Laurie SpiegelThe Expanding Universe

Label:

Unseen Worlds – UW09

Format:

2 x CD , Album, Reissue

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Classical

Style:

Experimental

Tracklist

1-1 Patchwork 9:44
1-2 Old Wave 6:51
1-3 Pentachrome 7:16
1-4 A Folk Study 2:01
1-5 Drums 7:07
1-6 Appalachian Grove I 5:20
1-7 Appalachian Grove II 7:54
1-8 Appalachian Grove III 3:12
1-9 The Expanding Universe 28:28
2-1 East River Dawn 14:14
2-2 The Unquestioned Answer 6:28
2-3 The Orient Express 10:00
2-4 Clockworks 5:20
2-5 Dirge Part I 2:20
2-6 Dirge Part II 2:29
2-7 Music For Dance Part I 8:37
2-8 Music For Dance Part II 6:18
2-9 Kepler's Harmony Of The Worlds 10:38
2-10 Wandering In Our Times 11:44

Companies, etc.

  • Licensed ToUnseen Worlds
  • Copyright ©Laurie Spiegel
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Laurie Spiegel
  • Published ByLaurie Spiegel Publishing
  • Recorded AtBell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.

Credits

  • Music By, Recorded By [Sound Recordings], Mastered By, CGI Artist, Liner NotesLaurie Spiegel
  • Photography By [Page 17 & 22]Louis Forsdale
  • Photography By [Page 24]Emmanuel Ghent

Notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-3 & 1-9 originally released on Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe as Philo 9003 in 1980. Includes 15 additional tracks, most never-before-released. All tracks realized 1974-1977 at Bell Labs.

Philo / Rounder LP liner notes (Laurie Spiegel self-interview) appear front cover through page six. All other liner notes new for this edition.

Photos: Laurie Spiegel at the 3C DDP-224 console in Bell Laboratories circa 1978 (tray card, page 24). Laurie Spiegel in her New York City loft circa 1976 (pages 17 & 22).

CD graphics excerpted from images created by Laurie Spiegel using image generation software she wrote at Bell Labs 1974-6. Additional illustrations from the 3C DDP-224 manual.

Dedicated to Max Mathews, Emmanuel Ghent, Ken Knowlton, and F. Richard Moore with special thanks to Steve Rathe and Philo Records, without anyone of whom this LP and CD would not have existed.

Total running time CD1: 78:16
Total running time CD2: 78:29

All music, sound recordings and liner notes are by & © ℗ Laurie Spiegel
Laurie Spiegel Publishing (ASCAP) under exclusice license to Unseen Worlds Records
Funded in part through a grant from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.

Tracks 1-2 and 1-3 are listed in reverse order in the booklet. They appear in correct order in the track list printed on the back insert and on the CD1 disc label.

Released in a slim double jewel case, with 24 page booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (UPC, sticker): 728028212877
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1): UW09CD1 2192564 01 07/03/2012 09:46:07 AM #77378
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 1): UW09CD2 2192575 02 07/03/2012 05:44:03 PM #77400
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 2): UW09CD2 2192575 01 10/12/2012 02:51:20 PM #85898
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1, CD2): IFPI LN08
  • Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI J119
  • Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI J103
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • SPARS Code: AAD

Other Versions (5 of 8)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
The Expanding Universe (LP, Album) Philo 9003, PH9003 US 1980
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The Expanding Universe (LP, Album, Reissue, Limited Edition, Clear) Unseen Worlds UW09 US 2012
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The Expanding Universe (19×File, MP3, Album, Reissue, 320 kbps) Unseen Worlds UW09 US 2012
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The Expanding Universe (LP, Album, Reissue, DMM) Unseen Worlds UW09 US 2013
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The Expanding Universe (2×CD, Album, Reissue) Unseen Worlds AMIP-0156 Japan 2018

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