Live / Electric Music (180g LP)
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Steve Reich, born in 1936, is an American composer credited as on of the pioneers of minimal music, alongside contemporaries such as Philip Glass and La Monte Young. His innovations in exploring musical concepts have been a significant influence on contemporary music. Live/Electric Music, originally released on Columbia Records in 1968, is made up of two compositions – “Violin Phase,” composed in New York in October of 1967, and “It’s Gonna Rain,” composed in San Francisco in January of 1965. “Violin Phase,” found on Side A of the album, features violinist Paul Zukofsky. “It’s Gonna Rain,” found on Side B, is Reich's first tape piece and foundation of what he would build upon in future compositions.
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Tracklist
Side A
- Violin Phase
Side B
- It's Gonna Rain
Features
• Limited edition 50th anniversary reissue of Steve Reich's first album for Columbia Masterworks
• Cut from the original analog tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
• 180-gram LP plated and pressed at RTI
• Housed in a Stoughton old style tip-on jacket with watercolor cover by William T. Wiley
• Never before reissued in any format - unavailable since it's original release in 1968