BASIL KIRCHIN Worlds Within Worlds LP/1971 UK/Evan Parker/Derek Bailey/RSD 2019

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BASIL KIRCHIN 'Worlds Within Worlds' LP (UK, Trunk Records, Catalogue #JBH080LP) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2019 Trunk Records label LP edition (released for year 2019 RSD/Record Store Day) of legendary and stupendously rare Musique Concrete/Free Improvisation hybrid masterpiece album from 1971 by legendary UK musician/composer/sound sculptor Basil Kirchin (featuring Evan Parker and Derek Bailey.) Originally released in 1971 in the UK on the Columbia label. For fans of Tod Dockstader and the dark, early era recordings of Nurse With Wound (this LP, appropriate enough, was featured on the legendary and highly-influential "Nurse With Wound list.")

(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION OF 1500 COPIES ONLY! MOST LIKELY THE BLACK VINYL EDITION OF 1200 BUT ALSO COULD POSSIBLY BE THE GOLD VINYL EDITION OF 300.)

Worlds Within Worlds: Part I And II is one of the most important experimental and improvised jazz-based recordings of all time. Released in 1971 it sold just a handful of copies, but has become a keystone in the development of ambient sounds; originals now fetch £1000+. This is the first time this exceptional, unique, and highly desirable record has been repressed. Originally conceived whilst walking round the docklands in Hull, Basil Kirchin felt that the futuristic music he had often imagined could actually be made. Only in 1969 and with the help of an arts grant could he afford the vital equipment he needed: a Nagra tape machine and Sennheiser directional microphone. Armed with these tools he set about recording landscapes, people, places, machines, animals, birds, bees, the zoo, and the autistic children from Schurmatt in Switzerland. He then took these recordings, edited them and then began the process of slowing them down to reveal the "little boulders of sound" hidden deep within the recordings. Kirchin built up layers of noise, symphonies of slowness, and then encouraged his jazz associates including Derek Bailey and Evan Parker to improvise along. The result was WWW, and nothing quite like it had been made or heard before. Today it offers listeners a mesmerizing sonic experience that remains years ahead of its time. This first ever repress features a new gatefold sleeve (Kirchin hated the original sleeve), with images of Kirchin, his original field recording tapes, and notes by WWW fan Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth). Edition of 1500 with 300 on gold vinyl; the LPs will be mixed randomly -- there will be no way of telling which color is which as all LPs will be sealed. Personnel: Basil Kirchin, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Claire Deniz, Graham Lyons, Daryl Runswick, Frank Ricotti.

- RSD 2019 release. Worlds Within Worlds: Part I And II is one of the most important experimental and improvised jazz-based recordings of all time.
- Released in 1971, for WWW, Kirchin slowed down his own field recordings, creating layers of noise, symphonies of slowness, and then encouraged his jazz associates including Derek Bailey and Evan Parker to improvise along.
- A keystone in the development of ambient sounds.
- New full color, gatefold sleeve.
- Includes new sleeve notes by Kirchin collector, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth).

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

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