WILLIAM PENN - Crystal Rainbows [full album]
Artist: William Penn
Album: “Crystal Rainbows, The Sounds Of Harmonious Craft” 1978
Genre: Progressive Electronic / Experimental
Label: Sounds Reasonable, Inc.
Country: US
1. Reflections In A Pastel Vase (0:00)
Cloud Chamber Bowls (Skip LaPlante)
Music By The Inch (Bob Hanson)
Electronic Jawbone (Bob Natalini)
Portative Organ (John Brombaugh, George Taylor)
"Sansa" Finger Piano (Kathleen Doyle)
Acoustic Piano, Eventide Harmonizer, Finger Cymbals, Arp 2600 Synthesizer
2. Interlude: Crystal Rainbow (6:13)
Glass Harmonica (Dominick Labino)
3. Moonshine (8:22)
Clavichord (Carl Fudge)
Fender Bass, Triple Ocarina (Susan Rawcliffe)
Bicentennial Turkey Tambourine (Jan Brooks Loyd)
Rubber Piano, Cabasa, Vocals, Jaw Harp, Guiro, Finger Cymbals, Flexitone
4. Gossamer Looms (15:38)
Single String Stainless Steel Cello (Robert Rutman)
Glass Harmonica (Dominick Labino)
Highland Bagpipes (Mark Cushing)
"Sansa" Finger Piano (Kathleen Doyle)
Finger Cymbals, Jaw Harp
5. Iridescent Stillness Through Curved Space (22:30)
Apalachian Dulcimer (Rufus Jacoby)
Steel String Guitar (Max Krimmel)
Acoustic Piano, Cricket, Phased Suspended Cymbals, Castanets
6. Reprise: Crystal Rainbow (29:02)
Glass Harmonica (Dominick Labino)
Musicians:
Carol J. McCloud: Highland Bagpipes
Magruder Dent III: Steel Stringed Guitar
Tom McCarthy: Fender Bass
Robert Wieczorowski: Vocals
Elizabeth Garrett Bunker: Vocals
Jim Harmon: Acoustic Piano on (1)
William Penn: All Other Instruments, Vocals
In June 1978, Sounds Reasonable, Inc. (SRI) learned that the Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, would mount an exhibition "The Harmonious Craft: American Musical Instruments", that included unique and esoteric handcrafted musical instruments. SRI subsequently developed the idea of composing an album of music played on these instruments.
By July 1978, a cooperative agreement between SRI, the Smithsonian Institution and the instrument makers was signed, and work began. SRI selected Dr. William Penn as composer for the project. After reviewing and finally choosing forty three of the instruments, thirteen were actually used in the recording. Project was realesed at Sounds Reasonable Studios, Washington D.C.