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Beyond the Black Crack was the concept of Reverend Dwight Frizzell, a musician, film maker, Doctor of Metaphysics and minister in the Universal Church of Life. It remains a little known classic, and one of the most unique listening experiences in modern experimental music. Recorded between 1974 and 1976 in locations as diverse as factories, the pyramid opposite Harry Truman's grave site as well as more 'conventional' concert settings. Beyond the Black Crack is a dark, dizzying and exhilarating journey through free jazz, electronics and environmental sound, all shattered by Frizzell's radical tape editing. This CD re-release adds further material to the original LP: - "The Wandering Madness of Basilea", a suite from 1977 unheard until now, as well as unreleased material from the Black Crack sessions.
Beyond the black crack was originally released in mono in an edition of 200 copies by Cavern Custom in 1976 (cat. no. 6104-12), to commemorate the First Annual End of the World Celebration, November 18 1976.
Comes with 12 page booklet.
Beyond The Black Crack was originally released in mono in an edition of 200 copies by Cavern Custom in 1976 (cat.no. 6104-12).
Tracks 1-9 were originally released to commemorate the First Annual End of the World Celebration, November 18th, 1976.
Track 1 recorded live in concert at the Kansas City Art Institute Foundation Studio, November 18th, 1975, and in the KCAI Epperson Auditorium, December 4th through December 5th, 1975.
Tracks 2 to 4 recorded live at the 2nd RLDS Church chili supper March 24th, 1974 in Independence, Missouri.
Tracks 5 and 6 recorded atop the midget pyramid in McCoy Park, Independence, Missouri, June 1976.
Track 7 partially recorded at Ruperts Manufacturing in Blue Springs.
Track 8 recorded atop the midget pyramid on August 20, 1976.
Tracks 10 to 13 the taped music was recorded and mixed and remixed February 1977 through March 1978; first performed September 2nd, 1977 in McCoy Park, across the street from Truman's grave site.
Track 14 produced and remixed from the 1975 'Black Crack and the Sole Survivors' recordings not appearing on the original LP; edited at Kansas City Art Institute.
Comes with 12 page booklet. Beyond The Black Crack was originally released in mono in an edition of 200 copies by Cavern Custom in 1976 (cat.no. 6104-12). Tracks 1-9 were originally released to commemorate the First Annual End of the World Celebration, November 18th, 1976. Track 1 recorded live in concert at the Kansas City Art Institute Foundation Studio, November 18th, 1975, and in the KCAI Epperson Auditorium, December 4th through December 5th, 1975. Tracks 2 to 4 recorded live at…
| 1 | Black Crack And The Sole Survivors | 12:36 | |
| Fredrik's Cosmic Spaced Out Blues Band And Orchestra | |||
| 2 | Hot Fudge | 1:11 | |
| 3 | Get It Out Of Your System | 6:18 | |
| 4 | Chili Supper Polka | 2:20 | |
| Turtle Music | |||
| 5 | Journey Of Turtles | 6:31 | |
| 6 | Pre-Transformation Of Turtle To Bird | 5:27 | |
| 7 | Nocturnal | 2:04 | |
| 8 | Fly By Night | 7:50 | |
| 9 | O What Joy It Is To Know You Have A Turtle Heart | 4:11 | |
| Scenes From The Wandering Madness Of Basilea, The Great Mother | |||
| 10 | Embryonic Music | 3:34 | |
| 11 | Copulation Of Basilea And Hyperion | 4:50 | |
| 12 | Family, Birth Of Helio And Selene | 6:47 | |
| 13 | Destruction - Slaying Of Hyperion, Drowning Of Helio, Suicide Of Selene And The Wandering Madness Of Basilea | 2:24 | |
| Black Crack And The Sole Survivors (1997 Remix) | |||
| 14 | How To Avoid Simultaneity | 2:54 | |
“Free jazz, improvisational sound, noise collage. Listening to the tracks now — with such titles as “Pre-Transformation of a Turtle to a Bird” and “Copulation of Basilea and Hyperion” — you get a sense of the 1970s at their weirdest. It’s part album, part alien abduction!”
“This group of misfits, lead by weirdo artisan Rev. Dwight Frizzell at the helm of the editing table, may bring comparisons of "Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table" by Nurse With Wound and the enigmatic Faust "Tapes," although neither avant-Europeans reach the surrealist peaks that this 1976 recording from did from Middle America”
