John Cage, Jan SteeleFeaturing: Robert Wyatt, Carla Bley
Voices And Instruments (LP)
LabelObscureGenreExperimental
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condition (record/cover): NM / EX- (minimal wear)
Obscure Records - the label founded by Brian Eno in 1975 to document music operating at the edges of the contemporary classical and experimental fields - produced ten LPs before closing in 1978, each one a carefully considered act of cultural curation. This fifth release in the series pairs John Cage's vocal works with those of Jan Steele, an English composer whose work in the 1970s engaged with extended vocal technique and the dissolution of the boundary between speech and song. A document of the Obscure project at its most conceptually coherent, and among the rarer entries in that catalogue.
Release notes
1978 reissue (Polydor edition in Island sleeve). This is the no-sticker variant. Recorded at Basing St. Studios, London. A1: Copyright Control/ M/S (Jan Steele) A2, A3: M/S (Jan Steele) B1-B5: Peters Edition Ltd. [Sleeve:]: obscure no.5 Manufactured and distributed by Island Records Ltd. [Spine:] obscure no.5 ℗ 1976 Island Records Ltd. [Labels:] OBS 5-A / OBS 5-B (left) ℗ 1976 Obscure Records Ltd (left) Lacquer Cut and Pressing credits derived from runout matrix. Runouts are stamped.
| A1 | All Day | ||
| A2 | Distant Saxophones | ||
| A3 | Rhapsody Spaniel | ||
| B1 | Experiences No.1 | ||
| B2 | Experiences No.2 | ||
| B3 | The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs | ||
| B4 | Forever And Sunsmell | ||
| B5 | In A Landscape |
- John Cage
- Composed By (A1 to A3)
- Jan Steele
- Composed By (B1 to B5)
- John Bonis
- Design [Uncredited]
- Guy Bidmead
- Engineer
- Rhett Davies
- Engineer
- Michael Nyman
- Liner Notes
- Brian Eno
- Producer
- E. E. Cummings
- Words By (B2, B4)
- James Joyce
- Words By (A1, B3)
