{"title":"Philip Glass","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"philip-glass-music-with-changing-parts-2xlp","title":"Philip Glass - Music With Changing Parts 2xLP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 29th, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/philip-glass\"\u003ePhilip Glass\u003c\/a\u003e, the great American composer, was already in his mid-30s before his first album appeared, and then only because he produced the double LP himself. \u003cem\u003eMusic With Changing Parts\u003c\/em\u003e was the inaugural release on his own Chatham Square imprint in 1971.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt this point, \u003cem\u003eEinstein on the Beach\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/philip-glass\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/a\u003e' first opera, was still five years away. Yet in \u003cem\u003eChanging Parts\u003c\/em\u003e, one can already hear much of his vocabulary in full bloom: the buoyant arpeggios, the melding of electronic and acoustic instruments, the elongated drones of human voice, the primary emphasis on pulse (an interest he shared with fellow composer \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/steve-reich\"\u003eSteve Reich\u003c\/a\u003e) and the ecstatic potential inherent in repetition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album features the original Philip Glass Ensemble – the composer himself, along with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/jon-gibson\"\u003eJon Gibson\u003c\/a\u003e, Dickie Landry, Art Murphy, Steve Chambers and Robert Prado – playing Farfisa organs and woodwinds as well as Barbara Benary on electric violin.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eAs \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/philip-glass\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/a\u003e describes in his memoir \u003cem\u003eWords Without Music\u003c\/em\u003e, he secured a $500 interest-free loan for the recordings' initial release from the Hebrew Free Loan Society – an organization intended to help immigrants from the Old World upon arrival in the US. Though \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/philip-glass\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/a\u003e was merely the grandson of immigrants, the venture wasn't far off the society's charter as \u003cem\u003eChanging Parts\u003c\/em\u003e helped usher in a new world of sound that would become known as Minimalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChatham Square went on to release albums by other composers in Glass' circle, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/jon-gibson\"\u003eGibson\u003c\/a\u003e and Landry. The label was named after the Manhattan intersection where Landry had a studio and the ensemble rehearsed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Baltimore in 1937, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/philip-glass\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/a\u003e first moved to New York to attend Juilliard at just nineteen, having already graduated from the University of Chicago. A staple of the Downtown scene, he can perhaps be appreciated as akin to the likes of sculptor Richard Serra or filmmaker Jim Jarmusch: mavericks who became major cultural figures entirely on their own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis first-time vinyl reissue reproduces the original side-breaks and gatefold sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic With Changing Parts (1:01:38)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Superior Viaduct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52522568188223,"sku":"SV211","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0219\/8812\/files\/SV211_web.jpg?v=1774463983"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/philip-glass.oembed","provider":"Superior Viaduct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}