Henry Jacobs: Wide Weird World beatnik musique concrete

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Henry Jacobs: The Wide Weird World Of Shorty Petterstein - More Interviews Of Our Time


World Pacific WPM 412 USA 1958 LP Vinyl: nm-
Cover: vg- (top seam is about 2/3 split) Rare and rather insane specimen of 50s experimental beatnik musique concrete spoken word satire made by Berkeley DJ, poet, and sound artist Jacobs under his alter ego Shorty Petterstein. This album pretty much defies classification; try to imagine pre-psychedelic sound collages and electronic tape manipulation experiments, hilarious schizo self-interviews, and satirical stoned-out monologues on subjects like bebop jazz and the absurdity of 1950s America. Highly recommended artifact of proto-counterculture and obscure early electronic tape music.

Jacobs was an early electronic composer, pioneering radio artist/experimental DJ at Berkeley's legendary KPFA (home of Charles Amirkhanian), ethnic/folk music researcher, multimedia theater artist who organized the Vortex happenings with Jordan Belson (where he mixed early electronic music by composers like Toru Takemitsu, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Luciano Berio on a 40-speaker system), and satirist who worked with Lenny Bruce under various personas including Shorty Petterstein; he collaborated with Alan Watts and members of Harry Partch's ensemble, and as a poet was associated with the beat poetry movement (William S Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, etc.). References: Vladimir Ussachevsky, Otto Luening, John Cage, Tod Dockstader, Jon Appleton, Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Henry, Luc Ferrari, Christian Marclay, Bruce Haack, Jim Fassett, Raymond Scott... Check out my other auctions this week for more Henry Jacobs, avant garde, experimental, early electronic, electroacoustic, synthesizer, free improv, 20th century classical, microtonal, space-age pop, psych, weird spoken word, field recordings, and sound effects records. Shipping - US shipping is 4.20 for 1-2 single records by Media Mail, then 0.50 for each additional (Priority Mail, other expedited shipping options, and insurance are all available on request). International shipping for 1 12" lp to Western Europe/UK/Scandinavia is 8.00 surface or 13.00 air; to Japan/Taiwan/Australia is 8.00 surface or 14.50 air; to Canada by air is 7.00; other international destinations vary. 7" and 10" records will cost less; heavy box sets will cost more. Combine multiple items to save on shipping. Note: I can now offer international buyers the super-cheap M-Bag bulk mail rate for orders of 8 or more lps; to most destinations this starts at 21.50 for surface mail or 33.50 for air for up to 17 lps, a huge per-record savings over standard rates for smaller parcels! Feel free to email with any shipping questions. Payment - I prefer Paypal (which allows for fastest possible shipment) and also accept cash, money order (from US financial institutions only, including BidPay, US Postal, certified US bank check, etc., international bidders please take note!), and Western Union money transfer. If you are paying by Paypal and have won multiple items, please use a single Paypal payment. I will send an invoice email to all winners shortly after my auctions close, and another email after payment has been received to confirm item shipment. Packing - I pack professionally using new record mailers exclusively from Cameron Packaging (which I have determined are the best and most protective). For used lps, I remove the lp and inserts from the jacket, cover it in a layer of bubble wrap, and then reinforce it with a cardboard insert. All records are shipped with poly plastic sleeves. All packages are completely sealed with strong packing tape covering all openings. If you'd like your package done any differently, just let me know. Feel free to email me if you have any questions (need more info, want more pictures, etc.); you can use the 'ask seller a question' link above. My condition rating scale is -G+/-VG+/-EX+/-NM/M (only sealed records are M). Satisfaction guaranteed; if you have any problems with your order please contact me directly. Check out Ebay[track], my free realtime ebay auction tracker (currently in beta), which can refresh multiple auction statuses every second, alert you when bids are placed and when auctions end, let you place bids, and more. It's a useful tool for bidders, snipers, sellers, watchers... This item description is (c)opyright 2006 keymap records; please contact keymap records for permission before reproducing any text.