The Topography Of The Lungs-Evan Parker,Derek Bailey,Han Bennink-Incus1 FreeJazz
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Up for auction: The Topography Of The Lungs-Evan Parker,Derek Bailey,Han Bennink, on the rare label Incus.....Lp is in VG++, Cover in VG+/VG++.............Along with the Spontaneous Music Ensemble's Karyobin and Tony Oxley's 4 Compositions for Sextet, The Topography of the Lungs is one of the landmark early albums of English free improvisation (despite the presence of Dutch percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Han Bennink), featuring guitarist Derek Bailey and saxophonist Evan Parker in positively coruscating form. This album launched the legendary Incus label in style, and original copies still contain the photocopied typewritten letter announcing the label's manifesto: "The bulk of the revenue from any Incus recording will go directly to the musicians....Once the basic cost of each record is recovered, thus providing the finance for the next, the vast bulk of all income will be paid in royalties to the artists. Incus has no intention of making profits in the conventional sense." (Back in Holland, Bennink had adopted a similar strategy for the ICP label he co-founded with saxophonist Willem Breuker and pianist Misha Mengelberg.) The same sense of commitment is to be found throughout the album, whose ultra-concentrated force marked a clear boundary line between the emerging European free music and its immediate precursor, American free jazz. Despite the music's furious energy -- verging at times on the downright violent, thanks in no small part to the irrepressible Bennink -- proceedings do not lack a sense of humor. Nor does the record's back cover, an almost Monty Pythonesque collage of pages from an old encyclopedia interspersed with brief, enigmatic phrases like "Frederick Rzewski writes about free improvisation and makes sense" and "If you like to draw or paint, this booklet could help change your life." If the booklet doesn't manage it, the music on the album certainly will. ......WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE 80 MIN FROM SACRAMENTO, IF YOUR IN THE AREA STOP BY WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF LP'S, CD'S, POSTERS, BOOKS AND MORE. I will be listing some Rare, Lp's this week, a lot of Garage/Punk and Psych...so keep on checking back......Please dont' forget to leave 5 stars or email ME WITH ANYTHING :) I will fix your order! Please visit our Ebay store House Of Rare Labels for hundreds of great items! U.S. shipping rates(excluding box sets and lots): USPS Priority Mail - $9.50 + $2.00 for each additional auction won USPS Media Mail - $2.95. International $16.00
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