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mentions:
Gavin Bryars & Tom Waits ~ Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
photo by Irving Penn
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December 10, 2020
Samuel Becket articles/mentions
Waiting for Godot
Mario Lanza ~ For the First Time
Théâtre de Babylone ~ Paris
Théâtre de Babylone ~ Paris
Samuel Beckett - 1920's
photographer unknown
December 7, 2020
1,000,001 CDs 18: Gavin Bryars With Tom Waits ~ Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
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Two things happened on a December 7th; the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1941 and the birth of Tom Waits in Pomona, California in 1949. Both changed my life forever and we would never see the world the same way again.
I
first became aware of Waits when I was dancing on Broadway at the
hungry i in San Francisco (link below). Janice, one of the girls who danced there,
loved his songs and used them regularly. Then one night he actually came
into the club; Janice was in heaven and I got to meet him. He is an easy going, down-to-earth guy
and I liked him a lot.
Bryars made a loop of 13 bars; he was by that time teaching at Leicester Polytechnic and was able to make use of a small sound studio there. To preserve the delicate original, he recorded it on to a second machine, leaving the loop running while he went to fetch a coffee. When he returned, he found that the painting students in the various rooms around the studio had fallen silent and were listening sombrely to the old man’s voice. Someone was weeping in a corner. It’s an effect that audiences have been experiencing ever since.
Recognizing that his piano was in tune with the singer, began to
work on harmonization. He made a simple chordal arrangement, which in
later versions has developed into a rich ensemble sound with strings and
brass, weighted to the low end of the harmonic scale. There have been several versions of
the work from 1972 to 2019. This is the 1993 version and the CD has Tom Waits singing the hymn.
CD front & back
Design – David Lau
cover photos by Nick White
photo of CD cover by Styrous®
The piece was first recorded for use in a documentary which chronicles street life in and around Elephant and Castle and Waterloo,
in London. When later listening to the recordings, Bryars noticed the
clip was in tune with his piano and that it conveniently looped into 13
bars.
For the first LP recording, he was limited to a duration of 25 minutes;
later he completed a 60-minute version of the piece for cassette tape; and with the advent of the CD, this is a 74-minute version.
This is a very strange recording in so many ways, which is not unusual for neither Bryars nor Waits. I have a favorite track on any album; I don't on this one because although there are six tracks, the music runs from one track to the next. The tape loop of the homeless man (called The Tramp) plays with orchestral variations on the first four tracks but Waits doesn't actually come in until the fifth track when he accompanies the tape loop of "The Tramp". Waits then takes over on the sixth track which is VERY quiet and dreamy but his whiskey-and-cigarette flavored voice is unmistakable.
Gavin Bryars is an English composer and double bassist. He has worked in jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, avant-garde, and experimental music.
Tom Waits is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. His
lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in
his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres.
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet was shortlisted for the 1993 Mercury Prize, an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act created by Jon Webster.
The prize when to Suede for their self-titled album.
Tracklist:
1 - Tramp With Orchestra I (String Quartet) - 27:05
2 - Tramp With Orchestra II (Low Strings) - 15:16
3 - Tramp With Orchestra III (No Strings) - 4:48
4 - Tramp With Orchestra IV (Full Strings) 6:06
5 - Tramp And Tom Waits With Full Orchestra - 19:38
6 - Coda: Tom Waits With High Strings - 1:47
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Point Music
Copyright (c) – GB Records (2)
Copyright (c) – Mnemonic Records
Copyright (c) – Point Music-
Produced For – Euphorbia Productions Ltd.
Produced For – Philips Classics Productions
Manufactured By – PolyGram Classics & Jazz
Marketed By – PolyGram Classics & Jazz
Made By – UML
Recorded At – Prairie Sun Recording Studios
Engineered At – The Looking Glass Studios
Mixed At – The Looking Glass Studios
Produced At – Dave Hunt Studio
Produced At – Cedar
Published By – Island Records Inc.
