malik@helos.DEC (Karl Malik ZK01-1/F22 1-1440) (01/14/85)
Subj; "pre-commercial" Laurie Anderson albums
I'll answer here in net.music, since the question was asked
here. But basically, she's a classical composer playing with pop
influences (sort of like Warhol played with commercial art).
Older Anderson pieces include - 'New York Social Life' and
'Time to go home' on an album called 'Electronic music by Women
Composers' (or something like that).
'Airwaves' is a collection (2 records) of sound-pieces by
various artists. She has a couple of tunes on that ('It's not the
bullet that kills you, it's the hole' is my favorite).
Sorry, I don't know the record labels off hand. I have them
at home, if anyone's interested.
The older stuff is delightfully sloppy and home-made sounding.
- Karl