One Witch at a Time

Moondog - Moondog & Moondog 2 (1969, 1971) {CBS Records MK 44994 rel 1989}
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© 1969, 1971, 1989 Columbia / CBS Records | MK 44994
Classical / Jazz / Avant-Garde / Modern Classical / Modern Composition / Minimalism

In the early '90s, Sony issued a CD combining the two albums it made in 1969 and 1971 with "classicist at heart" street musician Louis Hardin, better known as Moondog. The Sony reissue arrived at a time when interest in Moondog was at an all-time low, as he had lived in Germany for two decades and his popular first Columbia album had been out of print nearly half that time; the second album was so obscure it barely survived its initial release. It is nice to have these two available again, and as both albums were short to start with, both made for CBS, and both produced by James William Guercio, it is only natural that they should be combined onto one CD.

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