Credits:
Alto Vocals [Chorus] – Elsa Higby, Katie Geissinger, Margo Grib*
Art Direction – Margery Greenspan
Baritone Vocals [Chorus] – Gregory Purnhagen, Jeffrey Kensmoe*, Peter Stewart (2)
Bassoon [Orchestra] – Kim Laskowski
Cello [Hampton String Quartet] – John Reed (3)
Cello [Orchestra] – Beverly Lauridsen, Clay Ruede, Jeanne LeBlanc, Jesse Levy, Mark Shuman, Semyon Fridman
Clarinet [Orchestra] – Allen Blustine, Steven Hartman
Composed By [Music] – Gavin Bryars
Conductor, Producer – Michael Riesman
Contrabassoon [Orchestra] – Jeffrey Marchand
Design – David Lau (2)
Double Bass [Bass] [Orchestra] – Barbara Wilson (2), Homer Mensch, John Beal
Engineer, Mixed By – Chris Ekers, Dante DeSole
Executive-Producer – Kurt Munkacsi, Philip Glass, Rory Johnston
Flute [Orchestra] – Michael Parloff
French Horn [Orchestra] – Ann Yarborough*, Ron Sell, Sharon Moe, Tony Miranda
Guitar [Orchestra] – Brian Koonin
Harp [Orchestra] – Karen Lindquist, Nina Kellman
Oboe [Orchestra] – Dorothy Darlington
Organ [Orchestra] – Michael Riesman
Percussion [Orchestra] – Frank Cassara
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Nick White (4)
Photography By [Photos (Inlay Card & Inside) Except Tom Waits] – Alastair Thain
Recorded By [Tom Waits' Vocals] – Mark "Mooka" Rennick*
Soprano Vocals [Chorus] – Kristin Norderval, Lisa Bielawa, Marion Beckenstein, Michele Eaton
Tenor Vocals [Chorus] – Eric Lamp*, Jeffrey Johnson, John Koch
Trombone [Orchestra] – James Pugh*, Keith O'Quinn
Trumpet [Orchestra] – Neil Balm, Wilmer Wise
Tuba [Orchestra] – Alan Ralph*
Viola [Hampton String Quartet] – Richard Maximoff
Viola [Orchestra] – Alfred Brown, Juliet Haffner, Olivia Koppel*, Paul Peabody
Violin [1st] [Hampton String Quartet] – Regis Iandiorio
Violin [2nd] [Hampton String Quartet] – Richard Henrickson
Violin [Orchestra] – Dale Stuckenbruck, David Nadien, Donna Tecco, Elena Barere, Eriko Sato-Oei*, Jan Mullen, Jean Ingraham, Laura Seaton, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Mayuki Fukuhara, Nancy McAlhany, Richard Sortomme, Sanford Allen
Vocals [Additional] – Tom Waits
Notes:
Original version © 1971 Gavin Bryars.
Current version © 1993 Mnemonic/(MCPS/PRS).
℗ © 1993 Point Music / a joint venture of Euphorbia Productions, Ltd. and Philips Classics Productions.
Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Classics and jazz, a division of PolyGram Records, Inc., New York, NY.
Printed in the U.S.A.
Engineered and mixed at The Looking Glass Studios, NYC.
Tom Waits' vocals recorded at Prairie Sun Recording, Cotatti, CA.
Pre-Production/Tape Preparation: Dave Hunt Studio, London; Cedar Audio, Cambridge; Nick Gilpin, Autograph.
Tom Waits appears courtesy of Island Records, Inc.
Total Time - 74:43
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Scanned): 028943882323
Barcode (Text): 0 289-438823-2 3Tom Waits
Matrix / Runout (Burned on Master): 438 823-2 02@
Matrix / Runout (Pressed on Stamper - Variant 1): E
Matrix / Runout (Pressed on Stamper - Variant 2): D
Label Code: LC 6042
Rights Society: MCPS/PRS
Other: PG 925
Other: PTH
Matrix / Runout (Pressed on Stamper - Variant 3): G
Gavin Bryars With Tom Waits – Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Label: Point Music – 438 823-2
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released:
Genre: Electronic, Classical
Style: Abstract, Contemporary, Minimal
1 - Tramp With Orchestra I (String Quartet) - 27:05
2 - Tramp With Orchestra II (Low Strings) - 15:16
3 - Tramp With Orchestra III (No Strings) - 4:48
4 - Tramp With Orchestra IV (Full Strings) 6:06
5 - Tramp And Tom Waits With Full Orchestra - 19:38
6 - Coda: Tom Waits With High Strings - 1:47
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Point Music
Copyright (c) – GB Records (2)
Copyright (c) – Mnemonic Records
Copyright (c) – Point Music-
Produced For – Euphorbia Productions Ltd.
