IOWA EAR MUSIC - Improv Free Jazz Psych Private Moog 1st Pressing Near Mint Rare
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IOWA EAR MUSIC s/t LP Corn Pride PRIVATE 70s Free IMPROV Electronic PSYCH NM - rare First Pressing with blank cover - 1976
Various : Iowa Ear Music LP (Corn Pride! [USA]) 1976
Record is stunning Near Mint. Jacket has a blank cover with tape where the cover sheet was. The original cover sheet is included - it has wear and ripped corners but it fully readable. See pics. It explains that this is the first edition of Iowa Ear Music and goes on to elaborate on their concepts for a do it yourself record cover. The jacket is in very good condition with wear on upper left corner. Please see pics.
Amazing copy of this first edition (1976, Cornpride Records) of this classic avant electronics/improv LP, recorded at the University of Iowa between 1967 and 1976, by various combinations of: Jon English, Tom Wilcox, Pat Purswell, Grace Bell, Mark Solomon, Linda Dillon, Mikl Brawner, Michael Lytle, Charles West, John Monick, Don Edelbrock, Kent Cohea, Larry Easter, Will Parsons, Bruce Irwin, William Hibbard, Carolyn Berdahl, Eric Jensen, Jon English, Paul Berner, John Wilmeth, Dan Roach, Motter Forman, Patrick Hazell, Lynn Willard, Eric Roalson, Peter Lewis, John Lake, Gary Gray, Michael Meyers, Steve Schick, Rich McCandless, Dennis Loftin, and Candace Natvig. .
This LP, received the following 5-star review in Downbeat Magazine in 1977:
The hub in Iowa City around which most experimental music swirls is the adventurous music department of the University of Iowa. A Center for New Music (directed by Bill Hibbard and Richard Hervig), a sophisticated Electronic Music Studio (set up by Peter Lewis), a vigorous jazz program (nurtured by Tom Davis and Jon English) and an impressive new multi-million dollar plant are the outward signs of life. More important however is the open searching attitude of both students and faculty. As Corn Pride amateur Will Parsons says, "'Iowa Ear Music' means we heard about music and thought we should try some." In documenting their efforts, the album reveals the extraordinary range and depth of the Iowans' omni-directional musical quests.
The music itself was recorded in various formal and informal settings between 1967 and 1976. Derived from several procedures (free collective improvisation, synthesizer generation and tape manipulation), each side is a pulsating collage of contrasting and complementary music events.
The noteworthy aspects are many. There are fine individual efforts, such as those by bassist/trombonist Jon English, percussionist Parsons, violist Bill Hibbard and vocalist Candace Natvig. There is also the fresh synthesizer work of Peter Lewis and Michael Lytle. And, there are the four years of painstaking editing and trial mixes made by Parsons (and Lytle). Most significant, however, is the Iowans' indomitable spirit of exploration and free-flowing imagination. - Chuck Berg, Downbeat Magazine
I listened to it and found it to be the best free jazz/experimental music I've ever heard.
Questions? Let me know.
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