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LTD ' WHITE RABBIT ' VINYL REPRESS W/ ORIGINAL BOOKLET

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Tracklist: 1. Humdinger 2. Synthesize Me 3. Major Tom 4. Ghost Riders in the Sky 5. Domine, Libra Nos/Showdown 6. Fly Like an Eagle 7. Born to Be Wild 8. I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) 9. From the Womb to the Tomb 10. Ballroom Blitz

Transcendentally beautiful, The Space Lady's music is returning to Earth. Transmitting messages of peace and harmony, The Space Lady began her odyssey on the streets of Boston in the late 70s, then San Francisco ten years later, playing versions of contemporary pop music with an accordion and dressed flamboyantly. Following the theft and destruction of her accordion , The Space Lady invested in a then-new Casio keyboard, complete with a phase shifter and headset mic, birthing an otherworldly new dimension to popular song that has captured the imaginations of the underground and its leading exponents ever since.

"Utterly unique and radiant with a universal love that courses through The Space Lady’s re-shaping of 20th Century counterculture, these songs lament time past while suggesting a mode of living for the future. Now celebrating its 13th Birthday, The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits has firmly earned its place as not an “outsider” classic (whatever that means) but as a Classic full stop. Originally recorded in 1990 by Susan Dietrich to document her time on earth as The Space Lady, it enjoyed niche, underground fandom until Night School Records released it as Greatest Hits in 2013. Play these songs to anyone and the distance between them seems to shrink." - Michael Kasparis


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Format: Box-set, includes LP, Book and Poster (200 copies only, limited
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Within the world of theatrical archives, there are the known, the
unknown, the forgotten, and the lost. Demetrio Stratos' stage
compositions for Teatro dell'Elfo's groundbreaking 1979 production
Satyricon - directed by future Oscar winner Gabriele Salvatores -
represents one such lost artifact now wondrously returned to life. This
radical sonic work, integrating extended vocal techniques, Balinese
instruments, and pioneering whale song recordings, stands as the final
masterpiece of Italy's most visionary vocal experimenter, lost for over
four decades until Die Schachtel's extraordinary recovery. As Stratos
himself explained: "The musical operation performed on Satyricon is
particular: the composer-musician here does not compose, but borrows
ready-made music, vivisects it, melts it, intervenes and recomposes it
on magnetic tape. The structure of the signifier, from a morphological
point of view, presents itself as a conceptual collage."

The music is obtained by utilizing compositions and musical elements
from David Behrman, Joan La Barbara, Balinese Ketyak, Turkish Nay flute,
Yugoslavian bagpipe, Pan flute, and whale song, with synthesizer
interventions by Paolo Tofani. It began as part of something known - a
wild, immersive theatrical event that inaugurated Teatro dell'Elfo's
historic venue in 1979, was almost entirely forgotten, becoming lost and
then unknown. The original production marked a radical departure for the
company: no longer popular street theatre, but a dark, immersive,
sophisticated spectacle that transformed their space into a rough wooden
arena with a sand floor. Demetrio Stratos, working with Paolo Tofani
(fellow Area member), created an entire sonic universe that subverted
every conventional function of stage music. Their composition wasn't
accompaniment, but autonomous sonic dramaturgy that integrated extended
vocal techniques, archaic electronic elements, Nay flutes, Balinese
instruments, and pioneering whale song recordings.

The result was a three-dimensional soundscape that enveloped audiences,
creating an otherworldly acoustic dimension. Stratos' score even
intervened in the actors' vocal delivery, with the recordings capturing
both the performance and his coaching sessions with the cast. The
production featured young actors destined for fame - Elio De Capitani,
Ferdinando Bruni, Cristina Crippa, Corinna Agustoni, Ida Marinelli -
guided by Gabriele Salvatores in this adaptation of Petronius' ancient
novel.

Shortly after the Satyricon performances, Stratos was hospitalized for
the condition that would lead to his death at just 33 years old. This
work represents his final composition - a haunting farewell from one of
Italy's most innovative sound artists. Die Schachtel presents this
recovered work in collaboration with Teatro dell'Elfo, pulled from the
original magnetic tape and carefully restored.

Satyricon '79 is one of the great artifacts of 1970s Italian avant-garde
- a wild, grinding sonic expose which sucks the ear into its depths,
made in the spirit of collaboration and creative risk-taking. The
edition includes critical apparatus with essays, testimonies from
protagonists, and period photographic documentation, documenting an
unrepeatable moment where theatre, vocal research and sonic
experimentation converged. This release marks a poignant moment in
experimental music history - Stratos' final work, now rescued from the
archives and restored to its rightful place in the canon of Italian
avant-garde masterpieces. A true wonder of towering historical
importance. As essential as it gets for any fan of experimental music,
or the history of the Italian avant-garde. Fully restored and newly
mastered from the original analog tapes. Absolutely essential.

