Robert Ashley / "Blue" Gene Tyranny / Jill Kroesen / David Van Tieghem / Peter Gordon / Paul Shorr - Perfect Lives (An Opera For Television By Robert Ashley)

Tracklist

1-1	The Park (Privacy Rules)	24:25
1-2	The Supermarket (Famous People)	24:53
1-3	The Bank (Victimless Crime)	25:03
2-1	The Bar (Differences)	24:48
2-2	The Living Room (The Solutions)	25:07
3-1	The Church (After The Fact)	24:44
3-2	The Backyard (T'Be Continued)	24:45

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – U.S. Optical Disc
• Produced For – Channel Four Television Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Lovely Music, Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Robert Ashley
• Copyright (c) – Visibility Music Publishers
• Copyright (c) – Lovely Music, Ltd.
• Published By – Visibility Music Publishers
• Published By – Burning Books
• Published By – Archer Fields
• Produced At – The Kitchen, New York City
• Edited At – Foothill Digital
• Mastered At – Foothill Digital

Credits

• Artwork [Piano Landscape-mirrors], Design [Color Design] – Mary Ashley
• Composed By [Instrumental Music Beds Composed In Collaboration With] – "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Peter Gordon
• Composed By [Piano Solos And Electronic Keyboard Parts] – "Blue" Gene Tyranny
• Design [CD Package] – By Design
• Directed By [The Kitchen Center For Video And Dance (NYC), Director] – Mary MacArthur Griffin*
• Edited By [Digital Editing], Mastered By [Digital Mastering] – Allan Tucker
• Engineer [Audio] – Joshua Harris
• Film Director ["Perfect Lives" Directed By] – John Sanborn
• Film Director [Associate Director] – Mary Perillo
• Film Producer [The Kitchen Center For Video And Dance (NYC), Television Producer] – Carlota Schoolman
• Management [Personal Management For Robert Ashley] – Performing Artservices, Inc.
• Music By, Lyrics By [Libretto], Written-By [For Television], Performer [Created For Television] – Robert Ashley
• Other [Costumes And Make-up] – Jaqueline Humbert
• Performer [As "D" (The Captain Of The Football Team)] – David Van Tieghem
• Performer [As "R" (The Narrator)] – Robert Ashley
• Performer [As Buddy (The World's Greatest Piano Player)] – "Blue" Gene Tyranny
• Performer [As Isolde] – Jill Kroesen
• Producer [Music Produced In Collaboration With] – Paul Shorr
• Recorded By [Synchronous Sound] – Paul Shorr
• Score Editor – Charlie Rizzuto
• Technician [Video Image Processing] – Dean Winkler, John Sanborn
• Video Editor [Videotape Editor] – Dean Winkler
• Voice [Pre-recorded Chorus Voices] – David Van Tieghem (tracks: 1-2), Jill Kroesen (tracks: 1-2), Rebecca Armstrong (tracks: 1-2)
• Written-By [Piano Solos Based On Harmonic Progressions By] – "Blue" Gene Tyranny

Notes

Produced for Channel Four Television (Great Britain) by The Kitchen Center for Video Music and Dance (NYC): Mary MacArthur Griffin, Director; Carlota Schoolman, Television Producer.

Rhythm templates derived from the "Palace" organ, courtesy of Gulbransen Organ Co. (CBS Musical Instruments)

Television production made possible in part by grants from: The National Endowment fot the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The Beards Fund

Special thanks to Pierre Audi and The Almeida Theater (London)

Digital editing and mastering by [...], Foothill Productions, NYC.

The complete libretto of "Perfect Lives" is published by Burning Books with Archer Fields, distributed by D.A.P.

"Perfect Lives" is also available on video from Lovely Music.

On spine:
Robert Ashley Perfect Lives
Ashley / Tyranny / Kroesen / Van Tieghem / Gordon / Shorr
On discs:
Perfect Lives by Robert Ashley

On back:
© 1984 Robert Ashley/Visibility Music Publishers (BMI)
© 1991 Lovely Music, Ltd.
Digital Remastering ℗ 1991 by Lovely Music, Ltd.
Total time 174:09
On discs:
© 1984 Robert Ashley (BMI)
Visibility Music Publishers
℗ 1991 Lovely Music, Ltd.
Manufactured in U.S.A.
In booklet:
© 1991 Lovely Music, Ltd.

Compact Disc 1: 74:35
Compact Disc 2: 50:01
Compact Disc 3: 49:33
Total time: 174:09

Released in double-wide CD jewel case ("Fatboy") with 12-panel leporello insert.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (CD1): U.S. OPTICAL DISC LCD 4917.3 DISC 1
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): U.S. OPTICAL DISC LCD 4917.3 DISC 2
• Matrix / Runout (CD3): U.S. OPTICAL DISC LCD 4917.3 DISC 3
• Rights Society: BMI
• Other (SPARS code): ADD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LMC 4913 & LMC 4947	Robert Ashley	Perfect Lives ‎(2xCass, Album)	Lovely Music, Ltd.	LMC 4913 & LMC 4947	US	1991

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