Laurie Anderson "United States Live" 5xLP Box Set (1984)
Details: Europe pressing of Laurie Anderson's 5xLP opus United States Live (live performance) released on Warner Bros. Records in 1984. A fantastic collection of Anderson performing live, this box set is a must for Anderson fans. I have yet to find a box set where the top left corner is not damaged (see images) as the box was not constructed for such heavy archival purposes (it is a thin cardboard barely grade for album storage). Otherwise, the collection itself (individual albums and covers are in fantastic condition and have been well stored). Comes in a sealable poly bag. Heavy item (re: shipping). Amazing set. This LP set was play-tested prior to grade.
Description: "The record of this eight-hour, two-night show—1984’s four-and-a-half-hour box set, United States Live—is a gesamtkunstwerk, a bold federation of hobbyist tinkering and scientific wizardry, sound sculpture and rock music, gender and social studies, philosophy and linguistics. With performance chops equal to the Gipper’s, Anderson untangled Reagan’s knot of tech and hope and power and wove together an alternative form of patriotism, one that centers disorientation and finds authenticity in imagination. Along the way, she created an American masterpiece."
Grade: VG+ (Box/Cover) / NM (Records)
TRACK LISTING RECORD 1, PART 1, SIDE A:
A1. Say Hello
A2. Walk The Dog
A3. Violin Solo
A4. Closed Circuits
A5. For A Large And Changing Room
A6. Pictures Of It
A7. Language Of The Future
TRACK LISTING RECORD 1, PART 1, SIDE B:
B1. Cartoon Song
B2. Small Voice
B3. Three Walking Songs
B4. The Healing Horn
B5. New Jersey Turnpike
TRACK LISTING RECORD 2, PART 1, SIDE C:
C1. So Happy Birthday
C2. EngliSH
C3. Dance Of Electricity
C4. Three Songs For Paper, Film and Video
C5. Sax Solo
C6. Sax Duet
C7. Born, Never Asked
TRACK LISTING RECORD 2, PART 2, SIDE D:
D1. From The Air
D2. Beginning French
D3. O Superman
D4. Talkshow
TRACK LISTING RECORD 3, PART 2, SIDE E:
E1. Frames For The Pictures
E2. Democratic Way
E3. Looking For You
E4. Walking And Falling
E5. Private Property
E6. Neon Duet
E7. Let X=X
E8. The Mailman's Nightmare
E9. Difficult Listening Hour
TRACK LISTING RECORD 3, PART 2, SIDE F:
F1. "Language Is A Virus From Outer Space" - William S. Burroughs
F2. Reverb
F3. If You Can't Talk About It, Point To It (For Ludwig Wittgenstein and Reverend Ike)
F4. Violin Walk
F5. City Song
F6. Finnish Farmers
TRACK LISTING RECORD 4, PART 3, SIDE G:
G1. Red Map
G2. Hey Ah
G3. Bagpipe Solo
G4. Steven Weed
G5. Time And A Half
G6. Voices On Tape
G7. Example #22
G8. Strike
G9. False Documents
G10. New York Social Life
G11. A Curious Phenomenon
G12. Yankee See
TRACK LISTING RECORD 4, PART 3, SIDE H:
H1. I Dreamed I Had To Take A Test...
H2. Running Dogs
H3. Four, Three, Two, One
H4. The Big Top
H5. It Was Up In The Mountains
H6. Odd Objects
H7. Dr. Miller
H8. Big Science
H9. Big Science Reprise
TRACK LISTING RECORD 5, PART 4, SIDE I:
I1. Cello Solo
I2. It Tango
I3. Blue Lagoon
I4. Hothead (La Langue D'Amour)
I5. Stiff Neck
I6. Telephone Song
I7. Sweaters
I8. We've Got Four Big Clocks (And They're All Ticking)
TRACK LISTING RECORD 5, PART 4, SIDE J:
J1. Song For Two Jims
J2. Over The Rivers
J3. Mach 20
J4. Rising Sun
J5. The Visitors
J6. The Stranger
J7. Classified
J8. Going Somewhere?
J9. Fireworks
J10. Dog Show
J11. Lightning Out For The Territories