[LAU] Isao Tomita

[Patrick Shirkey]

On Wed, May 11, 2016 1:49 am, Will Godfrey wrote:
> On Mon, 9 May 2016 21:23:21 -1000
> david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> On 05/08/2016 10:43 PM, Jonathan Gazeley wrote:
>> > On 08/05/16 14:48, Will Godfrey wrote:
>> >> The man who first inspired me with synthesised sound and music is no
>> >> more :(
>> >>
>> >> R.I.P. Mr Tomita. You've more than earned it.
>> >
>> > Isao Tomita is one of the musicians that I only discovered
>> > all-too-recently. I eagerly caught up with his discography, and my
>> > favourite work of his is the Planets suite. Will be listening to that
>> > today.
>>
>> I met his version of Pictures At An Exhibition while I was in high
>> school. I was studying that piece on piano with my piano teacher.
>>
>> According to the Wikipedia article, his vinyl version of The Planets is
>> "rare".
>>
>> I have both of those on original vinyl, now just need to get my
>> turntable working again.
>
> The reason the first release is so rare is that Holt's granddaughter
> kicked up
> a stink, claiming it was an 'abomination'. RCA decided it wasn't important
> enough to fight so just withdrew it. It disappeared off the shelves just
> before
> I could get to a record shop to buy it (having heard a friend's copy). It
> then
> remained in limbo for very many years :(
>
> Just because I happened to have a rather nice half-track stereo Brenell at
> the
> time didn't mean I was going to take a copy - oh no :)


He did things very early, when the technology was in its infancy.  The
music and interpretations he created were always in very good taste -- and
very very hard to do at the time.  He was a true pioneer whose memory
deserves the highest respect.





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Patrick Shirkey
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