Beth Anderson Peachy Keen-O
2003 CD
Poetry
Experimental
Contemporary

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Pogus Productions
design [cover design] Matt Schickele
mastered by Tom Hamilton
Compositions from 1973 to 1979 :
1 - Torero Piece (1973) - complete version of the first performance ; half of it was released in 1975 on 10+2: 12 American Text Sound Pieces v/a LP
2 - Tower Of Power (1973) - a graphic score with written instructions to Hold as many keys and pedals down as possible, at as loud an amplitude as possible (...)
3 - Peachy Keen-O (1973) - the recording on this CD is the first performance of this electro-acoustic piece for female voices, organ, electric guitar, vibraphone, large membranophones & metalophones, improvisatory dancers, peach light and pre-recorded tape (...)
4 - Ocean Motion Mildew Mind (1979) - a Punk realization of ommm and part of the Poetry Is Music series of broadcasts on National Public Radio ; first released in 1980 on I Can't Stand It / Ocean Motion Mildew Mind 7
5 - Country Time (1979) - a cut-up of an additive description of a walk around my family's farm in Kentucky (...)
6 - Yes Sir Ree (1978) - text-sound piece based on phrases used by jazz dance teacher Richard Levy and things his students mumbled about him ; an audtio version was released on [m190238] book + 7, composed 1978, released 1982 ; also part of Poetry Is Music
7 - I Can't Stand It (1976) - a piece as direct response to the frustration after moving to New York ; also part of Poetry Is Music ; self-released in 1980 on I Can't Stand It / Ocean Motion Mildew Mind 7 and also released on v/a 2LP Sugar, Alcohol, & Meat (The Dial-A-Poem Poets) (1980)
8 - Joan (1975) - an oratorio about Joan of Arc ; a fifteen-track all piano version of only the pitches made in January 1977 at the State University of New York at Albany
9 - Ode (1975) - The auctioneer is Spec Edwards recorded in the Mt. Sterling, Kentucky tobacco warehouses in December 1972 ; a companion piece to Torero Piece, first released in the late 1970s on Poetry Music Quilts.



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