Ruth White ‎– "Short Circuits" (Angel Records ‎– S-36042) 1971

After she finished her two occult inspired 'Experimental' albums for Limelight, Ruth White resorted to more comfortable territory in music for kids and families, where she spent most of her career.
This is basically one in a long line of electronic novelty records from the post war years. It's not unlike that classic Perrey and Kingsley album "The In Sound From Way Out", and i think they even did a version of  "The Flight Of The Bumblebee" on one of their multitundenous other albums. The difference is that Perrey and Kingsley made their albums from hours of painfully slow tape editing,splicing together thousands of short one-note long pieces of tape which contained an oscillator tone,and making a tape patchwork that became a tune.Amazing dedication to novelty music which deserves a medal.
Ruth, did no such thing for her novelty electronic album...she actually played a syntheziser,something that didn't exist in the fifties and early sixties.The only tape trickery she did was to slow the tape speed down so she could appear to play faster.
She still manages to sound a bit wierd anyway,and there are plenty of classic Modular Moog sounds to please even the most travelled samplist.
This one got lost amongst the tidal wave of 'Moog'plays the classics records of the early 70's.


Tracklist:

The Flight Of The Bumblebee 1:20
Gymnopédie No. 1 2:30
The Snow Is Dancing 2:07
Variations On Couperin's Rondeau 1:38
The Butterfly 1:37
Anvil Chorus 1:25
Tempo Di Ballo 2:48
Etude In G Flat 1:32
Solfeggietto 1:50
Prelude In E Minor 2:14
Polka From "The Age Of Gold" 2:10
The Ball 1:36
Sonata In G 1:58
Asturias 5:20

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Ruth White ‎– "7 Trumps From The Tarot Cards And Pinions" (Limelight ‎– LS 86058) 1968

Don't mess around with the Occult kids, because nothing will happen. There's many a time my sister and I got the Waddington's Ouija Board out from the loft, where it was banished by my mother, to hold a seance with dead spirits trapped in limbo, doomed to walk the earth for eternity.....which would be difficult as the Earth will be consumed by the sun in a few billion years time. So what happens to the ghosts when the sun becomes a red giant, then it goes super nova!? More to the point, I'm terribly worried about Satan!? Whats he gonna do when hell is destroyed by a Super Nova!? 
Who will be left to ask what the winning numbers will be in the National Lottery? Who can I sell my soul to to achieve fame ,fortune and be as sucessful with women as Eric Weber?
If you've ever thought about commiting suicide while listening to an Ozzy Osbourne record, then you're simple enough to believe in this Occult nonsense; because during our seance's they never answered the time honoured question, "Is There Anybody there?"....ever! Once we asked , after asking what will be the winning lottery numbers of course, "Is there nobody there?";to which we got the same answer.....silence. Someone was moving the plastic cursor thing anyway when we asked if it was going to rain tomorrow.....to which the answer, "No" was obviously incorrect.
This album by Ladylectronic pioneer Ruth White,alludes to the blacker side of the dark arts, and it, in itself is far scarier and real than any Black magic voodoo. 
The most frightening part is the title....can anyone imagine the chaos and bowel cleansing terror of a world with Seven Donald Trumps spreading stupidity and ignorance across the planet like an apocalyptic wiping of undiluted bleach on a kitchen work surface?Extinguishing all intelligent life except the common lesser spotted Redneck to start civilisation anew?
Grits anyone? Southern styyyyyyllle.
(Shudder)!

Quick change the subject!!!

The inside cover states Ruth White uses several multi-channel tape recorders (including 2 new Ampex AG 440 machines), a Moog synthesizer, oscillators, modulators, electronic organ and electronic clavichord, two pianos, a harpsichord, and variable speed and reverberation devices as only part of the full lineup of machines used.

Now to continue  work on that VoODoo dolly of Fat Frank from VOD, with this playing in the background.


Tracklist:

Side A : 7 Trumps From The Tarot Cards

A1 Wheel Of Fortune 3:24
A2 Magician 2:25
A3 Hanged Man 3:26
A4 Sun 2:15
A5 Tower 3:24
A6 Lovers / World 6:00

Side B : Pinions (A Choreography About Symbolic Flight)

B1 Beginnings (Prototypes) 2:39
B2 No Wings (Without Imagination / No Desire For Flight) 2:33
B3 Wings Clipped (Too Many External Involvements / Flight Stopped) 6:08
B4 Wanting Wings (Limited Capacity / No Flight Possible) 3:42
B5 Love Gives Wings (With Wings) 8:49

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Ruth White ‎– "Flowers Of Evil" (Limelight ‎– LS 86066) 1969

Unlike the tired world of Rock music, early Electronic music had a high percentage of Ladies fully involved in the innovations that have come to rule our lives. They have all now been replaced with machines,but are making a comeback,along with proper synthesizers with twisty knobs and patching leads.
There must be something about twiddling little knobs and pressing buttons that women are attracted to...Fnarr Fnarr!
This is one of the absolute classics of the genre....the made-up genre being "Early Female Electronica"....took me an new age to think that one up.
After a sucessful career making educational recordings through the fifties and sixties, she got her hands on a modular moog and went experimental, banging out three uber-weird albums between 1968 and 1971.Her electrifiying version of  Baudelaire's "Flowers Of Evil" being the creepiest of the trilogy.The version of "The Litanies Of satan" making Diamanda Galas's version sound like a Bjork dance remix.
Apparently she never set out to frighten the shit out of anybody,she was just demonstrating what her new equipment could do.
But, the finished item is one of the darkest electronic poetry records of the 20th century.This could easily be mistaken for a late era Coil album,but creepier.
Oh those lovely ladies and their electronic hobbies.....Nyak! Nyak!

Tracklist:

A1 The Clock 3:00
A2 Evening Harmony 4:02
A3 Lover's Wine 2:57
A4 Owls 2:45
A5 Mists And Rains 2:06
B1 The Irremediable 4:55
B2 The Cat 3:27
B3 Spleen 2:50
B4 The Litanies Of Satan 6:50

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