Ruth White:7 Trumps Tarot Cards electronic Limelight SS

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Ruth White: 7 Trumps from the Tarot Cards (196? for electronic sound); Pinions (1968 for electronic sound)

Limelight LS-86058 USA 196? LP Vinyl: (sealed)
Cover: nm- (sealed, minor corner dents) Impossible to find still-sealed copy of this album containing 2 great early electronic works made in White's private studio using a Moog Synthesizer, variable speed tape recorders, oscillators, modulators, electronic organ, electronic clavichord, piano, harpsichord, and reveberation devices. Pinions was made for a dance piece by choreographer Eugene Loring. In the notes, White offers her strange psychedelic vision of the inevitable electronically enhanced future these pieces are meant to invoke: "We will see new sights and old treasures as if they actually existed in real dimension via holography. We will hear music that travels and sound illusions that shrink and expand space. Rooms will be covered with skins of liquid crystals and electrical circuits. Electric couches will shock and move, and ceilings will rotate. We may be evolving toward art or sensations to be absorbed in a comatose state..." This rare lp was issued by the Limelight electronic-psych-jazz label known for their releases of Pierre Henry, Dick Raaijmakers, Tom Dissevelt, Electrosoniks, Mecki Mark Men, Fifty Foot Hose, Bengt Hambraeus, Henk Badings, Beaver & Krause, Roland Kirk, Paul Bley, Electronic Concept Orchestra, Melvin Jackson, etc.

White was an American early electronic composer with her own private studio who released several experimental and pop electronic records in the 1960s and also made many children's educational recordings; she was among the first women to experiment with electronic composition, along with Pauline Oliveros, Bebe Baron, Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, and Pril Smiley. This work compares to Morton Subotnick, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Douglas Leedy, Mort Garson, Bruce Haack, Michel Philippot, Philippe Arthuys, Francois Bernard Mache, Francois Bayle, Bernard Parmegiani, Tod Dockstader, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Otto Luening... Check out my other auctions this week for more White, avant garde/experimental, early electronic/electroacoustic, free jazz/improv, 20th century classical, psych, minimalist, spoken word, sound effects/field recordings, and artist records. Shipping - US shipping is 4.20 for 1-2 single records by Media Mail, then 0.50 for each additional (Priority Mail, other expedited shipping options, and insurance are all available on request). International shipping for 1 12" lp to Western Europe/UK/Scandinavia is 8.00 surface or 13.00 air; to Japan/Taiwan/Australia is 8.00 surface or 14.50 air; to Canada by air is 7.00; other international destinations vary. 7" and 10" records will cost less; heavy box sets will cost more. Combine multiple items to save on shipping. Note: I can now offer international buyers the super-cheap M-Bag bulk mail rate for orders of 8 or more lps; to most destinations this starts at 21.50 for surface mail or 33.50 for air for up to 17 lps, a huge per-record savings over standard rates for smaller parcels! Feel free to email with any shipping questions. Payment - I prefer Paypal (which allows for fastest possible shipment) and also accept cash, money order (from US financial institutions only, including BidPay, US Postal, certified US bank check, etc., international bidders please take note!), and Western Union money transfer. If you are paying by Paypal and have won multiple items, please use a single Paypal payment. I will send an invoice email to all winners shortly after my auctions close, and another email after payment has been received to confirm item shipment. Packing - I pack professionally and with the utmost care drawn from years of experience trading vinyl internationally. I use new record mailers from Cameron Packaging (which I have determined are the best and most protective) reinforced with cardboard inserts and bubble wrap padding. All records are shipped with poly plastic sleeves. All packages are completely sealed with strong packing tape covering all openings. If you'd like your package done any differently, just let me know. Feel free to email me if you have any questions (need more info, want more pictures, etc.); you can use the 'ask seller a question' link above. My condition rating scale is -G+/-VG+/-EX+/-NM/M (only sealed records are M). Satisfaction guaranteed; if you have any problems with your order please contact me directly. Check out Ebay[track], my free realtime ebay auction tracker (currently in beta), which can refresh multiple auction statuses every second, alert you when bids are placed and when auctions end, let you place bids, and more. It's a useful tool for bidders, snipers, sellers, watchers... This item description is (c)opyright 2006 keymap records; please contact keymap records for permission before reproducing any text.