HOLIDAY MAKER RECORDS RELEASES 50 YEAR OLD PIECE FOR THE FIRST TIME

In 1974, at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art (as it was then known), we performed, among other pieces of mine  "Mr Burt His Memory of Mr White His Fantasy on Mr Dunstable His Musick," for 2 toy organs and 2 toy pianos.  Performed inside a Pagode by Kim MacConnell.  Other pieces by myself and David Dunn were also performed on the concert. For the 50th anniversary of the performance, we performed thie piece again, at the 11th Hour Theatre in Fitzroy.  Holiday Maker Records released a cassette of the original 1974 version, which also has "Flying Pickle Music No 3" for synthesizer (2024) at the end of side 2.  Here's a link to the Bandcamp site: 

https://warrenburt.bandcamp.com/album/mr-burt-his-memory

More pictures of the original event, and program notes for the original concert can be found here about halfway through the article.

http://www.warrenburt.com/my-history-with-music-tech2/  

Here's the info on the release from the Bandcamp Site: A 1974 live recording of a re-working of a re-working of early Renaissance music by John Dunstable (actually Thomas Tallis) Warren Burt incorrectly remembered hearing British composers John White & Christopher Hobbs perform in London in 1970. Performed by Mr. Burt & three others on 2 toy pianos and 2 toy organs inside a Pagode by Kim MacConnell at the La Jolla Museum in San Diego, USA on 11 August 1974. Recorded to C120 cassette & being released now for the first time 50 years later.

credits

released August 30, 2024

Composed, programmed & performed by Warren Burt
Recorded by Warren Burt
Mastered by Owen Penglis
Liner notes by Warren Burt
Photography by Kim MacConnel
Cassette design by Andrew Hodges

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded in 1974 on C120 cassette
Sunrise organs played by Warren Burt & Susannah Ganus
Toy pianos played by Ronald Al Robboy & Nancy Werner
Track 3 recorded in 2024

Performers in the 2024 version at 11th Hour Theatre were Warren Burt, Andrew Byrne, Elizabeth Drake and Joe Major.  Many thanks to them for participating in a wonderful afternoon.