Regular readers will know of my affection for all things Radiophonic / Electronic / Concrete, as well as my admiration for previously unsung genius, F.C Judd. Public Information have put together the first official compilation of Fred's groundbreaking work and you can get it here along with all the details you need (I found out more about Judd's work on my first visit than I'd learned over the last ten years on my own).
This is apparently the first instalment of a major retrospective, which is excellent news.
Two of my proudest posessions are two little 7" ep's on the Castle label, released in the early 1960's. Marked 'copyright free to amateur users only' they both contain fascinating electronic tracks put together by currently unsung British wireless and sound recording genius F.C Judd.
'Electronic Themes and Music Concrete' (there's a little accent over the first 'e' in concrete that I can't type) is the second of the little records and is 'mainly intended for effects purposes in stage drama, recording and film soundtracks'. The rest of the sleevenotes are equally informative: 'nothing pertaining to electronic music and musique concrete is analogous to conventional music performed with traditional musical instruments. Electronic music and musique concrete may therefore seem extremely complex and without recognizable order, for instrumental forms are eliminated; timbre, functional harmony and symmetrical rhythms are suspended'. So now you know.
Here's a sub ten minute mix of the four tracks: 'Delta F', 'Study In Sinetones', 'Sound Object' and 'Montage'. The quality of the recording is 'much loved', because it is.
If you like what you hear, please let production company Recorded Tuition Limited know. They can be contacted, according to the sleeve, by telephoning Buckhurst 9315. Good luck.
