LAURIE ANDERSON - BIG SCIENCE - 2021 SEALED LTD EDITION RED COLORED VINYL RECORD

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 Laurie Anderson – Big Science - NEW/SEALED - LIMITED EDITION RED COLORED VINYL!

Label:

Nonesuch – 075597918069

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Red Opaque

Country:

USA & Europe

Released:

2021

Genre:

Electronic, Rock, Pop

Style:

Art Rock, Experimental, New Age

    Laurie Anderson’s 1982 debut album,Big Science, will return to vinyl for the first time in thirty years with a new red vinyl edition due April 9 on Nonesuch Records. The vinyl includes the re-mastered original album first released on CD for the 25th anniversary of Big Science on Nonesuch in 2007.In the early 1980s, Laurie Anderson was already respected as a conceptual artist and composer, adept at employing gear both high-tech and homemade in her often violin-based pieces, and she was a familiar figure in the cross-pollinating, Lower Manhattan music-visual art-performance circles from which Philip Glass and David Byrne also emerged.While working on her now-legendary seven-hour performance art/theater piece United States, Part I–IV, which premiered over two nights at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in 1983, she cut the spare “O Superman (For Massenet)," an electronic-age update of nineteenth century French operatic composer Jules Massenet’s aria “O Souverain,” for the tiny New York City indie label 110 Records. In the UK, DJ John Peel picked up a copy of this very limited-edition 33⅓ RPM 7” and spun the eight-minute-plus track on BBC Radio 1. The exposure resulted in an unlikely number two hit, lots of attention in the American press, and a worldwide deal with Warner Bros. Records.

Tracklist

A1

From The Air

Alto Saxophone – Bill Obrecht

Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Peter Gordon

Drums – David Van Tieghem

Pedalboard [Farfisa Bass] – Roma Baran

Vocals, Vocoder, Organ [Farfisa] – Laurie Anderson

Alto Saxophone – Bill Obrecht

Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Peter Gordon

Drums – David Van Tieghem

Pedalboard [Farfisa Bass] – Roma Baran

Vocals, Vocoder, Organ [Farfisa] – Laurie Anderson

4:33

A2

Big Science

Glass Harmonica – Roma Baran

Percussion [Bottles] – Perry Hoberman

Percussion [Sticks] – Anderson*, Hoberman*, Baran*

Rototoms, Timpani [Tympani] – David Van Tieghem

Vocals, Synthesizer [OBXa], Percussion, Electronics – Laurie Anderson

Glass Harmonica – Roma Baran

Percussion [Bottles] – Perry Hoberman

Percussion [Sticks] – Anderson*, Hoberman*, Baran*

Rototoms, Timpani [Tympani] – David Van Tieghem

Vocals, Synthesizer [OBXa], Percussion, Electronics – Laurie Anderson

6:12

A3

Sweaters

Bagpipes – Rufus Harley

Drums – David Van Tieghem

Vocals, Violin [Violins] – Laurie Anderson

Bagpipes – Rufus Harley

Drums – David Van Tieghem

Vocals, Violin [Violins] – Laurie Anderson

2:24

A4

Walking & Falling

Vocals, Electronics – Laurie Anderson

Vocals, Electronics – Laurie Anderson

2:13

A5

Born, Never Asked

Handclaps – Anderson*, Hoberman*, Baran*

Marimba – David Van Tieghem

Vocals, Violin [Violins], Keyboards – Laurie Anderson

Handclaps – Anderson*, Hoberman*, Baran*

Marimba – David Van Tieghem

Vocals, Violin [Violins], Keyboards – Laurie Anderson

4:57

B1

O Superman (For Massenet)

Flute, Saxophone – Perry Hoberman

Mastered By – Bill Kipper, Bob Ludwig

Organ [Farfisa], Keyboards [Casio], Engineer – Roma Baran

Vocals, Vocoder, Electronics – Laurie Anderson

Flute, Saxophone – Perry Hoberman

Mastered By – Bill Kipper, Bob Ludwig

Organ [Farfisa], Keyboards [Casio], Engineer – Roma Baran

Vocals, Vocoder, Electronics – Laurie Anderson

8:25

B2

Example #22

Accordion – Roma Baran

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Chuck Fisher

Backing Vocals – Ungar*

Clarinet [B♭ & E♭], Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Baritone Saxophone – Richard Cohen

