Laurie Anderson – Big Science
Label: | Nonesuch – 075597918069 |
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Format: | |
Country: | USA & Europe |
Released: | |
Genre: | Electronic, Rock, Pop |
Style: | Art Rock, Experimental, New Age |
Tracklist
| A1 | From The Air | 4:33 | |
| A2 | Big Science | 6:12 | |
| A3 | Sweaters | 2:24 | |
| A4 | Walking & Falling | 2:13 | |
| A5 | Born, Never Asked | 4:57 | |
| B1 | O Superman (For Massenet) | 8:25 | |
| B2 | Example #22 | 3:00 | |
| Let X=X / It Tango | (6:57) | ||
| B3a | Let X=X | ||
| B3b | It Tango |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – The Lobby
- Mixed At – The Hit Factory
- Recorded At – Skyline Studios
- Recorded At – Sorcerer Sound
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – Record Industry – 30991
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Nonesuch Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Nonesuch Records Inc.
Credits
- Art Direction – Perry Hoberman
- Artwork [Cover] – Laurie Anderson
- Design – Cindy Brown (3)
- Engineer – Leanne Ungar
- Engineer [Assistant, Skyline Studios] – Arthur Payson
- Engineer [Assistant, Sorcerer Sound] – Al Fierstein*
- Engineer [Assistant, The Hit Factory] – Bob Musso*
- Lacquer Cut By – JN-H*
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
- Mixed By [Assistant, The Hit Factory] – Jon Smith (3)
- Photography By [Back Cover] – James Hamilton (5)
- Photography By [Front Cover] – Greg Shifrin
- Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Laurie Anderson
- Producer – Laurie Anderson, Roma Baran
- Producer [Assistant] – Perry Hoberman
- Remastered By – Greg Calbi
- Technician [Technical Consultant & Systems Design] – Bob Bielecki
- Words By, Music By – Laurie Anderson
Notes
Early copies ordered from the Nonesuch Store included a bonus cover art print signed by Laurie Anderson.
Includes lyric sheet insert.
Track times taken from record labels.
Remastered 2007 at Sterling Sound by Greg Calbi.
Songs from "United States I-IV"
Recorded at The Lobby, New York City.
Mixed at The Hit Factory, New York City.
Additional tracks recorded at The Hit Factory, Skyline Studios and Sorcerer Sound.
Special thanks to Patty Anderson, Lester Bangs, Robert Coe, Anton Fier, Charles Holland, Geraldine Pontius, Greg Shifrin and Gail Turner.
B1 mixed at The Lobby; for Massenet; originally released on One Ten Records.
B2 special thanks to Paranormals Medeline Vester, Gerhard Rozhek, Coretta Atteroc, Shelley Karson.
B3 original version appeared in ArtForum February 1982.
℗ 2007 & © 2021 Nonesuch Records inc. Made in the Netherlands.
Includes lyric sheet insert.
Track times taken from record labels.
Remastered 2007 at Sterling Sound by Greg Calbi.
Songs from "United States I-IV"
Recorded at The Lobby, New York City.
Mixed at The Hit Factory, New York City.
Additional tracks recorded at The Hit Factory, Skyline Studios and Sorcerer Sound.
Special thanks to Patty Anderson, Lester Bangs, Robert Coe, Anton Fier, Charles Holland, Geraldine Pontius, Greg Shifrin and Gail Turner.
B1 mixed at The Lobby; for Massenet; originally released on One Ten Records.
B2 special thanks to Paranormals Medeline Vester, Gerhard Rozhek, Coretta Atteroc, Shelley Karson.
B3 original version appeared in ArtForum February 1982.
℗ 2007 & © 2021 Nonesuch Records inc. Made in the Netherlands.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 075597918069
- Barcode (Text): 0 75597 91806 9
- Matrix / Runout (Side A [Etched]): 1-3674-A RE1 JN-H
- Matrix / Runout (Side A [Stamped]): 30991 2A 075597918069 STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Side B [Etched]): 1-3674-B RE1 JN-H
- Matrix / Runout (Side B [Stamped]): 30991 2B 075597918069 STERLING
Other Versions (5 of 104)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Big Science (LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records | XBS-3674, XBS 3674 | Canada | 1982 | ||
Recently Edited | Big Science (LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records | WB K 57 002, WB 57 002 | Europe | 1982 | ||
Recently Edited | Big Science (LP, Album, Stereo, Europadisk Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | BSK 3674 | US | 1982 | ||
Recently Edited | Big Science (LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | 57002 | Italy | 1982 | ||
| Big Science (LP, Album, Stereo) | Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records | WB K 57 002, WB 57 002 | France | 1982 |
Recommendations
2020 EuropeVinyl —LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Stereo
Reviews
Great pressing. No clicks, pops or any noise. Dead silent vinyl. Top reissue. By the way, anybody noticed that first howl (or first 10 seconds) from "Big Science" song is missing here?
I guess this one varies a lot, but this is probably the best sounding record in my collection. It's completely silent, even in the dead wax. Sounds super open. The only thing I noticed is that the strings on From the Air are a little quiet, but I think that's just the remastering.- Guess I was lucky—fantastic pressing, very clean, great mastering with wide dynamic range.
- One of the worst pressings I’ve had the misfortune to buy. Rumble throughout and plenty of cracking and popping. Repeated cleaning had done nothing so clearly I got a dud. Such a shame as I was really looking forward to this.
Edited 3 years agoAbsolutely stellar pressing....O Superman is an aural treat. My copy is flat and sounds good to my ears.
The mastering on this release is hotter and louder than the original pressing I have; the drums at the beginning of From The Air nearly gave me a headache. It's a shame they used the 'remaster' from the 2007 CD instead of doing a better, more natural sounding remaster.
This must be a mixed bag, because my copy sounds incredible after a quick on-deck clean. Pro-Ject RPM 1.3 Genie -> AT-VM95ML -> Marantz 2230- Terribly noisy pressing - hash sound in right channel on both sides. Will be returning.
The pressing sounds good on my system...flat and quiet. I was lucky enough to see an ad for the release on Instagram a couple of months ago and get my preorder from Nonsuch in early enough to get an autographed print of the cover art.
Side one sounds all good, but O Superman on side 2 has lots of high end distortion on the louder vocal moments. Anyone else with this problem? The packaging and red vinyl are all nice though.
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