27 October 2016

PAUL BURWELL ‎– A MUMMIFIED PERSON WITH A PLEASANT SMILE IS KEPT IN A CUPBOARD IN THE VESTRY (TOADFISH TAPES, 1979)



A1.  No Skull

Drum Kit

A2a. Struck
A2b. Bowed
A2c. Shaken

A3.  Arco Metal

B1.  Traps
B2.  I.F.O.'s / Metal & Realdrum
B3.  Die Blechtrommel
B4.  A Mummified Person With A Pleasant Smile Is Kept In A Cupboard In The Vestry

Paul Burwell, percussion


Sadly true

Recorded at Anne Bean's Studio, Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, Sept. 19th 1979, by David Toop for Toadfish Tapes, USA.

No-label release in UK.

Cassette C60 recording


8 comments:

  1. Thank you for this quite expensive music.

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  2. That's a good listen - rather like hearing the hundred letter word Joyce used for the fall, spelt out by percussion. Thanks.

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  3. please more Burwell - close to impossible to find his scant recordings...

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  4. my first time hearing Burwell; sad to learn he passed away, and young!
    Very interesting stuff, Nick. Appreciate your sharing this.

    peace all,
    mikeL

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