Bikini Tennis Shoes by Le Forte Four VERY RARE Signed # 55 of 200 (Vinyl,LAFMS
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Up for bid is a private ULTRA RARE LP from Le Forte Four -Only 200 made. This is number 55 of 200. The gatefold it signed by all of the members of the band. The record is in VG+ condition,extremely clean with only a minor scuff on side B that does not affect playing. There is a small amount of damage to the label.The gatefold is in MINT condition. The sleeve is in its original shrink wrap, and there is only minor damage to one corner and a tiny spot on the corner of the artwork PLEASE SEE PICTURES!
The record was examined, and safely packed by a record expert. It was packed according to record sales maximum standard to insure safety.
Do not miss out if you are a serious rare records collector!
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More about this release: US 1975 Electronic, Non-Music Abstract, Musique Concrète, Experimental
Hand-pasted front and back cover, limited numbered edition of only 200 copies, some are signed by all band members inside the gatefold insert.
The inaugural release on the eponymous LAFMS imprint with only 200 copies pressed originally, Bikini Tennis Shoes is a staggering piece of anti-music that remains as refreshingly ground-clearing today as it was when it first appeared in 1975. Its 40 minutes (parceled out across nearly as many tracks) chart forays into free improvisation, Buchla misuse, filtered noise, begrudging and damaged melodic sorties (from the Star-Spangled Banner to Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring") and healthy doses of basement pablum.
Le Forte Four emerged out of the lethargic American '70s as a locus where, in their own words, "gamelans and ragas merged with serial and chance compositions finally melting together with instructional records and Beatles bootlegs." A wildly eclectic rummaging of postwar culture and 20th century sound, Le Forte Four's Bikini Tennis Shoes preempts punk's outsider ethos and DIY autodidactism.
LAFMS was formed by Joe Potts, Rick Potts and Chip Chapman in 1974 and were soon joined by Tom Recchion and member of Doo-Dooettes. It was a collective of like-minded artists inspired by the likes of Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa. Some of those in the collective included Smegma, Le Forte Four and Doo-Dooettes and some other groups interested in noise and improvisation.price rating