Produced For – Philips Classics Productions
Manufactured By – PolyGram Classics & Jazz
Marketed By – PolyGram Classics & Jazz
Made By – UML
Recorded At – Prairie Sun Recording Studios
Engineered At – The Looking Glass Studios
Mixed At – The Looking Glass Studios
Produced At – Dave Hunt Studio
Produced At – Cedar
Published By – Island Records Inc.
Credits:
Alto Vocals [Chorus] – Elsa Higby, Katie Geissinger, Margo Grib*
Art Direction – Margery Greenspan
Baritone Vocals [Chorus] – Gregory Purnhagen, Jeffrey Kensmoe*, Peter Stewart (2)
Bassoon [Orchestra] – Kim Laskowski
Cello [Hampton String Quartet] – John Reed (3)
Cello [Orchestra] – Beverly Lauridsen, Clay Ruede, Jeanne LeBlanc, Jesse Levy, Mark Shuman, Semyon Fridman
Clarinet [Orchestra] – Allen Blustine, Steven Hartman
Composed By [Music] – Gavin Bryars
Conductor, Producer – Michael Riesman
Contrabassoon [Orchestra] – Jeffrey Marchand
Design – David Lau (2)
Double Bass [Bass] [Orchestra] – Barbara Wilson (2), Homer Mensch, John Beal
Engineer, Mixed By – Chris Ekers, Dante DeSole
Executive-Producer – Kurt Munkacsi, Philip Glass, Rory Johnston
Flute [Orchestra] – Michael Parloff
French Horn [Orchestra] – Ann Yarborough*, Ron Sell, Sharon Moe, Tony Miranda
Guitar [Orchestra] – Brian Koonin
Harp [Orchestra] – Karen Lindquist, Nina Kellman
Oboe [Orchestra] – Dorothy Darlington
Organ [Orchestra] – Michael Riesman
Percussion [Orchestra] – Frank Cassara
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Nick White (4)
Photography By [Photos (Inlay Card & Inside) Except Tom Waits] – Alastair Thain
Recorded By [Tom Waits' Vocals] – Mark "Mooka" Rennick*
Soprano Vocals [Chorus] – Kristin Norderval, Lisa Bielawa, Marion Beckenstein, Michele Eaton
Tenor Vocals [Chorus] – Eric Lamp*, Jeffrey Johnson, John Koch
Trombone [Orchestra] – James Pugh*, Keith O'Quinn
Trumpet [Orchestra] – Neil Balm, Wilmer Wise
Tuba [Orchestra] – Alan Ralph*
Viola [Hampton String Quartet] – Richard Maximoff
Viola [Orchestra] – Alfred Brown, Juliet Haffner, Olivia Koppel*, Paul Peabody
Violin [1st] [Hampton String Quartet] – Regis Iandiorio
Violin [2nd] [Hampton String Quartet] – Richard Henrickson
Violin [Orchestra] – Dale Stuckenbruck, David Nadien, Donna Tecco, Elena Barere, Eriko Sato-Oei*, Jan Mullen, Jean Ingraham, Laura Seaton, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Mayuki Fukuhara, Nancy McAlhany, Richard Sortomme, Sanford Allen
Vocals [Additional] – Tom Waits
Notes:
Original version © 1971 Gavin Bryars.
Current version © 1993 Mnemonic/(MCPS/PRS).
℗ © 1993 Point Music / a joint venture of Euphorbia Productions, Ltd. and Philips Classics Productions.
Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Classics and jazz, a division of PolyGram Records, Inc., New York, NY.
Printed in the U.S.A.
Engineered and mixed at The Looking Glass Studios, NYC.
Tom Waits' vocals recorded at Prairie Sun Recording, Cotatti, CA.
Pre-Production/Tape Preparation: Dave Hunt Studio, London; Cedar Audio, Cambridge; Nick Gilpin, Autograph.
Tom Waits appears courtesy of Island Records, Inc.
Total Time - 74:43
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Scanned): 028943882323
Barcode (Text): 0 289-438823-2 3Tom Waits
Matrix / Runout (Burned on Master): 438 823-2 02@
Matrix / Runout (Pressed on Stamper - Variant 1): E
Matrix / Runout (Pressed on Stamper - Variant 2): D
Label Code: LC 6042
Rights Society: MCPS/PRS
Other: PG 925
Other: PTH
Matrix / Runout (Pressed on Stamper - Variant 3): G
Gavin Bryars With Tom Waits – Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Label: Point Music – 438 823-2
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released:
Genre: Electronic, Classical
Style: Abstract, Contemporary, Minimal
Viewfinder links:
Net links:
The Cross-Eyed Pianist ~ A mesmerising musical experience
The Cusp Magazine ~ Bryars' famous work performed at Tate Modern
Gavin Bryars ~ Memorial service for those who died homeless
The Guardian ~ Anthem for the homeless
Opuszine ~ Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Pitchfork ~ Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Gramophone ~ Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
YouTube links:
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1 hr., 14 mins., 43 sec.)
