La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela "The Black Album" 1969 Vinyl Phonograph LP Edition X Numbered copy 2441 of 2800
This album, without a doubt, has one of the most beautiful cover I have ever seen.Photos really can't show its beutiful glossy cover, hand-numbered in the back, this is copy 2441 of a 2800 total It is an ORIGINAL 1969 LA MONTE YOUNG ALBUM FROM WEST GERMANY, Published by Heiner Friedrich, this album features Marian Zazeela in addition to La Monte Young
Side one is 31 VII 69 10:26-10:49 AM (20')
Side two is 23 VIII 64 2:50:45-3:11 AM The Volga Delta (20'15")
Side 2 can be played at any speed, according to the notes from Mr. Young.
From a Wire article ISSUE 178, December 1998
"Young and Zazeela recorded their first full length album 20 years earlier in Munich for Heiner Friedrich's Edition X label. It was Friedrich who later found the couple's Dream House in Harrison Street, New York. A limited edition of 2000, 98 of which were signed and dated by the artists, it came to be known as The Black Record, thanks to Zazeela's black on black cover and label artwork. Side one is a section of Map Of 49's Dream, performed by Young on sinewave drone and voice, with vocal accompaniment by Zazeela. Side two's extract from Study For The Bowed Disc features the duo bowing a gong given to them by sculptor Robert Morris. He had made it for his dance piece, War, and asked Young to play it for the performance. Afterwards Morris presented the gong to Young, and he started to experiment on it with double bass bows. If you follow Young's recommendation to turn it up and play it slow, the resulting low, thrilling drone is at once spiritual and slightly threatening, as though dark forces are being summoned to the surface. Long before Keiji Haino adopted black to shroud himself and his work, Marian Zazeela was embedding her calligraphic lettering and designs in purple and black. The point is to focus on her artwork while concentrating on the vocal/sinewave drones of Young's dream music." Cover:EX,Jacket is glossy with no split seams and minor wear, please see pictures Record: Mint- Info:Please see above Condition Cover EX,Jacket is glossy with no split seams and minor wear, please see pictures Record Mint- Please see my other auctions for more rare Lps Visita le mie altre aste per altri rari LP Grading and Info Grading e Condizioni di Vendita All my records are strictly graded following Record Collector Standard Grading. I don't usually use MINT unless the record is sealed and the cover is perfect.All the records are graded under a 100W lamp. If a record has any visual defect I usually listen to it before the auction and you'll find a description in the section above. I'm not a "professional seller" but I've been collecting records for almost twenty years and I know what it means to receive a record in worse condition than it was described.I have been selling ( and buying....)rare records on Ebay for eight years now and all the buyers have always been very happy at the end of the transaction. That is why I offer FULL REFOUND (including shipping cost) if you are not satisfied with the record you bought. Le condizioni di tutti i dischi messi in asta sono valutate seguendo gli standard della rivista Record Collector. Di solito non uso il MINT a meno che il disco sia sigillato e la copertina perfetta. Gli standard di Goldmine sono molto diversi da quelli italiani medi, quindi se descrivo un disco come VG+(Very Good Plus) significa che il disco è in ottime condizioni (per la maggior parte degli altri collezionisti sarebbe un MINT) e non da buttare. Se il disco presenta dei difetti di solito lo ascolto prima dell'asta e potete trovare la descrizione nella sezione di sopra. Non sono un venditore professionista ma sono un collezionista da quasi vent'anni e so cosa significa vedersi arrivare un disco in condizioni peggiori di quanto fosse stato detto. Vendo (e compro....) dischi su Ebay da quasi otto anni e chiunque abbia comprato da me non ha mai avuto problemi. Per questo motivo offro il RIMBORSO COMPLETO (incluse le spese di spedizione), qualora il disco non corrispondesse in tutto e per tutto alla descrizione fatta in quest'asta Shipping Spedizione

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Please read carefully. In the grading for the cover I stated it didn't have any splitting on the spine , but when I took some more pictures I noticed that the spine has some wear and a beginning of splitting in the middle part, so a more appropriate grading for the cover is VG+. I added some hi-res pictures of the cover at this web page http://homepage.mac.com/ilpupone/PhotoAlbum10.html . If you made an offer and you are not interested in the record anymore, please let me now and I will cancel it. Thanks