Alan Sondheim / Ritual All 770 - The Songs

Tracklist

1	The Songs Pt. 1	3:58
2	The Songs Pt. 2	3:39
3	The Songs Pt. 3	4:51
4	The Songs Pt. 4	2:20
5	The Songs Pt. 5	4:05
6	The Songs Pt. 6	6:07
7	The Songs Pt. 7	1:15
8	The Songs Pt. 8	5:48
9	The Songs Pt. 9	2:51
10	The Songs Pt. 10	5:28

Credits

• Bass – Chris Mattheson
• Design, Illustration – David Omar White
• Drums [Jazz] – J.Z.*
• Electric Guitar, Violin, Flute, Suling, Xylophone, Alto Saxophone, Classical Guitar, Clarinet, Shenai, Recorder [Bass], Mandolin, Oboe [So-na], Guitar [Hawaiian], Koto, Recorder [Sopranino], Percussion [Chimta], Cor Anglais, Sitar, Flute [Bansari], Liner Notes – Alan Sondheim
• Recorded By – Alan Sondheim, Lyle Fain
• Tabla, Dholak, Percussion [Naquerra] – Barry Sugarman
• Trumpet, Cornet – Robert Poholek
• Vocals – June Fellows, Ruth Ann Hutchinson

Notes

Recorded in March 1967, Providence, R.I.

Originally released on LP by Riverboat Records.
This CD was mastered using the best available vinyl source.

"This work is a single improvised performance in which one of the performers sings "Oratorio On The End Of Illusions", although, in my libretto the words were originally "Oratorio On The End Of Visions". A libretto of eight pages was prepared. The vocalists were not told how to sing it. They could go backward or repeat any section if they wanted to. There was no score. The only instruction given to the instrumentalists was this: no playing behind the koto or classical guitar. I had several rehearsals with each of them, mostly individually. The session lasted through two takes, this is the second. After the master was made, I added reverberation and volume controlling; other than that, all of the music heard here is from the live performance."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 43157 37228 8

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RB3	Ritual All 770	The Songs ‎(LP)	Riverboat	RB3	US	Unknown

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