Harold Budd – Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath

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Label:	Darla Records – DRL285
Format:	2 x CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress
Country:	US
Released:
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Ambient, Modern Classical

Tracklist

		Avalon Sutra
1-1		Arabesque 3 Performer, Composed By – Harold Budd Performer, Composed By, Sopranino Saxophone – Jon Gibson (2)
1-2		It's Steeper Near The Roses (For David Sylvian) Cello – Marston Smith Performer, Producer – Harold Budd Viola – John Acevedo Violin – James Sitterly, Peter Kent (2)
1-3		L'Enfant Perdu Cello – Marston Smith Performer, Producer – Harold Budd Viola – John Acevedo Violin – James Sitterly, Peter Kent (2)
1-4		Chrysalis Nu (To Barney's Memory) Cello – Marston Smith Performer, Producer – Harold Budd Viola – John Acevedo Violin – James Sitterly, Peter Kent (2)
1-5		Three Faces West (Billy Al Bengston's) Cello – Marston Smith Performer, Producer – Harold Budd Viola – John Acevedo Violin – James Sitterly, Peter Kent (2)
1-6		Arabesque 2 Performer, Composed By – Harold Budd Performer, Composed By, Soprano Saxophone – Jon Gibson (2)
1-7		Little Heart Performer, Producer – Harold Budd
1-8		How Vacantly You Stare At Me Performer, Composed By – Harold Budd Performer, Composed By, Bass Flute – Jon Gibson (2)
1-9		A Walk In The Park With Nancy (In Memory) Performer, Producer – Harold Budd
1-10		Rue Casimir Delavugne (For Daniel Lentz) Performer, Producer – Harold Budd
1-11		Arabesque 1 Performer, Composed By – Harold Budd Performer, Composed By, Soprano Saxophone – Jon Gibson (2)
1-12		Porcelain Ginger Performer, Producer – Harold Budd
1-13		Faraon Performer, Producer – Harold Budd
1-14		As Long As I Can Hold My Breath Performer, Producer – Harold Budd
		As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
2-1		As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (By Night) Composed By, Performer, Producer – Harold Budd Performer, Remix, Producer – Akira Rabelais Producer – David Sylvian

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Darla Records
Copyright © – Darla Records
Published By – Toyon Music
Published By – Undertow Music (2)
Manufactured By – Disc Makers – MAI3148
Manufactured By – Disc Makers – MAI3149
Recorded At – Architecture, Los Angeles
Recorded At – Orangewood Studio
Recorded At – Metamusic Productions
Mixed At – Orangewood Studio
Engineered At – Orangewood Studio

Credits

Arranged By [String Arrangement], Producer, Engineer [Studio Treatments] – Harold Budd (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14)
Art Direction, Design – Harold Budd
Layout – Martin Lewsley
Photography By – Hugo Budd
Recorded By – Bradford Ellis (2) (tracks: 2-1), Scott Fraser (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8, 1-11)
Recorded By [Further Recording], Mixed By, Engineer [Studio Treatments] – Michael Coleman (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14)
Remastered By [Mastered By] – Bradford Ellis (2)

Notes

℗ & © 2013 Darla Records

CD1: Published by Toyon Music (BMI) except tracks 1-1, 1-6, 1-8 & 1-11 published by Toyon Music (BMI) and Undertow Music (BMI)
CD2: Published by Toyon Music (BMI)

Issued in a 6-panel Digipak.

From darla.com: "Remastered from the original DAT master by [...] Bradford Ellis, this new edition of Avalon Sutra sounds better than the original release, which we discovered was flattened in mastering [...]"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 7 08527 02852 0
Matrix / Runout (CD1): MAI3148 [Disc Makers logo]
Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI LZ74
Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI ALK10
Matrix / Runout (CD2): MAI3149 [Disc Makers logo]
Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI LZ74
Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI ALK01
Rights Society: BMI

Other Versions (3)

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Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Avalon Sutra (2×CD, Album)	Samadhisound	sound cd ss004	UK & US	2004
Avalon Sutra (2×CD, Album, Unofficial Release)	samadhisound (2)	sound cd ss004	Russia	2005
Avalon Sutra (2×CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered)	Darla Records	DRL285	US	2014

Reviews

gooball60 Sep 19, 2022
I question this statement from the record label:
"this new edition of Avalon Sutra sounds better than the original release, which we discovered was flattened in mastering"

For some inexplicable reason, this "remaster" was absolutely botched. I thought it was maybe just my copy, but these issues are present on the digital Bandcamp release as well, so it seems to be an issue with the master itself. Some tracks are overdriven to the point of becoming audibly distorted, mainly on the peaks of the saxophone and piano. Additionally, just about every track's audio is riddled with repeating pops and clicks, which are difficult to ignore especially when listening with headphones. As for the label's statement regarding their discovery of the original release being flattened, after comparing the two releases side-by-side, the only reasonable conclusion I can surmise is that the aforementioned statement is blatantly false.

Stay away from this release, stick with the original 2004 version if you can.