Steve Reich - Early Works FLAC

Steve Reich Modern Classical Experimental Post-Modern Minimal Contemporary 1987 US

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Come Out Loops – Steve ReichVoice – Daniel Hamm	12:54
A2	Piano Phase Piano – Double Edge, Edmund Niemann, Nurit Tilles	20:26
B1	Clapping Music Handclaps – Russ Hartenberger, Steve Reich	4:39
B2	It’s Gonna Rain Loops – Steve ReichVoice – Brother Walter	17:31

Companies, etc.

Published By – Reich Music Publications
Recorded At – RCA Studio A
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.

Credits

Art Direction, Design – Carin Goldberg
Engineer – Paul Goodman (tracks: A2, B1)
Executive-Producer – Robert Hurwitz
Liner Notes – Steve Reich
Mastered By [Mastering] – Robert C. Ludwig*
Mixed By, Edited By – Judith Sherman (tracks: A2, B1), Steve Reich (tracks: A2, B1)
Photography By – Nevin Shalit, Steve Sherman*
Photography By [Cover] – Landry*, Girouard*
Producer – Judith Sherman, Steve Reich

Notes

Come Out
Piano Phase recorded May 1986 at RCA Studio A, New York City
Clapping Music recorded May 1987 at RCA Studio A, New York City
It’s Gonna Rain (January 1965)

℗© 1987 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 7559-79169-1 1
Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9 79169-2	Steve Reich	Early Works ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Elektra Nonesuch	9 79169-2	US	Unknown
979 169-2	Steve Reich	Early Works ‎(CD, Comp)	Nonesuch	979 169-2	Germany	1987
9 79169-1	Steve Reich	Early Works ‎(LP, Promo)	Elektra Nonesuch	9 79169-1	US	1987
9 79169-4	Steve Reich	Early Works ‎(Cass, Comp)	Elektra Nonesuch	9 79169-4	US	1987
979 169-1	Steve Reich	Early Works ‎(LP)	Nonesuch	979 169-1	Europe	1987

Wyameluna

This is it - the greatest of the early minimal works of Steve Reich. Conceptual experiments with out-of-phase tape recorders on the enigmatic It's Gonna Rain and Come Out (the influence of this track even permeates into the work of Capt Beefheart).If it's minimal you want - how more mimimal can you get than Clapping Music? Just human hands clapping, gradually phasing in and out of time. Sheer genius. This is the record you could find cheap in HMV sales back in the 1980s... I think mine cost me £2.99.In my opinion the first 15 years (up to Octet) contain the best and most challenging pieces that Reich composed. Maybe he was chasing sales or acclaim but, for me, the later, more elaborately orchestrated works become less interesting, with more concessions to accessibility and 'the market'.I was lucky to see Steve Reich and Musicians at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in 1981 where they performed Clapping, Drumming and Octet, a great night that has stuck in my memory.