Jóhann Jóhannsson – IBM 1401, A User’s Manual (CD, Album) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

TWL-Box #42-M

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Notes:

CD comes in a 4-panel digipak with a liner notes paper sticked inside.

The orchestra was recorded at Barrandov Studios, Smecky Soundstage in Prague in September 2005.
Additional recordings were made in Reykjavik, Skálholt, Florence, Madrid, Zurich, Piran and Rennes during the period 2003-2006.
Mixed in Syrland, Reykjavik in February 2006.
Mastered in Abbey Road.

Tracks two and three feature the voice of “an unknown instructor from an IBM 1401 Data Processing System maintenance instruction tape found in my father’s attic.”

All electronic sounds were derived from the IBM 1401 Data Processing System and the Hammond B3 organ with Ring Modulator, Distortion and Filter pedals. The music and sounds of the IBM 1401 Data Processing System were recorded by Jóhann Gunnarsson, Örn Kaldalóns and Elías Davídsson in Reykjavik in 1971. The musical fragment played by the computer is from the hymn “Ísland Ögrum Skorid” by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns, used by kind permission.

(P) 2006 4AD Ltd (C) 2006 4AD Ltd
Manufactured in the US

1. Part 1 / IBM 1401 Processing Unit 8:32
2. Part 2 / IBM 1403 Printer 9:33
3. Part 3 / IBM 1402 Card Read-Punch 10:23
4. Part 4 / IBM 729 II Magnetic Tape Unit 7:15
5. Part 5 / The Sun’s Gone Dim And The Sky’s Turned Black 7:09

Barcode 6 52637 26092 2
Barcode 652637260922
Matrix / Runout CAD 2609CD Sonopress Arvato (Logo) + + FE08601
Mastering SID Code IFPI L028
Mould SID Code IFPI 1086

Phonographic Copyright (p) 4AD Ltd.
Copyright (c) 4AD Ltd.
Mastered At Abbey Road Studios
Recorded At Barrandov Studios
Pressed By Sonopress Arvato, USA
Designed At v23

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