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San Francisco Tape Music Center Discography

This is a discography of albums recorded at the San Francisco Tape Music Center.

The San Francisco Tape Music Center was setup up by Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick and Ramon Sender in 1962. The center was originally based on Jones Street in San Francisco but in 1963 moved to 321 Divisadero Street. In 1967 the center became part of Mills College and was renamed the Mills Tape Music Center.

Additions and corrections are welcome

1962

Music For The Gift, Terry Riley, 2014

One piece on this album was recorded at Terry Riley's studio and completed at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1962.

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1963

Two From Seven Passages, Pauline Oliveros, 2012

A limited edition vinyl 7" single. Music recorded at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1963.

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1964

Music From The Tudorfest: San Francisco Tape Music Center 1964, Various Artists, 2014

A 3 CD collection of pieces by John Cage, Pauline Oliveros and Toshi Ichiyanagi performed by musicians associated with the San Francisco Tape Music Center. All pieces recorded at the center between March 30 and April 8, 1964.

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Musicworks 52: John Cage, Various Artists, 1992

One piece on this collection was recorded live at San Francisco Tape Music Center on April 3, 1964 for broadcast on KPFA.

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Forerunners: Swedish Electronic And Concrete Music 1955-65, Various Artists, 2008

One piece on this collection, Nite Music (Arne Mellnäs), was realized at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1964.

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1965

New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media, Various Artists, 1977

One track on this collection, Bye Bye Butterfly by Pauline Oliveros, was recorded at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1965.

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Electronic Works, Pauline Oliveros, 1997

One track on this collection, Bye Bye Butterfly, was recorded at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1965.

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Worldfood, Ramon Sender, 2004

Realized at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1965.

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ARGH!, Folke Rabe / Jan Bark, 2008

One piece on this collection, Ach Chamberlin (Jan Bark), is a tape collage produced at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1965.

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Four Electronic Pieces 1959-1966, Pauline Oliveros, 2008

One of the pieces on this album was recorded at the San Francisco Tape Music Center during the 1965.

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Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970, Pauline Oliveros, 2012

Five of the pieces on this 12 CD box set were recorded at the San Francisco Tape Music Center during the 1964-1966 period.

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Early Electronic Works 1959-66, Pauline Oliveros, 2018

One of the pieces on this album was recorded at the San Francisco Tape Music Center during the 1965. This is the same album as Four Electronic Pieces 1959-1966 (2008).

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1966

ARGH!, Folke Rabe / Jan Bark, 2008

One piece on this collection, ARGH! (Folke Rabe), is a tape collage produced at the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1966.

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1967

Wild Bull, Morton Subotnick, 1968

Recorded at San Francisco Tape Music Center probably in 1967.

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Books about the San Francisco Tape Music Center

The San Francisco Tape Music Center: 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, David W. Bernstein (Ed), 2008

"This book tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. ..... Told through vivid personal accounts, interviews, and retrospective essays by leading scholars and artists, this work, capturing the heady experimental milieu of the sixties, is the first comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center.".

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Last updated August 2019