Die Todliche Doris - Chore & Soli 1983
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Feb 27, 2023 Sold Date
Feb 20, 2023 Start Date
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Here is one of the weirdest releases from the 1980s German new wave/industrial scene.
The group Die Todliche Doris released this in 1983 as an edition of 1,000 copies.  Is that "2" with the picture on the cover the number of the copy?   Who knows.
It is a set of 8 colored plastic discs with recording on both sides - so 16 "tunes" total.  The discs are 59mm in diameter and are played on a special battery powered player that uses a direct "needle-to-cone" method.  Disc spin powered by a C-size battery.
Motor tested and running.  Disc play back is a little finicky.  There are two adjustment dials inside.  Maybe one for speed?  The other for ??  Maybe those adjustments are covered in the booklet, if you read german.    It sounds like it is playing too slow.  It plays now but no guarantee.  Sold as is.
Also includes a booklet, in German.  30 numbered pages 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches.  24 black and white photos.  Booklet has a small 1/4 inch tear in the back cover.
Die Todliche Doris was Wolfgang Muller, Nikolaus Vermoehlen, Kathe Kruse, and Tabea Blumenschein.
Per Wikipedia: Because it is not possible to re-enact this concept of a further LP, now the band begin to deConstruct the medium "vinyl-record" itself. With their following project, Die Tödliche Doris and her head, the philosopher and artist Wolfgang Müller broke the convention of a normal record-producing. Called, Chöre & Soli (1983–84), it looked like a five-vinyl-LP box, but contained eight small doll-records, a doll-record player with battery and a booklet. The songs lasted just 20 seconds and were of poor quality. This box is one of the most searched-for items among record collectors today. The plan of the band was that no reviewers would compare the music from their first LP with the second: "We want to become the most independent band of all independent bands–even independent from a usual record player," Wolfgang Müller said in an interview: "But also independent from music-reviews and critics, which want to put you in her sound- and identity-system."
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Box has some wear and scuffs, as pictured.
The original battery has leaked but not inside the player.
Shipping weight is 2 lbs.  Default shipping is USPS Large Flat Rate priority box.




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