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Re: GG: Singles?
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