APPLETON SYNTONIC MENAGERIE: RARE AVANT-GARDE LP

$

48

JOHN APPLETON

APPLETON SYNTONIC MENAGERIE

1969
FLYING DUTCHMAN RECORDS
FDS-103 STEREO

GATEFOLD LP

SIDE 1
1. CHEF D'OEUVRE
2. NYCKELHARPAN
3. INFANTASY
4. GEORGANNA'S FANCY
5. THE VISITATION
SIDE 2
1. NEWARK AIRPORT ROCK
2. SPUYTEN DUYVIL
3. SECOND SCENE UNOBSERVED
4. TIME SQUARE TIMES TEN

CONDITION:

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COVER: VG+
Aside from a punch-hole, one bent corner, very light scuffing seen only in right light, this is very crisp, glossy, and like-new.

VINYL: VG+
This record sounds great. There may be very light surface noise, but should not overpower the music.

INFORMATION:

This is totally freakin' rare, and one of the greatest experimental electronic albums of all time. There is tons of great info inside of the gatefold cover. This guy was doing some far-out manipulation of sound – far beyond simple synthesis. From the liner notes: "[... In many of his] pieces, Appleton begins with a natural – a concrete sound – and then develops it musically. He also works the other way. At those times, he will start with purely electronic sounds which suddenly reveal a concrete sound that the listener can immediately recognize as part of his natural environment. In one sense, then, Appleton’s work can be described as a highly developed extension of “musique concrete.” He has spent hours getting the squawks of penguins, recording variegated water sounds, and collecting the wide-ranging sounds which human beings make in different situations. Appleton’s musical credo is that all sounds are potentially musical; the composer’s function is to select those which are more musical and to develop them within a musical context."

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