loud-whisper vocals, and analog electronic processing (Moog), realized and privately released on the composer's Discant Records in 1971. Echoes of Robert Ashley and Robert Haigh's Sema in this essential masterpiece. With inserts.

1982 LP on Opus One with two experimental compositions date 1981, an unusual sound exploration for "52 original instruments" and a dissonant concerto for piano and ensemble.

Rare 2010 release on Die Schachtel of a previously unreleased composition for synthesizer and instruments with tape, one of the solo masterpieces from the early 1970's by the MEV member. With insert.

Rare original edition on the tiny Italian label Fore of one of the MEV member's 1970's (this from 1976) solo masterpieces for voice, synthesizer, instrument and tape, which include some of the most personal and beautiful experimental music ever made, released in 1980. Essential.

Rare original edition on the tiny Italian label Fore of one of the MEV member's 1970's (this from 1977) solo masterpieces for voice, synthesizer, instrument and tape, which include some of the most personal and beautiful experimental music ever made, released in 1982.

Rare 2010 release on Die Schachtel of a previously unreleased composition for synthesizer and instruments with tape, one of the solo masterpieces from the early 1970's by the MEV member. With insert.

Two superb electro-acoustic pieces for voice, instruments and 4 synthesizers (from 1970) and for soprano and synthesizers (from 1968), plus a 1961 composition for solo clarinet, released by CRI in 1972.

Italian edition on Virgin of the lovely 1977 evocative soundtrack to the François de Menil documentary on Mark di Suvero.

First UK edition on Caroline with textured sleeve of the first recording of the first two parts of the landmark early 1970's monumental Minimalist composition, released in 1976.

Italian edition on Virgin of the lovely 1977 evocative soundtrack to the François de Menil documentary on Mark di Suvero.

1984 re-issue on CBS of the 4LP box set with the first full recording of the momumental and ground-breaking 1976 Minimalist opera in collaboration with Robert Wilson. Essential. With booklet.

2012 4CD re-issue on Sony of the 1978 4LP box set with the first full recording of the momumental and ground-breaking 1976 Minimalist opera in collaboration with Robert Wilson. Essential. With booklet.

Original European edition on CBS of the 1982 chamber music composition with a more accessible approach to Minimalsm by one of its main composers, resulting in absolutely lovely music.

Original European edition on CBS of the 1982 chamber music composition with a more accessible approach to Minimalsm by one of its main composers, resulting in absolutely lovely music.

Original European edition of the 3LP box set with the brilliant 1980 Minimalist opera based on Gandhi's life, released by CBS in 1985. With booklet.

Original European edition on FM/CBS of the 1986 album of songs co-written with Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson and performed by Linda Ronstadt, Bernard Fowler, the Roches and Kronos Quartet among others.

Original European edition on FM/CBS of the 1987 album with the music for the ballets by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp.

Original 1987 edition of the 3LP box set with the brilliant 1983 opera based on the Egyptian pharaoh's life, released by CBS in 1987. With booklet.

Ultra-rare vinyl edition of the first release of the full early 1970's landmark colossal Minimalist compostion, recorded partly in 1975 and partly in 1983, issued as a massive 6LP box set with albums with individual covers by Venture/Virgin in 1988. With insert.

Original Dutch-only vinyl edition of the excellent 1988 double album on CBS with the minimalist music for the 1979 ballet by Lucinda Childs and Sol LeWitt.

1989 US LP edition on Virgin of the science fiction music drama for winds, brass, vocals (Linda Rondstadt) and electronics.

Japanese edition on Victor of the 1982 album electronic rendition of the timeless baroque masterpiece in Wendy Carlos / Tomita style. With insert.

Fantastic album with the great singer performing with her extended vocal technique and electronics three compositions for voice, instruments and electronics by herself plus one piece for voice, cellos, English horn and synthesizer by Subotnick, released by Nonesuch in 1985.

Rare 2LP set released by Lovely Music in 1980 with the ethereal droning investigation into the physics of the sound of a thin wire. Evocative truly experiemtnal music.

Rare 1987 LP on Edition Michael Frauenlob Bauer pairing a superb 1979 electronic piece with aminimalist and playful 1974 compoaition for four pianos. Never re-issued on either Lp or CD.

Great electronic/tape pieces realized in 1976 at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center and released on the composer's own Finnadar label.

Very rare privately released in a very few copies 1991 VHS documenting five sound installations including his famous Speaker Swinging and his works with Aeloian strings, films unavailable in any other format.

Outstanding 1979 album on Lovely Music with three powerful and groundbreaking electro-acoustic pieces realized in the mid-1960's for theater and multi-media performances. Essential, with some of the most uncompromising and extreme electronic music ever released.

Outstanding 1979 album on Lovely Music with three powerful and groundbreaking electro-acoustic pieces realized in the mid-1960's for theater and multi-media performances. Essential, with some of the most uncompromising and extreme electronic music ever released.