la monte young

perfectionism iirc

I mean, from a sound quality perspective, I get it - vinyl blows. But from a getting-your-art-in-people's-hands/ears angle, he's fucking it all up.

I think he also sees himself as part of the 'art world' as much as the 'music world' and so believes his CDs/albums should be treated as 'art objects' - and priced accordingly. He's therefore always resisted overtures from record labels that want to issue his music as 'ordinary' albums for sale at 'ordinary' prices.

The cynical view is that so long as his music remains elusive and legendary, it will maintain a holy grail status that would evaporate, along w/ his exalted reputation, as soon as it becomes widely available. Having of course acquired most of his music from illegal sources, I don't share this view, and genuinely believe that a properly organised and promoted reissue program would only enhance his reputation.

But the simple truth is probably that he is a deeply deeply eccentric figure who operates on a different plain from us mere mortals - and that he can do whatever the fuck he wants to do.

Dead? No? OK, can't be too careful these days.

Twelve days left to "listen again" to TWTP on the BBC.

impressive that a dude who's been high for like 60 years can be so business minded!

Thought this was what hippies were like.

So what's the story with TWTP being available on the BBC. Thought Young could stop it all.

i uploaded 'tamburas of pandit pran nath' to youtube and it got taken down based on LMY's request. honestly just wanted people to hear it...

Er, yeah, I don't think a guy who's committed to a 33 hour sleep wake pattern gives a shit about what makes business sense.

Thought this was what hippies were like.

Never trust etc etc.

what the hell is going on here, now it is back on?

http://aguirrecords.com/Shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=441

http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10781:la-monte-young-a-marian-zazeela-qdream-house-7817qq&catid=13:albums-and-singles&Itemid=133

That one was never in doubt aiui, it was the Pure Pleasure ones that were nixed. As Ward noted upthread, Aguirre have the rights to 'Dream House'.

damn like $40 shipped. pricing to do the mela foundation proud.

xp thanks, that makes much more sense

and almost 40 minutes of music on each side of vinyl?

this needs to be on CD tho

agreed

Tyler, yes:

For the maximum fidelity on Side 2, reduce the treble controls on your pre-amplifier to minimum. Since the sine waves have no harmonic content, and all are below 202.5 Hertz, this will reduce the surface noise which is normal on most discs. Note: Be sure to keep the treble controls normal on Side 1.

from Discogs review:

With each side being so long the fidelity was never going to be good on this record. Shandar pressings were a bit dodgy at the best of times. It doesn't really bother me but if you're a hi-fi nut or a cd fan craving absolute purity then don't get this record.

iow Whiney OTM

It comes with a download code - someone should buy it and if there's a WAV option available, slap together a bootleg CD version and sell it for like $5.

oh that's cool! I think I have this pre-ordered through Wall Of Sound, need to double check.

Of course, the download code could just get you needle-drop MP3s, which would be one of the grand and glorious perverse gestures of all time.

or download code could be 128kbps mp3s. just ordered this but also have a sneaking suspicion i pre-orderd this somewhere too.

Has anybody seen/received a copy of the Aguirre reissue yet? Their website says that the release date was 24th Feb, but that the album is now out of stock (the simultaneous Reich reissue is still in stock) - I reserved a copy at my LRS, but they've not contacted me about it yet. Hmmm...

yes, my copy arrived yesterday.

TY, good to know it actually exists...

Heh, Monorail just rang me to say my copy has arrived.

just got an email from FE confirming my order :)

(I double bought this sucker from both FE and Wall Of Sound, would rather have two copies than zero)

No wonder it's sold out at source :-)

a thousand wasn't enough, for sure

The Well-Tuned Piano has been reissued on DVD. $89 for the standard edition (admittedly, it comes with a 52-page booklet); $307 for a signed copy.

http://www.melafoundation.org/store.html

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DifeWj8VQAAiedv.jpg

!!!

hey, so, they (La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela) need some money to keep the dreamhouse open. and the NYC arts community seems useless.

https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/save-the-dream-house-keep-our-dream-alive/melafoundationincdreamhouse?utm_campaign=ocdonate&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=crowdrise&fbclid=IwAR2hA8LF6DemHCSsHy89tjsS5kIWc2EX2sXVedPEQgWxazr9qaK2_dXJz9w

Oh wow---how are any of those other CDs and DVDs?

hey la monte, here's an idea, RELEASE THE FUCKING DREAM SYNDICATE TAPES. YOU'D PROBABLY BE GOOD

do u seriously think an artist could net $150K from *any* reissue campaign. sheesh. just donate or share.

why not both

A reissue campaign could raise decent money. I sold my Well-Tuned Piano box for $600 back in 2011. There’s so much that isn’t available.

xp lol sorry, yes both

How does that place not have a major grant by this point? I donated but it feels like some serious mismanagement that they aren't more stable.

https://www.discogs.com/La-Monte-Young-Draw-A-Straight-Line-And-Follow-It/release/6290435
https://www.discogs.com/La-Monte-Young-Draw-A-Straight-Line-And-Follow-It-II/release/9812249
https://www.discogs.com/La-Monte-Young-Draw-A-Straight-Line-And-Follow-It-III/release/14667006
https://www.discogs.com/La-Monte-Young-Draw-A-Straight-Line-Follow-It-IV/release/14667041

YSI?

you're telling me. on the lookout.

I only recognize about three quarters of this. sequencing is wildly arbitrary but I can see the logic / listenability to it. I would have preferred putting all the Theatre of Eternal Music stuff on one volume rather than distributing it evenly across them all, it does kind of reenforce Young's claims of authorship doing it this way but that's what ID3 composer tags are for. inclusion of pieces by Maxfield / Goldstein / Byrd is interesting (no Jennings sadly, Young still hoarding those). pretty bold having vol 4 be a straight up bootleg of the official releases.

jesus

https://www.discogs.com/label/305189-Otherside-Recordings-2

I was looking at the Keiji Haino related releases and wondering what the story is... especially with the late-70s recordings. I'm very out of the loop nowadays, but where is all that stuff coming from? Is it things that are available via file-sharing being burned to cd-r and released, or someone with next-level access to a bunch of cool sources that no-one else has?

I'm not sure if they're on dimeadozen or not (because i've lost my login years ago) but I am guessing the Haino/Fushitsusha releases are soundboard recs that made their way out. They're not mentioned on Haino's discography website, though tbf I think Haino himself long lost track of his own releases, too.

sounds about right, there has been a TON of Haino, Rallizes, etc on dime

Looking at the label's discography I keep imagining Volcanic Tongue write-ups for each release. Highest possible recommendation!

lolll so true

whut

LA MONTE YOUNG IS ON BANDCAMP

http://justdreamsnyc.bandcamp.com

― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, June 17, 2021 7:02 PM (one hour ago)