Label: Creel Pone

70年代から80年代にかけて出版された、カナダのレーベルCAPACによる電子音楽シングルシリーズ"Musical Portrait"。約100タイトル程が出版されたシリーズから激ヤバのタイトルだけを厳選しコンパイルしたのが本作。主に学校、図書館、ラジオ局への無料配布目的で制作されたものでありながら厳つい音源が含まれており、Marcelle Deschenes、Serge Arcuri、Richard G. Boucher、Yves Daoustといったマニアックな作曲達が名を連ねる。作曲家のポートレイトを使用した紫色のスリーヴも見事に再現されています。

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November 2023; Inaugurating a long-in-the-works, curated rundown of the storied CAPAC "Musical Portrait" singles issued throughout the 70s & 80s by the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada, Limited, here is the first (of many!) discs covering those of Serge Arcuri (WRC5-3000; Series 4 No. 1), Richard G. Boucher (WRC5-3003; Series 4 No. 4), Yves Daoust (WRC5-3005; Series 4 No.6) & Marcelle Deschênes (WRC5-3007; Series 4 No. 8) presented in the now-familiar six-panel "Glossy" spec (with the art & libretto from each highly-purple "Gatefold" single presented in gory detail across 4 panels & the labels the remaining 2).

You've seen these pop up here & there on the apropos Composers' titles, usually as bonus material (check [CP 049 CD] for the Bernard Bonnier & Giselle Ricard ones, [CP 285 CD] for the David Keane, [CP 219 CD] for the Philippe Ménard, etc.) but these will cover the standalone singles; often the only issued material by a series of brilliant, insular composers working within & expressly outside of the Canadian Electro-Acoustic systems. Personally I *love* the format & focus, offering bite-sized nuggets of on the most complex & rewarding sections of each Composers' work, often as they were still in-progress.