Track list: https://tinyurl.com/yaae25sp

a1. Filastrocca (Nursery Rhyme) 1:11
a2. Scuola di retorica (School of Rethorics) 2:08
a3. Retarius in lotta (Retarius' Fight) 2:13
a4. Scena, Fiaba, Pantomima (Scene, Tale, Pantomime) 5:24
a5. Quartilla 0:31
a6. Quartiere dei bordelli (Brothels' Quarter) 2:26
a7. Mercato, nebbia (Market, Fog) 1:02
a8. Orgia (Orgy) 2:34

b1. Bali 7:02
b2. Epitaffio (Epitaph) 1:09
b3. La nave (The Ship) 1:34
b4. Inizio tempesta (Storm Begins) 1:04
b5. Tempesta violenta (Violent Storm) 1:30
b6. Succhiata (Sucking) 0:12
b7. Naufragio (Shipwreck) 1:33
b8. Giardino di Circe (Circe's Garden) 0:43
b9. Proseleno 0:51
b10. La Maga (The Witch) 1:19
b11. Mangiando il cadavere + L'uccello (Eating the Corpse + The Bird) 2:27




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Format Notes:

First time vinyl reissue of this incredible library record, as part of Be With Records's crucial Music De Wolfe reissue campaign. 140g vinyl. Limited to just 750 worldwide.


Track List:


A1 Little Big John 2:13
A2 Summer Friend 4:10
A3 Hammerhead 4:33
A4 Crimson 2:44
A5 Great Day 3:54
A6 Hard Crust 2:34

B1 Highball 2:59
B2 Bora 3:12
B3 Hold Back 4:44
B4 Silver Thrust 3:56
B5 Convoy 4:00
B6 Barracuda 3:05

Release Notes:

Great Day is one of the very best albums on the Music De Wolfe label and certainly one of the most sought after library records, full stop. It's been sampled by such heavyweights as Madlib, LTJ Bukem, El-P and The Alchemist (among many others). You likely already know all this. If you don't, get to know. One listen through and the £350 asking price for a VG copy starts to all make sense...

Originally released in 1972, it's credited to Music De Wolfe legends Simon Haseley (real name Simon Park) and "Peter Reno" (a collaborative alias used by composers Clifford "Cliff" Twemlow and Peter Taylor) Confused? No matter. It's one of the most consistent libraries you'll ever hear, packed with heavy blaxploitation-esque drama-funk break themes.

It opens with the feel-good, breezy piano beat number "Little Big John" before switching up to modern sweeping orchestral with heavy drums on the warm, deeply emotive "Summer Friend". Total highlight "Hammerhead" is as heavy as you'd want, from a track so-titled. It's a driving, imposing, orchestral funk-rock monster, famously used by The High & Mighty for their classic "Dirty Decibels" and, also, it was used as the backing for Beyonce's ace "Woman Like Me".

Up next, "Crimson" is melodic, plaintive and moodily introspective; a soft, oboe-enhanced instrumental of delicate beauty. Again, ace beats and breaks abound. The expansive title track, "Great Day" is melodic and bold; a horn-fuelled, mid-tempo rhythmic workout which builds to rather big end. Rounding out this first side, "Hard Crust" ups the ante with thrilling wah-wah funk-rock, a dramatic, pounding and aggressive thriller. Killer!

Side B opens with the steady, stealthy crime-funk of "Highball" before segueing brilliantly into the Hammond-laced relentless flute-funk of the driving "Bora". The powerful wah-wah wonderful "Hold Back" is haunting orchestral funk-rock, sampled by Madlib, El-P, Rakim, Sean Price and The Alchemist. It's easy to see why. Swaggering and staggering.

The cop show funk of "Silver Thrust" is fast, purposeful and persistent. Is it a cover version of the godlike "Stepping Stones" from Johnny Harris's Movements album? Either way, with up-tempo drums, bongos and flute you're going to be thrusting all night. The dynamic "Convoy" is a brassy, organ-fuelled sports-soundtrack b-boy breaks monster. Super Bowl Soul! Essential. To close out this quite extraordinary set, the insistent "Barracuda" presents dramatic rock feels over a persistent funky flute beat. It was sampled by LTJ Bukem for his classic "Sunrain" from 2000.

The audio for Great Day has been meticulously remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring this release sounds better than ever. Cicely Balston's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the records have been pressed to the highest possible standard at Record Industry in Holland. The original, iconic sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.


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