Recorded live on Wednesday, November 6, 1974 at Composers Forum in Albany, The Arts Center on the Campus of the Academy of the Holy Names, Albany, New York.
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credits
released June 19, 2020
Performed by the S.E.M. Ensemble.
Recorded by Steve Cellum.
Tape transferred by Garry Rindfuss.
Liner notes and then some by Mary Jane Leach.
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
Design by Antoine Verhaverbeke.
Special thanks to Hanna Nurmi, Mary Jane Leach, Petr Kotik, Phill Niblock, John Bewley, Jan Williams, Steve Cellum, David Tuttle, Joel Chadabe, Neil Rolnick, and Julie Kabat.
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