Glass Live 1973 The Untitled Mystery Suite
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Channel: The Jeff Sherman Channel · 2018 · Entertainment
Here is #3 in our "Unreleased Glass Songs Series". This one is very special and extremely rare as it's a suite of songs performed live by Glass in 1973 that Greg and I don't remember rehearsing or writing for this concert! In fact, if not for the efforts of our dear friend Bill Cartmel who recorded this concert on his trusty Sony cassette recorder, this great little piece may well have been lost to the ages. Thank you Billy! 1973 was a particularly fruitful year for Glass. We were writing, rehearsing and recording at fever pitch. Partially due to the influence of newly acquired "State-Of-The-Art instruments like the Mellotron and the ARP 2600 synthesizer. Glass has always been inspired by the use of new technology. We still are to this day. I'm going to call this one "The Mystery Suite". If you listen closely you can see the Classical influences my brother Greg Sherman’s writing is bringing to the band. This is the time period when Glass started incorporating Symphonic Sound into what we were doing. The pictures here are Glass playing a coffee house called "Court C" in Tacoma, WA. At around the same time. Pictures come courtesy - as usual - from band Soundman & Photographer Erik Brinch Poulsen. He's pictured at the mixers doing his thing.
