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Robert Ashley / "Blue" Gene Tyranny / Jill Kroesen / David Van Tieghem / Peter Gordon / Paul Shorr
Perfect Lives (An Opera For Television By Robert Ashley)

Album US 1991 on Lovely Music, Ltd. label
Electronic, Classical and Soundtrack (Contemporary, Experimental)

Produced for Channel Four Television (Great Britain) by The Kitchen Center for Video Music and Dance (NYC): Mary MacArthur Griffin, Director; Carlota Schoolman, Television Producer. Rhythm templates derived from the "Palace" organ, courtesy of Gulbransen Organ Co. (CBS Musical Instruments) Television production made possible in part by grants from: The National Endowment fot the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The Beards Fund Special thanks to Pierre Audi and The Almeida Theater (London) Digital editing and mastering by [...], Foothill Productions, NYC. The complete libretto of "Perfect Lives" is published by Burning Books with Archer Fields, distributed by D.A.P. "Perfect Lives" is also available on video from Lovely Music. On spine: Robert Ashley Perfect Lives Ashley / Tyranny / Kroesen / Van Tieghem / Gordon / Shorr On discs: Perfect Lives by Robert Ashley On back: © 1984 Robert Ashley/Visibility Music Publishers (BMI) © 1991 Lovely Music, Ltd. Digital Remastering ℗ 1991 by Lovely Music, Ltd. Total time 174:09 On discs: © 1984 Robert Ashley (BMI) Visibility Music Publishers ℗ 1991 Lovely Music, Ltd. Manufactured in U.S.A. In booklet: © 1991 Lovely Music, Ltd. Compact Disc 1: 74:35 Compact Disc 2: 50:01 Compact Disc 3: 49:33 Total time: 174:09 Released in double-wide CD jewel case ("Fatboy") with 12-panel leporello insert.

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	Robert Ashley voc, US music by, performer, created for television, written by, for television, lyrics by, libretto, performer, as "r" (the narrator), album by
	"Blue" Gene Tyranny syn, clv, p, composed by, instrumental music beds composed in collaboration with, composed by, piano solos and electronic keyboard parts, performer, as buddy (the world's greatest piano player), written by, piano solos based on harmonic progressions by, album by
	Jill Kroesen voc, p, performer, as isolde, voice, pre-recorded chorus voices, album by
	David Van Tieghem perc, *1955 US performer, as "d" (the captain of the football team), voice, pre-recorded chorus voices, album by
	Peter Gordon , *1951 US composed by, instrumental music beds composed in collaboration with, album by
	Paul Shorr , producer, music produced in collaboration with, recorded by, synchronous sound, album by
	Mary Ashley , design, color design, artwork, piano landscape-mirrors
	By Design design, cd package
	Mary Griffin directed by, the kitchen center for video and dance (nyc), director
	John Sanborn , film director, "perfect lives" directed by, technician, video image processing
	Carlota Schoolman film producer, the kitchen center for video and dance (nyc), television producer
	Jaqueline Humbert other, costumes and make-up
	Dean Winkler technician, video image processing, video editor, videotape editor
	Rebecca Armstrong voc, US voice, pre-recorded chorus voices

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