The Harry Partch Collection Volume 1

Packaged in a standard jewel case with a photo-illustrated 20-page booklet that includes credits, lyrics, notes, and release information. Tracks 1 to 11 recorded in 1950-51 in Gualala, California. Tracks 12 to 25 recorded in 1953 in Sausalito, California. Track 26 recorded in 1958 in Evanston, Illinois. Historic recordings supervised by the composer and first released on Gate 5 Records. Tracks 1-11 Recorded in 1950–51 in Gualala, California, by Harry Lindgren. First released on "Partch Compositions", a five-record 78 rpm set by Lauriston C. Marshall, Berkeley, California. Tracks 12-25 Recorded in 1953 in Sausalito, California, by Oscar Anderson. First released as "Harry Partch Trust Fund First Edition" in 1953. Tracks 14-17 ("Ring Around The Moon") are composed for Speaking Voice (on tones), Adapted Guitar II, Kithara, Harmonic Canon, Chromelodeon I, Chromelodeon Sub-bass, Cloud-Chamber Bowls and Marimba Eroica (one player), Diamond Marimba, Bass Marimba. Tracks 18-25 ("Even Wild Horses") are composed for Adapted Viola, Adapted Guitar III, Kithara, Harmonic Canon, Chromelodeon and Sub-bass, Diamond Marimba, Bass Marimba, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, 9/8 Marimba Eroica, wood block and cymbal, tenor saxophone and/or baritone voice. Text by Arthur Rimbaud, translated by Louise Varèse, from "A Season in Hell & The Drunken Boat", copyright © 1961 by New Directions Publishing Corp. Track 26 recorded in 1958 in Evanston, Illinois, by James Cunningham. First released on Gate 5 Records, Issue B, in 1962.