[LAU] Isao Tomita

[Carlos sanchiavedraZ]

2016-05-11 13:00 GMT+02:00 Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey at boosthardware.com>:

>
> 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
> Boost Hardware Ltd
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Many spanish people would always remember his beautiful version of Arabesco
#1, as it was the music for a TV program for kids years ago. I guess some
of the discovered later that it was a Debussy version and maybe started to
review classic music.
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