Flute, Piccolo Flute, Backing Vocals – Perry Hoberman

Percussion, Drums – David Van Tieghem

Vocals, Violin, Organ [Farfisa] – Laurie Anderson

Whistling – Anderson*, Baran*

Accordion – Roma Baran

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Chuck Fisher

Backing Vocals – Ungar*

Clarinet [B♭ & E♭], Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Baritone Saxophone – Richard Cohen

Flute, Piccolo Flute, Backing Vocals – Perry Hoberman

Percussion, Drums – David Van Tieghem

Vocals, Violin, Organ [Farfisa] – Laurie Anderson

Whistling – Anderson*, Baran*

3:00

Let X=X / It Tango

(6:57)

Level Up

B3a

Let X=X

Handclaps – Anderson*, Hoberman*, Baran*

Rototoms – David Van Tieghem

Trombone – George Lewis

Vocals, Vocoder, Organ [Farfisa], Synthesizer [OBXa], Marimba – Laurie Anderson

Handclaps – Anderson*, Hoberman*, Baran*

Rototoms – David Van Tieghem

Trombone – George Lewis

Vocals, Vocoder, Organ [Farfisa], Synthesizer [OBXa], Marimba – Laurie Anderson

Level Up

B3b

It Tango

Handclaps – Anderson*, Hoberman*, Baran*

Rototoms – David Van Tieghem

Vocals, Synthesizer [OBXa], Organ [Farfisa], Marimba – Laurie Anderson

Handclaps – Anderson*, Hoberman*, Baran*

Rototoms – David Van Tieghem

Vocals, Synthesizer [OBXa], Organ [Farfisa], Marimba – Laurie Anderson

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – The Lobby
• Mixed At – The Hit Factory
• Recorded At – Skyline Studios
• Recorded At – Sorcerer Sound
• Lacquer Cut at – Sterling Sound
• Pressed By – Record Industry – 30991
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Nonesuch Records Inc.
• Copyright © – Nonesuch Records Inc.

Credits

• Art Direction – Perry Hoberman
• Artwork [Cover] – Laurie Anderson
• Design – Cindy Brown (3)
• Engineer – Leanne Ungar
• Engineer [Assistant, Skyline Studios] – Arthur Payson
• Engineer [Assistant, Sorcerer Sound] – Al Fierstein*
• Engineer [Assistant, The Hit Factory] – Bob Musso*
• Lacquer Cut By – JN-H*
• Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
• Mixed By [Assistant, The Hit Factory] – Jon Smith (3)
• Photography By [Back Cover] – James Hamilton (5)
• Photography By [Front Cover] – Greg Shifrin
• Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Laurie Anderson
• Producer – Laurie Anderson, Roma Baran
• Producer [Assistant] – Perry Hoberman
• Remastered By – Greg Calbi
• Technician [Technical Consultant & Systems Design] – Bob Bielecki
• Words By, Music By – Laurie Anderson

Notes

Includes lyric sheet insert.

Track times taken from record labels. 

Remastered 2007 at Sterling Sound by Greg Calbi.

Songs from "United States I-IV"

Recorded at The Lobby, New York City.

Mixed at The Hit Factory, New York City.

Additional tracks recorded at The Hit Factory, Skyline Studios and Sorcerer Sound.

Special thanks to Patty Anderson, Lester Bangs, Robert Coe, Anton Fier, Charles Holland, Geraldine Pontius, Greg Shifrin and Gail Turner.

B1 mixed at The Lobby; for Massenet; originally released on One Ten Records.

B2 special thanks to Paranormals Medeline Vester, Gerhard Rozhek, Coretta Atteroc, Shelley Karson.

B3 original version appeared in ArtForum February 1982.

℗ 2007 & © 2021 Nonesuch Records inc. Made in the Netherlands.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanned): 075597918069