various artists 'Sounds Of Silence' LP (Italy, Alga Marghen, Catalogue #plana-VA- alga046) Brand new/unplayed copy of SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT limited first pressing edition LP (an edition of 500 copies) compilation/overview of various silent tracks from thirty famous and obscure (and rare) records. Gatefold cover and copious historical liner notes.

'Sounds Of Silence is an anthology of some of the most intriguing silent tracks in recording history and includes rare works, among others, by Andy Warhol, John Lennon, Maurice Lemaitre, Sly & The Family Stone, Robert Wyatt, John Denver, Whitehouse, Orbital, Crass, Ciccone Youth, Afrika Bambaataa and of course, Yves Klein. In their own quiet way, these silences speak volumes: they are performative, political, critical, abstract, poetic, cynical, absurd. They can be intended as a memorial or a joke, a special offer, or something entirely undefined. The carefully-chosen silences of this anthology are intrinsically linked to the medium of reproduction itself and reveal its nude materiality. They expose their medium in all its facets and imperfections, including the effect of time and wear. And it is in their materiality that they distinguish themselves from the conceptual experiments of John Cage with "4:33". Since the 1950s, silence has found a place in the economic structure of the record industry and since then it would increasingly be appropriated by a vast array of artists in a vast array of contexts. Indeed, the silent tracks seem to know no boundaries. The LP presents the silences as they were originally recorded, preserving any imperfections that the hardware conferred upon the enterprise, without banning the possibility of being satisfying to the ear. The liner notes provide historical background for each track, revealing the stated (or presumed) motivation for these silences, while providing novel sound correspondences or interferences. This album is meant to be played loud (or not), at any time, in any place: a truly aural experience.'

(NOTE: SOLD OUT, OUT OF PRINT, LIMITED FIRST PRESSING EDITION OF 500 COPIES ONLY!)

Artists (& Records)/Tracks on this LP are as follows:

Invitation Au Club Hilaire - 'Single Side' (0:10) Son Of Pete - 'Disco Party Part 2' (3:01) The Bunab No. 5 - 'Companion To TV' (Excerpt) (1:11) Andy Warhol - 'Silence' (0:00) Listen To The Quiet - 'B-Side' (2:04) The Count Backwards - 'B-Side' (3:41) Barclay - 'Disque De Silence' (A-Side) (2:15) John Lennon & Yoko Ono - 'Two Minutes Silence' (2:00) The Nothing Record - 'A-Side' (Excerpt) (0:44) Pastiche, Carnage, Sabotage 2 - 'A Minute Silence' (1:00) The Best Of Marcel Marceao - (Excerpt) (1:00) The Nothing Record - 'The Sound Of The One Hand Clapping' (2:35) Maurice Lemaitre - 'Le Crochet (Oeuvre Sup)' (2:18) Ciccone Youth - 'Silence' (1:04) Sly & The Family Stone - 'There's A Riot Goin' On' (0:00) Crass - 'The Sound Of Free Speech' (1:00) Audiodisc Videotronic Group - 'Testpressning' (Sic) (2:36) The Wit And Wisdom Of Ronald Reagan - (Excerpt) (0:55) Whitehouse - 'Birthdeath Experience' (2:02) John Denver - 'The Ballad Of Richard Nixon' (0:07) Soulfly - '9-11-01' (1:00) The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - 'Anniversary Of World War III' (1:37) Robert Wyatt - 'Silence' (0:30) John Lennon - 'Nutopian International Anthem' (0:03) Orbital - 'Are We Here? (Criminal Justice Bill?)' (4:00) The Planets - 'A One Minute Silence' (1:00) Valerie Gees's Car Band - 'Pensees Et Maximes De V.G.E. (Thoughts And Sayings Of V.G.E.)' (6:55) Afrika Bambaataa & Family - 'Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)' (Silent Version) (0:00) Yves Klein/Charles Wilp - 'Prince Of Space' (Excerpt) (0:35) Audio Test Record Shure - (Silent Grooves) (1:47)

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