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Jóhann Jóhannsson IBM 1401, A User's Manual Clear Vinyl Edition

4AD | Item No: 556839
Vinyl 2LP | 2017 / EU – Original | New
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Item Description
Never before pressed on vinyl, IBM 1401, A User's Manual, is one of Jóhann Jóhannsson’s
most loved works. Released in 2006, the decade since its release has seen Jóhann
establish himself as one of the most important composers in the World today,
most notably scoring movies such as Arrival, Sicario and The Theory of Everything.

Inspired by the work his father did in the sixties when chief maintenance engineer of one
of Iceland’s first computers, Jóhann originally wrote IBM 1401, A User's Manual to accompany
a dance piece by long-standing collaborator and friend, Erna Ómarsdóttir. For this album release,
he rewrote it for a sixty-piece string orchestra, with a new final movement (built around a poem by
Dorothy Parker) and incorporating both electronics, and reel-to-reel recordings made
by his father and friends in 1971 of an enormous IBM 1401 mainframe computer singing
the hymn Ísland Ögrum Skorið by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns as it was being decommissioned.

The first ever pressing of IBM 1401, A User's Manual comes in a deluxe gatefold sleeve,
having been reworked by Chris Bigg (v23) from his original design. Pressed on clear vinyl,
two album tracks recorded in 2010 with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra at the Rudolfinum, Dvorák Hall in Prague have also been added and are exclusive to this release.
Item Details
Item No: 556839
Artist: Jóhann Jóhannsson
Title: IBM 1401, A User's Manual Clear Vinyl Edition
Label: 4AD
Catalog No: DAD 2609LP
Format: Vinyl 2LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: EU – Original
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Classical Music
Style: Classical Music
Available since: 2017-12-08
Condition: New
Price: $ 28.36
Weight: 500g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Part 1 Ibm 1401 Processing Unit
A2 Part 2 Ibm 1403 Printer
B1 Part 3 Ibm 1402 Card Read-Punch
B2 Part 4 Ibm 729 Ii Magnetic Tape Unit
C1 Part 5 The Sun's Gone Dim & The Sky's Turned Black
D1 Part 1 Ibm 1401 Processing Unit (Live)
D2 Part 5 The Sun's Gone Dim & The Sky's Turned Black (Live)
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