CRI Harry Partch Series

Hello tune-smiths!

I returned home from a two-week jaunt to find a neat package amongst my
mail: the 4 CD set of Harry Partch recordings from CRI! I did a quick scan
of the tuning list digests that came in the email while I've been gone and
didn't see mention of it (sorry if I missed it), so here it is -- point
your browser at:

http://www.composersrecordings.com/partch.html

to see a listing of the tracks and order online if you like.

It is hard to believe that after so many years of one or two recordings in
the bins, in almost one fell swoop (and counting the releases available
from Philip Blackburn's "Enclosures" series) virtually all of Partch's
recorded output (which means mostly everything he composed) is now at our
disposal for listening (and viewing, in the "Enclosures" videos). And I'm
not excited just because I did the analog-to-digital tape transfers for CRI...

In any event, it's a pretty singular year for the amount of material
released, so let's enjoy the bounty. He didn't just write "Genesis of a
Music".

Nope -- lot's more than that.

Have fun!
Cheers,
Jon
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Jonathan M. Szanto : "Hell, I haven't hit my thumb in 30 years!!"
jszanto@adnc.com : - Harry Partch
Corporeal Meadows : http://www.adnc.com/web/jszanto/welcome.html
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From: Carl Lumma
Subject: On the March for Partch
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Gee folks, I dunno: am I coming off like a pimp on this? :)

>Mr. Szanto writes....

Carl's first error: "Mr. Szanto" is my dad (even in my mid-40's!) -- I'm
just plain Jon...

>I've got all 4 of the CRI's, and they sound fantastic! Congrats on the A->D
>transfers! Thanks a bunch! I hope you get royalties, as CRI says they're
>selling like hot cakes!

Sincere thanks for the kind comments. I did the best I could on the A->D,
but I will say that the sonic nature of some of those very old tapes amazed
me when I listened to them the first time. The physical nature was a
different matter (old splices breaking left and right). A lot of people
have asked me about the project, and in a short while I'll have an article
on the web site about what putting together all that material entailed.

For the obsessed only, of course.

>No Delusion of the Fury, tho? CRI don't have it, and I don't remember
>seeing an enclosure for it.

Well, there are still rumors that Sony, who inherited the Columbia archives
(read: bought them out) intends on re-issuing it. If the CRI sell well
and/or get a lot of notice they'll probably smell $$$. In any event, they
own the master, not the Harry Partch Foundation, one of the only times that
happened to Partch.

BUT.......... On Enclosure Four, Philip Blackburn has released the film
that Madeline Tourtelot did of the "Delusion" production in LA. Sonically
it can't remotely compare with the recording, but on the other hand you can
see to what extent HP wanted musicians to get involved in a piece in the
film. Well worth getting, even if you have to convince friends and split
the cost or something.

If Sony is listening: get off your butts or I'll bootleg the thing...

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On other notes:

1. I have replied to Dan Wolf about the Erickson stroke rods.
2. I just came across info that Kraig Grady will be performing in LA at a
percussion convention (on their "Music Research [read: wacko] Day") next
Wednesday. It may not be public, but if anyone is interested I'll track
down the info and post back to the list.

OK, I've got to go put on my SuperFly coat and sell some CDs on the street
corner...

Cheers,
Jon
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Jonathan M. Szanto : "Hell, I haven't hit my thumb in 30 years!!"
jszanto@adnc.com : - Harry Partch
Corporeal Meadows : http://www.adnc.com/web/jszanto/welcome.html
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