Christian Marclay Record Without A Cover LP - Super Rare 1st Pressing from 1985
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Christian Marclay Record Without A Cover LP - Super Rare 1st Pressing from 1985 This listing is for the super rare 1st Pressing of the Record Without a Cover album by artist Christian Marclay released in 1985 by Recycled Records and sold as an LP record with no cover or protective packaging, such that the damage from shipping, storing, and playing the record becomes a part of the work. This is a Vinyl Collectors MUST HAVE!!! It is soooo cool! Information: Christian Marclay recorded Record Without a Cover in New York City with a four-track machine. The album has only one untitled track, which opens with a ten-minute section of silence. During this period, the record contains audio artifacts from multiple vinyl records being played, a sound that gradually grows louder. Marclay then introduces drums and bells, which leads into samples including classical music, a tango, various sound effects, and "Caravan" by Duke Ellington. Toward the end of the record, the clicks and pops from the introduction interrupt the samples for two minutes. Record Without a Cover was sold without any packaging, such that the wear and tear on it gradually transformed the sound of each copy. The record's reverse side is printed with instructions not to "store in a protective package", which gradually becomes less legible as the record is played repeatedly. The record's transformation can be interpreted as a form of spontaneous composition, with each copy becoming a distinct performance. Marclay wanted to ensure that "you can't ignore the medium", and the evolving sound of the record blurs what he originally recorded with the way in which the record has physically changed. It has since become a collector's item, particularly among vinyl aficionados. Vinyl - Super Rare 1st Pressing. Cover - There is None...LOL. Label: Recycled Records Format: Vinyl, LP, Single Sided Country: US Released: 1985 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Musique Concrète, Avantgarde, Free Improvisation Notes: "Do not store in a protective package". Manipulated records on multiple turntables. Recorded on a 4-track at Plugg, New-York City, March 1985. Made possible with support from Hallwalls in Buffalo, N.Y. and by Catherine and Nicolas Ceresole. Special thanks to Steve Gallagher, Sokhi Wagner, Nina Fonoroff. Recycled Records, 304 East 5th Street, Suite 5B, New York, N.Y. 10003 The photos are of the LP you are buying. Free Shipping United States Only.
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