Scriptures of the Golden Eternity
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Scriptures of the Golden Eternity is a solo album by guitarist Lee Ranaldo
, who also performs in rock band Sonic Youth
. It was released on vinyl by the Father Yod
label, and later reissued on CD by the Drunken Fish label. The cover design is by visual artist Savage Pencil
. The album consists of three untitled tracks featuring a solo Ranaldo performing guitar, tape loops, and occasional vocal. The first was recorded on 18 July 1988, and the remaining two were recorded on 28 November 1989.
Unlike his first solo work From Here to Infinity
, Scriptures of the Golden Eternity was recorded live at two solo performances Ranaldo gave in New York City
, around the same period when Sonic Youth were recording their landmark albums Daydream Nation
and Goo
. During the first minutes of opening track, Ranaldo relates a story recalled from an episode of The Adventures of Superman
(which Ranaldo refers to as "not the cartoon, but the real show") where a kidnapped guest character had left as a clue for Superman two tape loops of a person's voice saying "hello" in an echo chamber
and a sound effect of a cannon firing, the clue meaning "Echo Canyon". Echo Canyon would subsequently become the name of Sonic Youth's private studio where several of their later period Geffen Records and SYR Records albums were recorded.
The liner notes state that the album is "Dedicated to the Diamond Sutra and the Spirit of the Eternal Now!".
and the iTunes Music Store list the individual song titles on their respective downloading menus as their respective track numbers.
Lee Ranaldo
Lee M. Ranaldo is an American singer, guitarist, writer, record producer, and visual artist, best known as a co-founder of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth...
, who also performs in rock band Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
. It was released on vinyl by the Father Yod
Father Yod
Father Yod or YaHoWha was the American owner of a Los Angeles health food restaurant on the Sunset Strip who founded a spiritual commune in the Hollywood Hills known as the Source Family...
label, and later reissued on CD by the Drunken Fish label. The cover design is by visual artist Savage Pencil
Savage Pencil
Savage Pencil is a comics artist, and is the nom de plume of English music journalist Edwin Pouncey.-Biography:...
. The album consists of three untitled tracks featuring a solo Ranaldo performing guitar, tape loops, and occasional vocal. The first was recorded on 18 July 1988, and the remaining two were recorded on 28 November 1989.
Unlike his first solo work From Here to Infinity
From Here to Infinity
From Here to Infinity is the first solo album by Sonic Youth guitarist/songwriter Lee Ranaldo...
, Scriptures of the Golden Eternity was recorded live at two solo performances Ranaldo gave in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, around the same period when Sonic Youth were recording their landmark albums Daydream Nation
Daydream Nation
Daydream Nation is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in October 1988 by Enigma Records in the United States, and by Blast First in the United Kingdom....
and Goo
Goo
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. During the first minutes of opening track, Ranaldo relates a story recalled from an episode of The Adventures of Superman
Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show is the first television series to feature Superman and began filming in 1951 in California...
(which Ranaldo refers to as "not the cartoon, but the real show") where a kidnapped guest character had left as a clue for Superman two tape loops of a person's voice saying "hello" in an echo chamber
Echo chamber
thumb|right|Echo chamber of the Dresden University of Technologythumb|right|Hamilton Mausoleum has a spectacularly long lasting unplanned echoAn echo chamber is a hollow enclosure used to produce echoing sounds, usually for recording purposes...
and a sound effect of a cannon firing, the clue meaning "Echo Canyon". Echo Canyon would subsequently become the name of Sonic Youth's private studio where several of their later period Geffen Records and SYR Records albums were recorded.
The liner notes state that the album is "Dedicated to the Diamond Sutra and the Spirit of the Eternal Now!".
Track listing
No track titles are given anywhere on the liner notes. EmusicEMusic
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and the iTunes Music Store list the individual song titles on their respective downloading menus as their respective track numbers.
- One (22:42)
- Two (15:05)
- Three (10:28)
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