DENNIS OPPENHEIM

 THEME FOR A MAJOR HIT 2-LP

Slowscan 

Limited Edition: 300 copies 

Gatefold sleeve, edition of 300 of which 100 reserved for museum Schunck in Heerlen, the Netherlands in conjunction with the exhibition 'Visual Vinyl' November 2015 - March 2016. Soundtrack to an installation with motor driven marionette, wood, cloth, felt, tape player & external speakers. Recorded at Angel Sound, New York in 1974. 

Some info on the release:  Rare original issue, released on the great Slowscan Records label (Allan Kaprow, Gordon Mumma, Philip Corner, Ben Vautier, Charlemagne Palestine, Henning Christiansen, Richard Maxfield, etc.).

Theme For A Major Hit is the title of a piece that Dennis Oppenheim produced in 1974. It consists of a motor driven marionette on a circular stage, a spotlight and a 2-hour soundtrack. The soundtrack to this installation, a psychedelic freestyle jam by Oppenheim and friends, was recorded at Angel Sound, New York in 1974. From the recordings of this high-spirited and joyous session with the line “It aint what you make, its what makes you do it” for a recurrent theme, a handful of LPs were privately pressed in 1975. With the kind permission of the Dennis Oppenheim Estate this LP has been re-released on vinyl on Van Toorn’s own Slowscan label. The resulting double album was released in a limited edition of 300, 100 of which were reserved for Museum Schunck in Heerlen in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Visual Vinyl’ (November 2015-March 2016), which showed a selection of Van Toorn’s collection. Slowscan’s ‘Theme For A Major Hit’ comes in a handsome gatefold sleeve designed by Johnny Van de Koolwijk.     

Condition: Vinyls and cover lie in mint condition, this is a sealed -new- unplayed copy (see picture).

Tracklist A Theme For A Major Hit (Part 1) 10:29 B Theme For A Major Hit (Part 2) 13:34 C Theme For A Major Hit (Part 3) 19:07 D Theme For A Major Hit (Part 4) 15:41 Credits Drums – Roger Welch Guitar, Vocals – Bill Beckley, Christa Maiwald Lyrics By – Dennis Oppenheim Organ [Electric] – Connie Beckley Vocals – Jim Ballard

SHIPPING & PAYMENT

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