Re: GG: Singles?

[Bradley P Lehman <bpl@umich.edu>]

On Tue, 18 May 1999 PROMONDE@aol.com wrote:

> What if you had to make an album of "Singles" as played by Glenn Gould? It 
> could be designed and edited any way you like as long as the source material 
> was by GG and nothing lasted longer than   2: 30 -3:00 , just like 
> traditional 45's. 
(...)
> It would be like "re-composing with found recordings" or dropping all
> the sheet music on the floor and playing it in "1-2-3 Pickup" handful
> order.

This is reminiscent of the CD "Apollo 18" by They Might Be Giants.  This
disc is designed explicitly for shuffle play.  Some of the songs are only
a few seconds long, and the effect is amusing when these come up in random
order.

Bradley Lehman ~ http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/ 
Harrisonburg VA, USA ~ 38.45N+78.94W