The RCA Mark II

Phonograph music

The RCA Mark II / C. Spencer Yeh.

Yeh, C. Spencer, (composer,, editor,, performer.). Carlson, Al, (recording engineer.). Bellerue, Bob. (Added Author). Beatty, Robert, 1981- (Added Author). Battaglia, Andy. (Added Author). Bertucci, Lea. (Added Author). Clixby, Meg. (Added Author). Dolven, Jeff. (Added Author). DuBois, R. Luke. (Added Author). Friedman, Martha. (Added Author). Heath, Frank. (Added Author). Kumpf, Lawrence. (Added Author). Lee, Okkyung. (Added Author). Masaoka, Miya. (Added Author). Repetto, Douglas. (Added Author). Primary Information (Organization) (Added Author). Artists Space (Gallery) (Added Author). Clocktower Gallery. (Added Author). Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. (Added Author). New York University. Institute of Fine Arts. (Added Author). ISSUE Project Room. (Added Author).

Summary:

"The RCA Mark II is a follow-up to Yeh's recent vocal work and is focused solely on the non-musical operation of the famed RCA Mark II synthesizer. Built and installed in 1959 at Columbia University, it was the first programmable synthesizer and became the bedrock upon which the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center was founded. The machine has not worked since 1997."--Primary Information website.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 audio disc (38 min., 18 sec.) ; 12 in.
Publisher: [Brooklyn] : Primary Information ; 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Title and statement of responsibility from sleeve.

Edition of 500.

12" vinyl record in slipcase (32 x 32 cm.)

The album was designed by Robert Beatty and includes liner notes by Andy Battaglia.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Composed, performed, and edited by C. Spencer Yeh (BMI), mastered by Al Carlson.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:: Tracks I-VI recorded 10/26/15 at Artists Space Books and Talks, NYC by Bob Bellerue; VII-IX recorded 12/1/2016 at The Great Hall, The Institute of Fine Arts NYU, NYC; X-XII recorded 3/24/2016 at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY by James Clark.