Langston Hughes:Rhythms OfThe World collage Folkways'55

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The Rhythms of the World narrated by Langston Hughes with documentary sounds



label & cat. no.:
Folkways FC 7340 pressed in:
USA date:
1955 format:
10" 33rpm condition:
Vinyl: vg+ (few minor scuffs and 1 tiny pressing imperfection bubble that does not noticeably affect play)
Cover: vg+ (1" split on bottom seam; light shelf wear on front; small tear on back) description:
This hard to find 10" is a very cool sound collage of spoken word and field recordings, based on Hughes' The First Book of Rhythms. The Harlem Renaissance poet muses about the subtle divide between noise and music and the degree to which rhythms permeate everyday life, using spliced-in sounds to demonstrate all of the various sources of rhythms in the world from nature (heart beats, footsteps, insects, weather, etc.) to machines (trains, clocks, electronic sounds, etc.) to tribal drumming to American folk and jazz - basically raiding the entire Folkways catalog for relevant sounds! Produced by Moses Asch, Mel Kaiser (who also did the Science Fiction Sound Effects lp), and Peter Bartok (Bela's son). Includes insert booklet. Yet another great and unique Folkways obscurity, this record borders on musique concrete and makes for a great DJ tool full of eclectic sound effects; it will be of interest to collectors of unique record objects and fans of field recorders and tape manipulators like Tony Schwartz (many of whose recordings are used on this record), John Cage, Jim Fassett, Luc Ferrari, and Pierre Schaeffer, turntablists and samplers like the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Christian Marclay, Negativland, Kid Koala, and DJ Shadow, and black artists and poets like Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka, Bessie Smith, W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Romare Bearden. Check out my other items for more avant garde/experimental, early electronic/electroacoustic, minimalism, sound effects/field recordings, 20th century classical, library music, and artist records. US Shipping - Media Mail is $5.00 for 1-2 single records, then $0.65 for each additional; Priority Mail is also available but pricing depends on zipcode (you can check eBay's calculated shipping price at the bottom of this page); other expedited shipping options and insurance are all available on request. Combine multiple items to save on shipping.
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