Joe McPhee - Sound on Sound: Solo 1968-1973 (2010)

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Title: Sound on Sound: Solo 1968-1973
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Corbett vs. Dempsey [cvsdCD005]
Genre: Jazz, Free Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Total Time: 01:37:00
Total Size: 338 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

CD1 - 1968/69

01. Sound on Sound (5:54)
02. Tenor Saxophone Solo Number One (4:28)
03. Tenor Saxophone Solo Number Two (4:58)
04. Recorder Solo Number One (6:25)

CD2 - 1970/73

01. Cosmic Love (5:58)
02. Kalimba (0:52)
03. Percussion Number One (2:23)
04. Soprano/Echoplex Number One (2:52)
05. Percussion Number Two (2:50)
06. Soprano/Echoplex Number Two (1:15)
07. Soprano/Echoplex Number Three (3:14)
08. Cosmic Love Number Two (5:49)
09. Cosmic Love Organ Alone (6:13)
10. Space Organ One (9:16)
11. Space Organ Two (6:05)
12. Space Organ Three (6:19)
13. Mic Feedback One (1:22)
14. Mic Feedback Two (1:22)
15. Nagoya Harp (12:54)
16. Sound on Sound (6:31)

personnel :

Joe McPhee - solo on tenor saxophone, toy piano, toy percussion, recorder, soprano saxophone, Space Organ, flute, feedback, kalimba, echoplex, and percussion.

Sound on Sound is a two-CD set of these previously unreleased solo recordings by Poughkeepsie, NY, multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, dating from 1968 to 1973. The extraordinary tracks document the very early years of McPhee's tenor playing (he was intitally a trumpet player, though he was an absolute natural saxophonist) and his omnivorous interest in sound-making devices of all types (from drone organ to nagoya harp, by way of soprano sax and hand percussion). They present a little-known aspect of his early work, his interest in multi-track recording, here executed on a device known as a Sound On Sound tape machine. When he performed live in concert with the device, he called it his "Survival Unit." McPhee aficionados will particularly enjoy the new-old soul/free jazz classic "Cosmic Love." Featuring McPhee solo on tenor saxophone, toy piano, toy percussion, recorder, soprano saxophone, Space Organ, flute, feedback, kalimba, echoplex, and percussion.