WIND HARP Song From The Hill PROMO Sound Sculpture STERLING Psych/Folk Drone 2LP

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This auction is for:
The WIND HARP
Song From The Hill
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.UNITED ARTISTS Records UAS 9963
Original 1972 issue • Stereo 2LP set
STERLING MASTER • Stamped PROMO issue
Original Custom INNER SLEEVES included

VINYL is VG+/EX
Clean, high gloss vinyl all 4 sides. A few light, mostly cosmetic, sleeve marks, faint scuffs -the 4 sides range from VG+ to EX. Labels are pristine all 4 sides, no spindle marks. - a bit of pressing flash still evident at nice tight center holes.
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COVER is VG+
Solid Gatefold cover completely intact with mild shelf wear. "PROMOTION USE ONLY NOT FOR SALE" blind-stamped into u.r. corner, promo clip on u.l. corner. Some minor wear to seams, no splits.

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NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG

1st PRESS, STERLING MASTERED PROMO issue
of this rare and highly sought ?Pioneering Vinyl Sound Sculpture!

STERLING stamped in Trail-off Wax both discs.

Original Custom Photos/Calligraphy/Info INNER SLEEVES included?.
No creases or splits, but repaired edge-tear on one inner sleeve (See PHOTO #7)

Recorded on The Hill using EV 365 and 650 microphones on an Ampex 351 laced with Scotch 206 tape and on a Nagra IV portable
Producer, Recorded, Composed By Harry Bee
Mixed and Edited at Aengus Studios, Fayeville, MA
Engineered by Bill Riseman and Bobby Henderson
Technical assistance from Bruce Patch and Bill Riseman
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC

TRACK LISTING:

Cycle One: Seasons A1 Beginnings 5:24 A2 Springsong 3:04 A3 Solstice/Summersong 10:01 B1 Turnings 6:00 B2 Harvest 4:31 B3 Winterwhite 8:52 B4 Circle's End 2:00
Cycle Two: Elements C1 Fire 9:03 C2 And Earth 12:01 D1 And Air And Water 21:14
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"like the Soundtrack of a Windy Alien Planet..."
Strangely psychedelic and pretty crazy in a serene sort of way.

From the artists:
"Sometimes she sounds like a ghost. Sometimes she sounds like a flying saucer. Mostly she sounds like everything singing ...far, far away."

Forgang - foraged, glacial-lakes approved jewel of deep 70's field-recording weirdness. A bunch of cultic flower children built this giant wind harp and stuck it on this hill up in New England and let nature basically take its course - with special muting damper devices used on select strings/sections at certain times for some very weird and mind-blowing chords and tone clusters.

"Breezes come through and weave among the strings. That's God's music, buddy, and knowing what a flair for the hook God has shown over the years -- not to mention being a consistent chart-topper -- United Artists Records were more than happy to tape his act with the Wind Harp and even release it as a two-record set. (I mean, hell, you gotta give God at least as much space as a live heavy metal band). Later his celestial musings on this by now probably somewhat rusty instrument were, as usual, appropriated by the Devil, turning up in the soundtrack for The Exorcist." ~Lester Bangs

Amazing and eerie drones and slide, bringing up the gap between experimental, experiential New Age and plain hardcore Avant-garde!

Fascinating and utterly unique otherworldly sounds

Discs kept in separate ANTI-STATIC inner sleeves to protect both the original inners and the vinyl.
Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve.
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