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (edit w/Tom Waits)
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (interview)
“ . . . the tears of the world are a constant quality.
For each one who begins to weep,
someone somewhere else stops.”
~ Samuel Beckett
~ Samuel Beckett
Tom Waits (front), Gavin Bryars (rear)
Michael Riesman artiocles/mentions
Kurt Munkacsi articles/mentions
Bryars & Waits ~ Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Philip Glass ~ Mishima
Carl Orff ~ Carmina Burana á la Manzarek
September 22, 2020
Titanic articles/mentions
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Gavin Bryars ~ The Sinking of the Titanic
Titanic LaserDisc
mentions:
Tammy Grimes ~ The Unsinkable Molly Brown
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April 16, 2018
RMS Titanic images
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Fitting-out, 1911–12
Titanic in Cork harbour, 11 April 1912
Edward Smith, captain of Titanic, in 1911
Grand Staircase, which connected Boat Deck and E Deck
Construction in gantry, 1909–11
Below is a photograph of the rudder with central and port wing propellers. There is a man at bottom of the photo which gives a sense of the scale of the immense ship. It was taken by
Rudder with central and port wing propellers
Titanic's stern and rudder
photo by
Launch, 1911 (unfinished superstructure)
Titanic at Southampton docks, prior to departure
RMS Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912
The iceberg thought to have been hit by Titanic
photographed on the morning of 15 April 1912
The sinking, according to J. Thayer,
sketched onboard Carpathia, based on his description
A collapsible lifeboat with canvas sides
bow of the wrecked RMS Titanic - June 2004
Bell from the Titanic
Titanic Monument, Belfast - 2012
Styrous® ~ Monday, April 16, 2018
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April 15, 2018
1,000,001 CDs 10: Gavin Bryars ~ The Sinkinig of the Titanic
Ever since I was a kid I've been fascinated by an event that happend 28 years before I was born on April 15th, 2012.
On Sunday, April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg at around 23:40 (ship's time). In the early morning of Monday, April 15, at 02:20 (05:18 GMT) it sank in the Atlantic Ocean. More than 1,500 people died, which made it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
The first published work by British minimalist composer Gavin Bryars, was The Sinking of the Titanic. The work was inspired by the story that the band on the RMS Titanic continued to perform as the ship sank that night in 1912, it recreates how the music performed by the band would reverberate through the water some time after they ceased performing. Composed between 1969 and 1972, the work is now considered one of the classics of British experimental music.
The work dates back to 1969, when Bryars wrote a short piece for an
exhibition in support of art students at Portsmouth. In keeping with
work done by contemporary collective Art & Language, the work was initially a single page of A4 paper
with typed instructions. The instructions referred to how the work
should sound and how it might be created but were not a score as
such.
It was first recorded in 1975 when it became the first release on Brian Eno's Obscure Records. It was subsequently rerecorded in a much longer version in 1990. This recording was performed by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble on April 13–14, 1990, at the Printemps de Bourges festival in France. The work was performed in a Napoleonic-era water tower; the musicians performed in the basement of the tower and the audience listened on the ground floor. The empty top floors of the water tower acted as a giant reverberation chamber. It was released on Les Disques du Crepuscule, catalogue number TWI 922-2.
The Sinking of the Titanic has been described as an "indeterminate" and "open work", which has changed as new information on the disaster comes to light. The work was originally scored for small orchestra and tape, but has expanded to include other sources such as music boxes and turntables.
