Conversations With The Anthony Burgess Cassette Archive (1964-1993) offers a rare auditory glimpse into the private world of the acclaimed writer through never-before-heard tape recordings spanning nearly three decades. Curated by Alan Dunn in collaboration with the International Anthony Burgess Foundation and Sub Rosa, this project assembles the first and last known recordings of Burgess's voice, along with candid domestic moments, rehearsals, and answering machine messages.
The double album brings together these intimate archival materials on one disc and invites a diverse cast of 23 contemporary artists—including Chris Watson, Scanner, and Guy-Marc Hinant—to reimagine the source material on the other. The result is a fascinating blend of experimental electronic soundscapes and non-music, revealing Burgess's wit, musicality, and thoughts on figures from The Beatles to Stanley Kubrick.
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- Format: Vinyl
- Label: Sub Rosa
- Genre: Electronic, Non-Music
- Release Date: 12/12/2019
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TRACKS
A1. Flexidisc AB Discussing Shakespeare For The Book Society (1964)
A2. Tape_0526 AB Playing Greensleeves (1984)
A3. Tape_0526 AB Mock Sales Pitch For 'Enderby's Dark Lady' (1984)
A4. Tape_0438a AB Lecture 'Can Art Be Immoral?' (1991)
A5. Tape_0685 Ab Playing Piano (1970s-1980s)
A6. Tape_0438a 'Can Art Be Immoral?' (1991)
A7. Tape_0645 LB Making List Of Desired Translators Of 'On Going To Bed' (1982)
A8. Tape_0438a 'Can Art Be Immoral?' (1991)
A9. Tape_0670 AB-W Playing Guitar, 44 Rue Grimaldi, Monaco (1980s)
A10. Tape_0438a 'Can Art Be Immoral?' (1991)
A11. . Tape_0625 AB And LB Lunching At Casa Frollo, Venice, As Seagulls Swoop For The Discarded Tiramisu (1988)
A12. Tape_0438a 'Can Art Be Immoral?' (1991)
A13. Tape_0100 AB Rehearsing Of Mozart Lecture (1991)
A14. Tape_0685 AB-W Playing, Possibly The Crumhorn? (1970s-1980s)
B1. Tape_0626 The Burgess Answering Machine, Monaco (c.1984)
B2. . Tape_0642 AB Discussing The Beatles (1986)
B3. Tape_0656 AB And LB Piano Duet (unknown)
B4. Tape_0581 AB's Nantes Lecture In French (date?)
B5. Tape_0494 AB Giving Acceptance Speech For 'A Clockwork Orange' In Sardi's, New York (1972)
B6. Tape_0655 AB Playing Beethoven's 'Ode To Joy' On His Keyboard (1980s)
B7. 21. Tape_0685 AB-W Play-acting In French (1970s-1980s)
B8. . Tape_0645 AB And LB Rehearsing A Speech, Referencing Strindberg, Engels, Kafka And Ibsen (1982)
B9. . Tape_0367b LB Reading 'Chatsky' At Home (c1993)
B10. Tape_0526 AB Mock Sales Pitch For 'Enderby's Dark Lady' (1984)
B11. Tape_0100 AB rehearsing of Mozart lecture (1991)
B12. Tape_0685 AB-W playing, possibly the crumhorn? (1970s-1980s)
C1. Mr Burgess Says Writing Is Hard
C2. Human Being
C3. FFFF
C4. Ode
C5. Adjrust
C6. Vitrified Exhalations
C7. Tony B's Monstrous Idol
C8. Janet And Howard Are In The Audience 2019
C9. Kubrick
D1. Whilst His Piano Gently Sleeps
D2. Pronto
D3. Canis Lupus Lupus
D4. Nantes
D5. Nocturnal Hum
D6. Waiting For You
D7. SCORN
D8. Rue Grimaldi Remixed
D9. Birds
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