Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In And Out

"Open Vocal Phrases, Where Songs Come In and Out" offers an intimate, unedited solo live performance by Arthur Russell, recorded at Phill Niblock’s Experimental Intermedia Foundation in Downtown NYC on December 20, 1985. Phill curated and produced two concerts with Arthur at EI, which would become an integral part of the foundation for the World of Echo album. Arthur titled this performance "Open Vocal Phrases, Where Songs Come In and Out." This extraordinary recording was captured by Steve Cellum and overseen by Phill and Arthur. Arthur would later edit sections from this performance, merging them with studio material recorded at Battery Sound to complete the World of Echo album, released in 1986. Side four of the vinyl features two instrumental tracks from Sketches for World of Echo: "Changing Forest"and "Sunlit Water."  LISTEN