Mikrophonie I / Mikrophonie II

Early 1970s repress with grey labels with repeating "Columbia" and eye logos around the rim. Pressed at Columbia's Terre Haute plant as identified by the "T" inscribed in the runouts. First recordings. "Mikrophonie I" for Tamtam, Two Microphones, Two Filters and Potentiometers recorded on the 17th and 18th of December, 1965. "Mikrophonie II" for Choir, Hammond Organ and Ring Modulators was composed in 1965. "Einfache Grammatische Meditationen" (Walter-Verlag, Olten and Freiburg, in Breisgau, 1955) served as the text, with the addition of insert from everyday discourse. Recorded excepts from "Gesang Der Junglinge", "Momente", and "Carre" appear through several "windows" within the piece. A Westdeutscher Rundfunk Production supervised by the composer. Cover photo by NASA from The New York Times. Previously released as CBS Records 32 11 0044.