HARRY PARTCH, Delusion Of The Fury - A Ritual Of Dream And Delusion USA 2LP box

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Harry Partch – Delusion Of The Fury - A Ritual Of Dream And Delusion Label: CBS Masterworks – M2 30576 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album Box Set Country: US Released: Genre: Classical Style: Modern Classical, Experimental Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Exordium: The Beginning Of A Web Viola [Adapted] – Harry Partch Viola [Adapted] – Harry Partch A2 Chorus Of Shadows A3 The Pilgrimage B1 Emergence Of The Spirit B2 A Son In Search Of His Father's Face B3 Cry From Another Darkness B4 Pray For Me C1 Sanctus: An Entr'acte C2 The Quiet Hobo Meal C3 The Lost Kid C4 Time Of Fun Together D1 The Misunderstanding D2 Arrest, Trial And Judgement (Joy In The Marketplace!) D3 Pray For Me Again A STRANGE FEAR! Flute [Bolivian Double Flute], Percussion [Ugumbo], Drums [Waving, Rotating, Belly], Claves [Bamboo, Eucalyptus] – Harry Partch Flute [Bolivian Double Flute], Percussion [Ugumbo], Drums [Waving, Rotating, Belly], Claves [Bamboo, Eucalyptus] – Harry Partch Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Credits Artwork By [Design] – Nancy Donald Conductor, Photography [Booklet] – Danlee Mitchell Engineer – Ed Michalski, Jack Lattig, Jerry Zelinger, Peter Middleton Flute [Bolivian Double Flute], Percussion [Ugumbo], Drums [Waving, Rotating, Belly], Claves [Bamboo, Eucalyptus] – John Glasier, Jonathan Glasier Guitar [Adapted], Percussion [Kithara, Kithara Ii], Zither [Harmonic Canon Ii], Marimba [Diamond, Bass] – Linda Schell (tracks: A2 to C1) Koto, Organ [Chromelodeon Ii], Marimba [Mazda], Percussion [Gourd Tree, Quadralungaris Reversum, Ugumbo], Gong [Cone], Flute [Bolivian Double Flute], Drums [Waving, Rotating, Belly], Claves [Bamboo, Eucalyptus] – Linda Schell (tracks: C2 to D3) Organ [Chromelodeon I, Chromelodeon Ii], Flute [Bolivian Double Flute], Percussion [Ugumbo], Drums [Waving, Rotating, Belly], Claves [Bamboo, Eucalyptus] – John McAllister (tracks: C2 to D3) Organ [Chromelodeon I] – Linda Schell (tracks: A2 to D3) Organ [Chromelodeon I], Performer [Blo Boy], Zither [Kithara, Surrogate Kithara, Kithara Ii], Percussion [Cloud Chamber Bowls, Spoils Of War], Marimba [Eroica] – Danlee Mitchell (tracks: A2 to C1) Other [Supervisor] – Harry Partch Percussion [Boo, Crychord, Gourd Tree, Eucal Blossom, Ugumbo], Organ [Chromelodeon Ii], Xylophone [Zymo Xyl], Gong [Cone], Zither [Harmonic Canon Iii], Flute [Bolivian Double Flute], Drums [Waving, Rotating, Belly], Claves [Bamboo, Eucalyptus] – Danlee Mitchell (tracks: C2 to D3) Performer [Blo Boy] – John McAllister (tracks: A2 to C1) Photography [Booklet, Inside Box] – Malcolm Lubliner Photography [Frontcover] – Ted Tourtelot Producer – Eugene Paul, John McClure Producer [Assistant] – Varda Ullman Zither [Harmonic Canon I] – Harry Partch (tracks: C2 to D3) Notes Composed between 1963 and 1969. Comes in a cardboard box. Included is an 8-page 12" sized booklet. Liner notes pasted on inside of box, both front, and back. Side A and D are on the first record, side B and C on the second.

USA DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM BOX SET WITH ORIGINAL BOOKLET AND GENERIC INNER SLEEVES.

BOX: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. SMALL TOP TEAR. BOOKLET EXCELLENT.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. CLEAN LABELS.

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