Terry Riley –
A Rainbow in Curved Air
1967,
United States
00:40:25;
74M;
256S;
456;
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A Rainbow in Curved Air
- 18:46
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Poppy Nogood and the Phan
- 21:39
David Behrman - producer
John Berg - artwork by [front cover montage]
Glen Kolotkin - engineer, technician [studio recording adaption]
Terry Riley - organ [electric], harpsichord [electric], keyboards [rocksichord], goblet drum [dumbec], tambourine (A), soprano saxophone, organ [electric] (B)
Roy Segal - engineer
Virginia Team - artwork by [back cover illustration]
This version wears the red CBS-label with cat# S 64564 on it, while the cover (front- rear- & spine) just shows 64564.
The spatially separated mirror images were adapted for studio recording and resemble the sound Terry gets in his all-night concerts.
Wording on rear:
And then all wars ended / Arms of every kind were outlawed and the masses gladly contributed them to giant foundries in which they were melted down and the metal poured back into the earth / The Pentagon was turned on its side and painted purple, yellow & green / All boundaries were dissolved / The slaughter of unfortunates from the Bowery were allowed to live out their fantasies in the sunshine and were cured / People swam in the sparkling rivers under blue skies streaked only with incense pouring from the new factories / The energy from dismantled nuclear weapons provided free heat and light / World health was restored / An abundance of organic vegetables, fruits and grains was growing wild along the discarded highways / National flags were sewn together into brightly colored circus tents under which politicians were allowed to perform harmless theatrical games / The conceopt of work was forgotten
CBS, S 64564
CBS, 64564
