ALISON KNOWLES - Sounds from the Book of Bean LP Shoegaze The Birthday Party and many

The Birthday Party and many others

11 tracks recorded live on KBOO in 1983 and two outtakes from the "Record Collectors" recording session

robust passages

White Light from the Mouth of Infinity

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ALISON KNOWLES - Sounds from the Book of Bean LP Shoegaze The Birthday Party and manyThe first vinyl LP release from Fluxus pioneer Alison Knowles (b. 1933). Sounds from the Book of Bean is an assemblage of noises and texts related to The Book of Bean (1982), Knowles 8 foot tall walk in book constructed at Franklin Furnace in New York. This recording, the sounds of making the big book, was continually played back inside of the installation. Echoes of Yoshi Wada hammering together the circular spine of the book, other collaborators