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       'On The Streets Of New York'

Avant-Folk/Minimalist/Neoclassical

LP                                  MRI-121                              [Mississippi Records/Lucia Records]                   

Black vinyl LP with heavy tip-on jacket.

Behold! A survey of ’s earliest recorded works - many of them unreleased until now - through a collaboration by Mississippi Records and Lucia Records. From 1954 - 1962 eld recordist Tony Schwartz frequently checked in with , his favorite street musician. Tony Schwartz made recordings of ’s earliest com- positions as they were coming into focus. Sometimes these recordings were made right on the street as  busked, sometimes they were made in Schwartz’s studio, and sometimes they were made on NYC rooftops. The resulting recordings, many of which had never been released, were deposited at the Library Of Congress as part of the Tony Schwartz Collection in 2006 when Schwartz passed away, and this record was culled straight from these original tapes.

Side one kicks o with an unreleased version of ’s classic composition “Why Spend The Dark Night With You?” fol- lowed by the rst ever complete recording of his “Nocturne Suite,” a beautiful piece of classical music performed with members of the Royal Philharmonic. The side ends with the complete “On The Streets Of New York” 7” EP, which was released on Mars records in 1955 and subsequently re-released by Honest Jon’s Records in 2004 on their excellent  anthology. Side B features sketches of  compositions never released, many with the man himself howling and chanting over his homemade percussion set.

’s music is as universal as it gets - part classical music, part Native American, part European folk, and part something completely unique.  is one of the towering gures of 20th century music. This record comes with liner notes featuring never before released interviews with Moodog by Tony Schwartz and is housed in an old school “tip on” cover. All tracks fully licensed from the Library of Congress. 

Side A: 1. Why Spend The Dark Nigh With You? 2.  Nocturne Suite Part 1 3. Nocturne Suite Part 2 4.  Nocturne Suite Part 3 5. Avenue Of The Americas () 6. . Lullaby () 8. Fog On The Hudson 9. Utsu 10. On And O The Beat 11. Chant 12. From One To Nine 13. Untitled Chant #1 Side B: 1. Untitled Chant #1 2. Untitled Chant #2 3. Untitled Chant #3 4. Untitled percussion solo #1 5. Untitled percussion solo #2 6. Untitled percussion solo #3 7. Untitled Chant #4 8. Untitled percussion solo in tra c #1 9. Untitled percussion solo in tra c #2