Five Rhythm Works

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Album Info

Release Date: 2016

Label: EM Records

Tracks 1 and 2: Recorded and mixed in 1979 [...] at Mandrill Studios, Auckland. Previously issued on the LP From Scratch Perform Rhythm Works, released on 17 September 1979.

Track 3: Recorded [...] in 1982 at Last Laugh Studios, Auckland. Previously issued on the EP 3 Pieces from Gung Ho 1,2,3D [B1, B2], released in 1983 by RCA through Hit Singles. Remixed at Wayne Laird's studio in 1987 [...] and reissued as part of Gung Ho 1, 2, 3 D (1988) Josh Wink on Flying Nun.

Track 4: Performed and recorded for the Auckland Festival on 14 March 1975 as part of a lunchtime concert at the Radio Theatre. [...] Previously unreleased. Courtesy of Concert FM, Radio New Zealand.

Booklet photography:
Page 9: From Scratch, Sonic Circus, Wellington, 1974. Photo courtesy of Evening Post
Page 11: "Out In", 1979. Photo courtesy of Phil Dadson
Page 13: (Above) "Drumwheel", Biennale of Sidney, 1979. Photo: William Seeto.
Page 13: (Below) "Out In", Biennale of Sidney, 1979. Photo courtesy Phil Dadson
Page 15: "Gung Ho 1,2,3D" instrument layout. Photo courtesy of Phil Dadson
Page 16: "Gung Ho 1,2,3D" performers. 1981. Photo: John Millar
Page 19: "Drumwheel", Geoff Chapple on drone, 1978. Photo: Phabu Makan
Page 20: "Out In", instrument layout, 1978. Photo: Phabu Makan

On tray card, inner panel:
"Gung Ho 1,2,3D", groundplan, 1984. Camera: Wally Floyd

Graphic annotation on disc, rim text:
A handwritten "Gung Ho" symbol, 1982. Courtesy of Phil Dadson
Graphic annotation on back:
"Drumwheel", groundplan, 1979. Courtesy of Phil Dadson

Thanks to From Scratch performers and supporters
Digital transfers of "Out In", "Drumwheel", "Gung Ho 1,2,3D" courtesy of Wayne Laird
Final mastering: Takuto Kuratani (Ruv Bytes)
Issued under license from Phil Dadson/Sonics From Scratch
© Sonics From Scratch. This edition © & ℗ 2016 EM Records

Track 1 is listed as "Out In Part 1"
Track 2 is listed as "Drumwheel Part 2"
Track 3 modules "5,6,7" and "6,7,8" are presented as parts of a single composition.

Composition dates appended to the track titles:
Track 1 (1976)
Track 2 (1977)
Track 3 (1979)
Track 4 (1974)

Released in standard jewel case with 20 pp. booklet (English and Japanese liner notes, credits and photos) and obi.
On obi: フロム・スクラッチ『ファイヴ・リズム・ワークス』

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