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PREORDER
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01. Arthur Russell - That's The Very Reason
02. Arthur Russell - Tower Of Meaning/Rabbit's Ear/Home Away From Home
03. Arthur Russell - Happy Ending
04. Arthur Russell - All-Boy All-Girl/Tiger Stripes/You Can't Hold Me Down
05. Arthur Russell - Introductions
06. Arthur Russell - Hiding Your Present From You/School Bell
07. Arthur Russell - Too Early To Tell
ARTIST
TITLE
Open Vocal Phrases, Where Songs Come In And Out
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
AU 1028LP AU 1028LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/28/2025

"Open Vocal Phrases, Where Songs Come in And Out and Sketches For World of Echo (AU 1029CD) offer two intimate unedited Arthur Russell solo live performances recorded at Phill Niblock's Experimental Intermedia Foundation in Downtown NYC on 12/20/85 and 06/25/84. Phill curated and produced with Arthur both concerts at EI that would become part of the foundation for the World of Echo album. These extraordinary performances were recorded 18 months apart between 1984/85 by Steve Cellum and overseen by Phill and Arthur. Arthur would later edit sections from both concerts merging it with studio material recorded at Battery Sound to finalize the World of Echo album released in 1986. The double vinyl LP for Open Vocal Phrases, Where Songs Come in And Out includes the complete nineteen-minute-plus version of 'Tower of Meaning/Rabbit's Ear/Home Away' along with the previously unreleased songs 'That's The Very Reason,' and 'Too Early to Tell.' Side four includes two instrumental performances from the 06/25/84 Sketches for World of Echo performance, 'Changing Forest' and 'Sunlit Water' along with a full color insert and liner notes from Audika Records and Arthur Russell archivist Steve Knutson."