Clark, Tim
The Last Question (lime)
Ultra rare outer space private press! 'The Last Question' is the first album by electronics master Tim Clark. It collects his early works, when he was the Music Director of the Strasenburgh Planetarium in Rochester, N.Y. These tunes were the soundtrack to the planetarium's adaptation of Isaac Asimov's 'The Last Question' short stoy. The idea was conceived by Von Del Chamberlain, director of the Abrams Planetarium, and was taken to fruition in a joint venture bewtween the Abrams and Strasenburgh Planetariums, were the shows were premiered in 1972. Clark composed and produced the works in the Strasenburgh Planetarium's own sound studio, equipped with three Ampex 440 recorders, a 4-channel mixing board with 18 inputs and a Moog synthesizer. The album was released as a private pressing in 1973 and it has since become an elusive collector's piece among electronic music afficionados. Comes with remastered sound and straight reproduction of the original artwork. RIYL: Tonto's Expanding Head Band, Iasos, Peter Davidson, Michael Stearns, Steve Roach... Edition of 150 copies on transparent lime vinyl.