On Sunday, April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg at around 23:40 (ship's time). In the early morning of Monday, April 15, at 02:20 (05:18 GMT) it sank in the Atlantic Ocean. More than 1,500 people died, which made it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
The first published work by British minimalist composer Gavin Bryars, was The Sinking of the Titanic. The work was inspired by the story that the band on the RMS Titanic continued to perform as the ship sank that night in 1912, it recreates how the music performed by the band would reverberate through the water some time after they ceased performing. Composed between 1969 and 1972, the work is now considered one of the classics of British experimental music.
front cover photo by Ore/Titanic Ventures
photo of CD by Styrous®
back cover photo by Ore/Titanic Ventures
photo of CD by Styrous®
It was first recorded in 1975 when it became the first release on Brian Eno's Obscure Records. It was subsequently rerecorded in a much longer version in 1990. This recording was performed by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble on April 13–14, 1990, at the Printemps de Bourges festival in France. The work was performed in a Napoleonic-era water tower; the musicians performed in the basement of the tower and the audience listened on the ground floor. The empty top floors of the water tower acted as a giant reverberation chamber. It was released on Les Disques du Crepuscule, catalogue number TWI 922-2.
back cover photo by Ore/Titanic Ventures
photo of CD by Styrous®
The performance includes a Morse code signal played on woodblocks
and the sound of the iceberg as it collided with the ship amongst other
new sources. The music is quiet, echoey at times, ethereal and dreamy.
It comprises only one cut that lasts over one hour.
back cover photo by Ore/Titanic Ventures
photo of CD by Styrous®
The libretto
photo by Ore/Titanic Ventures
photo of libretto by Styrous®
photo by Styrous®
The Sinking of the Titanic has been described as an "indeterminate" and "open work", which has changed as new information on the disaster comes to light. The work was originally scored for small orchestra and tape, but has expanded to include other sources such as music boxes and turntables.
The Titanic
RMS Titanic departing Southampton - April 10, 1912
photo by F.G.O. Stuart
The wireless operator Harold Bride on the Titanic had witnessed the house band continue to perform as the ship sank. In April 1912, Bride had told the New York Times:
"The band was still playing. I guess all of the band went down. They were playing Autumn then. I swam with all my might. I suppose I was 150 feet away when the Titanic on her nose, with her after-quartet sticking straight up in the air, began to settle - slowly....the way the band kept playing was a noble thing.....and the last I saw of the band, when I was floating out in the sea with my lifebelt on, it was still on deck playing "Autumn". How they ever did it I cannot imagine."
The Titanic
had two different groups of musicians that played on that first and
last voyage: a trio of violin, cello and piano who played just outside
the A la Carte Restaurant and Cafe Parisien; and a quintet of musicians
who played at other locations, led by violinist Wallace Hartley.
Titanic musicians [top to bottom]:
Fred
Clark, Percy Taylor, G. Krins, Wallace Hartley [center of the picture],
Ted Brailey, Jock Hume, George Woodward, and Roger Bricoux [not shown].
All of them died when the Titanic sunk 12,415 ft. or 2.4 miles to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. There are conflicting reports
among survivors regarding the last song the band played as the ship
was sinking. It was either, Songe d'Automne, composed by Archibald Joyce and based on a poem by Paul Verlaine, or Nearer My God to Thee, a 19th-century Christian hymn by Sarah Flower Adams, that was performed by the musicians.
The wreck of the the Titanic was discovered by Robert Ballard in 1986. He talks about the wreck on a series of presentations by National Geographic on YouTube (link below).
There is a monument to the Titanic disaster located on Queen's Island, an area of land at the entrance of Belfast Lough which was reclaimed from the water in the mid-19th century. It was used for many years by the shipbuilders Harland and Wolff, who built huge slipways and graving docks to accommodate the simultaneous construction of the RMS Olympic and the RMS Titanic. The structure puts me in mind of the Dazzle Ships used in World War I & II, and were the inspiration for the album cover for the OMD album, Dazzle Ships (link below).
The wreck of the the Titanic was discovered by Robert Ballard in 1986. He talks about the wreck on a series of presentations by National Geographic on YouTube (link below).
There is a monument to the Titanic disaster located on Queen's Island, an area of land at the entrance of Belfast Lough which was reclaimed from the water in the mid-19th century. It was used for many years by the shipbuilders Harland and Wolff, who built huge slipways and graving docks to accommodate the simultaneous construction of the RMS Olympic and the RMS Titanic. The structure puts me in mind of the Dazzle Ships used in World War I & II, and were the inspiration for the album cover for the OMD album, Dazzle Ships (link below).
Titanic Monument, Belfast - 2012
Tracklist:
1 - The Sinking Of The Titanic - 60:13
Companies, etc.
Mastered At – Autograph Sound Recording Ltd.
