Motherlove

By: bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)

Origin: Unknown

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10 tracks

Dada Lama

Track 1 Disc 1 Side 1 03:06
The Incest Song

Track 2 Disc 1 Side 1 02:21
Bill Bissett’s Lullaby

Track 3 Disc 1 Side 1 00:59
A Hum for Stevie Winwood

Track 4 Disc 1 Side 1 00:39
M.L.’s Dream

Track 5 Disc 1 Side 1 01:06
STHNLA

Track 6 Disc 1 Side 1 04:44
Historical Implications of Turnips

Track 7 Disc 1 Side 1 00:24
The Child in Me

Track 8 Disc 1 Side 1 00:47
Pleasure Sweets

Track 9 Disc 1 Side 1 04:29
Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada

Track 1 Disc 1 Side 2 05:34

Insight

bpnichol was an accomplished and eccentric artist who recorded this break-through album of sound poetry in 1968 on Allied Records. Produced by Jack Boswell, the highly prized recording, entitled "Motherlove", was his first and only solo LP recording. Amongst collectors, it is considered to be the holy grail of experimental concrete sound poetry. The whimsical illustrations utilized "developer or translation poems', another bpnichol innovation. He also released two albums with The Four Horsemen, with Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton and Steve McCaffery. bpnichol died in 1988 at the age of 44.
-Robert Williston