{"product_id":"various-artists-tellus-the-audio-cassette-magazine-anthology-vol-1-metallic-silver-vinyl-2lp-vinyl","title":"Various Artists - TELLUS: The Audio Cassette Magazine Anthology, Vol. 1 [Metallic Silver Vinyl] [2LP] - Vinyl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eVarious Artists – TELLUS: The Audio Cassette Magazine Anthology, Vol. 1 [Metallic Silver Vinyl] [2LP]\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before streaming services, podcasts, or even the compact disc, there was Tellus—a radically ambitious publication that imagined recorded sound as an exhibition space. Founded in 1983 in downtown New York, Tellus transformed the humble audio cassette into a magazine, commissioning and publishing new works by musicians, composers, visual artists, poets, writers, choreographers, and performers who were reshaping the boundaries of contemporary art. Each issue invited listeners into a world where no wave, industrial music, spoken word, Fluxus performance, electroacoustic composition, downtown pop, conceptual art, and avant-garde experimentation could coexist on equal footing. More than forty years later, Earth Libraries proudly presents TELLUS: The Audio Cassette Magazine Anthology Vol. 1, the first comprehensive anthology devoted to the groundbreaking publication. The story of Tellus begins, fittingly, at the Rum Runner Bar on Canal Street. There, in 1983, visual artist Joseph Nechvatal, curator Claudia Gould, and composer Carol Parkinson conceived an entirely new kind of publication. Portable cassette players were transforming how people experienced music, and the trio saw an opportunity to use the cassette itself as a curatorial medium—one capable of circulating work that traditional record labels, galleries, and magazines simply couldn't accommodate. Early recordings by Sonic Youth and Liquid Liquid sit alongside works by James Tenney, George Brecht, Takehisa Kosugi, Carol Parkinson, Y Pants, Live Skull, Shelley Hirsch, Lenny Pickett, Paul Dresher, Gregory Whitehead, and dozens of other artists whose work helped define one of the most fertile creative communities of the era. For Earth Libraries, restoring Tellus represents a continuation of the label's commitment to preserving overlooked musical histories. Working from the original cassette masters, every recording on TELLUS: The Audio Cassette Magazine Anthology Vol. 1 has been carefully restored and newly mastered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHighlights\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetallic Silver vinyl edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2-disc set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 tracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrack Listing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e01. 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