Glass Mastered At – DADC Austria
Recorded At – Le Chateau d'Eau, Bourges
Credits:
Bass Clarinet – Roger Heaton
Double Bass, Effects [Occasionally With Octave Pedals] – Gavin Bryars
Effects [Sound Effects] – Paul Bull
Engineer – Chris Ekers
Horn [Tenor Horn], Percussion [Woodblocks, Tam-tam], Keyboards [Korg M1] – Dave Smith (3)
Mastered By [Digitally Mastered] – Chris Ekers, Nick Gilpin
Mixed By [Mixed Direct To 2-track Digital] – Mike Furness
Other [Co-ordinator For Original Live Project In Bourges] – Cyril Lefebvre, Jacques Caumont, Jennifer Gough-Cooper
Percussion [Tam-tam, Woodblocks], Bells, Marimba, Cymbal, Bass Drum – Martin Allen
Performer – Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Photography [Front Photo And Back Booklet Photo] – Ore/Titanic Ventures
Photography By [Back Cover] – Martin Allen
Producer – Chris Ekers, Gavin Bryars
Viola – Alexander Balanescu, John Carney*
Notes:
This is not a CD re-issue of the 1975 release, but a new recording of the original composition made in 1990 during a live performance in the Chateau D'Eau, Bourges (April 1990). It is much longer than other versions.
Digitally mastered at Autograph Sound Recording Ltd using a DAR sound station.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 5413303209226
Matrix / Runout: TWI-922-2 13 A1 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA
Rights Society: BIEM SABAM
Label Code: LC 7565
Gavin Bryars – The Sinking Of The Titanic
Label: Les Disques Du Crépuscule – TWI 922-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Belgium
Released: 1990
Genre: Electronic
Style: Modern Classical, Minimal, Experimental, Ambient
1 - The Sinking Of The Titanic - 60:13
Companies, etc.
Mastered At – Autograph Sound Recording Ltd.
Glass Mastered At – DADC Austria
Recorded At – Le Chateau d'Eau, Bourges
Credits:
Bass Clarinet – Roger Heaton
Double Bass, Effects [Occasionally With Octave Pedals] – Gavin Bryars
Effects [Sound Effects] – Paul Bull
Engineer – Chris Ekers
Horn [Tenor Horn], Percussion [Woodblocks, Tam-tam], Keyboards [Korg M1] – Dave Smith (3)
Mastered By [Digitally Mastered] – Chris Ekers, Nick Gilpin
Mixed By [Mixed Direct To 2-track Digital] – Mike Furness
Other [Co-ordinator For Original Live Project In Bourges] – Cyril Lefebvre, Jacques Caumont, Jennifer Gough-Cooper
Percussion [Tam-tam, Woodblocks], Bells, Marimba, Cymbal, Bass Drum – Martin Allen
Performer – Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Photography [Front Photo And Back Booklet Photo] – Ore/Titanic Ventures
Photography By [Back Cover] – Martin Allen
Producer – Chris Ekers, Gavin Bryars
Viola – Alexander Balanescu, John Carney*
Notes:
This is not a CD re-issue of the 1975 release, but a new recording of the original composition made in 1990 during a live performance in the Chateau D'Eau, Bourges (April 1990). It is much longer than other versions.
Digitally mastered at Autograph Sound Recording Ltd using a DAR sound station.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 5413303209226
Matrix / Runout: TWI-922-2 13 A1 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA
Rights Society: BIEM SABAM
Label Code: LC 7565
Gavin Bryars – The Sinking Of The Titanic
Label: Les Disques Du Crépuscule – TWI 922-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Belgium
Released: 1990
Genre: Electronic
Style: Modern Classical, Minimal, Experimental, Ambient
Viewfinder links:
Dazzle ships, Vorticist art & BLAST
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) ~ Dazzle Ships
RMS Titanic images
Music & Mayhem Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) ~ Dazzle Ships
RMS Titanic images
Net links:
AnOther ~ The Sinking of the Titanic
The Quietus ~ The Exploits And Opinions Of Gavin Bryars, 'Pataphysician’
The Quietus ~ The Exploits And Opinions Of Gavin Bryars, 'Pataphysician’
YouTube links:
Nearer My God To Thee (from the film, Titanic)
National Geographic ~ Titanic's Graveyard
5 Titanic Survivors & Their Stories
National Geographic ~ Titanic's Graveyard
5 Titanic Survivors & Their Stories
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