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Joe McPhee – Sound On Sound (Solo 1968-1973) (CD 1 & 2) (Recorded 1968/69 and 1970/73) [CD 1] 00:00 Sound On Sound 05:53 Tenor Saxophone Solo Number One 10:22 Tenor Saxophone Solo Number Two 15:20 Recorded Solo Number One [CD 2] 21:45 Cosmic Love 27:43 Kalimba 28:35 Percussion Number One 30:58 Soprano / Echoplex Number One 33:51 Percussion Number Two 36:41 Soprano / Echoplex Number Two 37:56 Soprano / Echoplex Number Three 41:10 Cosmic Love Number Two 46:59 Cosmic Love Organ Alone 53:11 Space Organ One 01:02:27 Space Organ Two 01:08:32 Space Organ Three 01:14:51 Mic Feedback One 01:16:13 Mic Feedback Two 01:17:35 Nagoya Harp (Inspired/Informed By Harry Partch / Lukas Foss / John Snyder) 01:30:29 Sound On Sound Tenor Saxophone, Toy Piano, Percussion [Toy], Recorder, Soprano Saxophone, Organ [Space], Flute, Noises [Feedback], Mbira [Kalimba], Effects [Echoplex], Percussion – Joe McPhee Sound on Sound is a two-CD set of these previously unreleased solo recordings by Poughkeepsie, NY, multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, dating from 1968 to 1973. The extraordinary tracks document the very early years of McPhee's tenor playing (he was intitally a trumpet player, though he was an absolute natural saxophonist) and his omnivorous interest in sound-making devices of all types (from drone organ to nagoya harp, by way of soprano sax and hand percussion). They present a little-known aspect of his early work, his interest in multi-track recording, here executed on a device known as a Sound On Sound tape machine. When he performed live in concert with the device, he called it his “Survival Unit.“ McPhee aficionados will particularly enjoy the new-old soul/free jazz classic “Cosmic Love.“ Featuring McPhee solo on tenor saxophone, toy piano, toy percussion, recorder, soprano saxophone, Space Organ, flute, feedback, kalimba, echoplex, and percussion.
