Glenn Branca
Symphony No. 2
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2015 repress, originally reissued in 1992. Atavistic has quietly erected the near complete recorded works of Glenn Branca, whose vision of guitar-generated power-symphonic sound is, in simple terms, one of the most exhilarating and important musical gestures of the contemporary era. First issue of this '82 performance; 10 guitars (including Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo on special Branca-engineered "mallet guitars"), plus the massive force of Zev's bass drum & metal
Release notes
Packaged in a standard jewel case with a photo-illustrated 8-page booklet that includes credits and release information. This version issued with a gray/white/black cover. Recorded live at St. Mark's Church, NYC on May 14, 1982. Post production mix at Sorcerer Sound, 1991. Quad-tape recordings used in performance recorded at Radio City Music Hall Studios. © & ℗ 1992 Atavistic Video.
| Symphony No. 2 (The Peak Of The Sacred) | |||
| 1 | First Movement (Slow Mass) | 22:19 | |
| 2 | Second Movement (Radioactive Poltergeist Kitchen 1955) | 19:45 | |
| 3 | Third Movement (Melodrama And Nuclear Physics In The Global Theater) | 18:38 | |
| 4 | Fourth Movement (Sacred Field) | 10:27 | |
| 5 | Fifth Movement (In The Late 20th Century The Impossible Becomes Possible (Short Excerpt)) | 2:18 | |
- Jeffrey Glenn
- Bass
- Z'ev
- Bass Drum [Concert Bass Drum], Percussion [Metal]
- Glenn Branca
- Conductor, Guitar, Tape [Harmonics Guitars On Tape], Other [Mallet Guitar Design]
- Jo Bonney
- Design [Original Poster Design]
- DesignCorp
- Design [Package]
- Stephan Wischerth
- Drums, Cymbal, Arranged By [Trap Set Arrangements]
- Herr Lugus
- Engineer [Live Sound Engineering], Producer [Live Technical Production]
- Don Hunerberg
- Engineer [Quad-tape Recordings]
- Barbara Ess
- Guitar [Mallet Guitar]
- Craig Bromberg
- Guitar [Mallet Guitar]
- Lee Ranaldo
- Guitar [Mallet Guitar], Recorded By, Producer
- Robert Harrison
- Guitar [Mallet Guitar]
- Sue Hanel
- Guitar [Mallet Guitar]
- Thurston Moore
- Guitar [Mallet Guitar]
- Al Arthur
- Guitar [Mallet Guitar], Bass Drum
- David Linton
- Guitar [Mallet Guitar], Bass Drum
- Patrick Derivaz
- Mixed By [Post Production Mix]
- Wharton Tiers
- Mixed By [Post Production Mix], Recorded By, Producer
- Catherine Ceresole
- Photography By
- Judith Wong
- Photography By
- Kim Gordon
- Photography By
- Paula Court
- Photography By
