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Greatest Hits And Test Tones (CD)

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Five of BCO's greatest performed by dAS, Robo, Daevid Allen, Brook Hinton, Mic Gendreau. Four test tones specially mixed by John Duncan, Monte Cazazza, G. X. Jupitter-Larsen.Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 comprise the "Greatest Hits" portion:"The greatest hits selections were derived by asking participants to pick from a list of previously issued BCO pop songs. No one played on the pieces they picked."Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 are the "Test Tones":"While T-Bone takes recording classes at Mills College, das seizes the opportunity to physically manipulate single band sine waves and then asks friends to mix the results, allowing no additives."The remaining tracks are from the BCO sound effects library.

Details
Cat. number: P21005-2
Year: 1970

Format

On spine: Biig Ceity Orcestraw Sound Effects Library Volume Two.

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 comprise the "Greatest Hits" portion:

"The greatest hits selections were derived by asking participants to pick from a list of previously issued BCO pop songs. No one played on the pieces they picked."

Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 are the "Test Tones":

"While T-Bone takes recording classes at Mills College, das seizes the opportunity to physically manipulate single band sine waves and then asks friends to mix the results, allowing no additives."

The remaining tracks are from the BCO sound effects library.

Release notes

On spine: Biig Ceity Orcestraw Sound Effects Library Volume Two. Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 comprise the "Greatest Hits" portion: "The greatest hits selections were derived by asking participants to pick from a list of previously issued BCO pop songs. No one played on the pieces they picked." Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 are the "Test Tones": "While T-Bone takes recording classes at Mills College, das seizes the opportunity to physically manipulate single band sine waves and then asks friends to mix…

Tracklist
1Arms And Legs
2Go
3Have You Seen Me
4The Door Must Be Stuck
5Middle Class
6Strange Experience
7Pedestrian Beat
8Hearing Mud Dry
9Fiend, Master Freak
10Squeaking
11Karawane
12Owl
13Metal Detector
14Water Sprinkler
15Abortion
16Love Creek
17Psychtone
18Whistling
19Hi, Baby
20Anti-Matter
21Big City Bathroom
22Lust
23Ethnic Gargling
24Jessica
25Kitties
26Inebriation
27Air Hole
28Destiny
29A.M.Beat
30Industry
31Pushing
32Jessica D.J.
33Telephone
34Accelerator
35Engine
36Portal
37Banana
38Monster Island
39Shaft
40Ox Cart
41Alarm
42Park
43Blind Man
Credits
Mark Robson
Didgeridoo (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Alan Herrick
Featuring [Egg Whisk] (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Brook Hinton
Keyboards (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Markus Wolff
Percussion (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Michael Gendreau
Percussion (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Robo
Sampler, Voice, Percussion (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Jonathan Segal
Strings [String Section] (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Rob Wortman
Strings, Percussion (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
David Gardner
Voice (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
T-Bone Juju
Voice (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Das
Voice, Featuring [Etc.] (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Daevid Allen
Voice, Guitar (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)