MOONDOG
MOONDOG (150 GRAM) - LP

SONY LEGACY

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UPC: 889854401610
Label: SONY LEGACY
Format: LP
Release Date: June 30, 2017
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Limited 150 gram vinyl LP pressing including digital download. Moondog is the fifth album by American composer Moondog. Moondog had released no music for twelve years since his 1957 album The Story of Moondog. Finally, in 1969, producer James William Guercio invited him to record an album for Columbia Records. The resulting album compiled various music which Moondog had been working on since the 1950s. This included two "minisyms" (Moondog's term for short symphonic-styled works performed by small orchestras); two canons; a chaconne in memory of Charlie Parker; ballet music originally written for Martha Graham ("Witch of Endor"); and three symphonic (or "symphonique") works, one of which was dedicated to Benny Goodman and featured elements of swing.

TRACK LIST:

A1 Theme 2:35

A2 Stamping Ground 2:36

A3 Symphonique #3 (Ode To Venus) 5:51

A4 Symphonique #6 (Good For Goodie) 2:45

Mini-Sym #1 5:45

B1a I - Allegro

B1b II - Andante Adagio

B1c II - Vivace

B2 Lament I, "Bird's Lament" 1:42

Witch Of Endor 6:29

B3a I - Dance

B3b II - Trio

B3b1 A. Adagio (The Prophesy)

B3b2 B. Andante (The Battle)

B3b3 C. Agitato (Soul's Death)

B3c III - Dance (Reprise)

B4 Symphonique #1 (Portrait Of A Monarch) 2:36