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Never Failed Me Yet
Gavin Bryars' "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet," is a late minimalist piece for orchestra and tape that has had an almost legendary effect on its audiences. Opening with a homeless man singing a simple melody that is looped over and over again for the entire 74 minutes of the album. Bryars weaves in a beautiful string arrangement that develops slowly underneath the melody, and singer Tom Waits joins in at the end. Hear this remarkable piece (in a slightly condensed form) on this edition of New Sounds.
PROGRAM #2158 Music with Analog Tape (First aired on Tuesday, 5/27/03)
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RECORDING |
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Steve Reich |
Early Works |
It's Gonna Rain, excerpt [1:30] |
Nonesuch #79168** |
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Gavin Bryars |
The Sinking of the Titanic |
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, edited [15:00] |
Obscure Records, 1975 LP, long out of print. A re-recorded
version, with Tom Waits, was released in the mid 1990's by Point Music. |
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Scott Johnson |
John Somebody |
John Somebody I & III [13:00] |
Nonesuch #79133.** www.nonesuch.com* |
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Phil Kline |
Unsilent Night |
From Light [6:00] |
Cantaloupe #21005 |
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Robert Fripp & Brian Eno |
The Essential Fripp and Eno |
Wind On Water, excerpt [1:30] |
Caroline #61886 |
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Ingram Marshall |
Fog Tropes/Gradual Requiem |
Gradual Requiem, Pt. IV [8:00] |
New Albion #002.** |
*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page
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